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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 10-K/A
Amendment No. 1
(Mark One)
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Commission file number 001-36777
JAMES RIVER GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Bermuda |
98-0585280 |
(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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Wellesley House, 2nd Floor, 90 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM08,
Bermuda
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(441) 278-4580
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Act:
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Title of each class |
Trading Symbol(s) |
Names of each exchange on which registered |
Common Shares, par value $0.0002 per share |
JRVR |
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NASDAQ |
Global Select Market |
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned
issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes
x No
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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file
reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Act.
Yes
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all
reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or
for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file
such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements
for the past 90 days. Yes
x No
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted
electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted
pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter)
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to submit such files).
Yes
x No
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, non-accelerated filer, a
smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the
definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,”
“smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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Large accelerated filer |
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer |
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Smaller reporting company
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Emerging growth company
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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.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on
and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness
of its internal control over financial reporting under Section
404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the
registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit
report.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company
(as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes
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The aggregate market value of the registrant’s common shares held
by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2021,
computed by reference to the closing sales price on the NASDAQ
Global Select Market on that date, was approximately
$1,362,783,768.
The number of the registrant’s common shares outstanding was
37,448,314 as of February 25, 2022.
Explanatory Note
James River Group Holdings, Ltd. (the “Company”, “our”, “us” or
“we”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (this “Form
10-K/A”) to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2021 (the “Original Form 10-K”) that was filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 1,
2022 for the sole purpose of including the information required by
Part III of Form 10-K. This Part III information was previously
omitted from the Original Form 10-K in reliance on General
Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K, which permits the information in
Part III to be incorporated in Form 10-K by reference to the
Company’s definitive proxy statement if such statement is filed no
later than 120 days after the end of our fiscal year. The Company
does not intend to file its definitive proxy statement for its 2022
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders within 120 days of December
31, 2021, as it intends to delay its 2022 Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders to a later date within the 2022 fiscal
year.
As required by Rule 12b-15, in connection with this Form 10-K/A,
the Company’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
Officer are providing Rule 13a-14(a) certifications included
herein.
Except as explicitly set forth herein, this Form 10-K/A does not
purport to modify or update the disclosures in, or exhibits to, the
Original Form 10-K or to update the Original Form 10-K to reflect
events occurring after the date of such filing.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART III
Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Our Board of Directors
Our bye-laws provide for a classified Board of Directors, with
three Classes of directors and members of each class serving
staggered three-year terms. The term of Class I directors ends at
our 2024 annual general meeting of shareholders, the term of Class
II directors ends at our 2022 annual general meeting of
shareholders, and the term of Class III directors ends at our 2023
annual general meeting of shareholders. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, there is one Class I director, Kirstin M. Gould, who was
appointed as a director immediately following the Company’s 2021
annual general meeting of shareholders for a partial term ending at
our annual general meeting in 2022. The Board intends to nominate
Ms. Gould for election at the 2022 annual general meeting to serve
as a director until the meeting held in 2024, which is the
remainder of the three-year term for Class I
directors.
The names of our directors, and certain information about them as
of April 15, 2022, are set forth below.
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Thomas L. Brown |
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Director |
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Kirstin M. Gould |
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Patricia H. Roberts |
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Janet Cowell |
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Director |
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Jerry R. Masters(1)
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Ollie L. Sherman, Jr. |
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Director |
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Sundar Srinivasan |
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Director |
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J. Adam Abram |
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Non-Executive Chairman of the Board |
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Frank N. D’Orazio
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Director and Chief Executive Officer |
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Michael T. Oakes |
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Director |
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(1)
Mr. Masters resigned from the Board of Directors of the Company
(the “Board”) on April 26, 2022.
The following biographical information is furnished as to each
director.
Thomas L. Brown
has served on our Board of Directors since October 2021. Mr. Brown
retired in 2019 as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of RLI Corp (“RLI”), a NYSE listed specialty insurer
serving diverse niche property, casualty and surety markets. He
previously served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at
RLI from 2011 to 2017. Prior to that, Mr. Brown was a partner at
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he served for ten years as its
Central Region Financial Services Leader and led teams responsible
for the banking, insurance, capital markets, real estate and
investment management business sectors. Mr. Brown currently serves
on the board of directors of the Chicago Shakespeare Theater and
Old National Bancorp, a Nasdaq listed company, and served on the
board of First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. from 2017 until its
acquisition by Old National Bancorp in February 2022. In 2020, Mr.
Brown joined the board of directors of Easter Seals DuPage &
Fox Valley, and he previously served on the board of Easter Seals
Central Illinois. From 2004 to 2017, Mr. Brown served on the board
of trustees of Illinois Wesleyan University. Mr. Brown received a
Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Illinois Wesleyan
University in 1979. He is a certified public
accountant.
We believe Mr. Brown’s qualifications to serve on our Board of
Directors include his management experience at RLI, his knowledge
of the property and casualty insurance industry, his financial and
accounting expertise and his experience as a public company board
member.
Kirstin M. Gould
has served on our Board of Directors since October 2021. Ms. Gould
served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary of XL Group Ltd (“XL”), a NYSE listed global insurance
and reinsurance company, until XL was acquired by AXA, S.A. in
2018. Ms. Gould joined XL in 2000 and served in various leadership
roles during her tenure, including leading the marketing and
communications function from 2007-2015 while concurrently serving
as General Counsel from September 2007. From 2005-2011, Ms. Gould
chaired the Policy Committee of the Association of Bermuda Insurers
and Reinsurers (ABIR), which is a trade association of
international property and casualty insurers and reinsurers. Ms.
Gould currently serves on the board of Pacific Life Re Global
Limited where she is a member of the Risk, Audit and Remuneration
Committees. She is also the founder of Harrington Advisors LLC, a
consulting company focused on strategic advice including M&A,
corporate governance and insurance regulatory matters. Ms. Gould
began her career in private practice with the law firms Dewey
Ballantine LLP in New York (1991-1995) and Clifford Chance LLP in
New York and London (1996-2000). Ms. Gould received a Bachelor of
Arts degree (summa cum laude) from the State University of New York
at Albany and a Juris Doctor degree (cum laude) from the State
University of New York at Buffalo School of Law.
We believe Ms. Gould’s qualifications to serve on our Board of
Directors include her executive leadership at an international
insurance and reinsurance business, as well as her extensive
experience in corporate governance, risk management, insurance
regulatory matters and insurance company mergers and
acquisitions.
Patricia H. Roberts
has served on our Board of Directors since July 2019. She retired
in 2012 from her dual position as President and Chairman of General
Star Management Company and President and Chairman of Genesis
Management and Insurance Services Corporation, two wholly-owned
subsidiaries of General Reinsurance Corporation (“GenRe”). Ms.
Roberts began working at GenRe in 1977 and held positions with
increasing levels of responsibility. Ms. Roberts served on the
Navigators Group Inc. (“Navigators”) board from 2014 until 2019
when Navigators was sold to Hartford Financial Services Group. Ms.
Roberts holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business
Administration from George Mason University and received her CPCU
(Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter) designation in
1985.
We believe Ms. Roberts’s qualifications to serve on our Board of
Directors include her management experience at GenRe, her knowledge
of the insurance and reinsurance industry, her operational and
strategic expertise and her experience as a public company board
member.
Janet Cowell
has served on our Board of Directors since May 2016. Ms. Cowell
serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Dix Park
Conservancy in Raleigh, North Carolina. Ms. Cowell served as
Treasurer of the State of North Carolina from 2009 through 2016 and
Chief Executive Officer of Girls Who Invest from 2018 through 2020.
Before that, Ms. Cowell served as a member of the North Carolina
State Senate from 2005 to 2008. Prior to that, she served as a
member of the Raleigh City Council from 2001 to 2005, and before
that she worked as a business consultant with Sibson & Co. and
a securities analyst with HSBC Bank and Lehman Brothers. Ms. Cowell
has served as a director of ChannelAdvisor Corporation, an
e-commerce cloud platform company, since 2016. Ms. Cowell has
served as the independent chair of IFM’s Global Infrastructure Fund
Investor Advisor Committee since January 2019. She has served as
lead independent director for New Republic Partners, a multi-family
office and bank based in Charlotte, NC since 2021. Ms. Cowell
received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.B.A. from
the Wharton School of Business and an M.A. from the Lauder
Institute. Ms. Cowell is also a level 1 CFA.
We believe Ms. Cowell’s qualifications to serve on our Board of
Directors include her financial knowledge, significant investment
and management experience as well as her knowledge of the Company
gained from her service on our Board.
