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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): September&nbsp;24, 2013 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of</B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(IRS Employer <BR>Identification Number)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1370 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Chesterfield, Missouri 63017 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 (<I>see </I>General Instruction A.2. below): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As previously reported, Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (the &#147;Company&#148;) entered into an Underwriting Agreement with J.P. Morgan Securities
LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated and UBS Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the &#147;Underwriters&#148;), dated September&nbsp;19, 2013, pursuant to which the Company agreed
to issue and sell to the Underwriters $400&nbsp;million aggregate principal amount of its 4.70% Senior Notes due 2023 (the &#147;Notes&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On
September&nbsp;24, 2013, the parties completed the offering, and the Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture (the &#147;Original Indenture&#148;), dated as of August&nbsp;21, 2012, by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A., as trustee (the &#147;Trustee&#148;), as supplemented by a Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September&nbsp;24, 2013 (the &#147;Supplemental Indenture&#148; and, together with the Original Indenture as so supplemented, the
&#147;Indenture&#148;). The Notes are unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company and rank equally with all of the Company&#146;s existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness from time to time outstanding. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Notes bear interest at the rate of 4.70%&nbsp;per year. Interest on the Notes is payable semiannually in arrears on March&nbsp;15 and September&nbsp;15 of
each year, commencing March&nbsp;15, 2014. The Notes will mature on September&nbsp;15, 2023. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company may redeem the Notes for cash in whole, at any
time, or in part, from time to time, prior to maturity, at a redemption price equal to the greater of: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">as determined by a quotation agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of those payments of interest accrued as of the date of
redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis at a specified adjusted treasury rate plus 30-basis points plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption, as provided in the Indenture. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30&nbsp;days but not more than 60&nbsp;days before the redemption date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Indenture contains covenants that, among other things, restrict the Company&#146;s ability to incur indebtedness secured by a lien on the voting stock of
any restricted subsidiary, limit the Company&#146;s ability to issue or otherwise dispose of shares of capital stock of any restricted subsidiary and limit the Company&#146;s ability to consolidate with or merge into, or transfer substantially all
of its assets to, another corporation, subject in each case to important exceptions, as specified in the Indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Indenture contains customary
event of default provisions, including an acceleration of the maturity of any indebtedness of the Company, in excess of $100&nbsp;million, if such failure to pay is not discharged or such acceleration is not annulled within 15&nbsp;days after due
notice. This cross-acceleration provision is the same as the comparable provision relating to the Company&#146;s 6.45% Senior Notes due 2019 (the &#147;2019 Notes&#148;) and the Company&#146;s 5.000% Senior Notes due 2021 (the &#147;2021
Notes&#148;) but is less restrictive than the comparable provision relating to the Company&#146;s 5.625% Senior Notes due 2017 (the &#147;2017 Notes&#148;) which has a cross-acceleration </P>

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threshold of $50 million. As a result, holders of the Notes may not have a cross-acceleration right and remedy when holders of the 2017 Notes do. Furthermore, the definition of &#147;event of
default&#148; in the Indenture will not contain a cross payment provision, which is the same as the &#147;event of default&#148; definition relating to the 2021 Notes, but less restrictive than the &#147;event of default&#148; definition relating to
the 2017 Notes and the 2019 Notes which both contain a cross payment provision. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The public offering price of the Notes was 99.623% of the principal
amount. The Company received net proceeds (before expenses) of approximately $395,892,000 and will use such proceeds for general corporate purposes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Notes were offered and sold pursuant to the Company&#146;s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 333-176104, 333-176104-01 333-176104-02) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which became effective upon
filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) on August&nbsp;5, 2011. The Company has filed with the SEC a prospectus supplement, dated September&nbsp;19, 2013, together with the accompanying prospectus, dated
August&nbsp;5, 2011, relating to the offering and sale of the Notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing description of the Original Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture and
the Notes does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such documents, which are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, respectively, and are incorporated herein
by reference. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Trustee is the Indenture trustee, and will be the principal paying agent and registrar for the Notes. The Company has entered, and from
time to time may continue to enter, into banking or other relationships with the Trustee or its affiliates. For example, the Trustee (i)&nbsp;is successor trustee of the indentures relating to the 2017 Notes, the 2019 Notes, the 2021 Notes, and the
Company&#146;s 6.75% Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2065, (ii)&nbsp;is trustee of the indenture relating to the Company&#146;s 6.20% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Debentures due 2042, (iii)&nbsp;is a lender under the Company&#146;s
syndicated revolving credit facility, dated December&nbsp;15, 2011, and (iv)&nbsp;provides other banking and financial services to the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information regarding the Notes and the Indenture set forth in Item&nbsp;1.01 is incorporated herein by reference. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(d) Exhibits. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">See Exhibit&nbsp;Index. </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date: September&nbsp;24, 2013</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Jack B. Lay</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Indenture, dated as of August&nbsp;21, 2012, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
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<TD VALIGN="top">Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September&nbsp;24, 2013, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Form of 4.70% Senior Note due 2023 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit A to the Second Supplemental Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.2 hereto).</TD></TR>
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Form 8-K
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): September 24, 2013
REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Missouri
1-11848
43-1627032
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
1370 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Chesterfield, Missouri 63017
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (636) 736-7000
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
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
As previously reported, Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (the "Company") entered into an Underwriting Agreement with J.P. Morgan Securities
LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and UBS Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the "Underwriters"), dated September 19, 2013, pursuant to which the Company agreed
to issue and sell to the Underwriters $400 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.70% Senior Notes due 2023 (the "Notes").
