NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — National General Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq:NGHC) (the “Company” or “National General”) today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of 5,000,000 shares of its common stock. The Company has granted the underwriters in the common stock offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 750,000 shares of the common stock.
The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including strategic acquisitions and to support its current and future policy writings.
The common stock of the Company is listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “NGHC.”
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities and Deutsche Bank Securities are acting as joint book-running managers with respect to the common stock offering, and JMP Securities, B. Riley FBR, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods and William Blair are acting as co-managers. This offering will be made pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor will there be any offer or sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The offering of common stock will be made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement, prospectus and related prospectus supplement. You may obtain a copy of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the common stock offering can be obtained by contacting: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282 or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, or by calling toll-free at (866) 803-9204.
About National General Holdings Corp.
National General Holdings Corp., headquartered in New York City, is a specialty personal lines insurance holding company. National General traces its roots to 1939, has a financial strength rating of A- (excellent) from A.M. Best, and provides personal and small business automobile, homeowners, umbrella, recreational vehicle, motorcycle, lender-placed, supplemental health and other niche insurance products.
Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains “forward-looking statements” that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on the Company. Forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as “may,” “will,” “plan,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “estimate,” “anticipate” and “believe” or their variations or similar terminology. There can be no assurance that actual developments will be those anticipated by the Company. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements as a result of significant risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, non-receipt of expected payments from insureds or reinsurers, changes in interest rates, a downgrade in the financial strength ratings of our insurance subsidiaries, the effect of the performance of financial markets on our investment portfolio, our ability to accurately underwrite and price our products and to maintain and establish accurate loss reserves, estimates of the fair value of our investments, development of claims and the effect on loss reserves, the cost and availability of reinsurance coverage, the effects of emerging claim and coverage issues, the effect of unpredictable catastrophic losses, changes in the demand for our products, our degree of success in integrating acquired businesses, the effect of general economic conditions, state and federal legislation, the effects of tax reform, regulations and regulatory investigations into industry practices, risks associated with conducting business outside the United States, developments relating to existing agreements, disruptions to our business relationships with our vendors or other counterparties, breaches in data security or other disruptions with our technology, heightened competition, changes in pricing environments, changes in asset valuations and failure to consummate the transaction described in this press release. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made only as of the date of this release. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement except as may be required by law. Additional information about these risks and uncertainties, as well as others that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected is contained in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CONTACT: Investor Contact
Christine Worley
Director of Investor Relations
Phone: (212) 380-9462
Email: [email protected]