Jerry R. Masters
served on our Board of Directors from December 2014 until his
resignation from the Board on April 26, 2022. Mr. Masters is
currently a private investor. From 1991 to 2000, Mr. Masters held
various executive positions within the financial organization at
Microsoft Corporation, last serving as Senior Director, a role in
which he was responsible for external and internal financial
reporting, budgeting and forecasting. From 1980 to 1991, Mr.
Masters was a CPA with Deloitte & Touche LLP, where he was a
firm-designated insurance specialist. From 2005 until 2014, Mr.
Masters served on the board of directors of TransMontaigne Partners
LP, a publicly traded oil pipeline and terminal company, as
chairman of the Audit and Compensation Committees. Mr. Masters is
also chairman of the board of directors of Sandhills State Bank.
Mr. Masters majored in Accounting and holds a B.S. in Business
Administration from the University of Nebraska.
We believe Mr. Masters’ qualifications to serve on our Board of
Directors included his financial and accounting knowledge and
extensive financial management experience and executive management
experience, including overseeing external and internal financial
reporting at a large corporation, as well as his knowledge of the
Company gained from his service on our Board.
Ollie L. Sherman, Jr.
has served on our Board of Directors since May 2016. Mr.
Sherman
retired as a Managing Principal with Towers Watson in 2010. At
Towers Watson, Mr. Sherman functioned as a consulting actuary and
practice manager for Tower Watson’s property and casualty division
for over 25 years. Prior to joining Towers Watson, Mr. Sherman was
employed by the Travelers Insurance Company for ten years where he
had overall responsibility for countrywide workers’ compensation
pricing. Mr. Sherman graduated from the University of Virginia with
a B.S. in Applied Mathematics, and he is a Fellow of the Casualty
Actuarial Society.
We believe Mr. Sherman’s qualifications to serve on our Board of
Directors include his extensive experience as a consulting actuary
in property and casualty insurance, as well as his knowledge of the
Company gained from his service on our Board.
Sundar Srinivasan
has served on our Board of Directors since November 2018, and
previously served on our Board from 2007 to 2012. Since 2016, Mr.
Srinivasan has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Emerald
Lake Safety, a pharmaceutical research company which he founded.
Mr. Srinivasan also served from 2013 to 2016 as the managing
partner of Brookline Advisors LLC, an investment advisory firm
advising major institutional investors. From 2003 to 2012, Mr.
Srinivasan served as a portfolio manager at Elliott Associates, a
multi-strategy investment fund, and prior to that, as a Vice
President of Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley, where he
specialized in financial institutions. Mr. Srinivasan also
previously served as a management consultant at Oliver Wyman. From
2008 to 2009, Mr. Srinivasan served as Chairman of the Board of the
general partner of Blue Knight Energy Partners (formerly known as
Semgroup Energy Partners, L.P.), a company providing support
services for companies engaged in the production, distribution and
marketing of crude oil and asphalt product. From 2004 to 2005, Mr.
Srinivasan served as Chairman of the Board of Dice, Inc., a company
engaged in online technology recruiting and career development.
From 2005 to 2008, he was also the Chairman of the Board of Answer
Financial, a large personal lines insurance agency.
We believe Mr. Srinivasan’s qualifications to serve on our Board of
Directors include his extensive investment management and
investment banking experience and knowledge of financial
institutions and of the Company based upon his prior service on our
Board.
J. Adam Abram
has served as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board since November
2020. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer and Executive
Chairman of the Board from August 2019 through November 2020 and
from September 2014 through December 2017. Mr. Abram was
Non-Executive Chairman of the Board from January 2018 to August
2019 and from October 2012 through September 2014. Mr. Abram was a
founder of James River Group, Inc., our principal subsidiary, and
he served as the Executive Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer of James River Group, Inc. from its inception in 2002
through 2007 and from March 2008 until October 2012. From 2002
through 2007, and from March 2008 until October 2012, Mr. Abram
also periodically served in different roles at various operating
units. Mr. Abram served as lead independent director of the Yadkin
Financial Corporation (“Yadkin”), a bank holding company, from July
2014 until its acquisition by F. N. B. Corporation in March 2017
and, prior to that, as the Chairman of the Board of VantageSouth
Bancshares, Inc., a bank holding company, and its subsidiary bank,
VantageSouth Bank, from November 2011 until its acquisition by
Yadkin in July 2014. He also served as Chairman of Piedmont
Community Bank Holdings, Inc., a bank holding company, from the
time he co-founded it in 2009 until it was also acquired by Yadkin
in July 2014. Mr. Abram received his B.A. from Harvard
University.
