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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </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>FORM S-8 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION
STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Endurance
Specialty Holdings Ltd. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Bermuda</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>98-0392908</B></TD></TR>
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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>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Incorporation or Organization)</B></P></TD>
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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>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Waterloo House </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(441) 278-0400 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address,
Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Principal Executive Offices) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.
2015 Employee Share Purchase Plan </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full Title of the Plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CT Corporation System </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>111 Eighth Avenue, 13th Floor </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York, New York 10011 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Todd E. Freed, Esq.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Richard J. Grossman, Esq.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &amp; Flom LLP</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Four Times Square</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New
York, New York 10036</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(212) 735-3000</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>John V. Del Col, Esq.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Daniel S. Lurie, Esq.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Waterloo House, 100 Pitts Bay Road</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(441) 278-0400</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer&#148;, &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (check one): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title of Securities</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be Registered</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amount<BR></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be<BR>Registered&nbsp;(1)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Proposed<BR>Maximum<BR>Offering Price<BR>per Share&nbsp;(2)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proposed<BR>Maximum<BR>Aggregate</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Offering&nbsp;Price&nbsp;(2)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amount&nbsp;of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registration&nbsp;Fee</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ordinary Shares, par value $1.00 per share</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">300,000</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$56.45</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$16,935,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$1,968</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Represents the maximum number of Ordinary Shares issuable under the Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. 2015 Employee Share Purchase Plan. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement shall also cover, in addition to the number of shares stated in the table above, an indeterminate number of additional Ordinary Shares, which may become issuable under the Endurance Specialty
Holdings Ltd. 2015 Employee Share Purchase Plan (the &#147;2015 Plan&#148;) by reason of certain corporate transactions or events, including any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the
receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding Ordinary Shares. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of 85% of $66.41 per share, which represents the average of the high and
low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Ordinary Shares as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July&nbsp;6, 2015. Pursuant to the 2015 Plan, the purchase price of the Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance thereunder will be at least 85% of the
lower of the fair market value of the Ordinary Shares on the first trading day of the offering period or on the exercise date. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., a holding company domiciled in Bermuda (the &#147;Registrant&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;), hereby files this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to 300,000 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Ordinary Shares, par value $1.00 per share (&#147;Ordinary Shares&#148;), issuable pursuant to the Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. 2015 Employee Share Purchase
Plan (the &#147;ESPP&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration
Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) and the Note to Part I of Form S-8 and is currently included in prospectuses dated the date hereof which will be distributed to
participants in the ESPP. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;3.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) by the Registrant, Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2014; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">2.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2015; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">3.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed March&nbsp;3, 2015, the Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed March&nbsp;31, 2015 (but only as to Items 8.01, 9.01 and Exhibit 99.2),&nbsp;April&nbsp;1,
2015 and May&nbsp;22, 2015. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">4.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The description of the Company&#146;s ordinary shares contained in Item&nbsp;1 of the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-A</FONT> filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission under Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act on February&nbsp;10, 2003, in which reference is made to the information set forth under the heading &#147;Description of Share Capital&#148; in the Company&#146;s Prospectus, which
constitutes a part of the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(File&nbsp;No.&nbsp;333-102026),</FONT> filed under the Securities Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose
of updating such description. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, all documents filed or subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities described herein have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents with the Commission. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company will provide without charge to each person to whom a copy of this Registration Statement is delivered, upon the
written or oral request of such person, a copy of any or all of the documents referred to above which have been or may be incorporated by reference herein (other than exhibits to such documents unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by
reference in such documents). Requests for such copies should be directed to the General Counsel, Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., Waterloo House, 100 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda (telephone: (441)&nbsp;278-0400). </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The amended and restated bye-laws of the
Registrant provide for the indemnification of the Registrant&#146;s officers and directors, members of a (duly constituted) committee and any resident representative (and their respective heirs, executors or administrators), each referred to as an
indemnified person, against all actions, costs, charges, liabilities, loss, damage or expense to the full extent permitted by Bermuda law (including, but not limited to liabilities under contract, tort, fiduciary duties and statute or any applicable
foreign law or regulation and all reasonable legal and other costs and expenses properly payable), incurred or suffered by such party by reason of any act done, conceived in or omitted in the conduct of the Registrant&#146;s business or in the
discharge of his/her duties; provided that such indemnification shall not extend to any matter which would render it void pursuant to the Companies Act 1981 (the &#147;Companies Act&#148;) as in effect from time to time in Bermuda. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant&#146;s amended and restated bye-laws state that an indemnified person shall be indemnified out of the funds of the Registrant
against all liabilities incurred by him or her by reason of any act done, conceived in or omitted in the conduct of the Registrant&#146;s business or in the discharge of his or her duties, in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in
