EX-4.1









Exhibit 4.1




[Form of Note]



THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND
IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE) OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS
GLOBAL SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE
DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND, UNLESS
AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS GLOBAL
SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY,
OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY, OR BY THE
DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY.



UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY,
A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.




			
	 	 	 
	No. R-001
	 	$500,000,000
	CUSIP No. 00440E AM 9	 	 






ACE INA Holdings Inc.




5.90% Senior Note due 2019




     ACE INA Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the “Company”, which term
includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to below), for value received,
hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of Five Hundred
Million Dollars ($500,000,000) on June 15, 2019 and to pay interest thereon from June 8, 2009 or
from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for,
payable semi-annually on June 15 and December 15 in each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”),
commencing December 15, 2009, at the rate of 5.90% per annum, until the principal hereof (and any
Additional Amounts (as defined below)) is paid or duly made available for payment. Interest on
this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. If any
Interest Payment Date or the maturity date falls on a day that is



 









 







not a Business Day, the required payment shall be made on the next Business Day as if it were
made on the date such payment was due and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the
period from and after such Interest Payment Date or the maturity date, as the case may be, to such
next Business Day. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any
Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this
Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the regular
record date for such interest, which shall be June 1 or December 1 (whether or not a Business Day),
as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest which is payable,
but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease
to be payable to the registered Holder hereof on the relevant regular record date by virtue of
having been such Holder, and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a subsequent special record date
(which shall be at least 10 days before the payment date) for the payment of such defaulted
interest to be fixed by the Company, notice whereof shall be given to the Holders of Notes of this
series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in such Indenture. Any interest paid on this Note shall be increased to the extent
necessary to pay Additional Amounts as set forth in this Note.



     Payment of the principal of, interest on or any Redemption Price or Additional Amounts in
respect of this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company and the Guarantor (as
defined below) maintained for that purpose in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company or the
Guarantor, interest may be paid by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as
such address shall appear in the Security Register; provided, further, that payment to DTC or any
successor Depository may be made by wire transfer to the account designated by DTC or such
successor depository in writing.



     This Note is one of a duly authorized issuance of securities of the Company (herein called the
“Notes”), fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal, premium, if any, and
interest by ACE Limited, a Swiss corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) (the “Guarantor”), issued and to
be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of August 1, 1999 (herein called,
together with all indentures supplemental thereto, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the
Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company,
N.A., as successor to J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association and The First National Bank
of Chicago), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee
under the Indenture), to which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto referenced is
hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and of the
terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of
the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited (subject to exceptions provided in the
Indenture) to the aggregate principal amount specified in the Officer’s Certificate, dated as of
June 8, 2009, establishing the terms of the Notes pursuant to the Indenture.



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     The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company. The Company’s obligation to pay
the principal of, interest on or any Additional Amounts in respect of the Notes is unconditionally
guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Guarantor pursuant to Article 16 of the Indenture.



     If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal
of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture.



     The Indenture contains provisions permitting, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company or the
Guarantor and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series issued under the Indenture
at any time by the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee with the written consent of the Holders
of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding
of each series affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of
specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the
Company or the Guarantor with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under
the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall
be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any
Notes issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof,
whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.



     This Note is not subject to any sinking fund.



     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall
alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal of, interest on or any Redemption Price or any Additional Amounts in respect of this
Note, at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein and in the Indenture
prescribed.



     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein and in this
Note, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Security Register upon surrender of this
Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company and the Guarantor
maintained for that purpose in any place where the principal of, interest on or any Additional
Amounts in respect of this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed
by, the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Notes of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate
principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.



     The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in the denominations specified
in the Officer’s Certificate, dated as of June 8, 2009, establishing the terms of the Notes, all as
more fully provided in the Indenture and such Officer’s Certificate. As provided in the Indenture
and in such Officer’s Certificate, and subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture,
such Officer’s Certificate and in this Note, the Notes are exchangeable for a like



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aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series in different authorized denominations, as
requested by the Holders surrendering the same.



     No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
payable in connection therewith, other than in certain cases provided in the Indenture.



     Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not
this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any such agent shall
be affected by notice to the contrary.



     The Notes are redeemable as a whole or in part, at the Company’s option at any time, at a
Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100 percent of the principal amount of the Notes to be
redeemed or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and
interest thereon (excluding interest accrued to the Redemption Date) and discounted to Redemption
Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the
applicable Treasury Rate plus 40 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on
the principal amount being redeemed to the Redemption Date.



     “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the yield, under the heading
which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently
published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is
published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes
yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the
caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury
Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life, yields for the two
published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be determined
and the Treasury Rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line
basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not
published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate
per year equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield-to-maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue,
calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its
principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Treasury
Rate will be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.



     “Business Day” means any calendar day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday in New
York, New York, and on which commercial banks are open for business in New York, New York.



