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 20, 2015 |
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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| of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
| Renaissance House, 12 Crow Lane, Pembroke, Bermuda | HM 19 | |
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| 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 2015 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (the “Company”) was held on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 in Pembroke, Bermuda. As of March 23, 2015, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 46,025,698 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, issued and outstanding. A quorum of 40,198,985 shares of common stock was present or represented at the Annual Meeting.
Each of the proposals described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 8, 2015, was approved. The final results of the proposals are as follows:
| 1. | Shareholders elected each of the Company’s three nominees for director to serve a term of three years to expire at the 2018 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders or until their earlier resignation or removal, as set forth below: |
| Name | Votes For | % of Voted For | Votes Withheld | % of Voted Withheld | ||||||||||||
Brian G. J. Gray |
38,102,481 | 99.5 | % | 199,725 | 0.5 | % | ||||||||||
William F. Hagerty IV |
38,049,389 | 99.3 | % | 252,817 | 0.7 | % | ||||||||||
Kevin J. O’Donnell |
38,154,762 | 99.6 | % | 147,444 | 0.4 | % | ||||||||||
There were 1,896,779 Broker Non-Votes for the directors.
| 2. | Shareholders approved an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as set forth below: |
| Votes For | % of Voted For | Votes Against | % of Voted Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||
24,397,639
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64.9 | % | 13,178,927 | 35.1 | % | 725,640 | 1,896,779 | |||||||||||||
| 3. | Shareholders re-approved the material terms of the performance goals specified in the Company’s 2010 Performance-Based Equity Incentive Plan, as set forth below: |
| Votes For | % of Voted For | Votes Against | % of Voted Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||
36,487,654
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97.1 | % | 1,097,809 | 2.9 | % | 716,743 | 1,896,779 | |||||||||||||
| 4. | Shareholders approved the appointment of Ernst & Young Ltd., the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, to serve as the Company’s auditors for the 2015 fiscal year and until the Company’s 2016 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and referred the determination of Ernst & Young Ltd.’s remuneration to the Board of Directors of the Company, as set forth below: |
| Votes For | % of Voted For | Votes Against | % of Voted Against | Abstentions | ||||||||||||
39,622,139
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98.7 | % | 510,813 | 1.3 | % | 66,033 | ||||||||||
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 22, 2015 | By: |
/s/ Stephen H. Weinstein
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| Name: Stephen H. Weinstein | ||||
| Title: SVP, Group General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | ||||