8-K: Current report filing
Published on December 16, 1996
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): December 13, 1996
RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
BERMUDA 34-0-26512 98-013-8020
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
RENAISSANCE HOUSE, 8-12 EAST BROADWAY HM 19
PEMBROKE, BERMUDA (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (441) 295-4513
SOFIA HOUSE, 48 CHURCH STREET
HAMILTON, HM 12 BERMUDA
(Former name or former address, if changed from last report)
ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
On December 16, 1996, RenaissanceRe Holdings ("RenaissanceRe") issued a
press release announcing a plan to return $100 million of capital to its
shareholders through two Common Share repurchases. First, on December 13, 1996,
the Company purchased for cancellation an aggregate of 2,085,361 common shares,
par value $1.00 per share (the "Full Voting Common Shares") of the Company
through private transactions with its founding institutional investors, on a pro
rata basis, at a price of $34.50 per share, for an aggregate price of $71.94
million (the "Repurchase"). Second, the Company announced that, as soon as
practicable, it intends to commence a tender offer to purchase for cancellation
from the Company's public shareholders, on the terms and subject to the
conditions to be contained in definitive tender offer materials to be filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, an aggregate of 813,190 Common Shares at
a price of $34.50 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest
thereon, for an aggregate price of $28.06 million (the "Tender Offer").
A copy of such press release is included herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is
incorporated by reference herein. Such document may be deemed to contain
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended. Actual results could differ materially as a result of a wide
variety of factors and conditions.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(c) Exhibits:
99.1 Press Release issued by RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., dated
December 16, 1996.
10.1 Equity Purchase Agreement, dated December 13, 1996, by and among
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., Warburg, Pincus Investors L.P.,
Trustees of General Electric Pension Trust, GE Investment
Private Placement Partners I, Limited Partnership and United
States Fidelity & Guaranty Company.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD.
/s/ Keith S. Hynes
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Name: Keith S. Hynes
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
December 16, 1996
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
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99.1 Press Release of the Company, dated December 16, 1996.
10.1 Equity Purchase Agreement, dated December 13, 1996, by and among
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., Warburg, Pincus Investors L.P.,
Trustees, of General Electric Pension Trust, GE Investment Private
Placement Partners, I, Limited Partnership, and United States
Fidelity & Guaranty Company.