1,800,000 Shares* CERADYNE, INC. Common Stock UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • June 25th, 2003 • Ceradyne Inc • Miscellaneous manufacturing industries • New York
Ceradyne, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell 1,500,000 shares (the “Company Firm Shares”) of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”), and the stockholder of the Company named in Schedule II hereto (the “Selling Stockholder”) proposes to sell 300,000 shares (the “Selling Stockholder Firm Shares”), in each case to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as Representatives (the “Representatives”). The Company has also agreed to grant to you and the other Underwriters an option (the “Company Option”) to purchase up to an additional 225,000 shares of Common Stock, on the terms and for the purposes set forth in Section 1(b) (“Company Option Shares”). The Selling Stockholder has also agreed to grant to you and the other Underwriters an option (the “Selling Stockholder Option”) to purchase up to an additional 45,000 shares of Common Stock, on the terms and for the purposes set