We believe Mr. Abram’s qualifications to serve on our Board of
Directors include his extensive experience as an executive officer
and director in the insurance industry, experience as a founder of
several financial services and other companies and his detailed
knowledge of the Company gained from his service as Chairman of the
Board and former Chief Executive Officer of the
Company.
Frank N. D’Orazio
has served as our Chief Executive Officer and a director since
November 2020. Mr. D’Orazio formerly served as Corporate Chief
Operating Officer and Chief of Staff of Allied World Assurance
Company Holding, Ltd. (“Allied World”), a global provider of
property, casualty and specialty insurance and reinsurance, from
March 2019 through January 2020. Prior to that, Mr. D’Orazio served
as President, Underwriting and Global Risk of Allied World from
December 2014 through February 2019. From September 2009 to
December 2014, Mr. D’Orazio served as the President — Bermuda and
International Insurance of Allied World Ltd. From June 2003, when
Mr. D’Orazio joined Allied World, through September 2009, Mr.
D’Orazio held leadership roles with increasing responsibility in
the company’s general casualty business and in underwriting. Before
joining Allied World, Mr. D’Orazio worked for the retail insurance
market arm of Munich-American Re-Insurance from August 1994 to May
2003, where he held a succession of underwriting and management
positions. Prior to that Mr. D’Orazio held various underwriting
positions in the excess casualty division of the Chubb Group of
Insurance Companies from June 1990 to July 1994. Mr. D’Orazio
received a B.A. from Fairfield University.
We believe Mr. D’Orazio’s qualifications to serve on our Board of
Directors include his extensive experience as an executive officer
in the insurance industry and significant insurance and
underwriting knowledge.
Michael T. Oakes
has served on our Board of Directors since December 2007. Mr. Oakes
has served as the President of Conifer Group, Inc., a consulting
company, since February 2011. Prior to this, Mr. Oakes served as
Executive Vice President of the Company from June 2010 until his
retirement in January 2011. From December 2007 through June 2010,
Mr. Oakes served as our Chief Financial Officer, and from March
2008 through June 2010, he served as our Chief Executive Officer.
From 2004 through 2007, he served as Chief Financial Officer of
James River Group and from 1998 until 2004, Mr. Oakes was a
Managing Director in the Insurance Investment Banking Group at
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., an investment banking firm based
in New York. Mr. Oakes received a B.S. in Business Administration
with a concentration in Accounting from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business
School.
We believe Mr. Oakes’s qualifications to serve on our Board of
Directors include his broad range of management, investment banking
and capital markets experience, with a focus on financial
institutions and insurance companies, as well as his background in
accounting and his knowledge of the Company gained from his prior
experience as an executive of the Company and service on our
Board.
There are no family relationships among any of our directors or
executive officers.
Additionally, in connection with the issuance and sale of 150,000
Series A Perpetual Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, par
value $0.00125 per share (the “Series A Preferred Shares”), to GPC
Partners Investments (Thames) LP (“GPC Thames”), which was
completed on March 1, 2022, GPC Thames received the right to
designate one individual (the “Series A Designee”) for nomination
to our Board of Directors. GPC Thames has designated Matthew
Botein, a Managing Partner of Gallatin Point Capital LLC, an
affiliate of GPC Thames, for nomination as the Series A Designee,
and, accordingly, the Board approved the appointment of Mr. Botein
to serve as a Class I director with a term expiring at the 2024
annual meeting of the Company’s shareholders, effective following
receipt of any necessary regulatory approvals. Until applicable
regulatory approvals are obtained, Mr. Botein has board observer
status.
For additional information regarding the issuance and sale of the
Series A Preferred Shares to GPC Thames, including its right to
designate a director for nomination, see Item 13. “Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director
Independence-Related Party Transactions”.
Executive Officers
The following table identifies each of our executive officers and
their age as of April 15, 2022:
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Frank N. D’Orazio |
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Chief Executive Officer |
Sarah C. Doran |
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Chief Financial Officer |
Richard Schmitzer |
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President and Chief Executive Officer of the Excess and Surplus
Lines segment |
Terence McCafferty |
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President and Chief Executive Officer of the Specialty Admitted
Insurance segment |
Daniel Heinlein |
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President and Chief Executive Officer of the Casualty Reinsurance
segment
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The following biographical information is furnished regarding each
of our executive officers, excluding Mr. D’Orazio, whose
biographical information is included above in the section “Our
Board of Directors”.
