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 6, 2016

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

Arch Capital Group Ltd.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Bermuda

 

0-26456

 

N/A

(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation or
organization)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

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

 

Waterloo House, 100 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(441) 278-9250

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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             5.07                        Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

Arch Capital Group Ltd.’s (“ACGL”) annual meeting of shareholders was held on May 6, 2016.  At the meeting, the holders of 111,303,958 common shares, which represents approximately 91 percent of the outstanding shares entitled to vote as of the record date of March 8, 2016, were represented in person or by proxy.  Matters submitted to shareholders at the meeting and the voting results thereof were as follows:

 

Item 1.  The vote on the election of the three Class III directors to hold office until the 2019 annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualified.  The voting results were as follows:

 

NOMINEE

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

WITHHELD

 

BROKER NON-
VOTES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John L. Bunce, Jr.

 

101,915,791

 

0

 

2,771,575

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yiorgos Lillikas

 

104,475,231

 

0

 

212,135

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deanna M. Mulligan

 

101,307,556

 

0

 

3,379,810

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eugene S. Sunshine

 

103,157,503

 

0

 

1,529,863

 

6,616,592

 

 

Item 2.  The vote on the election of certain individuals as Designated Company Directors of certain of ACGL’s non-U.S. subsidiaries.  The voting results were as follows:

 

DIRECTOR

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

WITHHOLD

 

BROKER NON-
VOTES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meshary Al-Judaimi

 

104,534,828

 

0

 

152,538

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Talal Al-Tawari

 

104,534,448

 

0

 

152,918

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anthony Asquith

 

104,547,137

 

0

 

140,229

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edgardo Balois

 

104,549,238

 

0

 

138,128

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dennis R. Brand

 

104,568,657

 

0

 

118,709

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dominic Brannigan

 

104,549,233

 

0

 

138,133

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ian Britchfield

 

104,549,502

 

0

 

137,864

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pierre-Andre Camps

 

104,541,886

 

0

 

145,480

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Cole

 

104,542,701

 

0

 

144,665

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Graham B.R. Collis

 

100,457,968

 

0

 

4,229,398

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Constantinides

 

104,549,209

 

0

 

138,157

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

William J. Cooney

 

104,538,733

 

0

 

148,633

 

6,616,592

 

 

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Stephen J. Curley

 

104,540,754

 

0

 

146,612

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nick Denniston

 

104,542,414

 

0

 

144,952

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Feetham

 

104,542,439

 

0

 

144,927

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stephen Fogarty

 

104,542,494

 

0

 

144,872

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve Franklin

 

104,556,407

 

0

 

130,959

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jann Gardner

 

104,543,672

 

0

 

143,694

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Giuliano Giovannetti

 

104,525,225

 

0

 

162,141

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marc Grandisson

 

104,557,339

 

0

 

130,027

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amalia Hadjipapa

 

104,542,364

 

0

 

145,002

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yiannis Hadjipapas

 

104,540,965

 

0

 

146,401

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Hammer

 

104,554,643

 

0

 

132,723

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pet Hartman

 

104,564,980

 

0

 

122,386

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David W. Hipkin

 

104,522,776

 

0

 

164,590

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W. Preston Hutchings

 

104,582,440

 

0

 

104,926

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Constantine Iordanou

 

104,585,712

 

0

 

101,654

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wolbert H. Kamphuijs

 

104,565,070

 

0

 

122,296

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Catherine Kelly

 

104,535,832

 

0

 

151,534

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael H. Kier

 

104,542,834

 

0

 

144,532

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jason Kittinger

 

104,538,310

 

0

 

149,056

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gerald Konig

 

104,542,583

 

0

 

144,783

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lin Li-Williams

 

104,555,118

 

0

 

132,248

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark D. Lyons

 

99,217,438

 

0

 

5,469,928

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patrick Mailloux

 

104,551,361

 

0

 

136,005

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andreas Marangos

 

104,553,625

 

0

 

133,741

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Martin

 

104,542,463

 

0

 

144,903

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert McDowell

 

104,541,713

 

0

 

145,653

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David H. McElroy

 

