SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP. 150,000,000 Shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value Underwriting AgreementUnderwriting Agreement • September 22nd, 2009 • Synovus Financial Corp • National commercial banks • New York
Synovus Financial Corp., a Georgia corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representative (the “Representative”), an aggregate of 150,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company (the “Underwritten Shares”) and, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 22,500,000 shares of common stock of the Company (the “Option Shares”). The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are herein referred to as the “Shares.” The shares of common stock of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sale of the Shares are referred to herein as the “Stock.”
