Business & Finance
Business and Finance
Business and Finance
Fri, February 4, 2011
Aspen Declares Dividends on Ordinary Shares, Perpetual PIERS and Perpetual Preference Shares
HAMILTON, Bermuda--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (the aCompanya) (NYSE:AHL) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on its ordinary shares of US$0.15 per ordinary share. The dividend is payable on March 4, 2011 to the holders of record as of the close of trading on February 18, 2011.
The Companya™s Board of Directors also declared a cash dividend on its Perpetual Preferred Income Equity Replacement Securities (aPerpetual PIERSa) of US$0.703125 per Perpetual PIERS. The dividend is payable on April 1, 2011 to the holders of record as of the close of business on March 15, 2011.
The Companya™s Board of Directors declared a dividend on the 7.401% Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Shares (aPerpetual Preference Sharesa) of US$0.462563 per Perpetual Preference Share, payable on April 1, 2011 to the holders of record as of the close of business March 15, 2011.
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, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2009, Aspen reported gross written premiums of $2,067.1 million, net income of $473.9 million and total assets of $8.3 billion. Its operating subsidiaries have been assigned a rating of aAa (aStronga) by Standard & Poora™s, an aAa (aExcellenta) by A.M. Best and an aA2a (aGooda) by Moodya™s Investors Service. For more information about Aspen, please visit [ www.aspen.bm ].
