AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC. UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • May 29th, 2009 • Ameriprise Financial Inc • Investment advice • New York
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “COMPANY”), proposes to issue and sell $200,000,000 principal amount of its 7.75% Senior Notes due 2039 (the “FIRM NOTES”), and, at the election of the Underwriters, up to an additional $30,000,000 principal amount of the Notes (the “OPTIONAL NOTES”) to the underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “UNDERWRITERS”), for whom Banc of America Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., UBS Securities LLC and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC are acting as representatives (the “REPRESENTATIVES”). The Firm Notes and the Optional Notes are herein referred to as the “NOTES”. The Notes (i) will have terms and provisions which are summarized in the Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time and the Prospectus dated as of the date hereof (each as defined below) and (ii) are to be issued pursuant to the Company’s senior indenture dated as of May 5, 2006, as amended and supplemented by an officer’s certificate to be dated as of the date o
