8-K: Current report filing
Published on May 14, 2024
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 13, 2024
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2024 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of the Company was held on Monday, May 13, 2024 in Pembroke, Bermuda. As of March 12, 2024, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 52,710,222 common shares, par value $1.00 per share, outstanding and entitled to vote. A quorum of 50,342,574 common shares was present or represented at the Annual Meeting.
The final results of the votes regarding the proposals described in 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 2027 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 |
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Brian G. J. Gray | 47,100,550 | 1,883,100 | 15,205 | 1,343,719 | ||||||||||
Duncan P. Hennes | 46,819,912 | 2,164,324 | 14,619 | 1,343,719 | ||||||||||
Kevin J. O'Donnell | 47,421,267 | 1,525,476 | 52,112 | 1,343,719 |
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 |
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35,071,615 | 13,749,194 | 178,046 | 1,343,719 |
3. Shareholders approved the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year and referred the determination of PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd.’s remuneration to the Board of Directors of the Company, as set forth below:
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
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50,320,956 | 5,002 | 16,616 |
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 14, 2024 | Shannon Lowry Bender | |||||||||||||
Executive Vice President, Group General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |