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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): November 19, 2024
Enstar Group Limited
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Bermuda | | 001-33289 | | N/A |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
A.S. Cooper Building, 4th Floor, 26 Reid Street
Hamilton, Bermuda HM 11
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (441) 292-3645
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):
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title of Each Class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered |
Ordinary shares, par value $1.00 per share | ESGR | The NASDAQ Stock Market | LLC |
Depositary Shares, Each Representing a 1/1,000th Interest in a 7.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate | ESGRP | The NASDAQ Stock Market | LLC |
Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Share, Series D, Par Value $1.00 Per Share | | | |
Depositary Shares, Each Representing a 1/1,000th Interest | ESGRO | The NASDAQ Stock Market | LLC |
in a 7.00% Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Share, Series E, Par Value $1.00 Per Share | | | |
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 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On November 19, 2024, Enstar (EU) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enstar Group Limited (the "Company"), entered into a letter agreement (the "Letter Agreement") with Dominic Silvester, the Company's Chief Executive Officer. Pursuant to the Letter Agreement, the Company and Mr. Silvester agreed to extend the term of Mr. Silvester's employment set forth in the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between Mr. Silvester and Enstar Group Limited, dated as of July 1, 2022 and assigned to Enstar (EU) Limited on April 6, 2024 (the "Employment Agreement"), until the earlier of (a) immediately following the closing of the planned merger between the Company and Elk Merger Sub Limited pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of July 29, 2024 and (b) June 30, 2026. Prior to the Letter Agreement, the term of Mr. Silvester's employment set forth in the Employment Agreement was set to end on January 31, 2025.
All other material terms and conditions contained in the Employment Agreement remain unchanged by the Letter Agreement, and descriptions of such terms and conditions are included within Item 5.02 of the Company's Form 8-Ks filed on July 6, 2022, April 6, 2021, January 27, 2020, and are incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Letter Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Letter Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated into this Item 5.02 by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibits
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Exhibit No. | | Description |
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| | Letter Agreement, dated November 19, 2024, between Enstar (EU) Limited and Dominic F. Silvester. |
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101 | | Pursuant to Rule 406 of Regulation S-T, the cover page information in formatted in Inline XBRL |
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104 | | Cover page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document and included in Exhibit 101) |
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.
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| | ENSTAR GROUP LIMITED |
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November 25, 2024 | | By: | /s/ Audrey B. Taranto |
| | | Audrey B. Taranto |
| | | General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
DocumentExhibit 10.1
Enstar Group Limited
A.S. Cooper Building, 4th Floor, 26 Reid Street
Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda
November 19, 2024
Dominic Silvester
c/o Enstar Group Limited
A.S. Cooper Building, 4th Floor, 26 Reid Street
Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda
RE: Extension of Employment Term
Dear Dominic,
This letter will evidence the agreement of Enstar Group Limited (“Enstar”) and Enstar (EU) Limited to extend the term of your employment set forth in Section 2.1 of your Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated July 1, 2022 (the “Employment Agreement”) until the earlier of (a) immediately following the closing of the planned merger between Enstar and Elk Merger Sub Limited pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of July 29, 2024 (i.e., such that the “Term” (as defined in the Employment Agreement) will be in effect if and when the closing of such merger occurs as long as you are employed by Enstar at the closing of such merger) and (b) June 30, 2026. All other terms of your employment as set out in the Employment Agreement will remain unchanged.
Please indicate your acceptance of this extension of the term of your employment under the Employment Agreement by countersigning this letter below.
[signature page follows]
Sincerely yours,
Enstar Group Limited
/s/ Robert J. Campbell
By: Robert J. Campbell
Title: Chairman of the Board
Enstar (EU) Limited
/s/ Nick Crossley
By: Nick Crossley
Title: CEO Enstar (EU) Limited
Accepted and Agreed by:
/s/ Dominic Silvester
Dominic Silvester
Dated: November 19, 2024
cc: B. Frederick Becker, Chair of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee
Audrey B. Taranto, General Counsel