NEW YORK, May 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMBC) ("Ambac"), a holding company
whose subsidiaries, including Ambac Assurance Corporation (“AAC”), provide financial guarantees, announced today that the
Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (“OCI”) did not approve AAC’s request to pay surplus note accrued and unpaid
interest on the next scheduled interest payment date of June 7, 2018. OCI recently approved a payment of $13.5 million which
was paid by AAC on March 1, 2018.
About Ambac
Ambac Financial Group, Inc. ("Ambac"), headquartered in New York City, is a holding company whose subsidiaries, including its
principal operating subsidiaries, Ambac Assurance Corporation ("AAC"), Everspan Financial Guarantee Corp. and Ambac Assurance UK
Limited ("Ambac UK"), provide financial guarantees to clients in both the public and private sectors globally. AAC is a
guarantor of public finance and structured finance obligations. Ambac's common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select
Market under the symbol “AMBC”. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Ambac contains substantial
restrictions on the ability to transfer Ambac’s common stock. Subject to limited exceptions, any attempted transfer of common stock
shall be prohibited and void to the extent that, as a result of such transfer (or any series of transfers of which such transfer is
a part), any person or group of persons shall become a holder of 5% or more of Ambac’s common stock or a holder of 5% or more of
Ambac's common stock increases its ownership interest. Ambac is committed to providing timely and accurate information to the
investing public, consistent with our legal and regulatory obligations. To that end, we use our website to convey information about
our businesses, including the anticipated release of quarterly financial results, quarterly financial, statistical and
business-related information, and the posting of updates to the status of certain residential mortgage backed securities
litigations. For more information, please go to www.ambac.com.
Contact
Lisa A. Kampf
Managing Director, Investor Relations
(212) 208-3177
lkampf@ambac.com
Source: Ambac Financial Group, Inc.