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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-14-184836
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140430
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140506
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140506

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			STERLING CONSTRUCTION CO INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000874238
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	HEAVY CONSTRUCTION OTHER THAN BUILDING CONST - CONTRACTORS [1600]
		IRS NUMBER:				251655321
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31993
		FILM NUMBER:		14817105

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2751 CENTERVILLE RD.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 3131
		CITY:			WILMINGTON
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19803
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3024789170

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		20810 FERNBUSH LANE
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77073

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	OAKHURST CO INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950831

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	OAKHURST CAPITAL INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19931130
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May&nbsp;6, 2014 (April 30, 2014) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>STERLING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;1.01 Entry into a Definitive Material Agreement </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On April&nbsp;30, 2014, Sterling Construction Company, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) entered into an underwriting agreement (the
&#147;Underwriting Agreement&#148;) with D.A. Davidson&nbsp;&amp; Co. as the sole underwriter (the &#147;Underwriter&#148;), pursuant to which the Underwriter agreed to purchase from the Company 2,100,000 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock,
par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), to be resold to the public at a price of $7.30 per share. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Underwriting
Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements of the parties, and customary conditions to closing, obligations of the parties and termination provisions. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriter against certain
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, or to contribute to payments the Underwriter may be required to make because of any of those liabilities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay indebtedness outstanding under its revolving credit facility and for
general corporate purposes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On May&nbsp;6, 2014, the Company announced the closing of its previously announced bought deal offering of 2,100,000 shares of Common Stock.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The offering is described in the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-195087) and the related
final prospectus dated April&nbsp;30, 2014 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 on May&nbsp;1, 2014. A copy of the press release dated May&nbsp;6, 2014 is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto
and is incorporated herein by reference. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the press release shall not be deemed
&#147;filed&#148; for the purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information and exhibit be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the
Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Press release, dated May 6, 2014.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Thomas R. Wright</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Sterling Construction Company, Inc. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><U>UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">April&nbsp;30, 2014 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">D.A. Davidson&nbsp;&amp; Co.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">8 Third Street North </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Davidson Building </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Great Falls, Montana 59401 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sterling Construction Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), proposes to issue and sell to D.A.
Davidson&nbsp;&amp; Co. (the &#147;<U>Underwriter</U>&#148;), an aggregate of 2,100,000 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;<U>Common Stock</U>&#148;). The 2,100,000 shares of Common Stock to be sold by
the Company are called the &#147;<U>Common Shares</U>.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;) a registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-195087),</FONT> which contains a prospectus subject to completion used in
connection with the public offering and sale of the Common Shares. Such registration statement, as amended, including the financial statements, exhibits, and schedules thereto, and the documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained
in the registration statement at the time such registration statement became effective, in the form in which it was declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<U>Act</U>&#148;), and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the &#147;<U>Rules and Regulations</U>&#148;), and including any required information deemed to be a part thereof at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A, Rule 430B or Rule 430C under the
Act, or pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#148;), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, is called the &#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>;&#148; <U>provided</U>, that in the
event of any amendment thereto after the effective date thereof and before the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), including a registration statement (if any) filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act increasing the size of the offering
registered under the Act, the term Registration Statement shall include such amendment (but only as of and from the effective date thereof). </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Disclosure Package</U>&#148; means the Sale Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and the pricing terms set
forth in <B>Annex II</B> to this Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Incorporated Documents</U>&#148; refers to those reports filed under the Exchange
Act and incorporated by reference into the Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>&#147;</B><U>Issuer Free Writing Prospectus</U>&#148;
means any &#147;issuer free writing prospectus&#148; as defined in Rule 433 under the Act relating to the Common Shares identified on <B>Annex I</B> hereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Myers&nbsp;&amp; Sons</U>&#148; means Myers&nbsp;&amp; Sons Construction, L.P., a California limited partnership. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Preliminary Prospectus</U>&#148; means, collectively, (i)&nbsp;each preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement
before it became effective under the Act and contained in the Registration Statement and (ii)&nbsp;any preliminary prospectus supplement subject to completion that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Prospectus</U>&#148; means the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time it was declared effective by the
Commission, except that if any prospectus differs from the prospectus on file at the time the Registration Statement was declared effective by the Commission, the term <U>Prospectus</U> shall refer to such differing prospectus as of and from the
time such prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5), as of and from the time it is first provided to the Underwriter by the Company for such use. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>RHB</U>&#148; means Road and Highway Builders, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Sale Preliminary Prospectus</U>&#148; means the Preliminary Prospectus dated April&nbsp;30, 2014. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Sterling Hawaii</U>&#148; means Sterling Hawaii Asphalt, LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Subsidiaries</U>&#148; means (i)&nbsp;RHB; (ii)&nbsp;Road and Highway Builders Inc.; (iii)&nbsp;Road and Highway Builders of
California, Inc.; (iv)&nbsp;RHB Properties, LLC; (v)&nbsp;Texas Sterling Construction Co.; (vi)&nbsp;Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Company, LLC; (vii)&nbsp;Ralph&nbsp;L. Wadsworth Construction Co. LP; (viii)&nbsp;Sterling Hawaii; (ix)&nbsp;J.
Banicki Construction, Inc.; and (x)&nbsp;Myers&nbsp;&amp; Sons. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">References herein to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and
include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item&nbsp;12 of Form S 3 under the Act, as of the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference to any amendment or supplement to any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, under the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in such
Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. <U>Representations and Warranties of the Company</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company represents and warrants to the Underwriter as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission under the Act. The Company has complied with all requests of the
Commission for additional or supplemental information. If the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 430B under the Act, it will prepare and file a prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) that discloses the information previously omitted from the
prospectus in reliance upon Rule 430B. Copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, and the Prospectus, any amendments or supplements thereto, and all documents incorporated by reference therein that were filed with the
Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement (including one executed copy of the Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto) have been delivered or made available to the Underwriter. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) No order preventing or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus has been issued to the Company by the Commission nor has the Company received notice that any proceedings have been instituted or, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, threatened for that purpose. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Each of the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements to
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus will, when they become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conform, in all respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registration Statement, at the time it became effective, did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; the Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of its date and the Closing Date, and the Sale Preliminary Prospectus, and
any amendment or supplement thereto, as of 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on the date of this Agreement (the &#147;<U>Initial Sale Time</U>&#148;), do not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; the Disclosure Package, as of the Initial Sale Time, does not contain an
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untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if any, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the Initial Sale Time, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will
conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein; <U>provided</U>, that no representation or warranty is made as to
information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the
Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein as identified in Section&nbsp;11 hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) At the time of the filing of the Registration
Statement, the Company was not, and the Company currently is not, an &#147;ineligible issuer,&#148; as defined in Rule 405 under the Act. Other than written communications approved in advance by the Underwriter or listed in <B>Annex I</B> hereto,
the Company has not prepared or used a free writing prospectus, as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations (a &#147;<U>Free Writing Prospectus</U>&#148;), in connection with the offer and sale of the Common Shares. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) There are no contracts, agreements or other documents of the Company or any Subsidiary that are required to be described in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which have not been so described or filed as required by the Act and the Rules and Regulations. Each description of a contract,
agreement or other document in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of the documents referred to therein, are fair summaries in all material respects. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) There are no business relationships or related-party transactions involving the Company or any Subsidiary or any other person required to
be described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package which have not been described as required. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) The
consolidated financial statements of the Company, together with the related notes and schedules thereto, filed as part of or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or included or incorporated by reference in the Sale Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus, comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and of the
Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated, and the results of operations and changes in financial position for the periods therein specified; and said consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting
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principles consistently applied throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise stated in the related notes thereto). No other financial statements or schedules are required to be filed as
part of or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or included or incorporated by reference in the Sale Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus. The summary and selected consolidated financial data included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and the Disclosure Package present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein and such data has been compiled on a basis consistent with the financial statements presented
therein and the books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and the Disclosure Package fairly presents
the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission&#146;s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;27A of the Act and
Section&nbsp;21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Disclosure Package has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) Grant Thornton LLP, who has expressed its opinion with respect to certain of the financial statements and the related notes thereto
incorporated in the Sale Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, are, to our knowledge, independent registered public accountants with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) as required by the Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) The Company and each Subsidiary maintains a system
of internal controls over financial reporting that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing
similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including, but not
limited to, that (i)&nbsp;transactions are executed in accordance with management&#146;s general or specific authorizations; (ii)&nbsp;transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for its assets; (iii)&nbsp;access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management&#146;s general or specific authorization; and (iv)&nbsp;the recorded accountability for assets
is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. There are no material weaknesses in the Company&#146;s internal control over financial reporting, and there has been no change
in internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company&#146;s internal control over financial reporting since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and the Disclosure Package. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid
and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of
creditors generally and by equitable principles, and except as obligations of the Company under the indemnification provisions hereof may be limited under federal or state securities laws and public policy relating thereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby,
including the issuance, sale and delivery of the Common Shares by the Company, will not (i)&nbsp;result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time, or both,
would constitute a default) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note,
lease or other material agreement, instrument, franchise, license or permit to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary is subject, or
(ii)&nbsp;violate any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation of any court or any governmental or regulatory agency or body, or any arbitrator, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties or assets, which breaches, violations, defaults or liens would have a material adverse effect upon the financial condition, earnings, operations, management, properties, business or Business Prospects (as defined below) of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a &#147;<U>Material Adverse Effect</U>&#148;); or (iii)&nbsp;violate or conflict with any provision of the articles or certificate of incorporation, formation or organization, charter, bylaws, operating agreement,
partnership agreement or other governing documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. No consent, approval, authorization, order or decree of any court or governmental or regulatory agency or body, or any arbitrator having jurisdiction over
the Company or its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except (x)&nbsp;such as have been
made or obtained under the Act, (y)&nbsp;as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws or (z)&nbsp;such as may be required pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
(&#147;<U>FINRA</U>&#148;). As used herein, &#147;<U>Business Prospects</U>&#148; refers to projects (1)&nbsp;included in the Company&#146;s contract backlog as of the date hereof; and (2)&nbsp;for which the Company has submitted bids that are
pending as of the date hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l) The Common Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement
against payment of the consideration set forth herein, will be validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable; the issuance of the Common Shares is not subject to preemptive or other similar rights; and there are no persons with registration or
other similar rights to have any securities of the Company registered for sale under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m) Other than as contemplated by this Agreement or described in each of the Sale Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company has not incurred any liability for any finder&#146;s or broker&#146;s fee or agent&#146;s commission in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(n) The Common Stock is listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol &#147;STRL.&#148; The Company has
taken no action intentionally to terminate the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or the listing of the Common Stock on The NASDAQ Global Select Market, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or The
NASDAQ Global Select Market is contemplating terminating such registration or listing. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(o) There are no transfer taxes or other similar
fees or charges under federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance and sale by the Company of the Common Shares. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(p) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is qualified to
do business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which the ownership or lease of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse
Effect. Each Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the
ownership or lease of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries have all requisite power and authority to
own their respective properties and to conduct their respective businesses as currently being carried on and as described in the Prospectus. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(q) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and the
Disclosure Package (other than for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to employee benefit plans described in the Incorporated Documents or upon exercise of outstanding options pursuant to stock option plans described in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus). The Common Stock conforms in all material respects to the description thereof incorporated by reference into the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly
authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and have been issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws. None of the outstanding shares of </P>
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Common Stock were issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company. There are no authorized or
outstanding options, warrants, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase, or equity or debt securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
other than those described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and the Disclosure Package. The description of the Company&#146;s stock option, stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and the options or other rights granted
thereunder, set forth in the Incorporated Documents accurately and fairly summarize, in all material respects, such plans, arrangements, options and rights. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(r) The Subsidiaries are the only subsidiaries, direct or indirect, of the Company, and there are no other &#147;significant subsidiaries&#148;
of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X). The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other person, other than the Subsidiaries and joint
ventures to which it is a party. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(s) All the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary have been
duly and validly authorized and issued and as to those Subsidiaries which are corporations, are fully paid and nonassessable; and all such outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary have been issued in
compliance with all federal and state securities laws and were not issued in violation of any preemptive right, resale right, right of first refusal or similar right. Except with respect to RHB, Sterling Hawaii and Myers&nbsp;&amp; Sons, all
outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of the Subsidiaries are owned by the Company either directly or through wholly-owned Subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interests, claims, liens or encumbrances, except for such
security interests, claims, liens and encumbrances arising under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October&nbsp;31, 2007, among the Company, certain of its Subsidiaries, and Comerica Bank and the other lenders from time to time party
thereto, and Comerica Bank as administrative agent for the lenders (including the security documents related thereto), as amended. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(t)
Except for restrictions imposed by (i)&nbsp;applicable loan or credit facilities, (ii)&nbsp;any bonding facility, (iii)&nbsp;applicable law or (iv)&nbsp;its organizational documents, no Subsidiary is currently restricted, directly or indirectly,
from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such Subsidiary&#146;s capital stock or other equity interests or from repaying any loans or advances made by the Company to such Subsidiary, and no Subsidiary is
restricted from transferring any of its property or assets to the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(u) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is (i)&nbsp;in
violation of its articles or certificate of incorporation, formation or organization, bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement or other governing documents, (ii)&nbsp;in violation of any judgment, decree, order, statue, rule or regulation
of any court or any </P>
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governmental or regulatory agency or body, or any arbitrator, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, except for
violations that, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii)&nbsp;in violation, breach or default of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement, note, lease or other material agreement, instrument, franchise, license or permit to which the Company or any such Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any such
Subsidiary is subject, where any such violation, breach or default would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property, and good and marketable title to all
items of personal property, described as being owned by them in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and the Disclosure Package that are material to the respective businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case free and
clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects, except as (i)&nbsp;do not materially interfere with the current or reasonably anticipated use of such properties; (ii)&nbsp;described in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and the
Disclosure Package or the documents incorporated by reference therein (including pursuant to any credit or bonding facility, or document entered into in connection therewith); or (iii)&nbsp;would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; and any real and personal property held under leases by the Company and its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not materially
interfere with the use of such properties by the Company and its Subsidiaries. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(w) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries owns or
possesses adequate licenses or other rights to use all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights and know-how necessary to conduct the businesses now or proposed to be operated by them as described in each of the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, and the Disclosure Package. None of the Company or its Subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement of or conflict with (or knows of any such infringement of or conflict with) asserted rights of others with respect
to any patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights or know-how that, if such assertion of infringement or conflict were sustained, would have a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x) Except to the extent that the Company and its Subsidiaries are self-insured as described in each of the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, and the Disclosure Package, the Company and its Subsidiaries have insurance coverage in such amounts and with such deductibles and covering such risks that the Company deems to be adequate to protect the Company and its Subsidiaries and
