Montpelier Declares Special Dividend In Connection With Its Proposed Acquisition by Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.

HAMILTON , Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: MRH) (the “Company” or “Montpelier”) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared, subject to certain conditions, the previously announced special dividend of $9.89 per common share in connection with its pending acquisition (the “Merger”) by Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: ENH) (“Endurance”). The special dividend would be payable prior to the effective time of the Merger on the closing date of the Merger (the “Closing Date”) to Montpelier shareholders of record at the close of business on the last business day prior to the Closing Date. The special dividend is contingent upon the satisfaction of various Merger closing conditions, including the approval of the Merger by the requisite vote of Montpelier common shareholders and the approval of the Endurance share issuance associated with the Merger by the requisite vote of Endurance ordinary shareholders. Montpelier and Endurance have each scheduled special general meetings of their respective shareholders for June 30, 2015 to consider and vote upon matters related to the Merger. There can be no assurance that the Closing Date will occur or that the special dividend will be paid.

About Montpelier

Montpelier, through its operating subsidiaries, is a premier provider of global property and casualty reinsurance and insurance products. Additional information can be found in the Company’s public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Application of the Safe Harbor of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States federal securities laws, pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs and expectations. These statements are based upon current plans, estimates and projections. Forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions concerning future events and are subject to a number of uncertainties and various risk factors, many of which are outside the Company’s control. See “Risk Factors” contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and in the joint proxy statement/prospectus on Schedule 14A, as filed with the SEC on May 26, 2015, in each case, for specific important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward- looking statements. In particular, statements using words such as “may,” “should,” “estimate,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “believe,” “predict,” “potential,” or words of similar meaning generally involve forward-looking statements.

Important events and uncertainties that could cause our results, or future dividends on, or repurchases of, common shares or preferred shares to change include, but are not limited to: market conditions affecting the prices of our common shares or preferred shares; the possibility of severe or unanticipated losses from natural or man-made catastrophes, including those that may result from changes in climate conditions, including, but not limited to, global temperatures and expected sea levels; the effectiveness of our loss limitation methods; our dependence on principal employees; our ability to effectively execute the business plans of the Company, its subsidiaries and any new ventures that it may enter into; 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 insurance and reinsurance lines of business and in specific areas of the casualty reinsurance market and our ability to capitalize on those opportunities; the sensitivity of our business to financial strength ratings established by independent rating agencies; the inherent uncertainty of our risk management processes, which are subject to, among other things, industry loss estimates and estimates generated by modeling techniques; the accuracy of written premium estimates reported by cedants and brokers on pro-rata contracts and certain excess-of-loss contracts where a deposit or minimum premium is not specified in the contract; the inherent uncertainties of establishing reserves for loss and loss adjustment expenses, including our dependency on the loss information we receive from cedants and brokers; unanticipated adjustments to premium estimates; changes in the availability, cost or quality of reinsurance or retrocessional coverage; changes in general economic and financial market conditions; changes in and the impact of governmental legislation or regulation, including changes in 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 our industry; declining demand due to increased retentions by cedants and other factors; the impact of terrorist activities on the Company and the economy; rating agency policies and practices; unexpected developments concerning the small number of insurance and reinsurance brokers upon whom we rely for a large portion of revenues; our dependence as a holding company upon dividends or distributions from our operating subsidiaries; and the impact of foreign currency and interest rate fluctuations.

We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the dates on which they are made.

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Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd.
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Source: Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd.

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