Sarah C. Doran
has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since January
2017. Ms. Doran also serves as a director of our U.K. holding
company and a director and officer of most of our domestic
subsidiaries. Before joining the Company, Ms. Doran served as
Senior Vice President, Strategy, Investor Relations and Treasurer
of Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG, a global provider
of property, casualty and specialty insurance and reinsurance,
since April 2013. Prior to that, Ms. Doran worked as an investment
banker in the Financial Institutions Group of Barclays and Lehman
Brothers. Ms. Doran received an M.B.A. from the University of
Chicago and a B.A. in Government from the University of Notre
Dame.
Richard Schmitzer
has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer and a
director of James River Insurance Company and our other
subsidiaries in our Excess and Surplus Lines segment since March
2010. He joined James River Insurance Company in July 2009 as
Senior Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer. Prior to
that, Mr. Schmitzer served nineteen years at Scottsdale Insurance
Company, a subsidiary of Nationwide Mutual, where he served in a
variety of underwriting and underwriting management roles, most
recently as Vice President of Brokerage, Professional Liability and
Programs. Mr. Schmitzer received his B.S. in Business
Administration from Central Michigan University.
Terence McCafferty
has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a director
of Falls Lake National Insurance Company and our other subsidiaries
in our Specialty Admitted Insurance segment since joining the Falls
Lake Insurance group in October 2018. Prior to that, he served from
2015 to 2018 as Head of Group Captives and Alternative Risk at
Zurich Insurance Group. From 2006 to 2015, he served as Chief
Operating Officer at Zurich Programs and Direct Markets. From 2000
to 2006, he held multiple Vice President positions at Farmers
Insurance Group, a property and casualty insurance company,
including in Finance Operations, Corporate Planning and property
and casualty insurance operations. He served as Assistant Vice
President at Zurich Personal Insurance, Recreational Products, from
1998 to 2000. Mr. McCafferty began his career as an auditor at
Ernst & Young. He has also worked at Great American Insurance
in Internal Audit, Financial Reporting and Product Management. Mr.
McCafferty received his M.B.A. in Finance from Xavier University
and B.A. in Finance and Accounting from Miami
University.
Daniel Heinlein
has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer and a
director of JRG Reinsurance Company Ltd. (“JRG Re”), the Company’s
subsidiary engaged in third-party casualty reinsurance business,
since April 2018. He previously served as Vice President of
Underwriting for JRG Re, and in different positions with increasing
responsibility at JRG Re from the time he joined the company in
2012. Prior to that, Mr. Heinlein served as Assistant Vice
President at Willis Re Inc., a risk management consulting company.
Mr. Heinlein is a graduate of Appalachian State University with a
B.S. in Business Administration with majors in Finance and Banking
and Risk Management and Insurance.
Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers,
members of our Board of Directors, persons who own more than 10% of
our common shares, or any other person subject to Section 16 of the
Exchange Act with respect to our common shares (collectively,
“Company Section 16 Persons”), to file reports of ownership and
changes in ownership with the SEC. To our knowledge, based solely
on review of the copies of reports filed on EDGAR and written
representations that no other reports were required, all filing
requirements under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act applicable to
the Company Section 16 Persons were complied with during the year
ended December 31, 2021, with the exception of late Form 3 filings
for David Gelinne, our Chief Actuary, and Jeanette Miller, our
Chief Legal Officer, a late Form 4 filing to report a grant of
restricted share units to Mr. Gelinne, and late reporting on a Form
4 of common shares owned by a family trust that became beneficially
owned by Ms. Doran when she was subsequently appointed a
trustee.
Code of Conduct
We have a Code of Conduct (the “Code of Conduct”) applicable to our
directors, officers and employees that complies with the
requirements of applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the
NASDAQ Stock Market. This code is designed to deter wrongdoing and
to promote:
•honest
and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of avoiding
actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and
professional responsibilities to the Company;
•full,
fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and
documents that we file with the SEC and in other public
communications made by us, as well as communications with insurance
and other regulators;
•compliance
with applicable governmental laws, rules and
regulations;
•prompt
reporting of violations of the Code of Conduct to the Chairman of
our Audit Committee; and
•accountability
for adherence to the Code of Conduct.