their respective businesses and as are customary for their respective businesses, including policies covering real and personal property owned or leased by the Company and its Subsidiaries against theft, damage, destruction, acts of vandalism and
natural </P>
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disasters, general liability and directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability. The Company has no reason to believe that it or any Subsidiary will not be able (i)&nbsp;to renew its existing
insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii)&nbsp;to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse
Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has been denied any insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied during the last five years. There are no material claims by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any such
policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause. The Company and its Subsidiaries have in effect performance and payment bonds that the Company deems to be adequate for
the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has knowledge that it will not be able to renew its existing performance and payment bonds or obtain new bonds as may be necessary
to continue its business. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(y) The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local, or foreign income, gross receipts,
license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental (including taxes pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#147;<U>Code</U>&#148;), Section&nbsp;59A), customs,
duties, capital stock, franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, value added, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated or other tax
(collectively &#147;<U>Tax</U>&#148; or &#147;<U>Taxes</U>&#148;) returns, declarations, reports, claims for refund, or information return or statement relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment
thereof (collectively, &#147;<U>Tax Returns</U>&#148;) that are required to be filed and have paid or made provision for the payment of all Taxes required to be paid by any of them (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) and, if due and payable,
any related assessment, fine, penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not, and including any obligations to indemnify or otherwise assume or succeed to the Tax liability of any other person other than those that, if not paid would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has made adequate charges, accruals and reserves in the financial statements referred to in Section&nbsp;1(g)&nbsp;above in respect of all Taxes for all periods as to
which the Tax liability or obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has not been finally determined. The Company has no knowledge of any Tax deficiency asserted or threatened against the Company that would reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(z) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have all consents, approvals, authorizations, orders,
registrations, qualifications, certificates, franchises, licenses and permits issued by the appropriate public, regulatory or governmental agencies and bodies, material to the ownership of their respective properties and conduct of their respective
businesses as now being conducted and as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and the Disclosure Package. The </P>
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conduct of the business of the Company and each of the Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations, except where failure to be so in
compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of, or non-compliance with, any such consents, approvals, authorizations,
orders, registrations, qualifications, certificates, franchises, licenses and permits which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(aa) Since the date as of which information was given in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and the Disclosure Package,
(i)&nbsp;there has been no change or development that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (a &#147;<U>Material Adverse Change</U>&#148;); (ii)&nbsp;there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or its
Subsidiaries which would materially and adversely affect the Company or its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (iii)&nbsp;there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on its equity securities;
(iv)&nbsp;neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has incurred any material liabilities or obligations, indirect, direct or contingent; and (v)&nbsp;there has not been (A)&nbsp;any issuance of warrants, convertible securities or other rights to
purchase equity securities of the Company or the capital stock or membership, partnership or other equity interests of any Subsidiary, or (B)&nbsp;any material increase in the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">short-term</FONT> or <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">long-term</FONT> debt (including capitalized lease obligations) of the Company or any Subsidiary, other than borrowings after such dates under the credit facilities described in each of the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, and the Disclosure Package; except, in the case of each of clauses (ii)&nbsp;and (iv), pursuant to contracts related to construction projects awarded to the Company in the ordinary course of business. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has any contingent liabilities which are not disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and the Disclosure Package that are material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(bb) There is not pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or contemplated, any investigation, action, suit or proceeding to
which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or to which any of their assets may be subject, before or by any court or governmental agency, authority or body, domestic or foreign, or any arbitrator, the disposition of which, individually or in the
aggregate, would reasonably be expected to (i)&nbsp;have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii)&nbsp;materially and adversely affect the Company&#146;s performance under this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby;
and there are no current or pending actions, suits or proceedings that are required under the Act to be described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package that are not so described. </P>
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of 1940, as amended (the &#147;<U>Investment Company Act</U>&#148;). None of the Company or any Subsidiary is or, after receipt of payment for the Common Shares will be, an &#147;investment company&#148; or an entity &#147;controlled&#148; by an
&#147;investment company&#148; within the meaning of the Investment Company Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(dd) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates has
taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common Stock to facilitate the sale of the Common Shares. The Company acknowledges that the Underwriter may engage in
passive market making transactions in the Common Stock on The NASDAQ Global Select Market in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ee) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and each &#147;employee benefit plan&#148; (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;3(3) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (&#147;<U>ERISA</U>&#148;)) for which the Company and its Subsidiaries or their &#147;ERISA Affiliates&#148; (as defined
below) have any liability (each, a &#147;<U>Plan</U>&#148;), are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable statutes, rules and regulations, including ERISA and the Code. &#147;<U>ERISA Affiliate</U>&#148; means, with respect to the
Company or a Subsidiary, any member of any group of organizations described in Sections 414(b), (c), (m)&nbsp;or (o)&nbsp;of the Code of which the Company or such Subsidiary is a member. With respect to each Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA,
(a)&nbsp;no &#147;reportable event&#148; (as defined in ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur, (b)&nbsp;no &#147;accumulated funding deficiency&#148; (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;302 of ERISA or Section&nbsp;412 of the Code),
whether or not waived, has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur, (c)&nbsp;the fair market value of the assets under each Plan exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on those assumptions used to
fund such Plan), and (d)&nbsp;neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under (i)&nbsp;Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a &#147;multiemployer plan&#148; within the meaning of Section&nbsp;4001(c)(3) of ERISA), or (ii)&nbsp;Sections 412 or 4971 of the Code. Each Plan that is
intended to be qualified under Section&nbsp;401(a) of the Code is so qualified, and nothing has occurred or is expected to occur, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ff) No hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, pollutants or contaminants (i)&nbsp;have been released, deposited or disposed of in, on or
under any properties during the period in which the Company or any Subsidiary has owned, leased, managed, controlled or operated such properties; or (ii)&nbsp;have been released, deposited or disposed of by or on behalf of the Company in, on or
under any such properties, in the case of each of clauses (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit or which would require remedial action under any applicable law,
ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit, except for any release, violation or remedial action (other </P>
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than remedial actions of the type routinely carried out at facilities of like character to those operated by the Company and its Subsidiaries) which would not have, or would not be reasonably
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate with all such releases, violations or remedial actions, a Material Adverse Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(gg)
No labor disturbance by the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is contemplated or threatened. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(hh) The Company has obtained for the benefit of the Underwriter the agreement (a &#147;<U>Lock-Up Agreement</U>&#148;), in the form requested
by the Underwriter, of those individuals set forth on <B>Annex III</B> hereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) The Company has established and maintains and
evaluates &#147;disclosure controls and procedures&#148; (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company, and
its Subsidiaries, required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is made known to the Company&#146;s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer by others within those entities, and
such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in providing reasonable assurance that material information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries is made known to such persons, including during the period when the Company prepares its
periodic reports to be filed with or furnished to the Commission. The Company does not have knowledge of (a)&nbsp;any material weaknesses in its internal controls over financial reporting or (b)&nbsp;any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company&#146;s internal controls. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(jj) All statistical or market-related
data included in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and the Disclosure Package are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate, and the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such
data from such sources to the extent required. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(kk) To the Company&#146;s knowledge, there are no affiliations or associations between any
member of FINRA and any of the Company&#146;s officers, directors or 5% or greater securityholders that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and the Disclosure Package and that are not so described as required.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ll) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other
person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has (i)&nbsp;used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii)&nbsp;made
any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any government official or employee from corporate funds; or (iii)&nbsp;made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(mm) The Company and the Subsidiaries own or have a valid right to access and use all computer
systems, networks, hardware, software, databases, websites, and equipment used to process, store, maintain and operate data, information, and functions used in connection with the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries (the &#147;<U>Company IT
Systems</U>&#148;), except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company IT Systems are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection
with, the operation of the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries as currently conducted, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and the Subsidiaries have
implemented commercially reasonable backup, security and disaster recovery technology consistent in with applicable regulatory standards and customary industry practices, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. <U>Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Common Stock</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and on the terms but subject to the conditions herein set
forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to the Underwriter an aggregate of 2,100,000 Common Shares, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase such Common Shares from the Company. The purchase price per share of Common Stock to be paid by the
