UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • March 16th, 2010 • Transatlantic Holdings Inc • Fire, marine & casualty insurance • New York
American Home Assurance Company, a New York insurance corporation, and a wholly owned subsidiary of American International Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Selling Stockholder”), a stockholder of Transatlantic Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I(a) hereto (the “Underwriters”) an aggregate of 8,466,693 shares (the “Firm Shares”) and, at the election of the Underwriters, up to 725,969 additional shares (the “Optional Shares”) of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company (the “Stock”). The Firm Shares and the Optional Shares that the Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 3 hereof are herein collectively called the “Shares”.
