Accelerant Holdings Announces Pricing of Upsized Initial Public Offering

Business Wire

4 days ago

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Accelerant Holdings ('Accelerant') announced today the pricing of its upsized initial public offering of 34,461,152 of its Class A common shares, par value $0.0000011951862 per share (the 'Common Shares'), at a price to the public of $21.00 per Common Share. The offering consists of 20,276,280 Common Shares offered by Accelerant and 14,184,872 Common Shares to be sold by certain of Accelerant's existing shareholders (the 'Selling Shareholders'). In connection with the offering, certain of the Selling Shareholders have granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 5,169,172 Common Shares. Accelerant will not receive any proceeds from the sale of Common Shares by the Selling Shareholders. The Common Shares are expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol 'ARX' on July 24, 2025, and the offering is expected to close on July 25, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is acting as lead left active bookrunner, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is acting as lead right active bookrunner, and BMO Capital Markets Corp. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC are acting as active bookrunners for the offering. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Piper Sandler & Co., William Blair & Company, L.L.C., Raymond James & Associates, Inc. and TD Securities (USA) LLC are acting as bookrunners. Citizens Capital Markets and FT Partners are acting as co-managers.
The offering of Accelerant's Common Shares is being made only by means of a prospectus. When available, copies of the final prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained for free by visiting EDGAR on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (the 'SEC') website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies of the final prospectus may be obtained from: Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014 or by email at [e-mail]; Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, by telephone at [phone], or by email at [e-mail]; BMO Capital Markets Corp., Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, 151 W 42nd Street, 32nd Floor, New York, NY 10036, by telephone at [phone], or by email at [e-mail]; RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 200 Vesey Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10281, by telephone at [phone], or by email at [e-mail].
A registration statement on Form S-1 relating to the Common Shares was declared effective by the SEC on July 23, 2025. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy Common Shares, and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of that state or jurisdiction.
ABOUT ACCELERANT
Accelerant is a data-driven risk exchange connecting underwriters of specialty insurance risk with risk capital providers. Accelerant was founded in 2018 by a group of longtime insurance industry executives and technology experts who shared a vision of rebuilding the way risk is exchanged – so that it works better, for everyone. The Accelerant risk exchange does business across 22 different countries and more than 500 specialty insurance products.