LANCASHIRE HOLDINGS
LIMITED
22
November 2023
Hamilton, Bermuda
Share Repurchase
Programme
Lancashire Holdings
Limited (the “Company”
or “Lancashire”)
today announces that, further to the announcement made in the
Company’s Q3 2023 Trading Statement dated 9
November 2023, it will commence a share repurchase programme
of its common shares of US$0.50 each
(the “Shares”)
up to a maximum consideration of US$50,000,000 (the
“Aggregate Purchase
Price”) (the
“Programme”).
Lancashire announces that
it has entered into an instruction to Morgan Stanley & Co.
International Plc (“Morgan
Stanley”) in relation to the
purchase by Morgan Stanley, acting as riskless principal during the
period commencing on 22 November 2023
and ending no later than 29 February
2024, of up to 24,401,000 Shares for an aggregate amount of
no greater than the Aggregate Purchase Price and the simultaneous
on-sale of such Shares by Morgan Stanley to
Lancashire.
Any purchase of Shares in
relation to this announcement will be executed in accordance with
the relevant regulations (including but not limited to the Listing
Rules) and Lancashire’s general authority, as granted by
shareholders at Lancashire’s AGM held on the 26 April 2023, to make market purchases of
Shares. Lancashire will announce any market repurchase of Shares no
later than 7:30am on the business day
following the day on which the repurchase occurred. Shares
purchased under the Programme will either be used to satisfy a
number of future exercises of awards under the Company’s Restricted
Share Scheme; or will be held in treasury; or will be
cancelled.
This announcement does not
constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an
offer for securities in any
jurisdiction.
See further the “Note
Regarding Forward-Looking Statements”
below.
For further information,
please contact:
Lancashire Holdings
Limited |
|
Christopher
Head |
+44 20 7264
4145 |
|
chris.head@lancashiregroup.com |
Jelena
Bjelanovic |
+44 20 7264
4066 |
|
jelena.bjelanovic@lancashiregroup.com |
FTI
Consulting |
+44 20
37271046 |
Edward
Berry |
Edward.Berry@FTIConsulting.com |
Tom
Blackwell |
Tom.Blackwell@FTIConsulting.com |
About
Lancashire
Lancashire, through its UK and Bermuda-based operating subsidiaries, is a
provider of global specialty insurance and reinsurance
products.
Lancashire’s common shares trade on the premium
segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the
ticker symbol LRE. Lancashire has its head office and registered
office at Power House, 7 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton HM 11,
Bermuda.
The Bermuda Monetary Authority (“BMA”) is the Group
Supervisor of the Lancashire Group.
For more information, please visit Lancashire’s
website at www.lancashiregroup.com.
This release contains
information which may be of a price sensitive nature, that
Lancashire is making public in a
manner consistent with the
UK Market Abuse Regulation and other regulatory obligations. The
information was submitted for publication, through the agency of
the contact persons set out above, at 7:00am
GMT on 22 November
2023.
NOTE REGARDING
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS:
CERTAIN STATEMENTS AND INDICATIVE PROJECTIONS (WHICH
MAY INCLUDE MODELLED LOSS SCENARIOS) MADE IN THIS RELEASE OR
OTHERWISE THAT ARE NOT BASED ON CURRENT OR HISTORICAL FACTS ARE
FORWARD-LOOKING IN NATURE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, STATEMENTS
CONTAINING THE WORDS “BELIEVES”, “ANTICIPATES”, “AIMS”, “PLANS”,
“PROJECTS”, “FORECASTS”, “GUIDANCE”, “INTENDS”, “EXPECTS”,
“ESTIMATES”, “PREDICTS”, “MAY”, “CAN”, “LIKELY”, “WILL”, “SEEKS”,
“SHOULD”, OR, IN EACH CASE, THEIR NEGATIVE OR COMPARABLE
TERMINOLOGY.
ALL FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS IN THIS RELEASE SPEAK
ONLY AS AT THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. LANCASHIRE HOLDINGS LIMITED EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMS ANY OBLIGATION OR UNDERTAKING (SAVE AS REQUIRED TO COMPLY
WITH ANY LEGAL OR REGULATORY OBLIGATIONS INCLUDING THE RULES OF THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE) TO
DISSEMINATE ANY UPDATES OR REVISIONS TO ANY FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENT TO REFLECT ANY CHANGES IN THE GROUP’S EXPECTATIONS OR
CIRCUMSTANCES ON WHICH ANY SUCH STATEMENT IS BASED. ALL SUBSEQUENT
WRITTEN AND ORAL FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE
GROUP OR INDIVIDUALS ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP ARE EXPRESSLY
QUALIFIED IN THEIR ENTIRETY BY THIS
NOTE.