Allied World Shareholders Approve Articles of Association Amendment and Special Dividend in Connection with Merger Transaction
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ZUG, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG (`Allied World`) (NYSE: AWH) announced today that its shareholders have approved both of the proposals that were voted on at the company`s special shareholder meeting held in connection with the previously announced merger transaction with Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (`Fairfax`). The approved matters include: (i) amending the company`s Articles of Association to remove the limitation on the voting rights of a holder of 10% or more of the company`s ordinary shares; and (ii) the payment, as soon as possible after the closing of an exchange offer by a subsidiary of Fairfax to acquire all of the company`s...