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Hiscox Ltd announces Tender Offer for its
Fixed to Floating Rate Callable Subordinated Notes due 2045

2 June 2025. Hiscox Ltd (the Offeror) announces today an invitation to holders of its outstanding £275,000,000 Fixed to Floating Rate Callable Subordinated Notes due 2045 (ISIN: XS1323450236) (the Notes) to tender their Notes for purchase by the Offeror for cash (such invitation, the Offer).

The Offer is being made on the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the tender offer memorandum dated 2 June 2025 (the Tender Offer Memorandum) prepared by the Offeror including, but not limited to, the New Financing Condition (as defined below), and is subject to the offer restrictions set out below and as more fully described in the Tender Offer Memorandum.

Copies of the Tender Offer Memorandum are (subject to distribution restrictions) available from the Tender Agent as set out below. Capitalised terms used but not otherwise defined in this announcement have the meanings given to them in the Tender Offer Memorandum.

Summary of the Offer

Rationale for the Offer

The purpose of the Offer and the proposed issue of the New Notes (as defined below) is to refinance a portion of the existing debt of the Offeror, and to proactively manage the Offeror's debt maturity profile. The Offer provides Noteholders with the opportunity to sell their current holdings in the Notes ahead of their first call date and to subscribe to the issuance of the New Notes, as more fully described in the Tender Offer Memorandum.

Any Notes purchased by the Offeror pursuant to the Offer are expected to be cancelled and will not be re-issued or re-sold.

Purchase Price and Accrued Interest

The Offeror will, on the Settlement Date (subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the New Financing Condition on or prior to such date), pay for any Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase by the Offeror pursuant to the Offer a purchase price for such Notes equal to 100.55 per cent. of the principal amount of such Notes (the Purchase Price).

The Offeror will also (subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the New Financing Condition on or prior to the Settlement Date) pay an Accrued Interest Payment in respect of any Notes accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offer.

Maximum Acceptance Amount, Final Acceptance Amount and Scaling

If the Offeror decides to accept any valid tenders of Notes for purchase pursuant to the Offer, the Offeror proposes that the aggregate principal amount of Notes it will (subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the New Financing Condition on or prior to the Settlement Date) accept for purchase pursuant to the Offer (the Maximum Acceptance Amount) will be no greater than the aggregate principal amount of the New Notes to be issued, converted into sterling at the FX Rate, although the Offeror reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to accept significantly more or significantly less than (or none of) such amount of Notes for purchase pursuant to the Offer (the final aggregate principal amount of Notes accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offer being the Final Acceptance Amount).

For these purposes, FX Rate means the U.S. dollar / sterling exchange rate prevailing at or around the Expiration Deadline, as reported on the Bloomberg BFIX Screen Page.

The Offeror will announce the Maximum Acceptance Amount and the FX Rate as set out under "Indicative Timetable for the Offer" below and as further described in the Tender Offer Memorandum.

If the Offeror decides to accept any validly tendered Notes for purchase pursuant to the Offer and the aggregate principal amount of Notes validly tendered for purchase is greater than the Final Acceptance Amount, the Offeror intends to accept (subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the New Financing Condition on or prior to the Settlement Date) such Notes for purchase on a pro rata basis such that the aggregate principal amount of Notes accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offer is no greater than the Final Acceptance Amount. See "Further Information and Terms and Conditions - Scaling of Tenders" in the Tender Offer Memorandum.

The acceptance for purchase by the Offeror of Notes validly tendered pursuant to the Offer is at the sole discretion of the Offeror and tenders may be rejected by the Offeror for any reason.

New Notes Offering and New Financing Condition

The Offeror also announces today that it intends to issue a new series of U.S. dollar-denominated fixed to floating rate callable subordinated notes (the New Notes), subject to market conditions.

Whether the Offeror will purchase any Notes validly tendered in the Offer is conditional, without limitation, on the successful completion (in the sole determination of the Offeror) of the offering of the New Notes (the New Financing Condition), or the waiver of such condition in the sole and absolute discretion of the Offeror.

