Form: 8-K

Current report filing

December 21, 2017



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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): December 21, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ATHENE HOLDING LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bermuda
001-37963
98-0630022
 
 
(State or other jurisdiction of
(Commission
(I.R.S. Employer
 
 
incorporation or organization)
file number)
Identification Number)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
96 Pitts Bay Road
Pembroke, HM08, Bermuda
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(441) 279-8400
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 7.01        Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 21, 2017, Athene Holding Ltd. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company has entered into an agreement with Voya Financial, Inc. to reinsure approximately $19 billion of fixed and fixed indexed annuity liabilities. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference to this Item 7.01.

The foregoing information, including the Exhibit referenced in this Item 7.01, is being furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.


Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)
Exhibits

99.1






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 thereunto duly authorized.

 
ATHENE HOLDING LTD.
 
 
Date: December 21, 2017
/s/ John L. Golden
 
John L. Golden
 
Executive Vice President, Legal