Underwriter to the Company shall be six dollars and ninety cents ($6.90). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Delivery of the Common Shares to be purchased by the
Underwriter against payment therefor shall be made as provided in Sections 2(d) and 2(e) below at 7:00 a.m. Pacific time on May&nbsp;6, 2014 or at such other time and date not later than May&nbsp;6, 2014 as the Underwriter shall designate by notice
to the Company, such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called the &#147;<U>Closing Date</U>.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) [Intentionally
Omitted] </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Payment for the Common Shares shall be made at the Closing Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the order
of the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, a credit representing the Common Shares to an account or accounts
at the Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (&#147;<U>DTC</U>&#148;), as designated by the Underwriter for its account at the Closing Date, against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds for the amount of
the purchase price therefor. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified in this Agreement is a further condition to the obligations of the Underwriter hereunder. </P>
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Common Shares are released by the Underwriter for sale to the public, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered copies of the Prospectus in such quantities and at such places as the Underwriter shall reasonably request. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. <U>Offering by the Underwriter</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Underwriter hereby advises the Company that the Underwriter intends to offer for sale to the public, as described in the Prospectus and
the Disclosure Package, the Common Shares as soon after this Agreement has been executed as the Underwriter, in its sole judgment, has determined is advisable and practicable. The Underwriter may from time to time thereafter change the public
offering price and other selling terms. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4. <U>Covenants</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A. <I>Covenants of the Company</I>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Company covenants and agrees with the Underwriter as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Company will notify the Underwriter promptly (i)&nbsp;of the time
when any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">post-effective</FONT> amendment to the Registration Statement has become effective; (ii)&nbsp;any supplement to the Prospectus or the Sale Preliminary Prospectus has been filed; (iii)&nbsp;of the receipt of
any comments from the Commission; and (iv)&nbsp;of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, Prospectus or the Sale Preliminary Prospectus or additional information relating thereto. If the Company
has elected to rely on Rule 430B under the Act, the Company will prepare and file a Prospectus containing the information omitted therefrom pursuant to Rule 430B with the Commission within the time period required by, and otherwise in accordance
with the provisions of, Rules 424(b) and 430B, if applicable. If the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b) of the Rules and Regulations to increase the size of the offering registered under the Act, the Company will prepare and file a
registration statement with respect to such increase with the Commission within the time period required by, and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of, Rule 462(b). The Company will not file any amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement, Prospectus or the Sale Preliminary Prospectus which is not in compliance with Rules 424(b) or 430B under the Act or to which the Underwriter shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after having been furnished a copy thereof a
reasonable time prior to the filing. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Company will advise the Underwriter, promptly after the Company receives notice or
obtains knowledge thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, of the suspension of the qualification of the Common Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or quoted
for trading on The NASDAQ Global Select Market, or of the initiation or, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose; and the Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or
suspension or to obtain its withdrawal if such a stop order or suspension should be issued. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) During the period beginning on the Initial
Sale Time and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date, as in the opinion of the Underwriter, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by the Underwriter or a dealer (the &#147;<U>Distribution
Period</U>&#148;), the Company will comply with all requirements imposed upon it by the Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in effect, so far as necessary to permit the sale and distribution of
the Common Shares by the Underwriter as contemplated by the provisions hereof and the Prospectus. If, during the Distribution Period the Sale Preliminary Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to purchase Common Shares at a time when the
Prospectus is not yet available and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Sale Preliminary Prospectus in writing in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Sale Preliminary Prospectus to comply with applicable law, the Company shall promptly prepare,
file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriter and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Sale Preliminary Prospectus so that the statements in the Sale Preliminary Prospectus as so amended
or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Sale Preliminary Prospectus is delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Sale Preliminary Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with
applicable law. If during the Distribution Period any event occurs, or fails to occur, as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the opinion of the Underwriter, (i)&nbsp;the Prospectus would include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then existing, not misleading, or (ii)&nbsp;it becomes necessary to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus to
comply with the Act, then the Company will promptly notify the Underwriter and will prepare and file with the Commission, and furnish at its own expense to the Underwriter, an amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus
so that the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when it is so delivered, be misleading, or so that the Prospectus will comply with the Act. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The Company shall cooperate with the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter in
endeavoring to qualify the Common Shares for offering and sale under (or obtain exemptions from the application of) the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions of the United States as the Underwriter may reasonably
designate; <U>provided</U> that no such qualification shall be required in any jurisdiction where, as a result thereof, the Company would become subject to service of general process, to qualification to do business as a foreign entity, to
registration as a securities dealer or to taxation as a foreign corporation. In each jurisdiction in which the Common Shares have been so qualified, the Company will file such statements and reports as may be required to be filed by it by the laws
of such jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect so long as required for the distribution of such securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) During the
Distribution Period, the Company shall furnish to the Underwriter copies of (i)&nbsp;the Registration Statement as originally filed (including all exhibits filed therewith), each amendment thereto (without exhibits) and (ii)&nbsp;each of the
Preliminary Prospectuses, the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements thereto, in each case as soon as available and, with respect to the documents in clause (ii), in such quantities as the Underwriter may from time to time reasonably request.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) For a period of two years commencing with the date hereof, the Company will furnish to the Underwriter copies of all documents,
reports and other information furnished by the Company to the holders of its Common Stock generally except, in each case, if available on the Commission&#146;s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) The Company shall make generally available to holders of the Common Stock as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months
after the end of the Company&#146;s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the date on which a prospectus supplement is filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under
the Act that satisfies the provisions of Section&nbsp;11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 thereunder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) The Company shall apply the net
proceeds received by it from the sale of the Common Shares for the purposes set forth in the Prospectus under the caption &#147;Use of Proceeds&#148; in the Prospectus, including the repayment of indebtedness outstanding under the credit facility
described thereunder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) The Company shall not take, directly or indirectly, prior to the termination of the offering contemplated by
this Agreement, any action designed to or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of the Common Shares. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) For so long as the shares of Common Stock sold in the offering contemplated by this Agreement
are listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market or a comparable securities exchange or market, the Company shall engage and maintain a registrar and transfer agent for the Common Stock. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) The Company shall file, on a timely basis, with the Commission all reports and documents required to be filed under the Exchange Act during
the Distribution Period. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l) For a period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus (the &#147;<U>Lock-Up Period</U>&#148;) the Company
shall not, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, (1)&nbsp;sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, any
Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock or warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock or any other securities of the Company that are substantially similar to Common Stock, or enter into a
transaction that would have the same effect; or enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such aforementioned transaction is to
be settled by delivery of the Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise; (2)&nbsp;publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, hypothecation, pledge, grant or disposition, or to enter into any such transaction,
swap, hedge or other arrangement; or (3)&nbsp;file or cause to be declared effective a registration statement under the Act relating to the offer and sale of any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable
for Common Stock or warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock or any other securities of the Company that are substantially similar to Common Stock; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that the foregoing restrictions do not apply to
(i)&nbsp;the registration of the Common Shares and the sales thereof to the Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement, (ii)&nbsp;issuances of Common Stock upon the exercise of options disclosed as outstanding in the Prospectus and the Incorporated
Documents, and (iii)&nbsp;the grant of employee stock options not exercisable during the Lock-Up Period pursuant to plans described in the Incorporated Documents; <U>provided</U>, <U>further</U>, that, if (x)&nbsp;within 15 days of the expiration of
the Lock-Up Period, the Company issues an earnings release or discloses material news, or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (y)&nbsp;before the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings
results during the 15-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, then in any such case the restrictions imposed by this Section&nbsp;4A(l) shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 15-day period beginning on the issuance
of the earnings release, the disclosure of the material news or the occurrence of the material event; <U>provided</U>, <U>moreover</U>, that the foregoing clause shall not apply if the Company delivers to the Underwriter, not sooner than 18 nor
later than 16 days before the last day of the Lock-Up Period, a certificate, signed by the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certifying on behalf of the Company that the shares of Common Stock are not &#147;actively
traded securities,&#148; as defined in Rule 101(c)(1) of Regulation M under the Exchange Act. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m) The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, use a Free
Writing Prospectus in connection with the offering and sale of the Common Shares or take any actions that would require the Company or the Underwriter to file a Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations. The Company
has not failed to comply, and will not fail to comply with, the requirements of Rule&nbsp;433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission, or retention where required, and legending.
