Form: 8-K

Current report filing

May 19, 2017

 

 

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 17, 2017

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Bermuda 001-14428 98-0141974
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
(Commission 		______________
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
Renaissance House, 12 Crow Lane, Pembroke, Bermuda   HM 19
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (441) 295-4513

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The 2017 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (the “Company”) was held on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 in Pembroke, Bermuda. As of March 17, 2017, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 40,862,360 common shares, par value $1.00 per share, issued and outstanding. A quorum of 36,884,595 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 31, 2017 (the “Proxy Statement”) are as follows:

  1.   Shareholders elected each of the Company’s four nominees for Class I director to serve until the Company’s 2020 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
David C. Bushnell
     34,941,190       304,480       3,093       1,635,832  
James L. Gibbons
     34,953,973       291,086       3,704       1,635,832  
Jean D. Hamilton
     34,254,914       990,768       3,081       1,635,832  
Anthony M. Santomero
     34,852,772       392,237       3,093       1,635,832  

  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
33,430,295
    1,806,799       11,669       1,635,832  

  3.   Shareholders voted on the advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as set forth in the Proxy Statement as set forth below:
                                 
Every Year   Every Two Years   Every Three Years   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
29,805,222
    225,114       5,180,668       37,759       1,635,832  

  4.   Shareholders approved the appointment of Ernst & Young Ltd. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2017 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
36,221,652
    656,821       6,122  

In light of the vote on proposal number 3, the Company’s Board of Directors has decided that it will include an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers in the Company’s proxy materials every year until the next required vote on the frequency of advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

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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.
          
May 19, 2017   By:   /s/ Stephen H. Weinstein
       
        Name: Stephen H. Weinstein
        Title: SVP, Group General Counsel & Corporate Secretary