AXIS Capital Announces Trident Has Agreed to Sell 3,000,000 Shares in a Block Trade.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 Trident II, L.P. and related entities ("Trident") have agreed to sell 3,000,000 of AXIS Capital's common shares in a block trade. Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking will be the underwriter in the offering of the shares to public investors. The common shares are being offered under AXIS Capital's Form S-3 shelf registration statement (No. 333-118023). Trident will receive all net proceeds from the sale. 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. A complete description of the terms of the sale of AXIS Capital's common shares can be found in the prospectus supplement relating to the sale, which will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. A written prospectus may be obtained, when available, by contacting 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 11220. AXIS Capital is a Bermuda-based global provider of specialty lines insurance and treaty 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. with shareholders' equity at September 30, 2006 of $4.1 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 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. |
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