WHITNEY HOLDING CORPORATION 25,000,000 Shares of Common Stock, no par value Underwriting AgreementWhitney Holding Corp • October 27th, 2009 • National commercial banks • New York
Company FiledOctober 27th, 2009 Industry JurisdictionWhitney Holding Corporation, a Louisiana 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 “Representatives”), an aggregate of 25,000,000 shares of common stock, no par value, of the Company (the “Underwritten Shares”) and, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 3,750,000 shares of common stock, no par value, 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.”