The Company agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement,
the Sale Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not
misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to the Underwriter and, if requested by the Underwriter, will prepare and furnish without charge to the Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or other document which will correct such
conflict, statement or omission; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use therein as identified in Section&nbsp;11 hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">B. <I>Covenant of the
Underwriter</I>. The Underwriter agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Company, it will not make any offer relating to the Common Shares that would constitute a Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed by the Company or the
Underwriter with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the Act. The Company and the Underwriter each represent and agree that any such Free Writing Prospectus, the use of which has been consented to by the Company and the
Underwriter, is listed on <B>Annex I</B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5. <U>Costs and Expenses</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereunder are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be
paid all costs, fees, and expenses incident to the performance of its and the Underwriter&#146;s obligations hereunder, including, without limitation, (i)&nbsp;all expenses (including transfer taxes allocated to the respective transferees) incurred
in connection with the issuance, transfer and delivery of the Common Shares; (ii)&nbsp;all expenses and fees (including fees and expenses of the Company&#146;s accountants and counsel, and of the Underwriter&#146;s counsel) in connection with the
preparation, printing, filing, delivery and shipping of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, and the Prospectus; (iii)&nbsp;the fees and expenses of the transfer agent and </P>
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registrar; (iv)&nbsp;the filing fees incident to any required review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Common Shares; (v)&nbsp;fees incurred to quote the Common Shares for trading on The
NASDAQ Global Select Market; and (vi)&nbsp;all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Common Shares by the Company </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) If the sale of the Common Stock provided for herein is not consummated for any reason, then the Company shall reimburse the Underwriter for
all expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriter) incurred by the Underwriter in connection with the offering contemplated by this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6. <U>Conditions of Underwriter&#146;s Obligations</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase and pay for the Common Shares as provided herein on the Closing Date are subject to the
accuracy of the Company&#146;s representations and warranties set forth in Section&nbsp;1 hereof, as of the date hereof and at the Closing Date (as if made at the Closing Date), to the timely performance by the Company of its covenants and other
obligations hereunder, and to the following additional conditions: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) All filings required by Rules 424 and 430B under the Act shall have
been timely made; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof shall have been issued and no proceedings for the issuance of such an order shall have been initiated or, to the knowledge of the
Company or the Underwriter, threatened; and FINRA shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, no Material Adverse Change shall have occurred or become known to the Company that, in the
Underwriter&#146;s judgment, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering of the Common Shares as contemplated by the Prospectus. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The Underwriter shall have received, on the Closing Date, (i)&nbsp;an opinion of Andrews Kurth LLP, counsel for the Company, substantially
in the form of <B>Exhibit&nbsp;A</B> attached hereto, and (ii)&nbsp;an opinion of Roger M. Barzun, the Company&#146;s General Counsel, substantially in the form of <B>Exhibit B</B> attached hereto, each of which opinions shall be dated the Closing
Date, and addressed to the Underwriter. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The Underwriter shall have received, on the Closing Date, an opinion from Stoel Rives LLP,
counsel for the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date, and addressed to the Underwriter, as to such matters as the Underwriter may reasonably request. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) The Underwriter shall have received, on the date hereof and the Closing Date, a letter from
Grant Thornton LLP, independent registered public accountants, each dated no more than one business day prior to the date hereof and to the Closing Date, and each addressed to the Underwriter, in the form previously agreed with the Underwriter. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) The Underwriter shall have received, on the Closing Date, a certificate of the Company, dated the Closing Date, signed by the Chief
Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, to the effect that: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) the representations and warranties of the
Company set forth in Section&nbsp;1(A) of this Agreement are true and correct, as if made on and as of the Closing Date, and the Company has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) for the period from and after the date hereof and prior to the Closing Date, there has not
occurred any Material Adverse Change; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) such officer has examined the Registration Statement and nothing has come to his attention
that would lead him to believe that: (1)&nbsp;as of the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, and (2)&nbsp;since the effective date of the Registration Statement, there has occurred any event required to be set forth in a supplement to or an amendment of the
Prospectus that has not been so set forth in such supplement or amendment; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) such officer has examined the Prospectus, including any
amendments and supplements thereto, and nothing has come to his attention that would lead him to believe that the Prospectus as of its date and the Closing Date, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) such officer has examined the Disclosure Package and nothing has come to his attention that would lead him to believe that the Disclosure
Package, as of the Initial Sale Time, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) The Company has taken all actions necessary to effect the listing of the Common Shares to be sold hereunder
on The NASDAQ Global Select Market. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) The Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter shall have received, on or before the Closing
Date, such information, documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the sale of the Common Shares as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations and
warranties or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein contained. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) On or prior to the date hereof, the persons
identified on <B>Annex&nbsp;III</B> shall have furnished to the Underwriter lock-up agreements in a form acceptable to the Underwriter, and each such agreement shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If any condition specified in this Section&nbsp;6 is not satisfied when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by
the Underwriter by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any party to any other party, except that Section&nbsp;5, Section&nbsp;7 and Section&nbsp;8 shall at
all times be effective and shall survive such termination. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All opinions, certificates, letters and other documents delivered pursuant to
this Section&nbsp;6 will be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are satisfactory in form and substance to the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">7. <U>Indemnification and Contribution</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold the Underwriter, its officers and employees, and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter
within the meaning of the Act, harmless against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (&#147;<U>Losses</U>&#148;), to which the Underwriter may become subject under the Act or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if
such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company), insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i)&nbsp;an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (ii)&nbsp;any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such Losses arise out
of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information </P>
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furnished to the Company by the Underwriter, on behalf of the Underwriter, specifically for use in the preparation thereof, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished
by the Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section&nbsp;11 hereof; <U>provided</U>, <U>further</U>, that with respect to any untrue statement in or omission from a Preliminary Prospectus, the foregoing indemnity shall not
inure to the benefit of the Underwriter to the extent that the sale to the person asserting any such Loss was an initial resale by the Underwriter and (i)&nbsp;the untrue statement in or omission from such Preliminary Prospectus was corrected in
either a subsequent Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (referred to as a &#147;<U>Correcting Prospectus</U>&#148;) and (ii)&nbsp;a copy of the Correcting Prospectus was not delivered by or on behalf of the Underwriter to such person unless,
(x)&nbsp;such failure by the Underwriter to deliver the Correcting Prospectus was a result of non-compliance by the Company with the provisions of Section&nbsp;4(A) hereof or (y)&nbsp;the Underwriter had entered into a contract of sale with such
person for Common Shares prior to the time the Correcting Prospectus was delivered by the Company to the Underwriter. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Underwriter
agrees to indemnify and hold the Company, its directors, officers and employees, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act, harmless from and against any Losses to which any such person may become subject, under
the Act or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Underwriter), insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the
Underwriter on behalf of the Underwriter, specifically for use in the preparation thereof, it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by the Underwriter consists of the information described as such in
Section&nbsp;11 hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a)&nbsp;or (b)&nbsp;above of notice of the
commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under subsection (a)&nbsp;or (b)&nbsp;above, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof;
but the failure to so notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party (i)&nbsp;unless and to the extent the failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying
party of substantial rights and defenses, (ii)&nbsp;for contribution or (iii)&nbsp;otherwise than under this Section&nbsp;7. In case any such action shall be brought against </P>
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any indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall elect,
jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such indemnified party; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that a conflict may
arise between the positions of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in conducting the defense of any such action or that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional
to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified
party or parties. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">After notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of the indemnifying party&#146;s election so to
assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under this subsection for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than