Our Code of Conduct is available on the Investor Relations portion
of our website.
Audit Committee
Our Audit Committee consists of Messrs. Brown (Chairman), Sherman
and Ms. Cowell. Mr. Masters also served on our Audit Committee as
Chairman prior to his resignation from the Board on April 26, 2022.
Our Board has determined that all of the members of the Audit
Committee are independent as defined under the rules of the Nasdaq
Stock Market and the independence requirements contemplated by Rule
10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Additionally, each of the members of our Audit Committee has been
identified by our Board of Directors as an “audit committee
financial expert” (“AC Financial Expert”) as that term is defined
in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K. Mr. Masters acquired the
skills necessary to qualify as an AC Financial Expert through his
experience as a Senior Director at Microsoft Corporation, where he
was responsible for external and internal financial reporting, his
accounting and auditing experience while at Deloitte & Touche
and his work with the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants’ Accounting Standards Executive Committee. Mr. Brown
acquired the skills necessary to qualify as an AC Financial Expert
through his experience as Chief Financial Officer of RLI, his
accounting and auditing experience while at PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP and status as a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Sherman
acquired the skills necessary to qualify as an AC Financial Expert
through his experience at Towers Watson as a consulting actuary and
manager for the company’s property and casualty insurance practice,
where his responsibilities included the review of property and
casualty insurance financial data in connection with the issuance
of actuarial opinions for use in connection with financial
statements and other financial analysis. Ms. Cowell acquired the
skills necessary to qualify as an AC Financial Expert through her
experience as the State Treasurer of North Carolina, where she
oversaw the finances of the State as well as a significant number
of local governments, including review and submission of their
audited financial statements, and her M.B.A. from the Wharton
School of Business and status as a level 1 CFA.
Item 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Compensation Discussion and Analysis
This Compensation Discussion and Analysis provides information
about the Company’s compensation philosophy, objectives and other
relevant policies applicable to our executive officers who are
named in the Summary Compensation Table below (our “named executive
officers”), and the material factors relevant to an analysis of
these policies and decisions. The named executive officers for 2021
are:
•Frank
N. D’Orazio, our Chief Executive Officer;
•Sarah
C. Doran, our Chief Financial Officer;
•Richard
Schmitzer, the President and Chief Executive Officer of James River
Insurance Company and our other subsidiaries engaging in our excess
and surplus lines insurance business;
•Terence
McCafferty, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Falls Lake
National Insurance Company and our other subsidiaries engaging in
our specialty admitted insurance business;
•Daniel
Heinlein, the President and Chief Executive Officer of JRG Re, our
subsidiary engaging in our third-party casualty reinsurance
business; and
•Robert
P. Myron, who served as our President and Chief Operating Officer
until his retirement on July 31, 2021.
Compensation Philosophy and Objectives
In designing and implementing our executive compensation program,
the Compensation Committee of the Board (which for purposes of this
Executive Compensation discussion we refer to as the “Committee”),
and the Board, seek to achieve three principal
objectives:
•First,
to establish compensation on a fair and reasonable basis that is
competitive with our peers in the specialty insurance and
reinsurance business, so that we may attract, motivate and retain
talented executive officers.
•Second,
to create an alignment of interests between our executive officers
and shareholders. For this purpose, a portion of each executive
officer’s compensation consists of one or more equity
awards.
•Finally,
we seek to reward performance that supports our principles of
building long-term shareholder value overall and to recognize
individual performance that contributes to the success of the
Company.
The principal elements of our compensation program for our
executive officers are base salary, a discretionary bonus and
equity awards.
In determining how best to achieve our compensation objectives, the
Committee maintains flexibility in order to react to changing
conditions and circumstances. For example, in February 2022, the
Committee took action to provide for reduced discretionary bonuses
for several of our named executive officers, but granted larger
equity awards. This action was primarily motivated by our 2021
performance and a desire to further align executive officer
compensation with the interests of our shareholders.
Role of Compensation Committee and our Chief Executive Officer in
Setting Executive Compensation
The Committee assists our Board with reviewing the performance of
our management in achieving corporate goals and objectives and
seeking to assure that our executives are compensated effectively
in a manner consistent with our strategy, competitive practice and
the requirements of the appropriate regulatory bodies. Toward that
end, the Committee, among other responsibilities, makes
recommendations to our Board regarding director and executive
officer compensation and administers our equity compensation plans.
