MF GLOBAL FINANCE NORTH AMERICA INC. (a Delaware corporation) Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed by MF Global Ltd. FORM OF PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Exhibit 1.1

MF GLOBAL FINANCE NORTH AMERICA INC.

(a Delaware corporation)

U.S.$ · ·% Senior Notes due 20

Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed by MF Global Ltd.

FORM OF PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Dated: ·, 2008

MF GLOBAL FINANCE NORTH AMERICA INC.

(a Delaware corporation)

U.S.$ · ·% Senior Notes due 20

Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed by MF Global Ltd.

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

·, 2008

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Securities Inc.

As Representatives of the

several Underwriters listed

in Schedule A hereto

c/o ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Securities Inc.

▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇

▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇

Ladies and Gentlemen:

MF Global Finance North America Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule A hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Securities Inc. are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), $· principal amount of its ·% Senior Notes due 20 , (the “Notes”). The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on an unsecured senior basis by the MF Global Ltd., a Bermuda company (the “Guarantor”) (such guarantee, the “Guarantee” and, together with the Notes, the “Securities”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture to be dated as of ·, 2008, as supplemented by one or more supplemental indentures, each to be dated as of ·, 2008 (collectively, the “Indenture”) among the Company, the Guarantor and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

The Company and the Guarantor understand that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Securities as soon as the Representatives deem advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered and the Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “1939 Act”).

The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form F-1, as amended on Form S-1 (No. 333-144079), including the related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses, covering the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a prospectus in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430A (“Rule 430A”) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) and paragraph (b) of Rule 424 (“Rule 424(b)”) of the 1933 Act Regulations. The information included in such prospectus that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it became effective but that

is deemed to be part of such registration statement at the time it became effective pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 430A is referred to as “Rule 430A Information.” Each prospectus used before such registration statement became effective, and any prospectus that omitted the Rule 430A Information, that was used after such effectiveness and prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, is herein called a “preliminary prospectus.” Such registration statement, including the amendments thereto, the exhibits and any schedules thereto, at the time it became effective, and including the Rule 430A Information, is herein called the “Registration Statement.” Any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations is herein referred to as the “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement,” and after such filing the term “Registration Statement” shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. The final prospectus in the form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities is herein called the “Prospectus.” For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“▇▇▇▇▇”).

SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.

(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company and the Guarantor. The Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time referred to in Section 1(a)(i) hereof and as of the Closing Time referred to in Section 2(c) hereof, and agree with each Underwriter, as follows:

(i) Compliance with Registration Requirements. Each of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Guarantor, are contemplated by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information has been complied with.

At the respective times the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto became effective and at the Closing Time, the Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any amendments and supplements thereto complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1939 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1939 Act (the “1939 Act Regulations”), and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement was issued and at the Closing Time, included or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

As of the Applicable Time (as defined below), neither (x) the Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time and the Statutory Prospectus (as defined below) as of the Applicable Time and the information included on Schedule B hereto, all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), nor (y) any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted

to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:

“Applicable Time” means ·:00 [a/p]m (Eastern time) on · or such other time as agreed by the Company and the Representatives.

“Statutory Prospectus” as of any time means the prospectus relating to the Securities that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to that time.

“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 433”), relating to the Securities that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company or the Guarantor, (ii) is a “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) whether or not required to be filed with the Commission (including, without limitation, the electronic road show filed on NetRoadShow on February 1, 2008) or (iii) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s or the Guarantor’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).

“Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors (other than a road show, as defined in Rule 433, which is not required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(8)(i)), and which is evidenced by its being specified in Schedule C hereto.

“Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus.

Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representatives, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified.

The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the 1939 Act or (ii) statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.

Each preliminary prospectus (including the prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto) complied when so filed in all material respects with the 1933 Act Regulations and each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to ▇▇▇▇▇, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

At the time of filing the Registration Statement, any 462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company, the Guarantor or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Securities and at the date hereof, each of the Company and the Guarantor was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations.

(ii) Independent Registered Public Accountants. The accountants who certified the financial statements and supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement are independent registered public accountants as required by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the Public Company Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB). The accountants have not provided to the Guarantor or its subsidiaries any non-audit services, the provision of which is prohibited by applicable law or accounting standards.

(iii) Financial Statements. The financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly the financial position of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; except as otherwise stated in the Registration Statement, said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting schedules, if any, present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included in the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement; and the summary and selected financial data, including the selected unaudited quarterly financial information, included in the Registration Statement present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included therein. The pro forma financial statements and the related notes thereto included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and have been properly compiled on the bases described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the 1933 Act, to the extent applicable.

(iv) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (A) there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “Material Adverse Effect”), (B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Guarantor and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, and (C) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Guarantor or the Company on any class of their respective share capital.