reasonable costs of investigation unless (i)&nbsp;the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for
the reasonable expenses of more than one separate counsel (together with local counsel), approved by the indemnifying party (the Underwriter in the case of subsection (b)&nbsp;above) representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such
action); (ii)&nbsp;the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action; or (iii)&nbsp;the
indemnifying party has authorized the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party, in each of which cases the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The indemnifying party under this Section&nbsp;7 shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written
consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final non-appealable judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any Losses by
reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment
in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or
consent includes (x)&nbsp;an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (y)&nbsp;does not include a statement as to an admission of fault,
culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. </P>
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hold an indemnified party harmless under subsection (a)&nbsp;or (b)&nbsp;above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the Losses referred to in subsection (a)&nbsp;or
(b)&nbsp;above (i)&nbsp;in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other hand, from the offering of the Common Shares, or (ii)&nbsp;if the allocation
provided by clause (i)&nbsp;above is not permitted by applicable law, then in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause&nbsp;(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one
hand, and the Underwriter, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and
the Underwriter, on the other hand, shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions
received by the Underwriter. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or the Underwriter, on the other hand, and the parties&#146; relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection (e)&nbsp;were to be
determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account the equitable considerations referred to in the first paragraph of this subsection (e). The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the
Losses referred to in the first paragraph of this subsection (e)&nbsp;shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending against any action or claim
which is the subject of this subsection (e). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection&nbsp;(e), the Underwriter shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discounts and commissions applicable to the Common
Shares purchased by the Underwriter. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) The obligations of the Company under this Section&nbsp;7 shall be in addition to any
liability which the Company may otherwise have, including liability for Losses incurred by the Underwriter, its officers and employees that arise out of or are based in whole or in part upon (i)&nbsp;any inaccuracy in the representations and
warranties of the Company contained herein or (ii)&nbsp;the failure of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder or under law and shall extend, on the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the
meaning of the Act. The obligations of the Underwriter under this Section&nbsp;7 shall be in addition to any liability that the Underwriter may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each director of the Company, to
each officer of the Company who has signed the Registration Statement and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) Any Losses for which an indemnified party is entitled to indemnification or contribution under this Section&nbsp;7 shall be paid by the
indemnifying party to the indemnified party as such Losses are incurred, but in all cases, no later than thirty (30)&nbsp;days after receipt of an invoice by the indemnifying party. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) The parties to this Agreement hereby acknowledge that they are sophisticated business persons and were represented by counsel during the
negotiations regarding the provisions hereof including, without limitation, the provisions of this Section&nbsp;7, and are fully informed regarding said provisions. They further acknowledge that the provisions of this Section&nbsp;7 fairly allocate
the risks in the light of the ability of the parties to investigate the Company and its business in order to assure that adequate disclosure is made in the Registration Statement and Prospectus as required by the Act and the Exchange Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">8. <U>Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All representations, warranties and agreements of the Company herein or in certificates delivered pursuant hereto, and the agreements of the
Company and the Underwriter contained in Section&nbsp;7 hereof, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriter or any controlling person thereof, the Company or any of its
officers, directors or controlling persons and shall survive delivery of, and payment for, the Common Shares to and by the Underwriter hereunder and any termination of this Agreement. A successor to the Underwriter, or to the Company, and their
respective directors, officers, and controlling persons shall be entitled to the benefits of the indemnity, contribution and reimbursement agreements contained in Section&nbsp;7. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9. <U>Termination</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The
Underwriter shall have the right to terminate this Agreement, by notice as hereinafter specified, at any time at or prior to the Closing Date (i)&nbsp;if there shall have occurred a Material Adverse Change (regardless of whether any loss associated
with such Material Adverse Change shall have been insured) or development involving a prospective Material Adverse Change that, in the judgment of the Underwriter, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to market the Common
</P>
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Shares in the manner and on the terms described in the Prospectus or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Common Shares; (ii)&nbsp;if there has occurred an outbreak or escalation of
hostilities between the United States and any foreign power, an outbreak or escalation of any insurrection or armed conflict involving the United States, or any other calamity or crisis, or material adverse change or development in political,
financial or economic conditions having an effect on the U.S. financial markets that, in the judgment of the Underwriter, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to market the Common Shares in the manner and on the terms described in the Prospectus or
to enforce contracts for the sale of the Common Shares; or (iii)&nbsp;if trading in the Common Stock has been suspended or limited by the Commission or The NASDAQ Global Select Market, or if trading in securities generally on either the New York
Stock Exchange or The NASDAQ Global Select Market has been suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities have been required, by The NASDAQ Global Select Market or by order
of the Commission or any other governmental authority, or FINRA; (iv)&nbsp;if a general banking moratorium has been declared by federal, Delaware or New York authorities; or (v)&nbsp;if there has occurred a material disruption in commercial banking
or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section&nbsp;9,
such termination shall be without liability of (i)&nbsp;the Company to the Underwriter, except as provided in Section&nbsp;5 hereof; (ii)&nbsp;the Underwriter to the Company; or (iii)&nbsp;of any party hereto to any other party except that the
provisions of Section&nbsp;7 shall survive such termination and remain operative and in full force and effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">10. [Intentionally
Omitted] </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">11. <U>Information Furnished by Underwriter</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company hereby acknowledges that the only information that the Underwriter has furnished to the Company expressly for use in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) are the statements set forth under the caption &#147;Underwriting&#148; in the Prospectus; and the Underwriter confirm that such statements
are correct. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">12. <U>Notices</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as otherwise provided herein, all communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed or delivered: </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">D.A. Davidson&nbsp;&amp; Co. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">8
Third Street North </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Great Falls, Montana 54901 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Syndicate Department </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>with a copy to:</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Stoel
Rives LLP </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">600 University Street, Suite 3600 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Seattle, Washington 98101 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Christopher J. Voss </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If to the Company: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sterling
Construction Company, Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">20810 Fernbush Lane </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Houston, Texas 77073 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention:
Chief Executive Officer </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>with a copy to</I>: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Andrews Kurth LLP </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">600 Travis,
Suite 4200 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Houston, Texas 77002 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Geoffrey K. Walker </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any party to this Agreement may change such address for notices by sending to the parties to this Agreement written notice of a new address
for such purpose. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">13. <U>Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and the
controlling persons, officers and directors referred to in Section&nbsp;7. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give to any other person any legal or equitable remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any
provision herein contained. The term &#147;successors and assigns&#148; as herein used shall not include any purchaser of the Common Shares from the Underwriter merely by reason of such purchase. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">14. <U>Governing Law</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any provisions relating to conflicts of laws. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The invalidity or unenforceability of any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
any other section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such changes as are necessary to make it valid
and enforceable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">16. <U>General Provisions</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all
contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto (it being understood that execution by the
Underwriter of any such amendment or modification shall constitute execution by the Underwriter), and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. Nothing
herein contained shall constitute the Underwriter an unincorporated association or partner with the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">17. <U>No Fiduciary
Duty</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i)&nbsp;the purchase and sale of the Common Shares pursuant to this Agreement is an
arm&#146;s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other, (ii)&nbsp;in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction the Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and
not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, (iii)&nbsp;the Underwriter has not assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of
