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 $0.22 per ordinary share. The dividend is payable on August
30, 2016 to the holders of record as of the close of business on August
12, 2016.
Aspen’s Board of Directors also declared a dividend on its 7.401%
Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Shares with a $25 liquidation
preference per share (the “7.401% Preference Shares”) of $0.462563 per
7.401% Preference Share. The dividend is payable on October 1, 2016 to
the holders of record as of the close of business on September 15, 2016.
In addition, Aspen’s Board of Directors declared a dividend on its
7.250% Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Shares with a $25 liquidation
preference per share (the “7.250% Preference Shares”) of $0.4531 per
7.250% Preference Share. The dividend is payable on October 1, 2016 to
the holders of record as of the close of business on September 15, 2016.
The Board of Directors also declared a dividend on its 5.95%
Fixed-to-Floating Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Shares with a
$25 liquidation preference per share (the “5.95% Preference Shares”) of
$0.3719 per 5.95% Preference Share. The dividend is payable on October
1, 2016 to the holders of record as of the close of business on
September 15, 2016.
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 Australia, Bermuda, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland,
Singapore, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and
the United States. For the year ended December 31, 2015, Aspen reported
$11.0 billion in total assets, $4.9 billion in gross reserves, $3.4
billion in total shareholders’ equity and $3.0 billion in gross written
premiums. Its operating subsidiaries have been assigned a rating of “A”
by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, an “A” (“Excellent”) by
A.M. Best Company Inc. and an “A2” by Moody’s Investor Service, Inc.
Application of the Safe Harbor of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995
This press release may contain "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,” “do not believe,” “aim,” “project,” “anticipate,”
“seek,” “will,” “likely,” “assume,” “estimate,” “may,” “continue,”
“guidance,” “objective,” “outlook,” “trends,” “future,” “could,”
“would,” “should,” “target,” “on track” 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,
2015 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February
19, 2016. Aspen undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly
any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
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For further information:
Please
visit www.aspen.co
or contact:
Investors
Aspen
Mark Jones, +1 (646)
289 4945
Senior Vice President, Investor Relations,
mark.p.jones@aspen.co
or
Media
Aspen
Steve
Colton, +44 20 7184 8337
Head of Group Communications
Steve.colton@aspen.co
Source: Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited