Form: S-1MEF

A new registration statement filed under Rule 462(b) to add securities to a prior related effective registration statement filed on Form S-1

December 8, 2016

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 8, 2016

Registration No. 333-

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

ATHENE HOLDING LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Bermuda   6311   98-0630022

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

96 Pitts Bay Road

Pembroke, HM08, Bermuda

(441) 279-8400

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

CT Corporation System

111 Eighth Avenue

New York, New York 10011

(212) 894-8940

(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

Perry J. Shwachman

Samir A. Gandhi

Sidley Austin LLP

One South Dearborn

Chicago, Illinois 60603

Telephone: (312) 853-7000

Telecopy: (312) 853-7036

 

Harvey M. Eisenberg

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10153

Telephone: (212) 310-8000

Telecopy: (212) 310-8007

 

Daniel J. Bursky

Mark Hayek

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

One New York Plaza

New York, New York 10004

Telephone: (212) 859-8000

Telecopy: (212) 859-4000

   Charles G.R. Collis

Conyers Dill & Pearman
Clarendon House, 2 Church
Street, PO Box HM 666

Hamilton, HM CX

Bermuda

Telephone: (441) 295-1422
Telecopy: (441) 292-4720

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.


If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box. ☐

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☒ (Registration No. 333-211243)

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer       Accelerated filer  
Non-accelerated filer   ☒  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)   Smaller reporting company  

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Each Class of

Securities to be Registered

  

Proposed Maximum
Aggregate

Offering Price(1)(2)(3)

  

Amount of

Registration

Fee(4)

Class A Common Shares, $0.001 par value

   $92,000,000    $10,662.80

 

(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(o) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(2) Includes shares that the underwriters have the option to purchase.
(3) The registrant is registering $92,000,000 of the proposed maximum aggregate offering price pursuant to this Registration Statement, which is in addition to the amount registered pursuant to the Form S-1 Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-211243).
(4) The registrant has an outstanding balance of $223,252.00 in its SEC account in connection with previous filings of the Form S-1 Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-211243). In accordance with Rule 457(o), an additional $10,662.80 is being paid with this Form S-1 Registration Statement.

 

 

This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

 

 

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Explanatory Note and Incorporation By Reference

This Registration Statement on Form S-1 relating to the public offering of Class A common shares of Athene Holding Ltd. (the “shares”) contemplated by the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-211243) (as amended, the “Prior Registration Statement”), is filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely to increase the maximum aggregate offering price of the shares offered in the public offering by $92,000,000, including shares that may be sold pursuant to an option to purchase additional shares granted to the underwriters. The contents of the Prior Registration Statement, including all exhibits thereto, which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 8, 2016, are hereby incorporated by reference and are deemed to be a part of this Registration Statement.

The required opinions and consents are listed on the Exhibit Index attached hereto and filed herewith.


Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the registrant has duly caused this registration statement on Form S-1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Pembroke, Bermuda, on the 8th day of December, 2016.

 

ATHENE HOLDING LTD.
By:  

/s/ Martin P. Klein

Martin P. Klein

Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below as of December 8, 2016:

 

Signature

  

Title

   Date  

/s/ *

  

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

     December 8, 2016   
James R. Belardi      

/s/ Martin P. Klein

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

     December 8, 2016   
Martin P. Klein      

/s/ *

  

Controller

(Principal Accounting Officer)

     December 8, 2016   
William Eckert      

/s/ *

   Director      December 8, 2016   
Marc Beilinson      

/s/ *

   Director      December 8, 2016   
Robert Borden      

/s/ *

   Director      December 8, 2016   
Gernot Lohr      

/s/ *

   Director      December 8, 2016   
Matthew R. Michelini      

/s/ *

   Director      December 8, 2016   
Manfred Puffer      

/s/ *

   Director      December 8, 2016   
Marc Rowan      

/s/ *

   Director      December 8, 2016   
Lawrence J. Ruisi      

/s/ *

   Director      December 8, 2016   

Imran Siddiqui

     


Signature

  

Title

   Date

/s/ *

   Director    December 8, 2016
Hope Schefler Taitz      

/s/ *

   Director    December 8, 2016
Brian Leach      

/s/ *

   Director    December 8, 2016
H. Carl McCall      

/s/ *

   Director    December 8, 2016
Arthur Wrubel      

 

* By:   /s/ Martin P. Klein
 

Martin P. Klein

Attorney-in-fact


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description of Exhibit

5.1    Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited*
8.1    Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP*
16.1    Change in Auditor Letter of PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd.*
23.1.1    Consent of Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)*
23.1.2    Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 8.1 hereto)*
23.2.1    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm*
23.2.2    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd., Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm*
23.2.3    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm*
24.1    Power of Attorney(1)
24.2    Power of Attorney(2)
99.1    Form F-N (to be filed concurrently with this registration statement)

 

*Filed herewith.

(1)  Previously filed on May 9, 2016 as an exhibit to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-211243) and incorporated by reference herein.
(2)  Previously filed on October 25, 2016 as an exhibit to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-211243) and incorporated by reference herein.