SVB FINANCIAL GROUP 7,800,000 Shares of Common Stock, $0.001 Par Value Underwriting Agreement November 18, 2009Underwriting Agreement • November 24th, 2009 • SVB Financial Group • State commercial banks • New York
Contract Type FiledNovember 24th, 2009 Company Industry JurisdictionSVB Financial Group, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), an aggregate of 7,800,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “Underwritten Shares”) and, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 1,170,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, solely to cover over-allotments, if any (the “Option Shares”). The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are herein referred to as the “Shares”. The shares of Common Stock of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sale of the Shares are herein referred to as the “Stock”.