whether the Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, and (iv)&nbsp;the Company has consulted its own legal and
financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the Underwriter with respect to any breach or alleged breach of
agency, fiduciary or similar duty in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS] </P>
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agreement in accordance with its terms. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Very Truly Yours,</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>STERLING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Thomas R. Wright</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Thomas R. Wright</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title: Executive Vice President and Chief</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:2.40em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Financial Officer</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Confirmed and accepted by the Underwriter as of the date hereof. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Monte Giese</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Monte Giese</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title: &nbsp;&nbsp;Managing Director</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">None
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pricing Terms </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Price per share to the
public: $7.30 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Offering Proceeds to the Company, before expenses: $14,490,000 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Closing Date: May&nbsp;6, 2014 </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Persons Subject to Lock Up Agreements </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Roger M. Barzun </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Marian M. Davenport </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Robert A. Eckels </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Joseph P. Harper, Sr. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Maarten D. Hemsley </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Peter E. MacKenna </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Patrick T. Manning </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Charles R. Patton </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Richard O. Schaum </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Milton L. Scott </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Paul J. Varello </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Thomas R. Wright </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Opinion of Andrews Kurth LLP, counsel for the Company </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. The Company is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the corporate power and corporate authority
to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, to execute and deliver the Underwriting Agreement and to issue, sell and deliver the Securities as
contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement. The Company is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in the State of Texas. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. The
Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. The issuance and sale of the Securities have
been duly authorized, and the Securities, when issued and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4. The Securities are not entitled to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or to purchase Common Stock of
the Company under the Company Certificate of Incorporation or Company Bylaws, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) or any Applicable Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5. The Company has 19,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share authorized. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6. The holders of outstanding shares of Common Stock are not entitled to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe
for or to purchase Common Stock of the Company under the Company Certificate of Incorporation or Company Bylaws, the DGCL or any Applicable Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">7.
The Common Stock, including the Securities, conforms to the description of the common stock contained in the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form 8-A, filed on January&nbsp;11, 2006, including any amendment or report updating the
description. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">8. Each of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (other than the financial statements, the notes and
schedules thereto, and the other financial, statistical or accounting data included therein or excluded therefrom or in or from the exhibits to the Registration Statement or the Incorporated Documents, as to which we express no opinion) as of the
respective effective or issue dates thereof, in each case, appeared on its face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and </P>
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Regulations, except that in each case, we express no opinion as to Regulation S-T. Each of the Incorporated Documents (other than the financial statements, the notes and schedules thereto, and
the other financial, statistical or accounting data included or incorporated therein or excluded therefrom or in or from the exhibits to the Incorporated Documents, as to which we express no opinion) as of the respective issue date thereof, in each
case, appeared on its face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act,
except that in each case, we express no opinion as to Regulation S-T. We do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus and the Incorporated Documents, except and to the extent set forth in paragraph 7 above and paragraph 12 below with respect to those statements made under the captions referred to in such paragraphs. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9. No Governmental Approval, which has not been obtained or made and is not in full force and effect, is required to authorize, or is required for,
(a)&nbsp;the execution and delivery by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement or (b)&nbsp;the issuance and sale of the Securities pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement. As used in this paragraph, &#147;Governmental Approval&#148; means any
consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, any executive, legislative, judicial, administrative or regulatory body of the State of Texas, the State of Delaware or the United States of
America, pursuant to (i)&nbsp;applicable laws of the State of Texas, (ii)&nbsp;applicable laws of the United States of America or (iii)&nbsp;the DGCL. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">10. The execution and delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement by the Company (other than performance by the Company of its obligations under
the indemnification section of the Underwriting Agreement, as to which no opinion is rendered) and the issuance and sale of the Securities by the Company do not and will not (a)&nbsp;constitute a violation of the Company Certificate of Incorporation
or Company Bylaws, (b)&nbsp;result in any breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under (nor constitute any event which with notice, lapse of time or both would result in any breach or violation of or
constitute a default under) any Applicable Agreement or (c)&nbsp;constitute a violation of (i)&nbsp;any applicable law or (ii)&nbsp;any administrative or court order to which the Company is bound and that is known to us. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">13. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities, will not be an &#147;investment company&#148; within the meaning
of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">14. The statements in (a)&nbsp;the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2013 under the headings &#147;Item 1. Business&#151;Government and Environmental Regulations&#148; and &#147;Item 7. Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations&#151;Liquidity and
Sources of Capital&#148; (paragraphs 5 and 6 only), (b)&nbsp;the Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;9, 2014 </P>
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under the heading &#147;Executive Compensation&#151;Employment Agreements of the Named Executive Officers&#148; and &#147;&#151;Potential Payments upon Termination or Change-in-Control&#148; and
(c)&nbsp;&#147;Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers&#148; of the Registration Statement, insofar as such statements constitute summaries of legal documents or legal matters, fairly summarize such legal documents and legal matters in
all material respects in accordance with the requirements applicable to the Registration Statement, the Form 10-K or the Proxy Statement, as applicable, subject to the qualifications and assumptions stated therein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, we have participated in conferences with officers and other Underwriters of the Company, the independent registered public
accounting firm for the Company, your counsel and your Underwriters at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed and, although we have not independently
verified and are not passing upon, and do not assume any responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (except as and to the extent
set forth in paragraphs 7 and 12 above), on the basis of the foregoing (relying with respect to factual matters to the extent we deem appropriate upon statements by officers and other Underwriters of the Company), no facts have come to our attention
that have led us to believe that (i)&nbsp;the Registration Statement, at the time it became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; (ii)&nbsp;the Prospectus, as of its date and as of the date hereof, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (iii)&nbsp;as of the Initial Sale Time (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) (which you have informed us is a time prior to the time of the first sale of
the Securities by the Underwriter), the Preliminary Prospectus contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, it being understood that we express no statement or belief with respect to (i)&nbsp;the financial statements and related schedules, including the notes and schedules thereto and the
auditor&#146;s reports thereon, (ii)&nbsp;any other financial or accounting data included in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or excluded therefrom, (iii)&nbsp;representations and warranties and other
statements of fact included in the exhibits to the Registration Statement and the Incorporated Documents and (iv)&nbsp;the exclusion from the Preliminary Prospectus of any pricing information (and directly related disclosure) included in the
Prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Furthermore, we advise you that according to the effectiveness order of the SEC (regarding the Registration Statement)
appearing in the SEC&#146;s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, the Registration Statement was declared effective under the Securities Act on April [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;],
2014. In addition, based solely on our review of the information made available by the SEC at </P>
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http://www.sec.gov/litigation/stoporders.shtml, we confirm that the SEC has not issued any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. To our knowledge, based solely on
our participation in the conferences mentioned above regarding the Registration Statement, no proceedings for that purpose are pending or have been instituted or threatened by the SEC. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I>We express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than (i)&nbsp;applicable laws of the State of Texas,
(ii)&nbsp;applicable laws of the United States of America, (iii)&nbsp;certain other specified laws of the United States of America to the extent referred to specifically herein and (iv)&nbsp;the DGCL. References herein to &#147;applicable laws&#148;
mean those laws, rules and regulations that, in our experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, without our having made any special investigation as to the applicability of any specific
