NEW CENTURY BANCORP, INC. 1,000,000 Shares of Common Stock* UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTNew Century Bancorp Inc • July 5th, 2006 • State commercial banks • Illinois
New Century Bancorp, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (the “Company”), has authorized capital stock consisting of 10,000,000 shares of common stock, $1.00 par value (“Common Stock”), of which 4,241,040 shares were outstanding as of December 31, 2005. The Company proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell 1,000,000 shares of its authorized but unissued Common Stock (the “Firm Shares”) to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto as it may be amended by the Pricing Agreement hereinafter defined (the “Underwriters”), who are acting severally and not jointly and for whom Howe Barnes Investments, Inc. is acting as representative (the “Representative”). In addition, the Company proposes to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to 150,000 additional shares of Common Stock (“the Optional Shares”) (the Firm Shares and the Optional Shares that the Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof are herein collectively calle
