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	FORM 8-K
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	CURRENT REPORT
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	Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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	May 11, 2018
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	RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.
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	Bermuda
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	001-14428
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	98-0141974
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	Renaissance House, 12 Crow Lane, Pembroke, Bermuda
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	(441) 295-4513
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><FONT style="font-size: 11pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.</B>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt">On May&nbsp;11, 2018, RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (the &#147;Company&#148;) granted The Vanguard Group, Inc.
(&#147;Vanguard&#148;) a limited waiver from the restrictions on the acquisition of share ownership set forth
in Bye-law 46A of the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Bye-laws (the &#147;Bye-laws&#148;), up to a maximum
amount of shares representing 15% of the shares of the Company outstanding at any time of
measurement (the &#147;Waiver&#148;). The Waiver is revocable by the Company for any reason upon 30&nbsp;days&#146;
notice.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt">Bye-law 46A provides, among other things, that no Person (as defined in the Bye-Laws) shall be
permitted to own or control shares in the Company to the extent that such ownership or control
would result in such Person or any other Person being a Ten Percent Shareholder (as defined in the
Bye-Laws) or cause the Company to become a &#147;controlled foreign corporation&#148; within the meaning of
Section&nbsp;957 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, subject to waiver by the Board of Directors of the
Company in its sole discretion.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt">Vanguard has agreed and acknowledged that, in accordance with the Bye-laws, the voting rights
attributable to the Controlled Shares (as defined in the Bye-laws) owned or controlled by Vanguard
shall not exceed 9.9% of the voting rights attached to all of the issued and outstanding capital
shares of the Company in respect of any vote at any general meeting of the Company for any purpose.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt">The foregoing summary does not purport to be a complete description of all of the provisions of the
Waiver and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Waiver, which is
attached as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt"><U>New Form of Performance Share Award</U>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt">On May&nbsp;14, 2018, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the
&#147;Committee&#148;) approved a new form of performance share agreement setting forth the material terms
and conditions of awards of performance shares to be granted pursuant to the Company&#146;s 2016
Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The Committee actively reviews the terms and conditions of
its performance share program at least annually to ensure that it aligns with the Company&#146;s
strategic plan. The Committee recognizes that, as a result of the execution of the Company&#146;s
strategic plan, the Company&#146;s business has evolved since the inception of the performance share
program, including diversification of the Company&#146;s assumed risk portfolio, improvement in the
Company&#146;s operating leverage, organic growth and continued optimization of the duration of the
Company&#146;s investment portfolio. As a result, the Committee has determined that it is in the best
interests of the Company to adopt a new form of performance share agreement to re-align the metrics
of the performance share program to better reflect the Company&#146;s current business, risk and
investment portfolios.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt">Performance shares granted under the new form of performance share agreement will be earned in
three equal annual installments based upon the Company&#146;s growth in tangible book value per share
plus accumulated dividends during each calendar year performance period and will vest at the end of
a three-year service period, subject to the participant&#146;s continued service with the Company.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt">In addition, the new form provides that in the event of industry-wide losses during a performance
period of a significant specified magnitude, if the Company&#146;s performance against its modeled
outcomes for such an event are within the acceptable modeled range, the Committee will have the
discretion to award performance shares to the participant in an amount not to exceed a set
percentage (currently 25%) of the &#147;target&#148; payout for the vesting tranche for the performance
period that includes such industry losses.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt">Furthermore, in the event of a change in control of the Company in which the performance shares are
not assumed or substituted: (i)&nbsp;with respect to any vesting tranche for which the performance
period has not yet commenced as of the date of the consummation of such change in control, the
number of performance shares associated with the &#147;target&#148; achievement level for such vesting
tranche will be deemed to be earned, and (ii)&nbsp;with respect to the vesting tranche for the
performance period that includes the date of the change in control, the performance shares in such
vesting tranche will be earned based upon the Company&#146;s total shareholder return, rather than on
growth in tangible book value per share plus accumulated dividends. Total shareholder return will
be calculated from the date immediately prior to the date on which such change in control is
publicly announced through the date of the consummation of such change in control, in each case
calculated using the prior 20-day average closing price.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt">The foregoing summary does not purport to be a complete description of all of the provisions of the
new form of performance share agreement and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full
text of the Plan and the form of performance share agreement attached as Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 hereto.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt"><U>Grant to Chief Executive Officer</U>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt">Following review of the compensation of the Company&#146;s Chief Executive Officer, Kevin&nbsp;J. O&#146;Donnell,
compared to the chief executive officers of the Company&#146;s peers, the Committee also determined to
make a long-term incentive award to Mr.&nbsp;O&#146;Donnell, including a grant of performance shares under
the new performance share program, in recognition of Mr.&nbsp;O&#146;Donnell&#146;s performance in leading the
Company&#146;s attainment of the improved operating leverage, strong expense management and other
strategic accomplishments achieved under his tenure, as well as the increased complexity of the
Company&#146;s book of business and operating environment and also to bring Mr.&nbsp;O&#146;Donnell&#146;s compensation
in line with the market. The performance shares granted to Mr.&nbsp;O&#146;Donnell are subject to the terms
and conditions of the Plan and the new form of performance share agreement approved by the
