Company: AHL
Filing Date: 2025-03-20
Form Type: F-1/A
Source: 0001628280-25-014149
Chunk: 382

Company: ASPEN INSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD
Filing Date: 2025-03-20
Form: F-1/A
Chunk 382
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 created in or organized under the laws of the United States, or organized under the laws of any political subdivision thereof, (iii) an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source, (iv) a trust if either (x) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust and one or more U.S. Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust or (y) the trust has a valid election in effect to be treated as a U.S. Person for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (v) any other person or entity that is treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as if it were one of the foregoing.

#### Taxation of the Company
Aspen Holdings and its non-U.S. subsidiaries (other than AUL and Aspen UK) intend to manage their business so that they are not treated as engaged in a trade or business within the United States and thus not subject to U.S. federal income tax on their net income. However, because there is considerable uncertainty as to the activities which constitute being engaged in a trade or business within the United States, we cannot be certain that the IRS will not contend successfully that one or more of these companies is engaged in a trade or business in the United States. If any of these companies is considered to be engaged in a trade or business in the United States during a taxable year, it generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax (including an additional branch profits tax) on its net income that is treated as effectively connected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business for such year (except to the extent an applicable income tax treaty provides otherwise), in which case its operating results could be materially adversely affected.

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Non-U.S. corporations not engaged in a trade or business within the United States are nonetheless subject to United States income tax imposed by withholding on certain “fixed or determinable annual or periodical gains, profits and income” derived from sources within the United States (such as dividends and certain interest on investments), subject to exemption under the Code or reduction by applicable treaties.

The United States also imposes FET paid to non-U.S. insurers or reinsurers that are not eligible for the benefits of a U.S. income tax treaty that provides for an exemption from the FET with respect to risks (i) of a U.S. entity or individual, located wholly or partially