On
September 24, 2013, the parties completed the offering, and the Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture (the "Original Indenture"), dated as of August 21, 2012, by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A., as trustee (the "Trustee"), as supplemented by a Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 24, 2013 (the "Supplemental Indenture" and, together with the Original Indenture as so supplemented, the
"Indenture"). The Notes are unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company and rank equally with all of the Company's existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness from time to time outstanding.
The Notes bear interest at the rate of 4.70% per year. Interest on the Notes is payable semiannually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of
each year, commencing March 15, 2014. The Notes will mature on September 15, 2023.
The Company may redeem the Notes for cash in whole, at any
time, or in part, from time to time, prior to maturity, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:
•
100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, and
•
as determined by a quotation agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of those payments of interest accrued as of the date of
redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis at a specified adjusted treasury rate plus 30-basis points plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption, as provided in the Indenture.
Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date.
The Indenture contains covenants that, among other things, restrict the Company's ability to incur indebtedness secured by a lien on the voting stock of
any restricted subsidiary, limit the Company's ability to issue or otherwise dispose of shares of capital stock of any restricted subsidiary and limit the Company's ability to consolidate with or merge into, or transfer substantially all
of its assets to, another corporation, subject in each case to important exceptions, as specified in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains customary
event of default provisions, including an acceleration of the maturity of any indebtedness of the Company, in excess of $100 million, if such failure to pay is not discharged or such acceleration is not annulled within 15 days after due
notice. This cross-acceleration provision is the same as the comparable provision relating to the Company's 6.45% Senior Notes due 2019 (the "2019 Notes") and the Company's 5.000% Senior Notes due 2021 (the "2021
Notes") but is less restrictive than the comparable provision relating to the Company's 5.625% Senior Notes due 2017 (the "2017 Notes") which has a cross-acceleration
threshold of $50 million. As a result, holders of the Notes may not have a cross-acceleration right and remedy when holders of the 2017 Notes do. Furthermore, the definition of "event of
default" in the Indenture will not contain a cross payment provision, which is the same as the "event of default" definition relating to the 2021 Notes, but less restrictive than the "event of default" definition relating to
the 2017 Notes and the 2019 Notes which both contain a cross payment provision.
The public offering price of the Notes was 99.623% of the principal
amount. The Company received net proceeds (before expenses) of approximately $395,892,000 and will use such proceeds for general corporate purposes.
The
Notes were offered and sold pursuant to the Company's automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 333-176104, 333-176104-01 333-176104-02) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which became effective upon
filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on August 5, 2011. The Company has filed with the SEC a prospectus supplement, dated September 19, 2013, together with the accompanying prospectus, dated
August 5, 2011, relating to the offering and sale of the Notes.
The foregoing description of the Original Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture and
the Notes does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such documents, which are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, respectively, and are incorporated herein
by reference.
The Trustee is the Indenture trustee, and will be the principal paying agent and registrar for the Notes. The Company has entered, and from
time to time may continue to enter, into banking or other relationships with the Trustee or its affiliates. For example, the Trustee (i) is successor trustee of the indentures relating to the 2017 Notes, the 2019 Notes, the 2021 Notes, and the
Company's 6.75% Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2065, (ii) is trustee of the indenture relating to the Company's 6.20% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Debentures due 2042, (iii) is a lender under the Company's
syndicated revolving credit facility, dated December 15, 2011, and (iv) provides other banking and financial services to the Company.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information regarding the Notes and the Indenture set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index.
SIGNATURE
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.
REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED
Date: September 24, 2013
By:
/s/ Jack B. Lay
Jack B. Lay
Senior Executive Vice President and
Chief
Financial Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Indenture, dated as of August 21, 2012, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the SEC on August 21, 2012).
4.2
Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 24, 2013, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.
4.3
Form of 4.70% Senior Note due 2023 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit A to the Second Supplemental Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.2 hereto).
5.1
Opinion of Bryan Cave LLP
23.1
Consent of Bryan Cave LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)