| 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 6, 2022
ATHENE HOLDING LTD.
| (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bermuda | 001-37963 | 98-0630022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (State or other jurisdiction of | (Commission file number) | (I.R.S. Employer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| incorporation or organization) | Identification Number) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Second Floor, Washington House
16 Church Street
Hamilton, HM 11, Bermuda
(441) 279-8400
| (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ☐ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ☐ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title of each class | Trading Symbols | Name of each exchange on which registered | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a 6.35% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Share, Series A | ATHPrA | New York Stock Exchange | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a 5.625% Fixed Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Share, Series B | ATHPrB | New York Stock Exchange | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a 6.375% Fixed-Rate Reset Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Share, Series C | ATHPrC | New York Stock Exchange | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a 4.875% Fixed-Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Share, Series D | ATHPrD | 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 (§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. ☐
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On September 6, 2022, Athene Holding Ltd. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the commencement of tender offers to purchase for cash by Athene Global Funding (the “Issuer”) any and all of the Issuer’s (i) 3.205% Senior Secured Medium Term Notes due 2027, which are secured by a funding agreement issued by Athene Annuity and Life Company, and (ii) 2.450% Senior Secured Medium Term Notes due 2027, which are secured by a funding agreement issued by Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
The information in this Item 8.01 is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell securities. No offer, solicitation, purchase or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. | ||||
| (d) | Exhibits | ||||
| 99.1 | |||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | ||||
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.
| ATHENE HOLDING LTD. | ||||||||
| Date: | September 6, 2022 | /s/ John L. Golden | ||||||
| John L. Golden | ||||||||
| Executive Vice President and General Counsel | ||||||||