UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT CREE, INC. 11,000,000 Shares of Common Stock Underwriting AgreementUnderwriting Agreement • September 11th, 2009 • Cree Inc • Semiconductors & related devices • New York
Cree, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representative (the “Representative”), an aggregate of 11,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $ 0.00125 per share, of the Company (the “Underwritten Shares”) and, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 1,650,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company (the “Option Shares”). The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are herein referred to as the “Shares”. The shares of Common Stock of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sale of the Shares are referred to herein as the “Stock”. Each share of Stock, including the Shares, will have attached thereto a right (each a “Right” and collectively, the “Rights”) to purchase one one-thousandth ( 1/1000) of a share of the Company’s preferred stock (“Preferred Stock”) or to acquire additional equity interests in the Comp
