Arch Capital Group Ltd. Announces Launch of Public Offering of Preferred Shares
15 Mai 2006 - 3:44PM
Business Wire
Arch Capital Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: ACGL) announced today that it has
launched a public offering to sell a new series of its
Non-Cumulative Preferred Shares. The Company intends to use the net
proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, including
contributions to the capital of its wholly owned insurance and
reinsurance subsidiaries to support their underwriting activities.
The Company expects the preferred shares to be rated Baa3 by
Moody's Investors Service, BB+ by Standard & Poor's and BBB- by
Fitch Ratings. The Company intends to apply to have the preferred
shares listed on the NYSE. The offering will be led by Merrill
Lynch & Co., Citigroup, JPMorgan and Wachovia Securities, as
joint book-running managers. Credit Suisse and UBS Investment Bank
are senior co-managers for the offering. Arch Capital Group Ltd. is
a Bermuda public limited liability company with approximately $3.05
billion in capital at March 31, 2006 and, through operations in
Bermuda, the United States, Europe and Canada, writes insurance and
reinsurance on a worldwide basis. 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 these securities in any state in
which the offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to
the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any
such state. A registration statement relating to the preferred
shares has previously been filed with, and declared effective by,
the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any offer, if at all, will
be made only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus
supplement, forming a part of the effective registration statement.
When available, copies of the prospectus supplement and base
prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from Merrill
Lynch & Co., 4 World Financial Center, New York, NY 10080,
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th
Street, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11220, J. P. Morgan Securities
Inc., 270 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017, Attention: High Grade
Syndicate Desk - 8th Floor, telephone: 212-834-4533, and Wachovia
Securities, 8739 Research Dr, Mail Code: NC0675, Attention: Hope
Karriker, Charlotte, NC 28262, telephone: 704-593-7212 Cautionary
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements The Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor" for
forward-looking statements. This release or any other written or
oral statements made by or on behalf of Arch Capital Group Ltd. and
its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company") may include
forward-looking statements which reflect the Company's current
views with respect to future events and financial performance.
Forward-looking statements involve the Company's current assessment
of risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual events and
results and prospects to differ materially from those expressed or
implied in these statements. Certain information regarding such
risks and uncertainties is set forth in the Company's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
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