law, rule or regulation, and that are not the subject of a specific opinion herein referring expressly to a particular law or laws; <I>provided, however</I>, that such references (including, without limitation, those appearing in paragraphs 9 and 10
above) do not include any municipal or other local laws, rules or regulations, or any antifraud, environmental, labor, securities, tax, insurance or antitrust, laws, rules or regulations.<I> </I></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Opinion of Roger M. Barzun, General Counsel of the Company </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To my knowledge, there are no actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings pending, threatened or contemplated to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their directors or officers is or would
be a party, or to which any of their properties is or would be subject at law or in equity, before or by any federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority or agency that are required to be described
in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, but are not so described. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">2.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To my knowledge no person has the right to cause the Company to include in the offering contemplated by the Prospectus any shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">3.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The statements incorporated by reference from the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement for the Company&#146;s 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, into the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2013 under the headings listed below, insofar as such statements constitute summaries of legal documents or legal matters, fairly summarize such legal documents and legal matters in all material respects in accordance with the
requirements applicable to Form 10-K, subject, however, to the qualifications and assumptions included in such statements. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Location in the Proxy</B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Policies Regarding Hedging, Retaining, and Pledging Company Stock</I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Section&nbsp;16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance</I></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Stock&nbsp;Ownership&nbsp;Information</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Employment Agreements of Named Executive Officers</I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-in-Control</I></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Executive Compensation</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">I have participated in certain conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, the Company&#146;s
independent registered public accounting firm, your counsel and your representatives at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed, and although I have not
independently verified and am not passing upon, and do not assume any responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, on the basis of
the foregoing (relying with respect to factual matters to the extent I deem appropriate upon statements by officers and other representatives of the Company) no facts have come to my attention that have led me to believe that &#151; </P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Registration Statement, at the time it became effective contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Prospectus, as of its date contained and on the date hereof contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Preliminary Prospectus as of the Initial Sale Time (which you have informed me is a time immediately prior to the time of the first sale of the Securities by any of the Underwriters) contained an untrue statement of
a material fact, or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, it being understood that I express no
statement or belief with respect to &#151; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The financial statements and related schedules, including the notes and schedules thereto or the auditor&#146;s report thereon; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(ii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Any other financial or accounting data included in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or excluded therefrom; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(iii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Representations and warranties and other statements of fact included in the exhibits to the Registration Statement; or </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(iv)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The exclusion from the Preliminary Prospectus of any pricing information (and directly related disclosure) included in the Prospectus. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On April &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, The NASDAQ Stock Market advised me in writing that it had completed its
review of the Company&#146;s Listing of Additional Shares Notification Form that was sent to NASDAQ electronically on April&nbsp;25, 2014 and made no further comment on the notification. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;6, 2014 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sterling Construction Company,
Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">20810 Fernbush Lane </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Houston, Texas 77073 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have acted as special counsel to
Sterling Construction Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), in connection with the public offering of 2,100,000 shares of the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company (the &#147;<U>Shares</U>&#148;)
pursuant to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-195087), as amended, filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<U>Securities Act</U>&#148;), and declared effective on April&nbsp;29,
2014 (the &#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>&#148;). A prospectus supplement dated April&nbsp;30, 2014, which, together with the accompanying prospectus dated April&nbsp;29, 2014, shall constitute the &#147;<U>Prospectus</U>,&#148; has been filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) promulgated under the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As the basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed, we have examined such
statutes, including the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;<U>DGCL</U>&#148;), regulations, corporate records, certificates of corporate and public officials, and other instruments and documents as we have deemed necessary or advisable for
the purposes of this opinion. In making our examination, we have assumed and not verified (i)&nbsp;the genuineness of all signatures on documents examined by us, (ii)&nbsp;the legal capacity of all natural persons, (iii)&nbsp;the authenticity of all
documents submitted to us as originals and (iv)&nbsp;the conformity with the original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed, electronic or photostatic copies. We have also assumed that all Shares will be issued and sold
in the manner described in the Prospectus and in accordance with the terms of the underwriting agreement dated April&nbsp;30, 2014 relating to the offer and sale of the Shares (the &#147;<U>Underwriting Agreement</U>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the limitations, qualifications, exceptions and assumptions set forth herein, and having due regard
for such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that (i)&nbsp;the issuance of the Shares by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and (ii)&nbsp;when
the Shares have been issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We express no opinion other than as to the federal laws of the United States of America and the DGCL (including the applicable provisions of
the Delaware constitution and reported judicial decisions interpreting those laws). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We consent to the filing by you of this opinion as an
exhibit to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on the date hereof, and we further consent to the use of our name under the caption &#147;Legal Matters&#148; in the Prospectus. In giving these consents, we do not thereby admit that we
are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>STERLING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>BOUGHT DEAL OFFERING </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Houston, TX
&#151; May&nbsp;6, 2014. Sterling Construction Company, Inc. (Nasdaq GS: STRL) (the &#147;Company&#148; or &#147;Sterling&#148;) today announced that its previously announced bought deal offering of 2,100,000 shares of its common stock, par value
$0.01 per share, has closed. The offering resulted in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $14 million (after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The net proceeds from the offering will be used to repay indebtedness outstanding under the Company&#146;s revolving credit facility and for general corporate
purposes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The securities described above are being offered by the Company pursuant to a shelf registration statement which was filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;4, 2014 and became effective on April&nbsp;29, 2014. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these
securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The completion of the offering is subject to
customary closing conditions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Copies of the final prospectus supplement and base prospectus relating to the offering can be obtained at the SEC&#146;s
website at http://www.sec.gov or from D.A. Davidson&nbsp;&amp; Co. at 8 Third Street North, Great Falls, MT 59401 or by calling (800)&nbsp;332-5915. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sterling is a leading heavy civil construction company that specializes in the building and reconstruction of transportation and water infrastructure projects
in Texas, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, California, Hawaii, and other states where there are construction opportunities. Its transportation infrastructure projects include highways, roads, bridges and light rail, and its water infrastructure projects
include water, wastewater and storm drainage systems. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>This press release includes certain statements that fall within the definition of
&#147;forward-looking statements&#148; under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including overall economic and market conditions, our ability to successfully integrate
acquired businesses and realize the anticipated benefits of those acquisitions, competitors&#146; and customers&#146; actions, and weather conditions, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, including those
risks identified in the Company&#146;s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, such statements should be considered in light of these risks. Any prediction by the Company is only a statement of management&#146;s belief at
the time the prediction is made. There can be no assurance that any prediction once made will continue thereafter to reflect management&#146;s belief, and the Company does not undertake to update publicly its predictions, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise. </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Contacts </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sterling Construction Company, Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Thomas R. Wright </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">EVP&nbsp;&amp; Chief Financial Officer </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Brian Manning, P.E. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">EVP&nbsp;&amp; Chief Development Officer
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(281) 821-9091 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">or </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Fred Buonocore (212)&nbsp;836-9607 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Linda Latman (212)&nbsp;836-9609 </P>
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