Form: 8-K

Current report filing

June 21, 2024

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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): June 20, 2024
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ATHENE HOLDING LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 001-37963 98-0630022
(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission file number) (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
7700 Mills Civic Pkwy
West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
1 (515) 342-4678
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
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:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Trading Symbols Name of each exchange on which registered
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a 6.35% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A
 ATHPrA New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a 5.625% Fixed Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B
 ATHPrB New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a 6.375% Fixed-Rate Reset Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C
 ATHPrC New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a 4.875% Fixed-Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series D
 ATHPrD New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a 7.75% Fixed-Rate Reset Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E
 ATHPrE New York Stock Exchange
7.250% Fixed-Rate Reset Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2064 ATHS New York Stock Exchange

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 7.01        Regulation FD Disclosure.

On June 20, 2024, AM Best upgraded the financial strength rating of Athene Holding Ltd.’s (“AHL”) primary insurance subsidiaries (the “Athene Group”), including Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company, Athene Annuity and Life Company, Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company of New York, and Athene Annuity Re Ltd., to “A+” (Superior) from “A” (Excellent), and upgraded the long-term issuer credit rating of the Athene Group to “aa-” (Superior) from “a+” (Excellent). In addition, AM Best upgraded the long-term issuer credit rating of AHL to “a-” (Excellent) from “bbb+” (Good).

The foregoing information 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 (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing or document, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing or document.



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.
ATHENE HOLDING LTD.
Date: June 20, 2024 /s/ Martin P. Klein
Martin P. Klein
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer