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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 18, 2010
 

 

 
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


 

         
Bermuda
  
001-14428
  
98-014-1974
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

     
Renaissance House
12 Crow Lane, Pembroke
Bermuda
  
HM 19
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (441) 295-4513
 
Not Applicable
(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 2010 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (the “Company") was held on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 in Pembroke, Bermuda.  As of March 22, 2010, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 58,673,124 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.  A quorum of 52,454,448 shares of common stock was present or represented at the Annual Meeting.

The matters submitted to a vote of security holders at the Annual Meeting were as follows:


1.  
Shareholders elected each of the Company’s four nominees for director to serve a term of three years to expire at the 2013 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, as set forth below:



Name
Votes For
Votes Withheld
William F. Hecht
47,769,709
410,655
Henry Klehm, III
47,990,291
190,073
Ralph B. Levy
47,783,468
396,896
Nicholas L. Trivisonno
47,976,806
203,558

           There were 4,274,084 Broker Non-Votes for the directors.

2. 
Shareholders approved the RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. 2010 Performance-Based Equity Incentive Plan, as set forth below:


Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker
Non-Votes
31,658,980
16,101,155
420,229
4,274,084


    3. 
Shareholders approved an amendment to the RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, as set forth below:


Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker
Non-Votes
27,776,220
19,983,624
420,520
4,274,084


    4. 
Shareholders approved the RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as set forth below:


Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker
Non-Votes
47,034,195
719,839
426,330
4,274,084


    5. 
 Shareholders appointed the firm of Ernst & Young Ltd. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2010 fiscal year until the Company’s 2011 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and referred the determination of Ernst & Young Ltd.’s remuneration to the Company’s Board of Directors, as set forth below:


 
 
 
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
52,294,364
143,045
17,039

 
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
 
         
   
RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD.
Date: May 21, 2010
        
   
By:
  
/s/ Stephen H. Weinstein
   
Name:
  
Stephen H. Weinstein
   
Title:
  
SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary