0001348259-12-000036 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER By and Among FLAGSTONE REINSURANCE HOLDINGS, S.A., FLAGSTONE REINSURANCE HOLDINGS (BERMUDA) LIMITED, VALIDUS HOLDINGS, LTD. and VALIDUS UPS, LTD. Dated as of August 30, 2012

Merger Agreement • September 4th, 2012 • Validus Holdings LTD • Fire, marine & casualty insurance • New York

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  September 4th, 2012
• Company
  Validus Holdings LTD
• Industry
  Fire, marine & casualty insurance
• Jurisdiction
  New York

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) dated as of August 30, 2012, among FLAGSTONE REINSURANCE HOLDINGS, S.A., a Luxembourg société anonyme (the “Company”), FLAGSTONE REINSURANCE HOLDINGS (BERMUDA) LIMITED, a Bermuda exempted company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Flagstone Bermuda”), VALIDUS HOLDINGS, LTD., a Bermuda exempted company (“Parent”), and VALIDUS UPS, LTD., a Bermuda exempted company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”).