1,786,000 Shares1 Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc. Common Stock ($0.01 Par Value) Form of UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • September 19th, 2006 • Southern National Bancorp of Virginia Inc • State commercial banks • New York
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), and the bank holding company for Sonabank, N.A., a national banking association (the “Bank”), hereby confirm their agreement with FIG Partners L.L.C. (“FIG” or the “Underwriter”) for FIG to serve as the Underwriter to assist the Company in the sale, on a best-efforts basis, of up to 1,786,000 shares (the “Base Level Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), in the initial public offering (the “Offering”). The Base Level Shares to be sold by the Company shall include up to shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance to individuals identified by the Company (the “Affiliate Shares”) on Schedule I hereto. The Company also proposes to sell up to 214,000 additional shares of Common Stock (the “Oversubscription Shares” and, together with the Base Level Shares, the “Shares”) if the Offering is oversubscribed.
