AmTrust Financial Services (AFSI) Evaluating Going Private Proposal

  • January 11, 2018

POTENTIAL DEAL DETAILS

StockAmTrust Financial Services, Inc.SymbolAFSI
Date Announced01/10/2018Source Press Release
TypeUnsolicited BidAcquiring Company/Person Stone Point Capital LLC, Chairman and CEO of AmTrust and Karfunkel-Zyskind Family
Date of Confirmation: 03/01/2018Price at Confirmation: $13.10
Potential Profit: 3.23%Annualized Profit: 23.59%

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. (AFSI)announced that its board of directors appointed a special committee to consider the January 9, 2018, proposal from private equity funds managed by Stone Point Capital LLC, together with Barry D. Zyskind, Chairman and CEO of AmTrust, George Karfunkel and Leah Karfunkel , to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of AmTrust that the Karfunkel-Zyskind Family does not already own or control for $12.25 per share in cash.

Update(s):

March 01, 2018: AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. (AFSI), announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Evergreen Parent, L.P., an entity formed by private equity funds managed by Stone Point Capital LLC , together with Barry D. Zyskind, Chairman and CEO of AmTrust, George Karfunkel and Leah Karfunkel (collectively, the “Karfunkel-Zyskind Family”), in which Evergreen Parent will acquire the approximately 45% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common shares that the Karfunkel-Zyskind Family and certain of its affiliates and related parties do not presently own or control.

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