Even if the New Financing Condition is satisfied, the Offeror is under no obligation to accept for purchase any Notes validly tendered pursuant to the Offer. The acceptance by the Offeror of Notes validly tendered pursuant to the Offer is at the sole and absolute discretion of the Offeror and tenders may be rejected by the Offeror for any reason.

Any investment decision to purchase any New Notes should be made solely on the basis of the information contained in the admission particulars to be prepared by the Offeror in connection with the issue and admission to trading of the New Notes (the Admission Particulars), and no reliance is to be placed on any representations other than those contained in the Admission Particulars. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws and regulations, the Admission Particulars in preliminary form relating to the New Notes are available from the Dealer Managers on request. 

For the avoidance of doubt, the ability to purchase New Notes is subject to all applicable securities laws and regulations in force in any relevant jurisdiction (including the jurisdiction of the relevant Noteholder and the selling restrictions set out in the Admission Particulars). It is the sole responsibility of each Noteholder to satisfy itself that it is eligible to purchase the New Notes.

The New Notes are not being, and will not be, offered or sold in the United States. Nothing in either this announcement or the Tender Offer Memorandum constitutes an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the New Notes in the United States or any other jurisdiction. Securities may not be offered, sold or delivered in the United States absent registration under, or an exemption from the registration requirements of, the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act).  The New Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered, sold or delivered, directly or indirectly, within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act).

Compliance information for the New Notes:

UK MiFIR/MiFID II professionals/ECPs-only/No PRIIPs or UK PRIIPs KID - Manufacturer target market (UK MiFIR product governance and MIFID II product governance) is eligible counterparties and professional clients only (all distribution channels). No PRIIPs or UK PRIIPs key information document (KID) has been prepared as not available to retail in EEA or UK.

See the Admission Particulars for further information.

No action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction in relation to the New Notes to permit a public offering of securities.

Allocation of the New Notes

When considering allocation of the New Notes, the Offeror may give preference to those Noteholders that, prior to such allocation, have validly tendered or have given a firm intention to any Dealer Manager that they intend to tender their Notes for purchase pursuant to the Offer and, if so, having regard to the aggregate principal amount of Notes so tendered or in respect of which such Noteholder indicates a firm intention to tender. Therefore, a Noteholder that wishes to subscribe for New Notes in addition to tendering its existing Notes for purchase pursuant to the Offer may be eligible to receive, at the sole and absolute discretion of the Offeror, priority in the allocation of the New Notes, subject to the issue of the New Notes and such Noteholder making a separate application for the purchase of such New Notes to any Dealer Manager (in its capacity as a joint lead manager of the issue of the New Notes) in accordance with the standard new issue procedures of such Dealer Manager. Any such preference will, subject to the sole and absolute discretion of the Offeror, be applicable up to the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered by such Noteholder (or in respect of which such Noteholder has indicated a firm intention to tender as described above) pursuant to the Offer. However, the Offeror is not obliged to allocate any New Notes to a Noteholder that has validly tendered or indicated a firm intention to tender its Notes for purchase pursuant to the Offer and, if any such New Notes are allocated, the principal amount thereof may be less or more than the principal amount of Notes tendered by such Noteholder and accepted for purchase by the Offeror pursuant to the Offer. Any such allocation will also, among other factors, take into account the minimum denomination of the New Notes (being U.S.$200,000).

All allocations of the New Notes, while being considered by the Offeror as set out above, will be made in accordance with customary new issue allocation processes and procedures in the sole and absolute discretion of the Offeror. In the event that a Noteholder validly tenders Notes pursuant to the Offer, such Notes will remain subject to such tender and the conditions of the Offer as set out in the Tender Offer Memorandum irrespective of whether that Noteholder receives all, part or none of any allocation of New Notes for which it has applied.

