MAIDEN HOLDINGS NORTH AMERICA, LTD.Underwriting Agreement • June 24th, 2011 • Maiden Holdings, Ltd. • Fire, marine & casualty insurance • New York
Contract Type FiledJune 24th, 2011 Company Industry JurisdictionMaiden Holdings North America, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”, which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated is acting as representative (the “Representative”), an aggregate of $100,000,000 principal amount of its 8.25% Notes due 2041 (the “Initial Notes”) and, pursuant to an option granted by the Company to the Underwriters as described in Section 2(b), all or any part of an aggregate of $15,000,000 principal amount of 8.25% Notes due 2041 to cover over-allotments, if any (the “Optional Notes” and, together with the Initial Notes, the “Notes”).