Aug 8 (Reuters) - Allied World Assurance Holdings Ltd:
* Says repurchased shares from certain gs capital partners and other investment
funds
* Says repurchased 5 million shares at $50 per share, representing about 0.5
percent discount to closing price on August 6
* Says repurchase represents about 9.4 percent of diluted common shares
outstanding as of June 30
* Says after repurchase these affiliates of Goldman Sachs Group Inc hold
about 7.2 percent of common shares outstanding
((New York Equities Desk; tel: +1 646 223 6000))
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* Says repurchased shares from certain gs capital partners and other investment
funds
* Says repurchased 5 million shares at $50 per share, representing about 0.5
percent discount to closing price on August 6
* Says repurchase represents about 9.4 percent of diluted common shares
outstanding as of June 30
* Says after repurchase these affiliates of Goldman Sachs Group Inc hold
about 7.2 percent of common shares outstanding
((New York Equities Desk; tel: +1 646 223 6000))
(For more news about Allied World Assurance Holdings Ltd click here:) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.