(v) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of Delaware and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Guarantor, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.

(vi) Good Standing of the Guarantor. The Guarantor has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of Bermuda and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Guarantor is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(vii) Good Standing of Material Subsidiaries. Each material subsidiary of the Guarantor set forth on Schedule D hereto (each a “Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Subsidiaries”) has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation or other entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, as applicable, has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each such Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Guarantor, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary.

(viii) Capitalization. The authorized, issued and outstanding share capital of the Guarantor is as set forth in the Prospectus in the column entitled “Historical” under the caption “Our Capitalization” (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans referred to in the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the Prospectus). The issued shares of the Guarantor have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; none of the issued shares of the Guarantor was issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Guarantor.

(ix) Due Authorization. The Company and the Guarantor have full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Securities and the Indenture (collectively, the

“Transaction Documents”) and to perform their obligations hereunder and thereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby has been duly and validly taken.

(x) The Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and the Guarantor, and upon effectiveness of the Registration Statement was or will have been duly qualified under the 1939 Act and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and the Guarantor enforceable against the Company and the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”).

(xi) The Notes. The Notes have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

(xii) The Guarantee. The Guarantee has been duly authorized by the Guarantor and, when the Notes have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, such Guarantee will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

(xiii) Purchase Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor.

(xiv) Descriptions of the Transaction Documents. The statements in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the captions “Description of the Notes” and “Underwriting” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the Transaction Documents are accurate, complete and fair in all material respects.

(xv) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Guarantor nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its organizational documents or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Guarantor, the Company or any subsidiary is subject (collectively, “Agreements and Instruments”), except for such defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; and the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated therein and in the Registration Statement (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) and compliance by the Company and the Guarantor with their obligations under the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under, or

result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Guarantor or any subsidiary pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, Memorandum of Association, By-laws or similar organizational documents of the Guarantor or any subsidiary or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Guarantor or any subsidiary or any of their assets, properties or operations.

(xvi) Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor dispute with the employees of the Guarantor or any subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Guarantor or the Company (with respect to the Company), is imminent, which would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xvii) Absence of Proceedings. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, to the knowledge of the Guarantor or the Company (with respect to the Company), now pending or threatened, against or affecting the Guarantor or any subsidiary, which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement (other than as disclosed therein), or which might result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which might materially and adversely affect the properties or assets thereof or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the performance by the Guarantor or the Company of their respective obligations hereunder; the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Guarantor or any subsidiary is a party or of which any of their respective property or assets is the subject which are not described in the Registration Statement, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xviii) Exhibits. There are no contracts or documents which are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits thereto which have not been so described and filed as required.

(xix) Accuracy of Description of Contracts and Material Documents. All descriptions of provisions of contracts or other material documents described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus are accurate descriptions in all material respects, fairly summarize the contents of such provisions and do not omit any material information. There are no contracts or documents that would be required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that have not been so described.

(xx) Related Party Transactions. The descriptions of transactions appearing under the heading “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are accurate descriptions of, and fairly summarize the relevant transactions in all material respects. There are no further transactions that are material and would be required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that have not been so described.

(xxi) Possession of Intellectual Property. The Guarantor and its subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary to carry on the business now operated by them, and neither the Guarantor nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, singly or in the aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Guarantor and each of its subsidiaries are in compliance with the applicable rules relating to personal data processing and treatment, except where the failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxii) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency, domestic or foreign, or Self-Regulatory Organization (as defined below) is necessary or required for the performance by the Company and the Guarantor of their respective obligations under the Transaction Documents, in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations or state securities laws and except for the qualification of the Indenture under the 1939 Act, or otherwise.

(xxiii) Absence of Manipulation. None of the Company, the Guarantor or any director, officer or subsidiary of the Company or the Guarantor has taken, nor will the Company, the Guarantor or any of its respective affiliates take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which would be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or the Guarantor to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(xxiv) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Guarantor and its subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “Governmental Licenses”) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure so to possess would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; the Guarantor and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Guarantor nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the suspension, revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxv) Title to Property. The Guarantor and its subsidiaries do not own any material real property; all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Guarantor, the Company or any of

their respective subsidiaries holds properties described in the Prospectus, are in full force and effect, except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxvi) Investment Company Act. Neither the Company nor the Guarantor is required, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Prospectus will not be required, to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and neither is a “pool” as defined in Rule 4.10(d)(1) under the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the “Commodities Laws”).

