AXIS Capital Announces Issuance of 6.8 Million Common Shares and Announces Additional Capital Raising Initiative.PEMBROKE, Bermuda -- AXIS Capital Holdings Limited ("AXIS Capital") (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AXS AXS Access AXS Anomalous X-Ray Scattering AXS Alpha Chi Sigma AXS Alpha X-Ray Spectrometer AXS Activex Script ) today announced that it has agreed to sell 6.8 million common shares in a block trade and that it intends to offer, subject to market conditions, preferred securities. Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking has agreed to purchase the common shares from AXIS Capital and subsequently sell the common shares to public investors. The common shares are being offered under AXIS Capital's Form S-3 shelf registration statement, which was declared effective on October 11, 2005. AXIS Capital expects to use the proceeds from the sale of its common shares for general corporate purposes, primarily to enhance the funding of its insurance and reinsurance The contract made between an insurance company and a third party to protect the insurance company from losses. The contract provides for the third party to pay for the loss sustained by the insurance company when the company makes a payment on the original contract. operating subsidiaries. AXIS Capital also intends to offer, subject to market conditions, approximately $200 million in preferred securities. Any preferred securities offering will be made pursuant to a prospectus supplement to AXIS Capital's currently effective shelf registration statement. AXIS Capital expects to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes. The completion of the common shares offering and any preferred securities offering are not contingent on Adj. 1. contingent on - determined by conditions or circumstances that follow; "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress" contingent upon, dependant on, dependant upon, dependent on, dependent upon, depending on, contingent one another. 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 the shares in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. Any offering of the common shares will be made pursuant to a prospectus supplement to the shelf registration statement on file with the SEC. Copies of the prospectus supplement relating to the offering of common shares may be obtained from Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking, Brooklyn Army Terminal The Brooklyn Army Terminal consists of large complex of piers, docks, warehouses, cranes, railroad sidings and cargo loading equipment. The terminal was responsible for shipment of army equipment and personnel overseas. , 140 58th Street, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of 11220. AXIS Capital is a Bermuda-based global provider of specialty lines insurance and treaty reinsurance with shareholders' equity Shareholders' Equity A firms' total assets minus its total liabilities. Equivalently, it is share capital plus retained earnings minus treasury shares. Shareholders' equity is the amount by which a company is financed through common and preferred shares. at September 30, 2005 in excess of $2.8 billion and locations in Bermuda, the United States, Europe and Singapore. Its operating subsidiaries have been assigned a rating of "A" ("Excellent") by A.M. Best and a rating of "A" ("Strong") by Standard & Poor's. AXIS Capital has been assigned a senior unsecured debt Unsecured debt Debt that does not identify specific assets that the debtholder is entitled to in case of default. rating of Baa1 (stable) by Moody's Investors Service Moody's Investors Service A leading global credit rating, research and risk analysis firm. Moody's Investors Service A leading firm engaged in credit rating, risk analysis, and research of fixed-income securities and their issuers. and BBB BBB A medium grade assigned to a debt obligation by a rating agency to indicate an adequate ability to pay interest and repay principal. However, adverse developments are more likely to impair this ability than would be the case for bonds rated A and above. + (stable) by Standard & Poor's. For more information about AXIS Capital, visit our website at www.axiscapital.com. Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements contained in this release include information regarding our preferred securities offering. These statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual events or results may differ materially from our expectations. Important factors that could cause actual events or results to be materially different from our expectations include (1) our limited operating history, (2) the occurrence of natural and man-made disasters, (3) actual claims exceeding our loss reserves, (4) the failure of any of the loss limitation methods we employ, (5) the effects of emerging claims and coverage issues, (6) the failure of our cedants to adequately evaluate risks, (7) the loss of one or more key executives (8) a decline in our ratings with rating agencies, (9) the loss of business provided to us by our major brokers, (10) changes in governmental regulations, (11) increased competition and (12) general economic conditions. We undertake 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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