BOISE CASCADE COMPANY (a Delaware corporation) [·] Shares of Common Stock UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • January 14th, 2013 • Boise Cascade, L.L.C. • Wholesale-lumber & other construction materials • New York
Boise Cascade Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”) and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Merrill Lynch and Goldman, Sachs & Co. are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “Representatives”), with respect to (i) the sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective numbers of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) set forth in Schedule A hereto and (ii) the grant by the Company to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of [·] additional shares of Common Stock. The aforesaid [·] shares of Common Stock (the “Initi
