RBC BEARINGS INCORPORATED (a Delaware corporation) 7,817,000 Shares of Common Stock PURCHASE AGREEMENTPurchase Agreement • April 13th, 2006 • RBC Bearings INC • Ball & roller bearings • New York
RBC Bearings Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the persons listed in Schedule B hereto (collectively, the “Selling Shareholders”), confirm their respective agreements with Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”) and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Merrill Lynch is acting as representative (in such capacity, the “Representative”), with respect to (i) the issue and sale by the Company and the Selling Shareholders, acting severally and not jointly, and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective numbers of shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) set forth in Schedules A and B hereto, and (ii) the grant by the Company to the Underwriters, acting severally and no
