FWP: Filing under Securities Act Rules 163/433 of free writing prospectuses
Published on December 12, 2006
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration Statement No. 333-117318
RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD.
6.60% SERIES D PREFERENCE SHARES
Final Term Sheet
| Issuer: |
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. | |
| Security Type: |
6.60% Series D Preference Shares, par value $1.00 per share | |
| CUSIP: |
G7498P 40 8 | |
| Size: |
12,000,000 shares | |
| Trade Date: |
December 12, 2006 | |
| Settlement Date: |
December 15, 2006 | |
| Maturity: |
Perpetual | |
| Liquidation Preference: |
$25 per share | |
| Dividend Rate: |
6.60% of the $25 per share liquidation preference per annum, cumulative from the Settlement Date and payable when, as and if declared by the board of directors | |
| Dividend Payment Dates: |
March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year commencing March 1, 2007 | |
| Redemption: |
On or after December 1, 2011, in whole or in part, at $25 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends.
At any time prior to December 1, 2011, in whole but not in part, upon submission to the common shareholders of a proposal concerning an amalgamation or submission of any proposal for any other matter that requires, as a result of change in Bermuda law, the approval of the holders of the preference shares at the time outstanding, at a redemption price of $26 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, to the date of redemption. |
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| Capital Replacement: |
We intend, to the extent that the preference shares provide us with rating agency equity credit at the time of any redemption or repurchase, to redeem or repurchase (or to cause another person or entity to purchase) the preference shares with amounts that include net proceeds received by us from the sale or issuance, during the 180-day period prior to the notice date for such action, to third-party purchasers of securities that would provide at least as much equity credit as the preference shares at that time (determined in accordance with the standards as then in effect of a majority of the rating agencies). | |
| Public Offering Price: |
$25 per share; $300,000,000 total | |
| Joint Book Running Managers: |
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC |
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| Co-Managers: |
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated; Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated; UBS Securities LLC; Banc of America Securities LLC; Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.; HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. | |
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