Brookline Bancorp, Inc. (a Delaware corporation)Purchase Agreement • September 12th, 2014 • Brookline Bancorp Inc • Savings institution, federally chartered • New York
Brookline Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement with Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc. (“Sterne”) and Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. (“Sandler”) 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 Sterne and Sandler are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “Representatives”), with respect to the issue and sale by the Company, and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective principal amounts set forth in said Schedule A of $75,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6.000% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due September 15, 2029 (the “Securities”). The Securities are to be issued pursuant to an indenture to be dated on or about September 16, 2014 between the Company and the U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “T
