Aspen Declares Dividends.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 ) (BSX BSX Bermuda Stock Exchange BSX Bandai Satellaview-X BSX Bicycle Super-X (Cross) :AHL BH) today announced that its Board of Directors on May 25, 2006 declared a quarterly cash dividend of US$0.15 per ordinary share. The payment of the dividend will be made on June 21, 2006 to shareholders of record at close of trading on June 9, 2006. The Company's Board of Directors also declared a dividend on the Perpetual Preferred Income Equity Replacement Securities ("Perpetual PIERS") of US$0.703125 per Perpetual PIER, payable on July 1, 2006 to the holders of record as of the close of business on June 15, 2006. About Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited was established in June 2002. Aspen is a Bermudian holding company that provides property and casualty 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. in the global market, property and liability insurance principally in the United Kingdom and 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. and specialty insurance and reinsurance consisting mainly of marine and energy and aviation worldwide. Aspen's operations are conducted through its wholly-owned subsidiaries located in London, Bermuda and the United States: Aspen Insurance UK Limited, Aspen Insurance Limited and Aspen Specialty Insurance Company. Aspen has four operating segments: property reinsurance, casualty reinsurance, specialty insurance and reinsurance and property and casualty insurance. Aspen's principal existing founding shareholders include The Blackstone Group, Candover Partners Limited and Credit Suisse First Boston Credit Suisse First Boston was originally the trading name of the Financière Crédit Suisse-First Boston, a London-based 50-50 investment banking joint venture formed in 1978 between the First Boston Corporation and Credit Suisse. Private Equity. For more information about Aspen, please visit the Company's website at http://www.aspen.bm. |
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