Committee and attached as Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 hereto.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5.07&nbsp;Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt">The 2018 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the&nbsp;&#147;Annual Meeting&#148;) of RenaissanceRe Holdings
Ltd. (the&nbsp;&#147;Company&#148;) was held on Monday, May&nbsp;14, 2018 in Pembroke, Bermuda. As of March&nbsp;14, 2018,
the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 40,082,013 common shares, par value $1.00 per
share, issued and outstanding. A quorum of 36,378,197 common shares was present or represented at
the Annual Meeting.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 11pt">The final results of the votes regarding the proposals described in the Company&#146;s definitive proxy
statement for the Annual Meeting on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed with the U.S.&nbsp;Securities and Exchange
Commission on March&nbsp;29, 2018 (the&nbsp;&#147;Proxy Statement&#148;) are as follows:


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    <TD>Shareholders elected each of the Company&#146;s three nominees for Class&nbsp;II director to serve
until the Company&#146;s 2021 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and one nominee for Class&nbsp;III
director to serve until the Company&#146;s 2019 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, or until
their earlier resignation or removal, as set forth below:</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Brian G.J. Gray</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">34,544,240</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">138,356</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">4,801</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,690,800</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Duncan P. Hennes</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">34,545,928</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">136,690</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">4,779</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,690,800</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Kevin J. O&#146;Donnell</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">34,543,981</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">138,820</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">4,596</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,690,800</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Valerie Rahmani</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">34,565,627</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">117,309</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">4,461</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,690,800</TD>
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    <TD>Shareholders approved an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company&#146;s named executive
officers as set forth in the Proxy Statement as set forth below:</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Votes For</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Votes Against</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Abstentions</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">33,276,482
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,391,903</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">19,012</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,690,800</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">3.</TD>
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    <TD>Shareholders approved the appointment of Ernst&nbsp;& Young Ltd. as the Company&#146;s independent
registered public accounting firm for the 2018 fiscal year and referred the determination of
Ernst&nbsp;& Young Ltd.&#146;s remuneration to the Board of Directors of the Company, as set forth
below:</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Votes For</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Votes Against</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">35,786,028
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">582,702</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">9,467</TD>
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RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (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):
May 11, 2018
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Bermuda
001-14428
98-0141974
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)
Renaissance House, 12 Crow Lane, Pembroke, Bermuda
HM 19
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(441) 295-4513
Not Applicable
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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:
[  ]  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
[  ]  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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[  ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company [  ]
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [  ]
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On May 11, 2018, RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (the "Company") granted The Vanguard Group, Inc.
("Vanguard") a limited waiver from the restrictions on the acquisition of share ownership set forth
in Bye-law 46A of the Company's Amended and Restated Bye-laws (the "Bye-laws"), up to a maximum
amount of shares representing 15% of the shares of the Company outstanding at any time of
measurement (the "Waiver"). The Waiver is revocable by the Company for any reason upon 30 days'
notice.
Bye-law 46A provides, among other things, that no Person (as defined in the Bye-Laws) shall be
permitted to own or control shares in the Company to the extent that such ownership or control
would result in such Person or any other Person being a Ten Percent Shareholder (as defined in the
Bye-Laws) or cause the Company to become a "controlled foreign corporation" within the meaning of
Section 957 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, subject to waiver by the Board of Directors of the
Company in its sole discretion.
Vanguard has agreed and acknowledged that, in accordance with the Bye-laws, the voting rights
attributable to the Controlled Shares (as defined in the Bye-laws) owned or controlled by Vanguard
shall not exceed 9.9% of the voting rights attached to all of the issued and outstanding capital
shares of the Company in respect of any vote at any general meeting of the Company for any purpose.
The foregoing summary does not purport to be a complete description of all of the provisions of the
Waiver and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Waiver, which is
attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
New Form of Performance Share Award
On May 14, 2018, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the
"Committee") approved a new form of performance share agreement setting forth the material terms
and conditions of awards of performance shares to be granted pursuant to the Company's 2016
Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). The Committee actively reviews the terms and conditions of
its performance share program at least annually to ensure that it aligns with the Company's
strategic plan. The Committee recognizes that, as a result of the execution of the Company's
strategic plan, the Company's business has evolved since the inception of the performance share
program, including diversification of the Company's assumed risk portfolio, improvement in the
Company's operating leverage, organic growth and continued optimization of the duration of the
Company's investment portfolio. As a result, the Committee has determined that it is in the best
interests of the Company to adopt a new form of performance share agreement to re-align the metrics
of the performance share program to better reflect the Company's current business, risk and
investment portfolios.