     “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an
Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the notes to
be redeemed.



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     “Comparable Treasury Price” means (1) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations
for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations, or (2) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.



     “Independent Investment Banker” means Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and its successors or,
if such firm is unwilling or unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent
investment banking institution of national standing appointed by Company.



     “Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of (1) Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Barclays
Capital Inc. and RBS Securities Inc. and their respective successors; provided, however, that if
any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York
City, which we refer to as a “Primary Treasury Dealer,” the Company will substitute another Primary
Treasury Dealer and (2) any other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Independent Investment
Banker after consultation with the Company.



     “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid
and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its
principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker at 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.



     All payments on this Note will be made without withholding of any present or future taxes or
governmental charges of the jurisdiction of the Company’s organization or principal executive
offices (each, a “Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless the Company is required to do so by applicable law
or regulation.



     If the Company is required to withhold amounts, it will, subject to the limitations described
below, pay to the Holder of this Note additional amounts so that every net payment made to the
Holder of this Note, after the withholding, will be the same amount provided for in this Note and
the Indenture (“Additional Amounts”).



     The Company will not be required to pay any Additional Amounts for (1) any tax or governmental
charge which would not have been imposed but for the fact that the Holder of this Note: (a) was a
resident of, or engaged in business or maintained a permanent establishment or was physically
present in, the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction or otherwise had some connection with the relevant
Taxing Jurisdiction other than the mere ownership of, or receipt of payment on, this Note, (b)
presented this Note for payment in the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, unless this Note could not
have been presented for payment elsewhere, or (c) presented this Note for payment more than 30 days
after the date on which the payment became due unless the Holder of this Note would have been
entitled to these Additional Amounts if the Holder of this Note had presented this Note for payment
within the 30-day period; (2) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or
similar tax or other governmental charge; (3) any tax or other governmental charge that is imposed
or withheld because of failure by the Holder of this Note to comply with any reasonable request by
the Company: (a) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of the
Holder of this Note or that of the beneficial owner of this Note; or (b) to make any claim or
satisfy any information or reporting requirement, which in



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either case is required by the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption
from all or part of the tax or other governmental charge; or (4) any combination of items (1), (2)
or (3) above.



     The Company will not pay Additional Amounts if the Holder of this Note is a fiduciary or
partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of this Note if the beneficiary or partner or
settlor would not have been entitled to the Additional Amounts had it been the holder of this Note.



     The Company will be entitled to redeem this Note, at its option, at any time as a whole but
not in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at 100% of the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of
holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest
Payment Date), in the event that the Company or the Guarantor has become or would become obligated
to pay, on the next date on which any amount would be payable with respect to this Note, any
Additional Amounts as a result of: (1) a change in or an amendment to the laws (including any
regulations promulgated thereunder) of a Taxing Jurisdiction, which change or amendment is
announced after June 3, 2009; or (2) any change in or amendment to any official position regarding
the application or interpretation of such laws or regulations, which change or amendment is
announced after June 3, 2009, and, in each case, the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable,
cannot avoid such obligation by taking reasonable measures available to it.



     The Indenture contains provisions whereby (i) the Company and the Guarantor may be discharged
from their obligations with respect to the Notes (subject to certain exceptions) or (ii) the
Company and the Guarantor may be released from their obligations under specified covenants and
agreements in the Indenture, in each case if the Company or the Guarantor irrevocably deposits with
the Trustee money or Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in an amount sufficient,
without consideration of any reinvestment, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on all
Notes of this series, and satisfies certain other conditions, all as more fully provided in the
Indenture.



     This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York applicable to agreements and instruments made and to be performed wholly within such State.



     All terms used in this Note without definition that are defined in the Indenture shall have
the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.



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     Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by or on behalf of the
Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this Note
shall not be entitled to any benefits under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose.



     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its
corporate seal.



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ATTEST:	 	ACE INA HOLDINGS INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	[SEAL]
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

Name:

	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	Title:

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 






CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION




     This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.



Dated:




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 




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ABBREVIATIONS



The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be
construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:




	 	 	 	 	 
	TEN COM

	 	—
	 	as tenants in common
	 
	 	 	 	 
	TEN ENT

	 	—
	 	as tenants by the entireties
	 
	 	 	 	 
	JT TEN

	 	—
	 	as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common






	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT

	 	—	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

(Minor)
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	Custodian	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

(Cust)
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

(State)
	 	 





Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.




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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned registered holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto






 




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[PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE]



the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing   to
transfer said Note on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.




Dated:               
                       
                      
                     




Signature:             
                      
                      
                      
                      





			
	Notice:	 	The signature to this assignment must correspond with
the name as it appears upon the
face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any

change whatsoever.





Signature Guaranty:             
                      
                      
                      
                     
             
                      
                      
                      
  





     Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements
of the Trustee, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer
Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined
by the Trustee in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.




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