OREANDA-NEWS. October 29, 2015. Further to our announcement on June 10, 2015, Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (President: Tsuyoshi Nagano, "TMHD") is pleased to announce that it has completed its acquisition of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. (“HCC”), a U.S. insurance holding company comprising property & casualty, accident & health and other specialty insurance businesses, following the satisfaction of all conditions of the acquisition, including approval from HCC's shareholders and all the relevant authorities.

On October 27, 2015 U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (October 28 Japan Standard Time), the acquisition was completed by filing the certificate of merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. HCC has now joined the Tokio Marine Group as a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. and will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. Total consideration for the acquisition is approximately USD 7.5 billion.

The financial results of HCC will be consolidated into the financial statements of TMHD from the first quarter of fiscal year 2016 onwards.

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