Terra Nova (Bermuda) Holdings Ltd.
Ticker: TNA Dallas Building, 7 Victoria Street
Exchange: New York Stock Exchange Hamilton, Foreign HM 11
Industry: Financial 4412927731

Type of Shares:Class A Ordinary Shares Filing Date:2/27/96
U.S. Shares:5,280,000 Offer Date:4/16/96
Non-U.S. Shares:1,320,000 Filing Range:$17.00 - $19.00
Primary Shares:6,600,000 Offer Price:$17.00
Secondary Shares:0 Gross Spread:$1.06
Offering Amount: $118,800,000 Selling:$0.64
Expenses:$1,580,000 Reallowance:$0.10
Shares Out After:25,061,338

ManagerTierPhone
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp.Lead Manager (212) 504-4525
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.Co-manager (212) 648-9922
Merrill Lynch & Co.Co-manager (212) 449-4600

Auditor: Coopers & Lybrand
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
Prior
Unaudited
Income
Balance
Sheet
12/31/95 12/31/95
Revenue:$302.66Assets:$1,817.92
Net Income:$39.55Liabilities:$1,620.91
EPS:$2.69Equity:$197.01

Note: Dollar amounts are in U.S. millions; Audited figures expressed as full year,
unaudited figures are partial year

Business Description
The company is a specialty property, casualty and marine insurance and reinsurance company operating on a worldwide basis through subsidiaries in the London company market and Lloyd's of London, in the Bermuda market. The company's principal lines of business consist of classes of (i) non-marine property coverage written largely on a reinsurance basis, (ii) non-marine casualty coverage written largely on a reinsurance basis, and (iii) marine coverage written on both a primary and reinsurance basis, accounting for approximately 46%, 18%, and 35%, respectively, of the company's 1995 gross premiums written. The company's London market is one of the world's largest insurance and reinsurance marketplaces and attracts business from clients throughout the world who seek flexible and innovative protection for a wide variety of risks. The company's Bermuda market, has become one of the world's largest insurance and reinsurance markets in which international business is written.

Use of Proceeds
The company anticipates to use the net proceeds of this offering in the following manner: 1) $70.0 million and $17.0 million is expected to be contributed to Terra Nova (Bermuda) and Terra Nova, respectively, to support their insurance operations, including increasing the capacity potentially available to the Octavian Syndicates from the company, and 2) $16.5 million is expected to be used to redeem a portion of the company's Non-Voting Preference Shares in connection with the Preference Share Conversion Transactions, with the balance retained for general corporate purposes.

Last updated: 10/28/96

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