104,568,362

 

0

 

119,004

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rommel Mercado

 

104,542,706

 

0

 

144,660

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Francois Morin

 

104,555,855

 

0

 

131,511

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David J. Mulholland

 

104,540,939

 

0

 

146,427

 

6,616,592

 

 

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Mark Nolan

 

104,554,051

 

0

 

133,315

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicolas Papadopoulo

 

104,565,288

 

0

 

122,078

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Price

 

104,568,244

 

0

 

119,122

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elisabeth Quinn

 

104,543,393

 

0

 

143,973

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maamoun Rajeh

 

104,556,568

 

0

 

130,798

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andrew T. Rippert

 

104,554,320

 

0

 

133,046

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carla Santamaria-Seña

 

104,543,104

 

0

 

144,262

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arthur Scace

 

104,541,779

 

0

 

145,587

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Søren Scheuer

 

104,557,216

 

0

 

130,150

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Budhi Singh

 

104,538,252

 

0

 

149,114

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Damian Smith

 

104,541,902

 

0

 

145,464

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

William A. Soares

 

104,523,486

 

0

 

163,880

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Stirling

 

104,557,749

 

0

 

129,617

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hugh Sturgess

 

104,577,074

 

0

 

110,292

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard Sullivan

 

104,548,583

 

0

 

138,783

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ryan Taylor

 

104,531,713

 

0

 

155,653

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ross Totten

 

104,548,812

 

0

 

138,554

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rik van Velzen

 

104,542,076

 

0

 

145,290

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James R. Weatherstone

 

104,533,187

 

0

 

154,179

 

6,616,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gerald Wolfe

 

104,534,093

 

0

 

153,273

 

6,616,592

 

 

Item 3.  The vote on the proposal to approve the Amended and Restated 2007 Employee Share Purchase Plan. The voting results were as follows:

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

 

BROKER NON-VOTES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

104,314,206

 

48,472

 

324,688

 

6,616,592

 

 

Item 4.  The vote on the proposal to approve an amendment to Section 46(1) of ACGL’s bye-laws to implement majority voting for directors in uncontested elections. The voting results were as follows:

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

 

BROKER NON-VOTES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

104,605,420

 

50,962

 

30,984

 

6,616,592

 

 

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Item 5.  The vote on the ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as ACGL’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2016. The voting results were as follows:

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

 

BROKER NON-VOTES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

110,685,260

 

585,039

 

33,659

 

0

 

 

Item 6.  The vote on a proposal on advisory vote on executive compensation (say-on-pay). The voting results were as follows:

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

ABSTAIN

 

BROKER NON-VOTES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

75,842,961

 

28,795,625

 

48,780

 

6,616,592

 

 

ITEM 8.01     Other Events.

 

Preferred Share Dividends.  On May 6, 2016, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of ACGL declared dividends with respect to the outstanding 13,000,000 shares of its 6.75% Non-Cumulative Preferred Shares, Series C, $0.01 per share (the “Series C Shares”), to be payable out of lawfully available funds for the payment of dividends under Bermuda law on June 30, 2016 to holders of record of the Series C Shares, as of June 15, 2016, unless determined otherwise by the Board or the Executive Committee of the Board on or prior to the effective date.  In addition, the Board declared dividends with respect to the Series C Shares, to be payable out of lawfully available funds for the payment of dividends under Bermuda law on September 30, 2016 to holders of record of the Series C Shares, as of September 15, 2016, unless determined otherwise by the Board or the Executive Committee of the Board on or prior to the effective date.

 

Series

 

Effective Date
for Declaration

 

Dividend Period

 

Dividend Amount

 

Rate Per Share

 

Series C

 

6/30/16

 

3/31/16-6/29/16

 

$

5,484,375

 

$

0.421875

 

Series C

 

9/30/16

 

6/30/16-9/29/16

 

$

5,484,375

 

$

0.421875

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned.

 

 

ARCH CAPITAL GROUP LTD.

 

 

 

 

Date: May 10, 2016

By:

/s/ W. Preston Hutchings

 

 

Name:

W. Preston Hutchings

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

 

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