Flagstone (Bermuda) Holdings, Limited has agreed to purchase 8,005,024
shares of Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: FSR) owned by
companies associated with Mark Byrne. Based on a discount to the
trailing average closing stock price, the price for the stock holdings
will be $11.4823 per share. The transaction represents approximately
10.4% of Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings, S.A.’s outstanding shares
immediately prior to the transaction. Additionally, Flagstone (Bermuda)
Holdings, Limited has agreed to purchase for $13.5 million a warrant
issued to a company associated with Mr. Byrne at the founding of
Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings, S.A. The transactions are subject to a
number of customary closing conditions.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This report may contain, and the Company may from time to time make,
written or oral "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the
U.S. federal securities laws, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All
forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions concerning
future events and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other
factors, many of which are outside the Company's control, which could
cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. In
particular, statements using words such as "may", "should", "estimate",
"expect", "anticipate", "intend", "believe", "predict", "potential", or
words of similar import generally involve forward-looking statements.
Important events and uncertainties that could cause the actual results
to differ include, but are not necessarily limited to: market conditions
affecting our common share price; the possibility of severe or
unanticipated losses from natural or man-made catastrophes; the
effectiveness of our loss limitation methods; our dependence on
principal employees; the cyclical nature of the insurance and
reinsurance business; the levels of new and renewal business achieved;
opportunities to increase writings in our core property and specialty
reinsurance and insurance lines of business and in specific areas of the
casualty reinsurance market; the sensitivity of our business to
financial strength ratings established by independent rating agencies;
the estimates reported by cedents and brokers on pro-rata contracts and
certain excess of loss contracts in which the deposit premium is not
specified; the inherent uncertainties of establishing reserves for loss
and loss adjustment expenses, and our reliance on industry loss
estimates and those generated by modeling techniques; unanticipated
adjustments to premium estimates; changes in the availability, cost or
quality of reinsurance or retrocessional coverage; our exposure to many
different counterparties in the financial service industry, and the
related credit risk of counterparty default; changes in general economic
conditions; changes in governmental regulation or tax laws in the
jurisdictions where we conduct business; the amount and timing of
reinsurance recoverables and reimbursements we actually receive from our
reinsurers; the overall level of competition, and the related demand and
supply dynamics in our markets relating to growing capital levels in the
insurance and reinsurance industries; declining demand due to increased
retentions by cedents and other factors; the impact of terrorist
activities on the economy; and rating agency policies and practices.
These and other events that could cause actual results to differ are
discussed in more detail from time to time in our filings with the SEC.
We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as required by U.S. Federal
securities laws. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which are subject to significant
uncertainties and speak only as of the date on which they are made.
