UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT Chesapeake Corporation (a Virginia corporation) Underwriting AgreementUnderwriting Agreement • March 16th, 2004 • Chesapeake Corp /Va/ • Paperboard containers & boxes • New York
Chesapeake Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of Virginia (the “Company”), proposes to sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you (the “Representatives”) are acting as representatives, the number of shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value (“Common Stock”), of the Company set forth in Schedule I hereto (the “Securities”) (said shares to be issued and sold by the Company being hereinafter called the “Underwritten Securities”). The Company has also granted to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to the number of additional shares of Common Stock set forth in Section 2(b) hereto to cover over-allotments (the “Option Securities”; the Option Securities, together with the Underwritten Securities, being hereinafter called the “Securities”). Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the document
SCHEDULE IUnderwriting Agreement • March 16th, 2004 • Chesapeake Corp /Va/ • Paperboard containers & boxes
