UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • March 11th, 2010 • Ameriprise Financial Inc • Investment advice • New York
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “COMPANY”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “UNDERWRITERS”), for whom Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated are acting as representatives (the “REPRESENTATIVES”), an aggregate of $750,000,000 principal amount of its 5.30% Senior Notes due 2020 (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 of completion of this offering (the “INDENTURE”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (the “TRUSTEE”). This agreement (this “AGREEME