which judgment is given in his or her favor, or in which he or she is acquitted, or in connection with the application under the Companies Act in which relief is granted to him or her by the court. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, each shareholder and the Registrant agree to waive any claim or right of action he or it may have at any time, whether
individually or by or in the right of the Registrant against any indemnified person on account of any action taken by such person in the performance of his duties with or for the Registrant; provided that such waiver shall not extend to any claims
or rights of action which would render it void pursuant to the Companies Act 1981 as in effect from time to time in Bermuda, that arises out of fraud or dishonesty on the part of such indemnified person or with respect to the recovery of any gain,
personal profit or advantage to which such indemnified person is not legally entitled. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Companies Act provides that a Bermuda company
may indemnify its directors in respect of any loss arising or liability attaching to them as a result of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which they may be guilty. However, the Companies Act also provides that any
provision, whether contained in the company&#146;s bye-laws or in a contract or arrangement between the company and the director, indemnifying a director against any liability which would attach to him in respect of his fraud or dishonesty will be
void. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Undertakings </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective Registration Statement; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration
Statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for </P>
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indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </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 Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pembroke, Bermuda on the
10<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of July, 2015. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">ENDURANCE SPECIALTY HOLDINGS LTD.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Michael J. McGuire</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Michael J. McGuire</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We, the undersigned officers, directors and authorized representatives of Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., hereby severally constitute and
appoint each of Michael J. McGuire and John V. Del Col, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and
all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Commission in connection with this Registration Statement and any and all amendments hereto, as fully for
all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person. </P> <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 Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ John R. Charman</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">John R. Charman</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Executive Officer and Director</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Michael J. McGuire</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michael J. McGuire</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Financial Officer</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal Financial
Officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Carrie L. Rosorea</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Carrie L. Rosorea</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Accounting Officer</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal Accounting
Officer)</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">John T. Baily</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Norman Barham</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Galen R. Barnes</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">William H. Bolinder</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Philip M. Butterfield</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Philip M. Butterfield</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Steven W. Carlsen</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Susan S. Fleming</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:85.25pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Description of Document</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. 2015 Employee Share Purchase Plan</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of ASW Law Limited</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of ASW Law Limited (included in Exhibit 5.1)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page herein)</TD></TR>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 10, 2015
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Endurance
Specialty Holdings Ltd.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Bermuda
98-0392908
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Waterloo House
100 Pitts Bay Road
Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda
(441) 278-0400
(Address,
Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Principal Executive Offices)
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.
2015 Employee Share Purchase Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
CT Corporation System
111 Eighth Avenue, 13th Floor
New York, New York 10011
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)
Copies To:
Todd E. Freed, Esq.
Richard J. Grossman, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Four Times Square
New
York, New York 10036
(212) 735-3000
John V. Del Col, Esq.
Daniel S. Lurie, Esq.
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.
Waterloo House, 100 Pitts Bay Road
Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda
(441) 278-0400
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of "large accelerated filer", "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (check one):
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount
to be
Registered (1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
per Share (2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price (2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Ordinary Shares, par value $1.00 per share
300,000
$56.45
$16,935,000
$1,968
(1)
Represents the maximum number of Ordinary Shares issuable under the Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. 2015 Employee Share Purchase Plan. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover, in addition to the number of shares stated in the table above, an indeterminate number of additional Ordinary Shares, which may become issuable under the Endurance Specialty
Holdings Ltd. 2015 Employee Share Purchase Plan (the "2015 Plan") by reason of certain corporate transactions or events, including any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the
receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding Ordinary Shares.
(2)
Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of 85% of $66.41 per share, which represents the average of the high and
low prices of the Registrant's Ordinary Shares as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July 6, 2015. Pursuant to the 2015 Plan, the purchase price of the Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance thereunder will be at least 85% of the
lower of the fair market value of the Ordinary Shares on the first trading day of the offering period or on the exercise date.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., a holding company domiciled in Bermuda (the "Registrant" or the "Company"), hereby files this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to 300,000 shares of the Registrant's Ordinary Shares, par value $1.00 per share ("Ordinary Shares"), issuable pursuant to the Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. 2015 Employee Share Purchase
Plan (the "ESPP").
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
All information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration
Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and the Note to Part I of Form S-8 and is currently included in prospectuses dated the date hereof which will be distributed to
participants in the ESPP.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by the Registrant, Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
1.
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014;
2.
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015;
3.
The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed March 3, 2015, the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed March 31, 2015 (but only as to Items 8.01, 9.01 and Exhibit 99.2), April 1,
2015 and May 22, 2015.
4.
The description of the Company's ordinary shares contained in Item 1 of the Company's Registration Statement on
Form 8-A
filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission under Section 12 of the Exchange Act on February 10, 2003, in which reference is made to the information set forth under the heading "Description of Share Capital" in the Company's Prospectus, which
constitutes a part of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended
(File No. 333-102026),
filed under the Securities Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose
of updating such description.
