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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 25, 2006
Registration No. 333-76122
 
 
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
Form S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware   76-0336636
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
13403 Northwest Freeway
Houston, Texas 77040
(713) 690-7300

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of each Registrant’s principal executive offices)
STEPHEN L. WAY
13403 Northwest Freeway
Houston, Texas 77040
(713) 690-7300

(Name, address including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
copies to:
     
ARTHUR S. BERNER, ESQ.   CHRISTOPHER L. MARTIN, ESQ.
Haynes and Boone, LLP   Executive Vice President and General Counsel
1221 McKinney Street, Suite 2100   HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.
Houston, Texas 77010   13403 Northwest Freeway
(713) 547-2526   Houston, Texas 77040
    (713) 690-7300
     Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
     We are filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-76122) (the “Registration Statement”) of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. to deregister $322,500,000 of debt securities, common stock, warrants and other securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement that remain unissued as of the date this Amendment is filed.

 


 

SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, Texas, on the 25th day of May, 2006.
             
    HCC INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ STEPHEN L. WAY
 
Stephen L. Way
   
 
      Chairman of the Board and    
 
      Chief Executive Officer    
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the 25th day of May, 2006.
         
Signature   Title
 
 
  /s/ STEPHEN L. WAY    Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive
     
 
  Stephen L. Way   Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
 
       
 
  /s/ FRANK J. BRAMANTI*   Director
     
 
  Frank J. Bramanti    
 
       
 
  /s/ PATRICK B. COLLINS*   Director
     
 
  Patrick B. Collins    
 
       
 
  /s/ JAMES R. CRANE*   Director
     
 
  James R. Crane    
 
       
 
  /s/ J. ROBERT DICKERSON*   Director
     
 
  J. Robert Dickerson    
 
       
 
  /s/ WALTER M. DUER    Director
     
 
  Walter M. Duer    
 
       
 
  /s/ EDWARD H. ELLIS, JR.    Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
     
 
  Edward H. Ellis, Jr.   Officer (Chief Accounting Officer)
 
       
 
  /s/ JAMES C. FLAGG*   Director
     
 
  James C. Flagg    
 
       
 
  /s/ ALLAN W. FULKERSON*   Director
     
 
  Allan W. Fulkerson    
 
       
 
  /s/ WALTER J. LACK*   Director
     
 
  Walter J. Lack    
 
       
 
  /s/ JOHN N. MOLBECK, JR.    Director, President and Chief Operating Officer
     
 
  John N. Molbeck, Jr.    
 
       
 
  /s/ MICHAEL A.F. ROBERTS    Director
     
 
  Michael A.F. Roberts    
 
       
*By:
  /s/ STEPHEN L. WAY     
 
       
 
  Stephen L. Way    
 
  Attorney-in-fact