Manchester United plc 12,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • August 6th, 2014 • Manchester United PLC • Services-amusement & recreation services • New York
Introductory. Red Football LLC (the “Selling Shareholder”), as a shareholder of Manchester United plc, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), proposes to sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule A (the “Underwriters”) an aggregate of 12,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0005 per share (the “Shares”), of the Company. The 12,000,000 Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder are called the “Firm Shares.” In addition, the Selling Shareholder has granted to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 1,800,000 Shares. The additional 1,800,000 Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder pursuant to such option are called the “Optional Shares.” The Firm Shares and, if and to the extent such option is exercised, the Optional Shares are collectively called the “Offered Shares.” Jefferies LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated have agreed to act as representatives of the several Underwrit
