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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 24, 2025
AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
(Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Charter)
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Bermuda | | 001-31721 | | 98-0395986 |
(State of Incorporation) | | (Commission File No.) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
92 Pitts Bay Road
Pembroke, Bermuda HM 08
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(441) 496-2600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not applicable
(Former name or 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 (see General Instruction A.2 below): | | | | | |
☐ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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☐ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act: | | | | | | | | |
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
Common shares, par value $0.0125 per share | AXS | New York Stock Exchange |
Depositary shares, each representing a 1/100th interest in a 5.50% Series E preferred share | AXS PRE | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
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 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure |
On April 24, 2025, AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, a Bermuda company (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that AXIS Specialty Limited, AXIS Reinsurance Company, AXIS Re SE, and AXIS Managing Agency Ltd., for and on behalf of the underwriting members of Lloyd’s Syndicate 1686, each a subsidiary of the Company and Cavello Bay Reinsurance Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enstar Group Limited, closed a previously announced loss portfolio transfer transaction following receipt of regulatory approvals and satisfaction of various other closing conditions. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
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Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits | | | | | | | | |
Exhibit Number | | Description of Document |
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104 | | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
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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.
Dated: April 24, 2025
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| AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED | |
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| By: | /s/ G. Christina Gray-Trefry | |
| | G. Christina Gray-Trefry | |
| | General Counsel and Secretary | |