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): June 1, 2018 | ||||||
ATHENE HOLDING LTD. | ||||||
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) | ||||||
Bermuda | 001-37963 | 98-0630022 | ||||
(State or other jurisdiction of | (Commission | (I.R.S. Employer | ||||
incorporation or organization) | file number) | Identification Number) | ||||
96 Pitts Bay Road | ||||||
Pembroke, HM08, Bermuda | ||||||
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code) | ||||||
(441) 279-8400 | ||||||
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) | ||||||
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On June 1, 2018, Athene Life Re Ltd. (“ALRe”) and Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company (“AADE” and together with ALRe, the “Athene Reinsurers”), wholly owned subsidiaries of Athene Holding Ltd. (the “Company”), entered into reinsurance agreements with Voya Insurance and Annuity Company (“VIAC”) and ReliaStar Life Insurance Company (“RLI”), pursuant to which the Athene Reinsurers reinsured a block of fixed and fixed indexed annuity liabilities from VIAC and RLI (the “FA Business Reinsurance Agreements”). ALRe will reinsure an 80% quota share of the ceded fixed and fixed indexed annuity business on a modified coinsurance basis, and AADE will reinsure a 20% quota share of the ceded fixed and fixed indexed annuity business on a partial coinsurance and partial modified coinsurance basis. The aggregate reserves of VIAC and RLI that are subject to the FA Business Reinsurance Agreements as of June 1, 2018 were approximately $19 billion. As consideration for the transactions contemplated by the FA Business Reinsurance Agreements, the Athene Reinsurers paid to VIAC and RLI an aggregate ceding commission of approximately $396 million.
As of June 1, 2018, VIAC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Venerable Holdings, Inc. ("Venerable"), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of VA Capital Company LLC ("VA Capital"). VA Capital is owned by a consortium of investors, led by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC, Crestview Partners and Reverence Capital Partners. On June 1, 2018, the Company made a $75 million minority equity investment in VA Capital and provided $150 million in debt financing to Venerable.
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.
ATHENE HOLDING LTD. | |
Date: June 1, 2018 | /s/ John L. Golden |
John L. Golden | |
Executive Vice President, Legal | |