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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, 1997
RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
BERMUDA 34-0-26512 98-013-8020
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
RENAISSANCE HOUSE, 8-12 EAST BROADWAY HM 19
PEMBROKE, BERMUDA (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (441) 295-4513
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former name or former address, if changed from last report)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
On May 20, 1997, RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (the "Company") issued a press
release announcing that it is contemplating filing a registration statement on
Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the sale (the
"Offering") of approximately 3,000,000 Common Shares, par value $1.00 per share
(the "Common Shares), of the Company in an underwritten secondary offering,
subject to market conditions, at the request of the Company's initial
institutional investors. All of the Common Shares to be sold in the contemplated
Offering will be sold by the Company's initial institutional investors.
The press release referred to above is included herewith as Exhibit 99.1
and is incorporated by reference herein.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(c) Exhibits:
99.1 Press Release issued by the Company, dated May 20, 1997.
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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.
/s/ Keith S. Hynes
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Name: Keith S. Hynes
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
May 20, 1997
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
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99.1 Press Release issued by the Company, dated May 20, 1997.
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EXHIBIT 99.1
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PEMBROKE, Bermuda--May 20, 1997--RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: RNR)
announced today that it is contemplating filing a registration statement with
the Securities and Exchange Commission for the sale of approximately 3,000,000
Common Shares in an underwritten secondary offering, subject to market
conditions, at the request of the Company's initial institutional investors.
All of the Common Shares to be sold in the contemplated offering will be sold by
the Company's initial institutional investors.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of
an offer to buy, any Common Shares. Offers of Common Shares, if any, in
connection with the contemplated offering shall be made only by means of a
prospectus contained in a registration statement to be filed by the Company with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., through its subsidiaries Renaissance Reinsurance
Ltd. and Glencoe Insurance Ltd., is a global provider of insurance and
reinsurance. The Company's principal product is property catastrophe
reinsurance.
CONTACT: Keith S. Hynes John D. Nichols, Jr.
Senior Vice President Assistant Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(441) 295-4513 (441) 295-4513
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