Noteholders should note that the pricing and allocation of the New Notes are expected to take place prior to the Expiration Deadline for the Offer and any Noteholder that wishes to subscribe for New Notes in addition to tendering existing Notes for purchase pursuant to the Offer should therefore provide, as soon as practicable, to any Dealer Manager any indications of a firm intention to tender Notes for purchase pursuant to the Offer and the quantum of Notes that it intends to tender.

Tender Instructions

In order to participate in, and be eligible to receive the Purchase Price and Accrued Interest Payment pursuant to the Offer, Noteholders must validly tender their Notes by delivering, or arranging to have delivered on their behalf, a valid Tender Instruction that is received by the Tender Agent by 4.00 p.m. (London time) on 11 June 2025, unless extended, re-opened, amended and/or terminated as provided in the Tender Offer Memorandum (the Expiration Deadline).

Tender Instructions will be irrevocable except in the limited circumstances described in the Tender Offer Memorandum.

Tender Instructions must be submitted in respect of a minimum principal amount of Notes of no less than £100,000, being the minimum denomination of the Notes, and may thereafter be submitted in integral multiples of £1,000.

A separate Tender Instruction must be completed on behalf of each beneficial owner of the Notes.

Indicative Timetable for the Offer

The Offeror may, in its sole and absolute discretion, extend, re-open, amend, waive any condition of or terminate the Offer at any time (subject to applicable law and as provided in the Tender Offer Memorandum) and the above times and dates are subject to the right of the Offeror to so extend, re-open, amend and/or terminate the Offer.

Noteholders are advised to check with any bank, securities broker, clearing system or other intermediary through which they hold Notes when such intermediary would need to receive instructions from a Noteholder in order for that Noteholder to be able to participate in, or (in the limited circumstances in which revocation is permitted) revoke their instruction to participate in, the Offer by the deadlines specified in the Tender Offer Memorandum.  The deadlines set by any such intermediary and each Clearing System for the submission and withdrawal of Tender Instructions will be earlier than the relevant deadlines specified in the Tender Offer Memorandum.

Unless stated otherwise, announcements in connection with the Offer will be made (i) by publication through RNS and (ii) by the delivery of notices to the Clearing Systems for communication to Direct Participants.  Such announcements may also be made (i) on the Informa IGM Screen Insider service and/or (ii) by the issue of a press release to a Notifying News Service.  Copies of all such announcements, press releases and notices can also be obtained upon request from the Tender Agent, the contact details for which are below.  Significant delays may be experienced where notices are delivered to the Clearing Systems and Noteholders are urged to contact the Tender Agent for the relevant announcements during the course of the Offer.  In addition, Noteholders may contact the Dealer Managers for information using the contact details below.

Noteholders are advised to read carefully the Tender Offer Memorandum for full details of, and information on the procedures for, participating in the Offer.

Questions and requests for assistance in connection with the Offer may be directed to the Dealer Managers.

Questions and requests for assistance in connection with the delivery of Tender Instructions may be directed to the Tender Agent.

This announcement is made by Hiscox Ltd and contains information that qualified or may have qualified as inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (UK MAR), encompassing information relating to the Offer described above. For the purposes of UK MAR and the Implementing Technical Standards, this announcement is made by Marc Wetherhill, Group Company Secretary and General Counsel at Hiscox Ltd.

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DISCLAIMER This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Tender Offer Memorandum. This announcement and the Tender Offer Memorandum contain important information which should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the Offer.  If any Noteholder is in any doubt as to the contents of the Tender Offer Memorandum or the action it should take, it is recommended to seek its own financial advice, including in respect of any tax consequences, from its broker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial, tax or legal adviser.  Any individual or company whose Notes are held on its behalf by a broker, dealer, bank, custodian, clearing system, trust company or other nominee must contact such entity if it wishes to tender such Notes pursuant to the Offer. None of the Offeror, the Dealer Managers or the Tender Agent or any of their respective directors, employees or affiliates makes any recommendation whether Noteholders should tender Notes pursuant to the Offer.