(xxvii) Environmental Laws. Except as described in the Registration Statement and except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) the Guarantor and its subsidiaries are in compliance with any applicable federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance or common law or any judicial or administrative decision, order, consent decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment or the release or threatened release, use, treatment, storage or disposal of pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, including, without limitation, petroleum or petroleum by-products or asbestos-containing materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”); (B) the Guarantor and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws; and (C) there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Guarantor or the Company, threatened administrative or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, information requests, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Guarantor, the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries.

(xxviii) Registration Rights. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or registered by the Guarantor or the Company under the 1933 Act or otherwise.

(xxix) Accounting Controls. The Guarantor and each of its subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

(xxx) Disclosure Controls. The Guarantor and its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Guarantor’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Guarantor and its subsidiaries have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the 1934 Act.

(xxxi) Compliance with the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act. The Guarantor is in compliance with all provisions of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 2002 and all rules and regulations promulgated

thereunder or implementing the provisions thereof (the “▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act”) that are then in effect and which the Guarantor is required to comply with.

(xxxii) Payment of Taxes. Any tax returns required to be filed by the Guarantor, the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries in any jurisdiction have been accurately prepared and timely filed and any taxes, including any withholding taxes, excise taxes, franchise taxes and similar fees, sales taxes, use taxes, penalties and interest, assessments and fees and other charges due or claimed to be due from such entities have been paid, other than any of those being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided or any of those currently payable without penalty or interest except to the extent that the failure to so file or pay would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; no deficiency assessment with respect to a proposed adjustment of the Company’s, the Guarantor’s or any of their respective subsidiaries’ taxes is, to the knowledge of the Company or the Guarantor, pending or threatened except to the extent as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and there is no material tax lien, whether imposed by any federal, state, or other taxing authority, outstanding against the assets, properties or business of the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries except to the extent as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxxiii) Transfer and Similar Taxes. No stamp, issue, transfer tax, value added tax or duty or other similar tax or duty (“Transfer Taxes”) is payable by or on behalf of the Underwriters to the Bermuda Government or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof and no capital gains, income or withholding or other similar tax is payable by or on behalf of the Underwriters to the Bermuda Government or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, in any case, in connection with: (i) the offer, sale and delivery by the Company or the Guarantor of the Securities to or for the respective accounts of such Underwriters; (ii) the sale and delivery by such Underwriters of the Securities to the initial purchasers thereof; (iii) the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents; and (iv) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or any other document relating to a global offering. There is no income or other tax of Bermuda imposed by withholding or otherwise on any payment to be made by the Guarantor under or pursuant to the Securities or the Indenture.

(xxxiv) Insurance. The Guarantor and its subsidiaries carry or are entitled to the benefits of insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as is generally maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar business, and all such insurance is in full force and effect. Neither the Company nor the Guarantor has any reason to believe that it or any of their respective subsidiaries will not be able (A) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (B) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries has been denied any material insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied.

(xxxv) Statistical and Market-Related Data. Any statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company and the Guarantor believe to be reliable and accurate, and, where necessary, the Company or the Guarantor has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources.

(xxxvi) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. None of the Company, the Guarantor or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Guarantor, any of their respective directors or officers is aware

of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the Company, the Guarantor and, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantor, their respective directors, officers and subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and the Company, the Guarantor and their respective subsidiaries have instituted and maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure continued compliance therewith.

(xxxvii) Money Laundering Laws. The Guarantor has in place policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that its and its subsidiaries’ operations (including those of the Company) are, and has no reason to believe said operations are not being conducted, and have been conducted at all times during the past five years in material compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the applicable rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Guarantor, the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is, to the knowledge of the Guarantor or the Company, pending or threatened.

(xxxviii) OFAC. None of the Company, the Guarantor or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Guarantor, any of its respective directors, officers, agents, employees, affiliates or persons acting on its behalf is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and neither the Company nor the Guarantor will directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

(xxxix) Authorizations. Those directors, officers and other employees of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries required to be registered or qualified as an Associated Person (as that term is defined in Rule 1.3(aa) of the General Regulations under the Commodities Laws), Principal (as that term is defined in Rule 3.1(a) of the General Regulations under the Commodities Laws) or both or otherwise under applicable law, the Guarantor and each of its subsidiaries have such permits, licenses, consents, exemptions, authorizations, orders, registrations, qualifications and other approvals (each, an “Authorization”) of, and have made all filings with and notices to, all Governmental Authorities and all Self-Regulatory Organizations necessary to conduct its business in the manner described in the Prospectus and is a member in good standing and is in compliance with the applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders, by-laws and similar requirements of each federal, state or foreign exchange, clearing house or association and Self-Regulatory Organizations or similar organizations necessary to conduct its business in the manner described in the Prospectus, except where the failure to have any such Authorization or filing or notice or the failure to be in good standing or in such compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the Authorizations are

valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Authorizations or the failure of such Authorizations to be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Guarantor nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the suspension, revocation or modification of any such Authorization, which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect. “Self-Regulatory Organization” shall have the meaning provided for in Section 3(a)(26) of the 1934 Act and Rule 1.3(ee) of the General Regulations of the Commodities Laws and shall also include any other commission, board, agency, body, board of trade, clearing organization or clearing agency that is not a Governmental Authority (as defined herein) but is charged with the supervision or regulation of brokerage companies or agents, or to the jurisdiction of which the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries is otherwise subject. “Governmental Authority” shall mean any court, administrative agency or commission, including, without limitation, the Commission, or other federal, state or local Governmental Authority or instrumentality of any nation and any agencies, departments or subdivisions thereof.

(xl) Filings. The Guarantor and each of its subsidiaries have timely filed all reports, registrations, statements and other filings, together with any amendments required to be made with respect thereto, that were required to be filed with or pursuant to the rules of (a) the Commission, (b) any other applicable federal, state, local or foreign governmental authorities or any Self-Regulatory Organization (all such reports and statements, including the financial statements, exhibits, annexes and schedules thereto, being collectively referred to herein as the “Reports”), including, without limitation, all reports, registrations, statements and filings required under the Commodities Laws or the Securities Laws (as defined herein), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, except for filings the failure of which to make will not materially adversely affect the ability of the Guarantor, the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries to consummate the transactions and acts contemplated by the Transaction Documents and would not reasonably result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Reports, when filed, complied in all material respects as to form with, and the requirements of, the statutes, rules, regulations and orders enforced or promulgated by the Commission or Governmental Authority or Self-Regulatory Organization with which they were filed. “Securities Laws” means, collectively, the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the 1939 Act, the 1940 Act, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and any state securities and “blue sky” laws.

(xli) Absence of Notices, Claims and Control Status. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company, the Guarantor and their respective subsidiaries

(1)

to the Company’s or the Guarantor’s knowledge, have received no notification or communication from any Governmental Authority or Self-Regulatory Organization (a) asserting that any of them has not been or is not in compliance with any of the statutes, rules, regulations or ordinances which such Governmental Authority or Self-Regulatory Organization enforces, or has otherwise engaged in any unlawful business practice, (b) threatening to suspend, condition, place restrictions on, revoke or deny an application for any license, franchise, permit, seat on any stock or commodities exchange or trading facility, or governmental authorization, (c) requiring any of them to enter into a cease and desist order, consent order, undertaking, memorandum of understanding or similar agreement (or requiring the directors thereof to adopt any resolution or policy) or (d) restricting or disqualifying the activities or denying proposed activities of the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries

(except for restrictions generally imposed by rule, regulation, or administrative policy on brokers or dealers generally or by a Self-Regulatory Organization), except in the case of (a), (b), (c) or (d) above where such action would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and

(2)

are not aware of any pending or, to the Company’s or the Guarantor’s knowledge, threatened investigation, review or disciplinary proceedings by any Governmental Authority or Self-Regulatory Organization against the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries or any current officer or director of the Guarantor or the Company that would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and

(3)

are not, nor is any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control of any of them, subject to a “statutory disqualification” as defined in Section 8a(2) or (3) of the Commodities Laws or Section 3(a)(39) of the 1934 Act or a disqualification that would be a basis for censure, limitations on the activities, functions, or operations of, or suspension or revocation of the registration of any broker-dealer subsidiary or affiliate of the Guarantor or the Company as a broker-dealer, an ECN, an “alternative trading system” (as such term is defined in Rule 300 of Regulation ATS under the 1934 Act), a national securities exchange, municipal securities dealer, government securities broker or government securities dealer under Section 15, Section 15B or Section 15C of the 1934 Act, and there is no reasonable basis for a proceeding or investigation, whether formal or informal, preliminary or otherwise, that is reasonably likely to result in, any such censure, limitations, suspension or revocation.

(xlii) Pending Proceedings and Examinations. The Registration Statement is not the subject of a pending proceeding or examination under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the 1933 Act, and the Company is not the subject of a pending proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities.

SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.

(a) Securities. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company and the Guarantor agree to issue and sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company and the Guarantor the respective principal amount of the Notes set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule A hereto at a price equal to ·% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from the Closing Time, as hereinafter defined.

(b) Payment. Payment of the purchase price for the Securities and delivery of the certificates representing the Securities shall be made at the offices of Fried, Frank, Harris, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company and the Guarantor, at 9:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on ·, 2008 (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10), or such other time not later than the fifth business day thereafter as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company and the Guarantor (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called “Closing Time”).

Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by Company against delivery to the Representatives (or at the written direction of the Representatives) for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of certificates representing the Securities to be purchased by them. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representatives, for its account, to accept delivery of and receipt of such certificates, and to make payment of the purchase price for the Securities which it has agreed to purchase. Each Representative, individually and not as representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Securities to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.

(c) Denominations; Registration. Certificates for the Securities shall be in such denominations ($2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) and registered in such names as the Representatives may request in writing at least one full business day before the Closing Time. The Securities, which may be in temporary form, will be made available by the Company and the Guarantor for examination by the Representatives in The City of New York not later than 10:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on the business day prior to the Closing Time.

SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company and the Guarantor. The Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, covenant with each Underwriter as follows:

(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests. The Company and the Guarantor, subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the requirements of Rule 430A, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall become effective, or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company or the Guarantor becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Company and the Guarantor will effect the filings required under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Company and the Guarantor will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.

(b) Filing of Amendments and 1934 Act Documents. The Company and the Guarantor will give the Representatives notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement (including any filing under Rule 462(b)) or any amendment, supplement or revision to either the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time it became effective or to the Prospectus, and will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object. The Company and the Guarantor has given the Representatives notice of any filings made pursuant to the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “1934 Act Regulations”) within a reasonable period of time prior to the Applicable Time; the Company and the Guarantor will give the Representatives notice of its intention to make any such filing from the Applicable Time to the Closing Time and will furnish the

Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.

(c) Delivery of Registration Statements. The Company and the Guarantor have furnished or will deliver to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, one signed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Representatives, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to ▇▇▇▇▇, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(d) Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company and the Guarantor have delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company and the Guarantor hereby consent to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company and the Guarantor will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to ▇▇▇▇▇, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company and the Guarantor will comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations and the 1939 Act and the 1939 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus for a period of nine months from the date hereof. If at any time for a period of nine months from the date hereof when a prospectus is required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company or the Guarantor, to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of such counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company and the Guarantor will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section 3(b), such amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply with such requirements, and the Company and the Guarantor will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request. If at any time for a period of nine months from the date hereof following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement relating to the Securities or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company and the Guarantor will promptly notify the Representatives and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

(f) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company and the Guarantor will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states in the United States as the Representatives may designate in effect for a period of not less than nine months from the later of the effective date of the Registration Statement and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Guarantor shall be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.

(g) Rule 158. The Company and the Guarantor will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Underwriters the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.

(h) Restriction on Sale of Securities. During the period from the date hereof through and including the Closing Date, neither the Company nor the Guarantor will, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or the Guarantor and having a tenor of more than one year except for the issuance or guarantee of additional securities that form a part of the same series as the Securities or issuances of debt securities that are eligible to receive equity capital treatment from any relevant “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as such term is defined under Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act), in each case, the net proceeds of which are intended to be used to refinance the outstanding borrowings under the bridge loan (as defined in the Prospectus under “Prospectus Summary—The Offering”).

(i) Reporting Requirements. The Company and the Guarantor, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(j) Use of Proceeds. The Company and the Guarantor will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds.”

(k) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Each of the Company and the Guarantor represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company, the Guarantor and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company or the Guarantor with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 3(l) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule C hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company, the Guarantor and the Representatives is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company and the Guarantor each represents that, unless the Company or the Guarantor otherwise specifies at the time, it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping.

(l) Term Sheet. The Company and the Guarantor will prepare a final term sheet for the Notes containing solely a description of final terms of the Notes and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule B hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.

SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses.

(a) Expenses of the Company and the Guarantor. The Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, will pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of this Agreement, any Agreement among Underwriters, the Indenture and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale or delivery of the Securities, (iii) the preparation and delivery of the certificates for the Securities to the Underwriters and any taxes payable in that connection; (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s and Guarantor’s counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (vi) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and any costs associated with electronic delivery of any of the foregoing by the Underwriters to investors, (vii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (viii) all expenses incurred by the Company or the Guarantor in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors, (ix) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties), (x) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Securities and (xi) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority of the terms of the sale of the Securities.

(b) Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or Section 9(a)(i) hereof, the Company and the Guarantor shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.

(c) Allocation of Expenses. Except as provided in this Section and in Sections 6 and 9, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel.

(d) Reimbursement. Each of the Company and the Guarantor, undertakes, forthwith after a request by any of the Underwriters, to reimburse to the relevant Underwriter or Underwriters the amount of any costs, charges, fees and expenses (including, without limitation, amounts in respect of value added tax (or other similar tax) properly chargeable thereon) properly payable by the Company or the Guarantor under the other sub-sections of this Section 4 which the relevant Underwriter or Underwriters may have reasonably paid or incurred. The Underwriters are hereby authorized to deduct an amount equal to any such costs, charges, fees and expenses (including, without limitation, amounts in respect of value added tax (or other similar tax) chargeable thereon) which the Company or the Guarantor has agreed to pay or which fail to be reimbursed by the Company or the Guarantor under this Agreement, from any payments to be made by the Underwriters to the Company or the Guarantor.