The Committee determined its 2021 compensation recommendations for
the Board following consultation with Mr. D’Orazio as our Chief
Executive Officer, and input from Mr. Abram, our non-Executive
Chairman and former Chief Executive Officer, who attended Committee
meetings, but did not participate in any approval of the Committee
in determining executive officer compensation. Mr. D’Orazio made
recommendations to the Committee as to the compensation of other
executive officers, and attended portions of Committee sessions
where executive officer compensation was discussed. Mr. D’Orazio
was not involved in any deliberations regarding his own
compensation.
Weighting of Compensation Components
As a general guideline, we use a target allocation of one-third of
an executive’s total compensation to base salary, one-third to
bonus and one-third to equity awards. When determining the amount
of each element of compensation, however, there may be differences
due to multiple factors, including market conditions, individual
and Company performance and our desire to attract and retain
executive officers. For 2021, actual compensation paid differed
from these target allocations, in that in February 2022 the Board
approved awards for certain officers that included a lower
discretionary cash bonus, and a greater amount of compensation in
the form of discretionary equity. The lower discretionary cash
bonuses were primarily in response to the Company’s 2021
performance, and the greater amount of discretionary equity was
granted to further align the interests of our executive officers
and our shareholders.
Internal Pay Equity
Differences in compensation levels paid to our executive officers
generally reflect their differing levels of responsibility. Our
Chief Executive Officer has consistently been paid the highest
amount of compensation among our executive officers, reflecting
reliance on the management and leadership skills of the chief
executive officer position.
Executive Compensation Components
Base Salary.
The Committee endeavors to set base salaries for executive officers
at levels that enable the Company to attract and retain talented
individuals and that provide fair compensation, taking into account
the officer’s level of responsibility. In February 2022, the
Committee recommended to the Board that Mr. D’Orazio receive a
salary increase to $925,000, and Ms. Doran receive an increase to
$550,000, representing increases over their 2021 salaries of
approximately 8.8% and 6.4% respectively. The Committee determined
the recommended amount of Mr. D’Orazio’s salary increase based in
significant part on the additional responsibilities that he assumed
upon Mr. Myron’s retirement, which included assuming responsibility
for Mr. Myron’s former direct reports, and direct oversight
responsibility of, among other departments, claims, actuarial and
information technology. The Committee’s recommendation for Ms.
Doran’s salary increase was determined based upon her leadership on
several significant matters for the Company, as well as for
retention purposes. The Committee also recommended that Messrs.
Schmitzer’s, McCafferty’s and Heinlein’s salaries be increased to
$650,000, $420,000 and $365,000 respectively, representing raises
over their 2021 salaries of approximately 1%, 5% and 4.3%. The
Board approved the salary adjustments as recommended by the
Committee.
Discretionary Bonuses.
Discretionary cash bonuses are a form of short-term incentive
compensation that the Committee may recommend to the Board in its
discretion. Bonuses are typically determined as a percentage of
each named executive officer’s base salary, with the target being
100% of such amount. As indicated above, in February 2022, the
Committee determined to reduce cash bonuses below the target
amounts in light of the Company’s performance as a whole, and
performance of different segments for our segment heads. Cash
bonuses awarded to our named executive officers for 2021
performance ranged between 49% to 80% of the target
amount.
In determining the amount of discretionary bonus for the named
executive officers that would be recommended to the Board, the
Committee took into consideration, among other things, (i) the
financial performance of the Company as a whole, including the
adverse reserve development in the commercial auto book and
casualty reinsurance segment, and for our segment leaders, the
financial performance of their respective segment, (ii) individual
performance, and (iii) maintaining a competitive level of
compensation. The individual performance factors considered for
each executive officer considered by the Committee
included:
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Frank N. D’Orazio |
In addition to Mr. D’Orazio’s leadership of the Company as our
Chief Executive Officer, the following extraordinary
activities:
•his
leadership in the capital raise during spring 2021 and negotiation
and execution of the loss portfolio transaction later in the year,
and his work toward similar transactions that occurred in February
2022;
•his
recruitment and integration into the Company of the new chief
underwriting officer, chief actuary and chief claims officer, and
being instrumental in identifying and bringing on two new
independent directors with extensive prior experience as executives
in the insurance industry; and
•his
work in the development of an enhanced enterprise risk management
system.
