Company: AHL
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001267395-25-000019
Chunk: 42

Company: ASPEN INSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 3
Chunk 42
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 information as for similar companies that are not foreign private issuers.

In the event we no longer qualify as a foreign private issuer, if then applicable, we may rely on the “controlled company” exemption under the NYSE corporate governance rules. A “controlled company” under the NYSE corporate governance rules is a company of which more than 50% of the voting power for the election of directors is held by an individual, group or another company. Following the Potential Initial Public Offering, the Apollo Shareholders will control a majority of the combined voting power of our outstanding shares, resulting in us remaining a “controlled company” within the meaning of the NYSE corporate governance rules. As a controlled company, we are eligible to, and, in the event we no longer qualify as a foreign private issuer, we may, elect not to comply with certain requirements of the NYSE corporate governance standards, including (i) the requirement that a majority of the board of directors consist of independent directors, (ii) the requirement that we have a compensation committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities and (iii) the requirement that our director nominations be made, or recommended to the Board, by a nominating committee that consists entirely of independent directors and that we adopt a written charter addressing the nominations process.

Accordingly, our shareholders will not have the same protection afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to all of the NYSE corporate governance standards, and the ability of our independent directors to influence our business policies and affairs may be reduced.

We may lose our foreign private issuer status which would then require us to comply with the Exchange Act’s domestic reporting regime and cause us to incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses.

For so long as we qualify as a foreign private issuer, we are not required to comply with all of the periodic disclosure and current reporting requirements of the Exchange Act applicable to U. S. domestic issuers. We may no longer be a foreign private issuer as early as June 30, 2025 (the last business day of the second fiscal quarter of 2025), which would require us to comply with all of the periodic disclosure and current reporting requirements of the Exchange Act applicable to U. S. domestic issuers as of January 1, 2026. In order to maintain our current status as a foreign private issuer, either (a) a majority of our voting, ordinary securities must be either directly or indirectly owned of record by non-residents of the United States or (b)(