4,193,550 Shares First Financial Holdings, Inc. Common Stock par value $.01 per share Underwriting AgreementUnderwriting Agreement • September 24th, 2009 • First Financial Holdings Inc /De/ • Savings institution, federally chartered • New York
First Financial Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. (“Sandler O’Neill” or an “Underwriter”) 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 11 hereof), for whom Sandler O’Neill is acting as representative (in such capacity, the “Representative”) with respect to (i) the sale by the Company, and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of an aggregate of 4,193,550 shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), as set forth in Schedule I hereto (the “Firm Shares”) and (ii) the grant by the Company to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the option described in Section 2 hereof to purchase all or any part of 629,032 additional shares