(e) Payment to Indemnified Parties.

(i) All sums payable to any indemnified party under Section 6 hereof pursuant to this Agreement shall be paid free and clear of all deductions or withholdings for or on account of any tax imposed, levied or assessed by any tax authority, unless the deduction or withholding is required by law, in which event the indemnifying party shall pay such additional amount as shall be required to ensure that the net amount received by the payee will equal the full amount which would have been received by it had no such deduction or withholding been made; provided, however, that no such additional amount shall be payable in respect of any such tax imposed, assessed or levied by reason of the payee having some connection with such tax authority other than, in the case of any Underwriter, its participation as Underwriter hereunder.

(ii) If any tax authority imposes, assesses or levies a tax on (or includes in any computation of income, profit or gains for the purpose of any tax) any sum payable to any indemnified party under Section 6 of this Agreement or on any sum withheld in accordance with this Agreement from any payment made to such indemnified party under Section 6 of this Agreement, then the indemnifying party by whom the sum is payable shall pay such additional amount as shall be required to ensure that the total amount received, less the tax imposed, assessed or levied thereon, is equal to the amount that would otherwise be received by the indemnified party under this Agreement (additional payments being made on demand of the indemnified party), provided, however, that no such additional amount shall be payable in respect of any such tax imposed, assessed or levied by reason of the indemnified party having some connection with such tax authority other than, in the case of any Underwriter, its participation as Underwriter hereunder.

SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantor contained in Section 1 hereof or in certificates of any officer of the Guarantor or any subsidiary of the Guarantor or on behalf of the Company or the Guarantor delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Guarantor of their covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:

(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has become effective and at Closing Time no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters. A prospectus containing the Rule 430A Information shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time frame required by Rule 424(b) without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed and declared effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430A.

(b) Opinions of Counsel for Guarantor and the Company. At Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received opinions, dated as of Closing Time, of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, counsel for the Guarantor and the Company in the U.S. and Bermuda, respectively, and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, General Counsel to the Guarantor, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of each such letter for each of the other Underwriters to the effect set forth hereto in Exhibits ▇-▇, ▇-▇ and A-3, respectively.

(c) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. At Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of Fried, Frank, Harris, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇

LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters. In giving such opinion such counsel may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York and the federal law of the United States, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Representatives. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company, the Guarantor and their respective subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.

(d) Company’s Officers’ Certificate. At Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the Representatives shall have received a certificate of an executive officer of the Company who has specific knowledge of the Company’s financial matters and is satisfactory to the Representative, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties in Section 1(a) hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of Closing Time, (iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to Closing Time, (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to their knowledge, contemplated by the Commission (v) the rating accorded the Securities or any other debt securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as such term is defined under Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act have been maintained as set forth in paragraph (h) below.

(e) Guarantor’s Officers’ Certificate. At Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the Representatives shall have received a certificate of the chief executive officer or chief financial officer of the Guarantor and of the general counsel of the Guarantor, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties in Section 1(a) hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of Closing Time, (iii) the Guarantor has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to Closing Time, (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to their knowledge, contemplated by the Commission (v) the rating accorded the Securities or any other debt securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as such term is defined under Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act have been maintained as set forth in paragraph (h) below.

(f) Accountant’s Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP a letter dated such date, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit (and providing for “books and records” comfort on financial information for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2004 included in the Prospectus), together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

(g) Bring-down Comfort Letter. At Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP a letter, dated as of Closing Time and in the form attached hereto as Exhibit , to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to Closing Time.

(h) Maintenance of Rating. Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Applicable Time and (B) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Securities or any other debt securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as such term is defined under Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of the Securities or of any other debt securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).

(i) Additional Documents. At Closing Time counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such standard and customary documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company and the Guarantor in connection with the sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.

(j) Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Company and the Guarantor at any time at or prior to Closing Time and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 6. Indemnification.

(a) Indemnification of Underwriters. The Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act (each, an “Affiliate”), its selling agents and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:

(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue

statement or omission; provided that any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company and the Guarantor;

(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representatives), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above;

provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information, or any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).

(b) Indemnification of Company, Guarantor, Directors and Officers. Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantor, each of their respective directors, each of their respective officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls either the Company or the Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a)(i), (ii) and (iii) of this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information or any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.

(c) Actions against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Representatives, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(c) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company and the Guarantor. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to one local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim

and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

SECTION 7. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantor on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantor on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantor on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus.

