Underwriting AgreementUnderwriting Agreement • May 20th, 2008 • Polypore International, Inc. • Miscellaneous chemical products • New York
Polypore International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representative (the “Representative”), an aggregate of 3,750,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Stock”), of the Company and the stockholders of the Company named in Schedule II hereto (the “Selling Stockholders”) propose to sell to the Underwriters an aggregate of 3,750,000 shares of Stock and, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 1,125,000 shares of Stock to cover over-allotments, if any. The aggregate of 7,500,000 shares of Stock to be sold by the Company and the Selling Stockholders are herein called the “Underwritten Shares” and the aggregate of 1,125,000 additional shares of Stock to be sold by the Selling Stockholders at the option of the Underwriters are herein called the “Option Shares”.
