8-K: Current report filing
Published on February 19, 2025
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On February 18, 2025, RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, acting on behalf of themselves and as representatives of the underwriters named therein. The Underwriting Agreement provides for the offer and sale (the “Offering”) of $500 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.800% Senior Notes due 2035 (the “Notes”). A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
The Offering is being made pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-272124) filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 22, 2023 and a prospectus supplement dated February 18, 2025. The Offering is expected to close on February 25, 2025 subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On February 18, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing that it priced the Offering (the “Pricing Press Release”). The Pricing Press Release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated February 18, 2025, by and among RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the Underwriters. | |
| 99.1 | Pricing Press Release, dated February 18, 2025. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
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. | ||||||
| Date: February 19, 2025 | By: | /s/ Shannon Lowry Bender |
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| Shannon Lowry Bender | ||||||
| Executive Vice President, Group General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
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