Aspen Insurance Holdings Announces Agreement to Sell Ordinary Shares to Fund Repurchase of up to 2,672,500 of Its Perpetual N...
March 31 2009 - 5:49PM
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Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (the ��Company��) (NYSE:AHL)
today announced that it has agreed to sell approximately 1.22
million of its ordinary shares in an underwritten public offering.
The Company intends to use the proceeds of the offering to make
repurchases of up to 2,672,500 of its 7.401% Perpetual
Non-Cumulative Preference Shares, with a liquidation preference of
up to $66,812,500, and for general corporate purposes.
Deutsche Bank Securities is acting as the sole book-running
manager for the public offering. Deutsche Bank Securities proposes
to offer Aspen�s ordinary shares from time to time for sale in one
or more transactions on the NYSE, in the over-the-counter market,
through negotiated transactions or otherwise at market prices
prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing
market prices or at negotiated prices.
The ordinary shares in the public offering are being sold
pursuant to Aspen�s effective shelf registration statement
previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A
prospectus supplement relating to the ordinary shares offering will
be filed with the Securities Exchange Commission. When available, a
written prospectus for the offering meeting the requirements of
Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, may be
obtained from Deutsche Bank by contacting Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc., Prospectus Department, 100 Plaza One, Jersey City, New Jersey
07311, telephone: (800) 503-4611 or e-mail at
prospectusrequest@list.db.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of
these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
Any offering of ordinary shares will be made only by means of a
written prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
About Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited
Aspen provides reinsurance and insurance coverage to clients in
various domestic and global markets through wholly-owned
subsidiaries and offices in Bermuda, France, Ireland, the United
States, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Switzerland. For the
twelve months ended December 31, 2008, Aspen reported gross written
premiums of $2.0 billion, net income of $103.8 million and total
assets of $7.3 billion. For more information about Aspen, please
visit www.aspen.bm.
Application of the Safe Harbor of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995:
This press release contains ��forward-looking statements��
within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws. These
statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking
statements include all statements that do not relate solely to
historical or current facts, and can be identified by the use of
words such as ��expect,�� ��intend,�� ��plan,�� ��believe,��
��project,�� ��anticipate,�� ��seek,�� ��will,�� ��estimate,��
��may,�� ��continue,�� ��guidance,�� and similar expressions of a
future or forward-looking nature.
All forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions
concerning future events and are subject to a number of
uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside Aspen�s
control that could cause actual results to differ materially from
such statements. Any further share repurchases by Aspen are subject
to rating agency considerations, the market price of its shares,
Aspen�s ongoing sources and uses of cash and the liquidity
requirements of its insurance and reinsurance business. For a more
detailed description of additional uncertainties and other factors
that could impact the forward-looking statements in this release,
please see the ��Risk Factors�� section in Aspen�s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2009.
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