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

 

May 25, 2011

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

WHITE MOUNTAINS INSURANCE GROUP, LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Bermuda

 

1-8993

 

94-2708455

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission file
number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

80 South Main Street, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(603) 640-2200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

ITEM 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(b)   On May 26, 2011, George J. Gillespie III retired from the board of directors of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (the “Company”).

 

(e)   At OneBeacon’s Annual General Meeting of Members held on May 25, 2011, OneBeacon’s shareholders approved an amendment to the OneBeacon Long-Term Incentive Plan (2007) in order to permit the granting of 630,000 OneBeacon restricted shares to T. Michael Miller, OneBeacon’s President and Chief Executive Officer.  Following the amendment, the Performance Compensation Subcommittee of the OneBeacon Compensation Committee made such grant to Mr. Miller.  Concurrently with the grant, Mr. Miller forfeited 35,000 of the OneBeacon performance shares granted to him for the 2011-2013 performance cycle and his OneBeacon performance share grants will be reduced by 35,000 per year for each of the next five years (i.e., 210,000 OneBeacon performance shares in total).  A more detailed description of Mr. Miller’s restricted share grant is included in the Company’s 2011 Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. held its 2011 Annual General Meeting of Members (the “2011 Annual Meeting”) on May 26, 2011 in Bermuda.

 

As of March 28, 2011, the record date for the 2011 Annual Meeting, a total of 7,988,666 common shares were eligible to vote; however, in accordance with the Company’s Bye-laws, direct and constructive holders of common shares (other than John J. Byrne and his affiliates except in connection with director voting) whose votes would otherwise confer 10% or more of the votes conferred by all the issued shares of the Company are subject to a cut-back that reduces their total voting power to under 10%.  The results of the vote, after applying the voting cut-backs which are required by the Company’s Bye-laws, are presented below.

 

Proposal 1 - Election of the Class II Directors to a term ending in 2014.

 

Nominee:

 

Votes FOR

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-votes

 

Raymond Barrette

 

4,770,907

 

136,971

 

542,796

 

Yves Brouilette

 

4,860,656

 

47,222

 

542,796

 

John D. Gillespie

 

4,512,098

 

395,780

 

542,796

 

 

Proposal 2 - Election of Directors of Sirius International Insurance Corporation.

 

Nominee:

 

Votes FOR

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-votes

 

Brian E. Kensil

 

4,867,894

 

39,984

 

542,796

 

Eivor A. Pettersson

 

4,868,438

 

39,440

 

542,796

 

Göran A. Thorstensson

 

4,868,869

 

39,009

 

542,796

 

Allan L. Waters

 

4,851,297

 

56,581

 

542,796

 

 

Proposal 3 - Election of Directors of Scandinavian Reinsurance Company Ltd.

 

Nominee:

 

Votes FOR

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-votes

 

Christine H. Repasy

 

4,868,473

 

39,405

 

542,796

 

Warren J. Trace

 

4,869,254

 

38,624

 

542,796

 

Allan L. Waters

 

4,852,726

 

55,152

 

542,796

 

 

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Proposal 4 - Election of Directors of White Mountains Re Bermuda Ltd.

 

Nominee:

 

Votes FOR

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-votes

 

Jeffrey W. Davis

 

4,852,250

 

55,628

 

542,796

 

Brian E. Kensil

 

4,867,442

 

40,436

 

542,796

 

Christine H. Repasy

 

4,868,412

 

39,466

 

542,796

 

Warren J. Trace

 

4,868,856

 

39,022

 

542,796

 

Allan L. Waters

 

4,847,543

 

60,335

 

542,796

 

 

Proposal 5 - Election of Directors of White Mountains Life Reinsurance (Bermuda) Ltd.

 

Nominee:

 

Votes FOR

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-votes

 

Raymond Barrette

 

4,851,561

 

56,317

 

542,796

 

David T. Foy

 

4,868,314

 

39,564

 

542,796

 

Jennifer L. Pitts

 

4,868,628

 

39,250

 

542,796

 

Warren J. Trace

 

4,868,660

 

39,218

 

542,796

 

 

Proposal 6 - Election of Directors of White Shoals Re Ltd.

 

Nominee:

 

Votes FOR

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-votes

 

Christine H. Repasy

 

4,868,392

 

39,486

 

542,796

 

Warren J. Trace

 

4,868,846

 

39,032

 

542,796

 

Allan L. Waters

 

4,852,269

 

55,609

 

542,796

 

 

Proposal 7 - Election of Directors for  Any New Non-United States Operating Subsidiary.

 

Nominee:

 

Votes FOR

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-votes

 

Raymond Barrette

 

4,852,972

 

54,906

 

542,796

 

David T. Foy

 

4,868,644

 

39,234

 

542,796

 

Jennifer L. Pitts

 

4,868,562

 

39,316

 

542,796

 

Warren J. Trace

 

4,868,577

 

39,301

 

542,796

 

 

Proposal 8 — Approval of the advisory resolution on executive compensation.

 

Votes FOR

 

Votes Against

 

Abstained

 

Broker Non-votes

 

5,421,309

 

84,572

 

23,714

 

542,796

 

 

Proposal 9 — Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation.

 

Every 1 Yr

 

Every 2 Yrs

 

Every 3 Yrs

 

Abstained

 

Broker Non-votes

 

3,447,913

 

216,298

 

1,838,291

 

27,093

 

542,796

 

 

Proposal 10 - Approval of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Accounting Firm for 2011.

 

Votes FOR

 

Votes Against

 

Abstained

 

6,047,376

 

23,434

 

1,581

 

 

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

WHITE MOUNTAINS INSURANCE GROUP, LTD.

 

 

DATED: May 31, 2011

By:

/s/ J. BRIAN PALMER

 

 

J. Brian Palmer

 

 

Vice President and

 

 

Chief Accounting Officer

 

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