UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 5, 2021
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2021 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (the “Company”) was held on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 in Pembroke, Bermuda. As of March 9, 2021, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 49,761,397 common shares, par value $1.00 per share, issued and outstanding. A quorum of 42,586,676 common shares was present or represented at the Annual Meeting.
The final results of the votes regarding the proposals described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23, 2021 (the “Proxy Statement”) are as follows:
1.Shareholders elected each of the Company’s three nominees for Class II director to serve until the Company’s 2024 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, or until their earlier resignation or removal, as set forth below:
| Name | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
| Brian G. J. Gray | 39,629,897 | 1,283,412 | 21,273 | 1,652,094 | ||||||||||
| Duncan P. Hennes | 39,266,250 | 1,647,664 | 20,668 | 1,652,094 | ||||||||||
| Kevin J. O'Donnell | 40,043,341 | 873,030 | 18,211 | 1,652,094 | ||||||||||
2.Shareholders approved an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as set forth in the Proxy Statement as set forth below:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| 38,679,812 | 2,229,644 | 25,126 | 1,652,094 | ||||||||
3.Shareholders approved the appointment of Ernst & Young Ltd. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2021 fiscal year and referred the determination of Ernst & Young Ltd.’s remuneration to the Board of Directors of the Company, as set forth below:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||||||
| 40,557,228 | 2,007,655 | 21,793 | ||||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD. | ||||||||||||||
| Date: | By: | /s/ Shannon Lowry Bender | ||||||||||||
| May 6, 2021 | Shannon Lowry Bender | |||||||||||||
| Senior Vice President, Group General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||||||||||