Exhibit (a)(1)(H)
LETTER TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE
WHITE MOUNTAINS RETIREMENT PLAN
August 22, 2022
Dear Plan Participant:
White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Bermuda (the “Company”, “White Mountains”, “we” or “us”), is offering to purchase up to $500 million in value of its common shares, par value $1.00 per share (the “Shares”), at a purchase price not greater than $1,400 nor less than $1,250 per Share, in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer to Purchase”) and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which together, as they may be amended or supplemented from time to time, constitute the “Offer”). On August 19, 2022, the last trading day before we announced the Offer, the last reported sale price of the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange was $1,305.13 per share.
The Offer will be conducted as a “modified Dutch auction”, pursuant to which the Company will select the lowest price per Share (in increments of $1.00) (the “Purchase Price”) that will allow the Company to purchase $500 million in value of Shares or, if a lesser value of Shares is properly tendered, all Shares that are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn (subject to our right to purchase additional Shares as described in the Offer to Purchase). All Shares acquired in the Offer will be acquired at the same price regardless of whether the shareholder tendered at a lower price. However, because of the proration and “odd lot” priority provisions described in the Offer to Purchase, fewer than all of the Shares tendered at or below the Purchase Price may be purchased if Shares representing more than $500 million in value are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn. Shares tendered but not purchased in the Offer, including Shares tendered at or below the Purchase Price and Shares not purchased because of proration, will be returned to the tendering shareholders at the Company’s expense promptly after the expiration of the Offer.
A copy of each of the Offer to Purchase, the 401(k) Plan Participant Q&A, the 401(k) Plan Participant Election Form (the “Election Form”) and the 401(k) Plan Participant Notice of Withdrawal (the “Notice of Withdrawal”) is enclosed with this letter. You are urged to examine the Offer carefully.
As a participant in the White Mountains Retirement Plan (the “Plan”), you have the right to instruct Hand Benefits & Trust Company, the Trustee of the Plan (the “Trustee”) and White Mountains Capital LLC, the Special Trustee over the non-Core Funds, including the Shares held in the Plan (the “Special Trustee”) via communication with Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as agent (the “Agent”) for the benefit of the Trustee and the Special Trustee, as to whether to tender any Shares allocated to your Plan account (“Plan Shares”). If, after reading the enclosed materials, you want to tender your Plan Shares, you must follow the instructions contained in this letter and fill out and sign the Election Form enclosed, and mail the form in the enclosed self-addressed envelope to the Agent in connection with the Offer. If you do not wish to use the enclosed envelope, you may also send your Election Form by express or overnight delivery to the Agent at Computershare Trust Company, N.A., c/o Voluntary Corporate Actions, 150 Royall Street, Suite V, Canton, Massachusetts 02021, or by first-class, registered or certified mail to the Agent at Computershare Trust Company, N.A., c/o Voluntary Corporate Actions, PO Box 43011, Providence, Rhode Island 02940-3011.
If valid instructions to tender Plan Shares are not received by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 16, 2022, the Plan Shares allocated to your Plan account will not be tendered unless the Company extends the Offer, in which case your instructions must be received by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date that is two (2) business days before the new expiration date. Please note that your instructions as to whether or not to tender will be kept confidential from the Company.
If you elect to tender Plan Shares and such Plan Shares are accepted in the Offer, any proceeds received in respect of such Plan Shares will remain in the Plan and will be invested in a manner and in proportions consistent with the allocations you have elected for the Plan. However, you may elect to redirect the proceeds to any other investment fund under the Plan that is open for new investments at any time once the proceeds have been allocated to your account under the Plan.