5,000,000 Shares COMMONWEALTH INDUSTRIES, INC. Common Stock, $0.01 par value UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • September 19th, 1997 • Commonwealth Industries Inc/De/ • Rolling drawing & extruding of nonferrous metals • New York
The Company also proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters not more than an additional 750,000 shares of its common stock, $0.01 par value (the "Additional Shares"), if and to the extent that you, as managers of the offering, shall have determined to exercise, on behalf of the Underwriters, the right to purchase such shares of common stock granted to the Underwriters in Section 2 hereof. The terms "Firm Shares" and "Additional Shares" shall in be deemed each case to include the rights to purchase Participating Preferred Stock. The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Shares." The shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sales contemplated hereby are hereinafter referred to as the "Common Stock."
