] Shares* FIRST GUARANTY BANCSHARES, INC. Common Stock UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • December 8th, 2014 • First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. • Savings institution, federally chartered • New York
First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc., a Louisiana corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), and certain shareholders of the Company named in Schedule II hereto (each a “Selling Shareholder” and, collectively, the “Selling Shareholders”), severally and not jointly, propose, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to sell to the Underwriters, an aggregate of [ ] shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Common Stock”), of which (a) [ ] shares are to be issued and sold by the Company, and (b) [ ] shares are to be sold by the Selling Shareholders, each Selling Shareholder selling the number of shares set forth opposite such Selling Shareholder’s name in Schedule II hereto. The aggregate of [ ] shares to be purchased from the Company and the Selling Shareholders are called the “Firm Shares.” In addition, the Company
