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): | November 26, 2010 |
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Bermuda | 001-32938 | 98-0481737 |
| _____________________ (State or other jurisdiction | _____________ (Commission | ______________ (I.R.S. Employer |
| of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
| 27 Richmond Road, Pembroke, Bermuda, | HM 08 | |
| _________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices) | ___________ (Zip Code) |
| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | 441-278-5400 |
Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
As previously disclosed in Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd’s (the "Company") press release of November 4, 2010, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a contingent special dividend of $0.25 per share related to the Company’s redomestication to Switzerland, which is expected to take place before the end of the calendar year 2010. Payment of the contingent special dividend was subject to the Company receiving the requisite shareholder approval of its proposed redomestication, receiving approval by the Supreme Court of Bermuda and the satisfaction or waiver of the other closing conditions set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 14, 2010. As of November 26, 2010, the contingencies related to the special dividend have now been satisfied or waived and the special dividend shall be paid.
The information hereunder is not deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securitie s Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), is not otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section and is not incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
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.
| Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd | ||||
| November 26, 2010 | By: | /s/ Wesley D. Dupont | ||
| Name: Wesley D. Dupont | ||||
| Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||