The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantor on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Guarantor or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The Company, the Guarantor and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and each Underwriter’s Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company and of the Guarantor, each officer of the Company and of the Guarantor who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule A hereto and not joint.

SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling any Underwriter, its officers or directors, any person controlling the Company or any person controlling the Guarantor and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Securities.

SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement.

(a) Termination; General. The Representatives may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company and the Guarantor, at any time at or prior to Closing Time (i) if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus or General Disclosure Package, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company or the Guarantor has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange, or if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange has been suspended or materially limited, or (iv) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States or (v) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities.

(b) Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters. If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at Closing Time to purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the “Defaulted Securities”), the Representatives shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth. If, however, the Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then the Company and the Guarantor shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to make such arrangements. If neither the

Representatives nor the Company nor the Guarantor shall have made such arrangements within the prescribed times, then:

(i) if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased hereunder, each of the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or

(ii) if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased hereunder, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.

No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.

In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement either the (i) Representatives or (ii) the Company and the Guarantor shall have the right to postpone Closing Time for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. As used herein, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 10.

SECTION 11. Tax Disclosure. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, immediately upon commencement of discussions with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, the Company and the Guarantor (and each employee, representative or other agent of the Company or the Guarantor) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to the Company or the Guarantor relating to such tax treatment and tax structure. For purposes of the foregoing, the term “tax treatment” is the purported or claimed federal income tax treatment of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the term “tax structure” includes any fact that may be relevant to understanding the purported or claimed federal income tax treatment of the transactions contemplated hereby.

SECTION 12. Foreign Taxes. All payments (including all deemed payments by way of offset or netting) by the Guarantor to any Underwriter hereunder shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any and all present and future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereinafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by Bermuda or any other jurisdiction in which the Guarantor has a branch or an office from which payment (or deemed payment) is made or deemed to be made, excluding (i) any such tax imposed by reason of any Underwriter having some connection with any such jurisdiction other than its participation as Underwriter hereunder, and (ii) any income or franchise tax on the overall net income of such Underwriter imposed by the United States of America or any political subdivision of the United States of America (all such non-excluded taxes, “Foreign Taxes”). If the Guarantor is prevented by operation of law or otherwise from paying, causing to be paid or remitting that portion of amounts payable (or deemed payable) hereunder represented by Foreign Taxes imposed, levied, collected, assessed, withheld or deducted, then amounts payable (or deemed payable) under this Agreement by the Guarantor shall, to the extent permitted by law, be increased to such amount as is necessary to yield and remit to each Underwriter an amount which, after deduction of all such Foreign Taxes (including all such Foreign Taxes payable on such increased amount) equals the amount that would have been payable (or deemed payable) if no Foreign Taxes applied.

SECTION 13. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Representatives at Citigroup Global Markets Inc., ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, attention of · and ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Securities Inc., ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ (fax: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇), attention of High Grade Syndicate Desk; with a copy to Fried, Frank, Harris, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, attention of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Jacob; and notices to the Company or the Guarantor shall be directed to it at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇^▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, attention of General Counsel; with a copy to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, attention of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇.

SECTION 14. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship. Each of the Company and the Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, (b) in connection with the underwriting contemplated hereby each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company or the Guarantor, or its respective shareholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (c) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or the Guarantor with respect to the underwriting contemplated hereby (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company or the Guarantor on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company or the Guarantor with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of each of the Company and the Guarantor, and (e) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Company and the Guarantor has consulted its own respective legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.

SECTION 15. Parties. This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Company and the Guarantor and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters, the Company and the Guarantor and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriters, the Company and the Guarantor and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.

SECTION 16. GOVERNING LAW.

(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL CLAIMS ARISING THEREUNDER OR RELATED THERETO, INCLUDING AS TO ITS INTERPRETATION OR ENFORCEMENT, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK NOT INCLUDING ITS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS.

(b) The Company and the Guarantor irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any federal or state court in New York County, in any legal suit, action or proceeding based on, arising under, or related to this Agreement and agree that all claims in respect of such suit or proceeding may be

determined in any such court. Each of the Company and the Guarantor irrevocably waives the defense of an inconvenient forum or objections to personal jurisdiction with respect to the maintenance of such legal suit, action or proceeding. To the extent permitted by law, each of the Company and the Guarantor hereby waives any objections to the enforcement by any competent court in Bermuda of any judgment validly obtained in any such court referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph in Bermuda on the basis of any such legal suit, action or proceeding.

SECTION 17. Currency.

(a) The obligation of the parties to make payments under Sections 4, 6, 7 and 9 of this Agreement is in United States dollars and such obligation shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender or recovery pursuant to any judgment expressed in any currency other than United States dollars or any other realization in such other currency, whether as proceeds of set-off, security, guarantee, distributions, or otherwise, except to the extent to which such tender, recovery or realization shall result in the receipt by the party which is to receive such payment of the full amount of United States dollars expressed to be payable hereunder.

(b) The Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, agrees to indemnify the Underwriter against any loss incurred by the Underwriter as a result of any judgment or order being given or made for any amount due hereunder and such judgment or order being expressed and paid in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than United States dollars and a result of any variation as between (i) the rate of exchange at which the United States dollars amount is converted into the Judgment Currency for the purpose of such judgment or order, and (ii) the rate of exchange at which such Underwriter is able to purchase United States dollars, at the business day nearest the date of judgment, with the amount of the Judgment Currency actually received by such Underwriter. The foregoing indemnity shall constitute a separate and independent obligation of the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as aforesaid. The term “rate of exchange” shall include any premiums and costs or exchange payable in connection with the purchase of, or conversion into, the relevant currency.

SECTION 18. Illegality. If any provision in this Agreement shall be held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, under any enactment or rule of law, such provision or part shall to that extent be deemed not to form part of this Agreement but the legality, validity and enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected.

SECTION 19. Remedies Cumulative. The rights and remedies of each of the parties and each indemnified person under Sections 6 and 7 pursuant to this Agreement are cumulative and are in addition to any other rights and remedies provided by general law or otherwise.

SECTION 20. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, then such provision shall (so far as invalid or unenforceable) be given no effect and shall be deemed not to be included in this Agreement but without invalidating any of the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

SECTION 21. Waiver of Immunities. To the extent that the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective properties, assets or revenues may have or may hereafter become entitled to, or have attributed to the Company or Guarantor, any right of immunity, on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise, from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from the giving of any relief in any such legal action, suit or proceeding, from setoff or counterclaim, from the jurisdiction of Bermuda, New York or U.S. federal court, from service of process, from attachment upon or prior to judgment, from attachment in aid of execution of judgment, or from execution of judgment, or other legal process or proceeding for the

giving of any relief or for the enforcement of any judgment, in any such court in which proceedings may at any time be commenced, with respect to the obligations and liabilities of the Company or Guarantor, or any other matter under or arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement, each of the Company and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives or will waive such right to the extent permitted by law, and agrees not to plead or claim, any such immunity and consents to such relief and enforcement.

SECTION 22. TIME. TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.

SECTION 23. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.

SECTION 24. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company and the Guarantor a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters, the Company and the Guarantor in accordance with its terms.


Very truly yours,

MF GLOBAL FINANCE NORTH AMERICA INC.

By:
		Name:
		Title:

MF GLOBAL LTD.

By:
		Name:
		Title:

CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,

as of the date first above written:

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ SECURITIES INC.


By: CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

By:
		Name:
		Title:

By: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ SECURITIES INC.

By:
		Name:
		Title:

For themselves and as Representatives of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto.

SCHEDULE A


Name of Underwriter		Principal Amount
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Securities Inc.

Total

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SCHEDULE B

Pricing Term Sheet

U.S.$ · ·% Senior Notes due 20


Issuer:		MF Global Finance North America Inc.
Guarantor:		MF Global Ltd.
Principal Amount:		$
Maturity:		, 20
Coupon:		%
Price to Public:		%
Yield to Maturity:		%
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:		%
Benchmark Treasury:		____
Benchmark Treasury Spot and Yield:		%
Interest Payment Dates:		and , commencing , 2008
Make-Whole Call:		At any time at a discount rate of Treasury plus basis points
Trade Date:		, 2008
Settlement Date:		, 2008 (T+ )
Denominations:		$2,000 x $1,000
Ratings:
Joint Book-Running Managers:		Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
		▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Securities Inc.
Senior Co-Managers:
Junior Co-Managers:

Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting ▇▇▇▇▇ on the SEC Web site at ▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇▇. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Citigroup Global Markets Inc. toll free at 1-877-858-5407 or ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Securities Inc. collect at ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇.

Any disclaimer or other notice that may appear below is not applicable to this communication and should be disregarded. Such disclaimer or notice was automatically generated as a result of this communication being sent by Bloomberg or another email system.

Sch B - 1

SCHEDULE C

Final Term Sheet (the form of which is included on Schedule B)

Sch C - 1

SCHEDULE D

Material Subsidiaries:

MF Global Inc., a Delaware corporation

MF Global Finance USA Inc., a New York corporation

MF Global UK Limited, a company organized and existing under the laws of England & Wales

Sch D - 1

MF GLOBAL FINANCE NORTH AMERICA INC. (a Delaware corporation) Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed by MF Global Ltd. FORM OF PURCHASE AGREEMENT

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