HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Highlands Holdings Bond Issuer, Ltd., a Bermuda exempted company (the “Bermuda Issuer”) and Highlands Holdings Bond Co-Issuer, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the Bermuda Issuer (the “Co-Issuer”, and together with the Bermuda Issuer, the “Issuers”) are proposing to issue and sell $500 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Secured PIK Toggle Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”) in an offering (the “Offering”) that will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Offering is a holding company financing and the Issuers are controlled by funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, Inc. and are sister companies to Highlands Holdings Ltd. (“Highlands Holdings”), the direct parent entity of Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (“Aspen”), although none of Highlands Holdings, Aspen or their subsidiaries will guarantee the Notes.
The Bermuda Issuer expects to use the proceeds from the Offering to fund proceeds loans to its parent entities to (i) finance a contribution to Aspen and its subsidiaries, (ii) finance a distribution to their equityholders, (iii) pay the costs, fees and expenses related to the Offering and (iv) retain cash at its parent entities to make the first interest payment on the Notes in cash.
The Notes are being offered only to persons reasonably believed to be (i) qualified institutional buyers within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act and “Qualified Purchasers” as defined in Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act, and (ii) outside the United States, only to non-U.S. investors pursuant to Regulation S. The Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from registration requirements or a transaction not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act or any state securities laws.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offering, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. This press release is being issued pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 135c under the Securities Act.
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Forward-Looking Statements
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