HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. 4,687,500 Shares* Common Stock ($1.00 par value per share) Underwriting AgreementUnderwriting Agreement • November 22nd, 2005 • HCC Insurance Holdings Inc/De/ • Fire, marine & casualty insurance • New York
HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), proposes to sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you (the “Representative”) are acting as representative, 4,687,500 shares of its Common Stock, $1.00 par value (“Common Stock”; said Common Stock to be issued and sold by the Company, being hereinafter called the “Underwritten Securities”). The Company also proposes to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to 703,125 additional shares of Common Stock to cover over-allotments (the “Option Securities”; the Option Securities, together with the Underwritten Securities, being hereinafter called the “Securities”).