Performance shares granted under the new form of performance share agreement will be earned in
three equal annual installments based upon the Company's growth in tangible book value per share
plus accumulated dividends during each calendar year performance period and will vest at the end of
a three-year service period, subject to the participant's continued service with the Company.
In addition, the new form provides that in the event of industry-wide losses during a performance
period of a significant specified magnitude, if the Company's performance against its modeled
outcomes for such an event are within the acceptable modeled range, the Committee will have the
discretion to award performance shares to the participant in an amount not to exceed a set
percentage (currently 25%) of the "target" payout for the vesting tranche for the performance
period that includes such industry losses.
Furthermore, in the event of a change in control of the Company in which the performance shares are
not assumed or substituted: (i) with respect to any vesting tranche for which the performance
period has not yet commenced as of the date of the consummation of such change in control, the
number of performance shares associated with the "target" achievement level for such vesting
tranche will be deemed to be earned, and (ii) with respect to the vesting tranche for the
performance period that includes the date of the change in control, the performance shares in such
vesting tranche will be earned based upon the Company's total shareholder return, rather than on
growth in tangible book value per share plus accumulated dividends. Total shareholder return will
be calculated from the date immediately prior to the date on which such change in control is
publicly announced through the date of the consummation of such change in control, in each case
calculated using the prior 20-day average closing price.
The foregoing summary does not purport to be a complete description of all of the provisions of the
new form of performance share agreement and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full
text of the Plan and the form of performance share agreement attached as Exhibit 10.2 hereto.
Grant to Chief Executive Officer
Following review of the compensation of the Company's Chief Executive Officer, Kevin J. O'Donnell,
compared to the chief executive officers of the Company's peers, the Committee also determined to
make a long-term incentive award to Mr. O'Donnell, including a grant of performance shares under
the new performance share program, in recognition of Mr. O'Donnell's performance in leading the
Company's attainment of the improved operating leverage, strong expense management and other
strategic accomplishments achieved under his tenure, as well as the increased complexity of the
Company's book of business and operating environment and also to bring Mr. O'Donnell's compensation
in line with the market. The performance shares granted to Mr. O'Donnell are subject to the terms
and conditions of the Plan and the new form of performance share agreement approved by the
Committee and attached as Exhibit 10.2 hereto.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2018 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") of RenaissanceRe Holdings
Ltd. (the "Company") was held on Monday, May 14, 2018 in Pembroke, Bermuda. As of March 14, 2018,
the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 40,082,013 common shares, par value $1.00 per
share, issued and outstanding. A quorum of 36,378,197 common shares was present or represented at
the Annual Meeting.
The final results of the votes regarding the proposals described in the Company's definitive proxy
statement for the Annual Meeting on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission on March 29, 2018 (the "Proxy Statement") are as follows:
1.
Shareholders elected each of the Company's three nominees for Class II director to serve
until the Company's 2021 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and one nominee for Class III
director to serve until the Company's 2019 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, or until
their earlier resignation or removal, as set forth below:
Name
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
Brian G.J. Gray
34,544,240
138,356
4,801
1,690,800
Duncan P. Hennes
34,545,928
136,690
4,779
1,690,800
Kevin J. O'Donnell
34,543,981
138,820
4,596
1,690,800
Valerie Rahmani
34,565,627
117,309
4,461
1,690,800
2.
Shareholders approved an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive
officers as set forth in the Proxy Statement as set forth below:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
33,276,482
1,391,903
19,012
1,690,800
3.
Shareholders approved the appointment of Ernst & Young Ltd. as the Company's independent
registered public accounting firm for the 2018 fiscal year and referred the determination of
Ernst & Young Ltd.'s remuneration to the Board of Directors of the Company, as set forth
below:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
35,786,028
582,702
9,467
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit 10.1 Waiver, dated as of May 11, 2018, by and between RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. and The
Vanguard Group, Inc.
Exhibit 10.2 Form of Performance Share Agreement under the RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. 2016
Long-Term Incentive Plan.
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Exhibit No.
Description
10.1
Waiver, dated as of May 11, 2018, by and between RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. and The Vanguard Group, Inc.
10.2
Form of Performance Share Agreement under the RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan
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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.
May 16, 2018
By:
/s/ Stephen H. Weinstein
Name: Stephen H. Weinstein
Title: SVP, Group General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
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