0000950123-05-011417 Sample Contracts

Common Shares (par value $.01 per share) Jurisdiction Agreement

Jurisdiction Agreement • September 22nd, 2005 • Platinum Underwriters Holdings LTD • Fire, marine & casualty insurance • New York

• Contract Type
  Jurisdiction Agreement
• Filed
  September 22nd, 2005
• Company
  Platinum Underwriters Holdings LTD
• Industry
  Fire, marine & casualty insurance
• Jurisdiction
  New York

Reference is hereby made to that certain Underwriting Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd., a Bermuda company (the “Company”) and Merrill Lynch & Co. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch” or the “Underwriter”). All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Underwriting Agreement.

Common Shares (par value $.01 per share) Underwriting Agreement

Retrocession Agreement • September 22nd, 2005 • Platinum Underwriters Holdings LTD • Fire, marine & casualty insurance • Maryland

• Contract Type
  Retrocession Agreement
• Filed
  September 22nd, 2005
• Company
  Platinum Underwriters Holdings LTD
• Industry
  Fire, marine & casualty insurance
• Jurisdiction
  Maryland

Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd., a Bermuda company (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch” or the “Underwriter”) a number of shares of Common Shares, par value $.01 per share, of the Company equal to $163,500,000 divided by the Public Offer Price (as defined below) (the “Shares”).