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

 

November 8, 2013

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

Arch Capital Group Ltd.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Bermuda

 

0-26456

 

N/A

(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation or
organization)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

Waterloo House, Ground Floor, 100 Pitts Bay Road
Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(441) 278-9250

 

N/A

(Former name or former 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):

 

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ITEM    8.01        Other Events.

 

Preferred Share Dividends.  On November 8, 2013, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of ACGL declared dividends with respect to the outstanding 13,000,000 shares of its 6.75% Non-Cumulative Preferred Shares, Series C, $0.01 per share (the “Series C Shares”), with a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share, as outlined below.  All such dividends will be payable out of lawfully available funds for the payment of dividends under Bermuda law on December 31, 2013 to holders of record of the Series C Shares, as of December 15, 2013, unless determined otherwise by the Board or the Executive Committee of the Board on or prior to the applicable effective date.

 

Series

 

Effective Date
for Declaration

 

Dividend Period

 

Dividend Amount

 

Rate Per Share

 

Series C

 

12/31/13

 

9/30/13-12/30/13

 

$

5,484,375

 

$

0.421875

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned.

 

 

ARCH CAPITAL GROUP LTD.

 

 

 

 

Date: November 12, 2013

By:

/s/ Marc Grandisson

 

 

Name: Marc Grandisson

 

 

Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Arch Worldwide Reinsurance Group

 

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