UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 8, 2012 (November 6, 2012)

 

ONEBEACON
INSURANCE GROUP,
LTD.

 

ONEBEACON U.S.
HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Bermuda

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

 

 

1-33128

 

333-73012-04

(Commission File Number)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

 

 

98-0503315

 

52-2272489

(IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

 

 

601 Carlson Parkway

 

601 Carlson Parkway

Minnetonka, Minnesota 55305

 

Minnetonka, Minnesota 55305

(952) 852-2431

 

(952) 852-2431

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive
offices)

 

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of Registrant’s principal
executive offices)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 1.01.             Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On November 6, 2012, OneBeacon U.S. Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) and OneBeacon Insurance Group, Ltd., as a guarantor (the “Guarantor”), entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Barclays Capital Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as the representatives of the underwriters listed on Schedule I thereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”), with respect to the Company’s issue and sale of $275,000,000 principal amount of its 4.600% Senior Notes due 2023. The offering is being made pursuant to the Company’s effective registration statement on Form S-3 filed on June 13, 2011 (No. 333-174867-04) (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”).

 

The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warrantees and agreements by the Company and the Guarantor and customary conditions to closing, indemnification obligations of the Company, the Guarantor and the Underwriters, including for liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, other obligations of the parties and termination provisions.

 

The Company maintains ordinary banking and commercial relationships with certain of the Underwriters and their affiliates, for which they receive customary fees.

 

The offering is more fully described in the prospectus supplement, dated November 6, 2012 and filed with the Commission on November 8, 2012, to the prospectus filed with the Commission on June 13, 2011 as part of the Registration Statement. The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto.

 

Item 9.01.             Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement dated November 6, 2012, among OneBeacon U.S. Holdings, Inc., OneBeacon Insurance Group, Ltd. and Barclays Capital Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

ONEBEACON INSURANCE GROUP, LTD.

 

ONEBEACON U.S. HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul H. McDonough

 

 

Name:

Paul H. McDonough

 

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

Date:  November 8, 2012

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement dated November 6, 2012, among OneBeacon U.S. Holdings, Inc., OneBeacon Insurance Group, Ltd. and Barclays Capital Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters.

 

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