SOUTHWEST WATER COMPANY UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT August 18, 2004Underwriting Agreement • August 20th, 2004 • Southwest Water Co • Water supply • New York
Southwest Water Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement (the “Agreement”) with the underwriters named in Schedule A (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as provided in Section 10 of this Agreement), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), with respect to (a) the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) at the public offering price and on the other terms and conditions set forth on Schedule B, and (b) the grant by the Company to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of an option to purchase all or any part of up to 255,000 additional shares, in the aggregate, solely to cover over-allotments, as more fully set forth in Section 2(b). The 1,700,000 shares of Common Stock referred to in Schedule A are
