HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
The Board of Directors of Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (“Aspen”)
(NYSE:AHL) has declared a quarterly cash dividend on Aspen’s ordinary
shares of $0.18 per ordinary share. The dividend is payable on March 7,
2014 to the holders of record as of the close of business on February
21, 2014.
Aspen’s Board
of Directors also declared a dividend on its 7.401% Perpetual
Non-Cumulative Preference Shares (the “7.401% Perpetual Preference
Shares”) of $0.462563 per 7.401% Perpetual Preference Share. The
dividend is payable on April 1, 2014 to the holders of record as of the
close of business on March 15, 2014.
In addition, Aspen’s Board of Directors declared a dividend on the
7.250% Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Shares (the “7.250% Perpetual
Preference Shares”) of $0.4531 per 7.250% Perpetual Preference Share.
The dividend is payable on April 1, 2014 to the holders of record as of
the close of business on March 15, 2014.
The Board of Directors also declared a dividend on the 5.95%
Fixed-to-Floating Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Shares (the
“5.95% Perpetual Preference Shares”) of $0.3719 per 5.95% Perpetual
Preference Share. The dividend is payable on April 1, 2014 to the
holders of record as of the close of business on March 15, 2014.
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, Germany, Ireland, Singapore, Switzerland,
the United Kingdom and the United States. For the year ended December
31, 2012, Aspen reported $10.3 billion in total assets, $4.8 billion in
gross reserves, $3.5 billion in total shareholders’ equity and $2.6
billion in gross written premiums. Its operating subsidiaries have been
assigned a rating of “A” (“Strong”) by Standard & Poor’s, an “A”
(“Excellent”) by A.M. Best and an “A2” (“Good”) by Moody’s.
Application of the Safe Harbor of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995
This press release may contain written “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,” “likely,” “estimate,” “may,” “continue,” and similar expressions
of a future or forward-looking nature.
All forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions,
estimates and data concerning future results and 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. For a detailed description of
uncertainties and other factors that could impact the forward-looking
statements in this press release, please see the “Risk Factors” section
in Aspen’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2012, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February
26, 2013. Aspen undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly
any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
For further information:
Please visit www.aspen.co
or
Investors
Aspen
Kerry
Calaiaro, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations
+1 646-502-1076
Kerry.Calaiaro@aspen.co
or
Aspen
Kathleen
de Guzman, Vice President, Investor Relations
+1 646-289-4912
kathleen.deguzman@aspen.co
or
Media
Aspen
Steve
Colton, Head of Communications
+44 20 7184 8337
Steve.Colton@aspen.co
or
International
– Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Caroline Merrell or Jos Bieneman
+44
20 7638 9571
caroline.merrell@citigatedr.co.uk
jos.bieneman@citigatedr.co.uk
or
North
America – Abernathy MacGregor
Carina Davidson, +1 212-371-5999
ccd@abmac.com
Source: Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited