Tower Group, Inc. announced the closing of its merger with Canopius Holdings Bermuda Limited as of the close of trading on The NASDAQ Global Select Market (NASDAQ) today March 14, 2013.
The announcement said: “Upon closing of the merger, Tower will become an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Canopius Bermuda, which will change its name effective at the closing to Tower Group International, Ltd. (Tower Ltd.).
“Under the terms of the merger agreement, Tower stockholders will receive 1.1330 common shares of Tower Ltd. for each outstanding share of Tower common stock held. Tower Ltd. common shares will be listed on NASDAQ under the symbol ‘TWGP,’ which is the same trading symbol as is currently used by Tower, and are expected to begin trading at the market opening on March 14, 2013.
“It is expected that the opening price of Tower Ltd. common shares, which will have a new CUSIP number of G8988C105, will be based on the closing price of Tower Group, Inc. on March 13, 2013, adjusted to account for the 1.1330 exchange ratio.”
Tower’s President and CEO Michael H. Lee said, “After working diligently on the merger with Canopius Bermuda for more than one year, we are very pleased with the successful completion of this transformative and strategically important transaction.
“We expect this merger to be immediately accretive and to eventually allow us to achieve our long-term ROE target of 13 to 15 percent. From a strategic standpoint, we believe this merger will position Tower to build a profitable, diversified international specialty business that has the potential to create substantial long-term value for our stockholders.
“As a result of the merger, we will create an efficient Bermuda-domiciled holding company structure that will combine Tower’s businesses with certain of Canopius’s reinsurance business and give us access to U.S., Bermuda and Lloyd’s markets. Finally, we also want to thank everyone who worked on this transaction, including the bankers and attorneys as well the staff and Board members from Canopius Group Limited and Tower Group.”
Source: Tower Group, Inc.
Topics Mergers & Acquisitions
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