Aspen Declares Dividends on Ordinary Shares, Perpetual PIERS and Perpetual Preference Shares.HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (the "Company") (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AHL AHL American Hockey League AHL Action Half-Life (Half-Life modification) AHL Acyl Homoserine Lactone AHL Aramark Harrison Lodging AHL Acylated Homoserine Lactone AHL Association for the History of Language AHL Architects Hawaii Ltd ) 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 November 25, 2009 to the holders of record as of the close of trading on November 11, 2009. The Company's Board of Directors also declared a cash dividend on its Perpetual Preferred Income Equity Replacement Securities ("Perpetual PIERS") of US$0.703125 per Perpetual PIER. The dividend is payable on January 1, 2010 to the holders of record as of the close of business on December 15, 2009. The Company's Board of Directors declared a dividend on the 7.401% Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Shares ("Perpetual Preference Shares") of US$0.462563 per Perpetual Preference Share, payable on January 1, 2010 to the holders of record as of the close of business December 15, 2009. About Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited Aspen provides 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. and insurance coverage to clients in various domestic and global markets through wholly-owned subsidiaries and offices in Bermuda, France, Ireland, Singapore, the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. For the six months ended June 30, 2009, Aspen reported gross written premiums of $1.17 billion, net income of $201.8 million and total assets of $8.0 billion. Its operating subsidiaries An operating subsidiary is a business term frequently used within the United States railroad industry. In the case of a railroad, it refers to a company that is a subsidiary but operates with its own identity and rolling stock. 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 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. . For more information about Aspen, please visit www.aspen.bm. |
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