SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

AMENDMENT NO. 2

SCHEDULE TO

(Rule 14d-100)
TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

HCC INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.

HCC INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.

Calculation of Filing Fee

	Transaction Valuation*			Amount of Filing Fee**(1)
	$124,714,000			$4901.26

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Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

Amount Previously Paid: Not applicable                                               Filing Party: Not applicable
Form or Registration No.: Not applicable                                               Date Filed: Not applicable

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Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

Check the appropriate boxes to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

o third party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
þ  issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
o  going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.
o  amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer. þ

 

 

INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT

This Amendment No. 2 to Schedule TO (this “Amendment”) amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO-I filed by HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), on March 3, 2009, as subsequently amended by Amendment No. 1 to Schedule TO on April 2, 2009 (as, amended, the “Schedule TO-I”) and relates to the offer by the Company to purchase, at the option of the holder thereof (the “Holder”), all outstanding 1.30% Convertible Notes Due 2023 issued by the Company (the “Securities”), upon the terms of and subject to the conditions set forth in, the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 28, 2003, and the related Indenture, dated as of August 23, 2001 (collectively, and as further amended and supplemented, the “Indenture”), between the Company and Wachovia Bank, National Association (as successor to First Union National Bank), a national banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, as trustee, with U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America as successor trustee (the “Trustee”), the Company Notice to Holders of 1.30% Convertible Notes Due 2023, dated March 3, 2009 (the “Company Notice”), and the related notice materials filed as exhibits to this Schedule TO-I (which Company Notice and related notice materials, as amended or supplemented from time to time, collectively constitute the “Put Option”). The Company Notice and related notice materials are incorporated by reference in this Amendment. This Amendment amends and supplements the Schedule TO-I as set forth below and is intended to satisfy the disclosure requirements of Rule 13e-4(c)(4) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

This Amendment is being filed to file the Press Release as filed April 15, 2009 as an exhibit to the Schedule TO-I.

Items 1 through 11.

Not applicable.

Item 12. Exhibits.

		(a)(1)(A)		Company Notice to Holders of 1.30% Convertible Notes Due 2023, dated March 3, 2009.*
		(a)(1)(B)		Form of Substitute Form W-9.*
		(a)(5)		Press Release dated April 15, 2009
		(b)		Not applicable.
		(d)(1)		First Amendment to Second Supplemental Indenture dated December 22, 2004 between the Company and Wachovia Bank, N.A., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 22, 2004.
		(d)(2)		Second Supplemental Indenture dated March 28, 2003 between the Company and Wachovia Bank, National Association, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 28, 2003.
		(d)(3)		Indenture dated August 23, 2001 between the Company and First Union National Bank, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 24, 2001.
		(g)		Not applicable.
		(h)		Not applicable.

* Previously filed

Item 13. Information Required by Schedule 13E-3.

Not applicable.

SIGNATURE

     After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this Amendment No. 2 to Schedule TO is true, complete, and correct.

Date: April 15, 2009

Index to Exhibits

Exhibit Number		Description
(a)(1)(A)		Company Notice to Holders of 1.30% Convertible Notes Due 2023, dated March 3, 2009.*
(a)(1)(B)		Form of Substitute Form W-9.*
(a)(5)		Press Release dated April 15, 2009
(d)(1)		First Amendment to Second Supplemental Indenture dated December 22, 2004 between the Company and Wachovia Bank, N.A., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 22, 2004.
(d)(2)		Second Supplemental Indenture dated March 28, 2003 between the Company and Wachovia Bank, National Association, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 28, 2003.
(d)(3)		Indenture dated August 23, 2001 between the Company and First Union National Bank, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 24, 2001.