UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FORM 8-K Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) August 7, 1996 -------------- Commission file number: 34-0-26512 RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD. --------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) BERMUDA 98-013-8020 ------- ------------------------------------ (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) incorporation or organization) SOFIA HOUSE, 48 CHURCH STREET HAMILTON, BERMUDA HM 12 - ---------------------------------------- ---------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) (441) 295-4513 -------------- (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) NOT APPLICABLE -------------- (Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report) Total number of pages in this report (including exhibits): 4 ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS On May 6, 1996, RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (the "Registrant") held an Annual General Meeting of Shareholders at which the Registrant's shareholders approved the ability of the Board of Directors of the Registrant (the "Board") to fill the two vacancies thereon without further shareholder action. On August 7, 1996, the Registrant held a meeting of the Board to appoint Mr. Thomas A. Cooper to the Board. On August 7, 1996, the Registrant issued a press release announcing such appointment; a copy of such press release is included herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein. ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS (a) Financial statements of business acquired: Not Applicable. (b) Pro forma financial information: Not Applicable. (c) Exhibits: 99.1 The Company's press release, dated August 7, 1996, issued by the Registrant. SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD. Date: August 7, 1996 By: /s/ Keith S. Hynes -------------------------- Keith S. Hynes Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
EXHIBIT 99.1 RENAISSANCERE APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR AND DECLARES DIVIDEND HAMILTON, Bermuda -- August 7, 1996 -- RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:RNR) announced today that Thomas A. Cooper, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Chase Federal Bank and Chairman of TAC Bancshares, Inc. was appointed a director to serve until the 1997 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Cooper is a nationally-known banker with over 30 years of broad experience in financial services. He has served as President of Bank of America as well as Chief Executive Officer of Goldome. He has also headed one of the largest full service securities brokerage and investment companies in the country; served as Vice Chairman of Mellon Bank; and was President of Philadelphia's Girard Bank. Additionally, the Board of Directors of RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share on its common shares, payable on September 4, 1996 to shareholders of record on August 20, 1996. RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., through its subsidiaries Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd. and Glencoe Insurance Ltd., is a global provider of reinsurance and insurance. The Company's principal product is property catastrophe reinsurance.
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