Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration Statement No. 333-204870
Pricing Term Sheet
March 8, 2016
PRICING TERM SHEET
Dated March 8, 2016
AMTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
5,000,000 Depositary Shares
Each Representing 1/40th Interest in a Share of
7.75% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E (the “Offering”)
The information in this pricing term sheet relates only to the Offering and should be read together with the preliminary prospectus supplement dated March 8, 2016 to the prospectus dated June 11, 2015, relating to the Offering, including the documents incorporated by reference therein (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”). The information in this pricing term sheet supplements the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement to the extent inconsistent with the information contained therein. Terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings as set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
| Issuer: | AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. | |
| Title of Securities: | Depositary Shares (the “Depositary Shares”), Each Representing 1/40th Interest in a Share of 7.75% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E (the “Series E Preferred Stock”) | |
| Size: | $125,000,000 (5,000,000 Depositary Shares) | |
| Over-allotment Option: | $18,750,000 (750,000 Depositary Shares), exercisable for 30 days following March 8, 2016 | |
| Term: | Perpetual, unless redeemed at the option of the issuer, as described below | |
| Liquidation Preference: | $1,000 per share of Series E Preferred Stock (equivalent to $25 per Depositary Share) | |
| Dividend Rate (Non-Cumulative): | At a rate per annum equal to 7.75% from the date of issuance or the immediately preceding Dividend Payment Date. | |
| Dividend Payment Dates: | 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on June 15, 2016, when, as and if declared by the board of directors of the Issuer | |
| Optional Redemption: | On and after March 15, 2021, the Series E Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares may be redeemed at AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.’s option, for cash, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to $1,000 per share (equivalent to $25 per Depositary Share), plus declared and unpaid dividends on the shares of Series E Preferred Stock called for redemption, if any, for prior dividend periods, if any, plus accrued but unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) thereon for the then-current dividend period to, but excluding, the date of redemption, without accumulation of any other undeclared dividends. The Depositary Shares will be redeemed if and to the extent that the related shares of Series E Preferred Stock are redeemed by AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. Holders of Depositary Shares will not have the right to require the redemption or repurchase of the Series E Preferred Stock. | |
| Pricing Date: | March 8, 2016 | |
| Settlement Date: | March 15, 2016 | |
| Public Offering Price: | $25 per Depositary Share | |
| Underwriting Discounts and Commissions: | $0.7875 per Depositary Share | |
| Net Proceeds (before expenses) to Issuer: | $121,062,500 (excluding any exercise of the Over-allotment Option) | |
| Joint Book-Running Managers: | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC UBS Securities LLC Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | |
| Lead Manager: | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. | |
| Co-Managers: | RBC Capital Markets, LLC William Blair & Company, L.L.C. JMP Securities LLC Compass Point Research & Trading LLC | |
| Listing: | The Issuer intends to apply to list the Depositary Shares representing the Series E Preferred Stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “AFSI PR E”. | |
| Expected Rating (A.M. Best)* | bb+ | |
| CUSIP/ISIN: | 032359 846/US0323598468 | |
* Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.
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This material is for your information only and is not intended to be used by anyone other than you. This information does not purport to be a complete description of these securities. The issuer has filed a registration statement, including a prospectus, with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC at (866) 718-1649, UBS Securities LLC at (888) 827-7275 or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at (800) 645-3751.
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