In addition, all documents filed or subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities described herein have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents with the Commission. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
The Company will provide without charge to each person to whom a copy of this Registration Statement is delivered, upon the
written or oral request of such person, a copy of any or all of the documents referred to above which have been or may be incorporated by reference herein (other than exhibits to such documents unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by
reference in such documents). Requests for such copies should be directed to the General Counsel, Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., Waterloo House, 100 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda (telephone: (441) 278-0400).
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Item 4.
Description of the Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The amended and restated bye-laws of the
Registrant provide for the indemnification of the Registrant's officers and directors, members of a (duly constituted) committee and any resident representative (and their respective heirs, executors or administrators), each referred to as an
indemnified person, against all actions, costs, charges, liabilities, loss, damage or expense to the full extent permitted by Bermuda law (including, but not limited to liabilities under contract, tort, fiduciary duties and statute or any applicable
foreign law or regulation and all reasonable legal and other costs and expenses properly payable), incurred or suffered by such party by reason of any act done, conceived in or omitted in the conduct of the Registrant's business or in the
discharge of his/her duties; provided that such indemnification shall not extend to any matter which would render it void pursuant to the Companies Act 1981 (the "Companies Act") as in effect from time to time in Bermuda.
The Registrant's amended and restated bye-laws state that an indemnified person shall be indemnified out of the funds of the Registrant
against all liabilities incurred by him or her by reason of any act done, conceived in or omitted in the conduct of the Registrant's business or in the discharge of his or her duties, in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in
which judgment is given in his or her favor, or in which he or she is acquitted, or in connection with the application under the Companies Act in which relief is granted to him or her by the court.
In addition, each shareholder and the Registrant agree to waive any claim or right of action he or it may have at any time, whether
individually or by or in the right of the Registrant against any indemnified person on account of any action taken by such person in the performance of his duties with or for the Registrant; provided that such waiver shall not extend to any claims
or rights of action which would render it void pursuant to the Companies Act 1981 as in effect from time to time in Bermuda, that arises out of fraud or dishonesty on the part of such indemnified person or with respect to the recovery of any gain,
personal profit or advantage to which such indemnified person is not legally entitled.
The Companies Act provides that a Bermuda company
may indemnify its directors in respect of any loss arising or liability attaching to them as a result of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which they may be guilty. However, the Companies Act also provides that any
provision, whether contained in the company's bye-laws or in a contract or arrangement between the company and the director, indemnifying a director against any liability which would attach to him in respect of his fraud or dishonesty will be
void.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
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Item 8.
Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description of Document
4.1
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. 2015 Employee Share Purchase Plan
5.1
Opinion of ASW Law Limited
23.1
Consent of ASW Law Limited (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young Ltd.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page herein)
Item 9.
Undertakings
1. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
(b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
2. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration
Statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
3. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
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indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pembroke, Bermuda on the
10
th
day of July, 2015.
ENDURANCE SPECIALTY HOLDINGS LTD.
By:
/s/ Michael J. McGuire
Name:
Michael J. McGuire
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers, directors and authorized representatives of Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., hereby severally constitute and
appoint each of Michael J. McGuire and John V. Del Col, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and
all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Act and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Commission in connection with this Registration Statement and any and all amendments hereto, as fully for
all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ John R. Charman
John R. Charman
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal
Executive Officer)
July 10, 2015
/s/ Michael J. McGuire
Michael J. McGuire
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial
Officer)
July 10, 2015
/s/ Carrie L. Rosorea
Carrie L. Rosorea
Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting
Officer)
July 10, 2015
/s/ John T. Baily
John T. Baily
Director
July 10, 2015
/s/ Norman Barham
Norman Barham
Director
July 10, 2015
/s/ Galen R. Barnes
Galen R. Barnes
Director
July 10, 2015
/s/ William H. Bolinder
William H. Bolinder
Director
July 10, 2015
/s/ Philip M. Butterfield
Philip M. Butterfield
Director
July 10, 2015
/s/ Steven W. Carlsen
Steven W. Carlsen
Director
July 10, 2015
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/s/ Susan S. Fleming
Susan S. Fleming
Director
July 10, 2015
/s/ Scott D. Moore
Scott D. Moore
Director
July 10, 2015
/s/ William J. Raver
William J. Raver
Director
July 10, 2015
/s/ Robert A. Spass
Robert A. Spass
Director
July 10, 2015
/s/ Daniel S. Lurie
Daniel S. Lurie
Authorized Representative in the United States
July 10, 2015
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Document
4.1
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. 2015 Employee Share Purchase Plan
5.1
Opinion of ASW Law Limited
23.1
Consent of ASW Law Limited (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young Ltd.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page herein)
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