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Sarah C. Doran |
In addition to Ms. Doran’s leadership in overseeing the financial
and legal functions of the Company as our Chief Financial Officer,
her role in the capital raise during spring 2021 and the loss
portfolio transaction later in the year, and work toward similar
transactions that occurred in February 2022. |
Richard Schmitzer |
Mr. Schmitzer’s leadership of the excess and surplus segment,
including the growth and profitability of the core excess and
surplus lines business (excluding commercial auto). |
Terence McCafferty |
Mr. McCafferty’s leadership of the specialty admitted segment,
including its significant growth and attractive combined ratio for
2021. |
Daniel Heinlein
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Mr. Heinlein’s leadership of the casualty reinsurance segment and
his assistance with the segment's loss portfolio transfer
transaction in February 2022. |
The Committee’s bonus recommendations historically have not been,
and in determining 2021 bonus amounts were not, determined on a
formulaic basis, and no particular weight is assigned to any of the
factors considered in arriving at the Committee's recommendations
to the Board.
The Board approved cash bonuses for the named executive officers in
the amounts recommended by the Committee. The table below sets
forth the amount of each named executive officer’s cash bonus and
the percentage that it represented of such officer’s 2021 base
salary.
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2021 Bonus |
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Bonus as % of
2021 Base Salary |
Frank N. D’Orazio |
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$425,000 |
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50%
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Sarah C. Doran |
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$257,500 |
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50% |
Richard Schmitzer |
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$312,917 |
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49% |
Terence McCafferty |
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$320,000 |
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80% |
Daniel Heinlein
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$175,000 |
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50% |
Robert P. Myron |
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— |
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— |
The 2021 bonuses payable to Mr. D’Orazio and Ms. Doran were paid in
full on or before March 15, 2022, consistent with other employees
of our Bermuda and U.S. holding companies. The bonuses payable to
Messrs. Schmitzer, McCafferty and Heinlein, who are segment
employees, were paid two-thirds on or before March 15, 2022, with
the remainder to be paid on or before March 15, 2023, provided that
they remain employed by the Company at the time bonuses are paid in
the ordinary course.
Equity Awards.
Equity awards are made to our executive officers from the Company’s
2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2014 LTIP”). The equity awards
are long-term compensation intended to align the interests of our
executive officers with our shareholders. The equity awards are
also designed to retain and motivate our executive officers, in
that they typically vest in equal installments over a three-year
period following the grant date.
Our annual equity awards have customarily been made in February on
the day before distribution of our fourth quarter and fiscal
year-end earnings release following the close of trading on such
date. This practice was used for many years because the annual
awards were made in conjunction with our February Board and
committee meetings, which have customarily been scheduled the day
before distribution of our fiscal year earnings release. In July
2021, the Committee and the Board approved a modification of this
practice so that going forward, starting in 2022, the grant date,
and therefore pricing, for our annual February equity awards will
be on the second trading day following the public dissemination of
our fiscal year-end earnings release. The Committee and Board made
this change so that the number of shares that are subject to the
awards would take into account the trading price of our shares
after the markets respond, positively or negatively, to our
announced financial results.
2021 Equity Awards
In determining the value of the 2021 equity awards for our named
executive officers, the Committee conferred with Mr. D’Orazio and
Mr. Abram. Among other items, the parties considered (i) the 2020
financial performance of the Company as a whole, including, where
applicable, the performance of the commercial auto division, and,
for each segment leader, the 2020 financial performance of their
respective segment, (ii) 2020 individual performance, and (iii)
maintaining a competitive level of compensation. In addition, Mr.
D’Orazio, Mr. Abram and the Committee took into consideration the
following factors for each executive:
•For
Ms. Doran, her leadership in the continued improvement in the
Company’s financial reporting function, as well as her strong
relationship with the investment community;
•For
Mr. Schmitzer, the profitable growth in the core excess and surplus
lines divisions;
•For
Mr. McCafferty, the profitability and growth in the Specialty
Admitted Insurance segment, including the addition of new programs
to the segment;
•For
Mr. Heinlein, his leadership of the casualty reinsurance segment;
and
•For
Mr. Myron, his assistance to Mr. D’Orazio in his transition to his
role as Chief Executive Officer.
The Committee recommended to the Board for approval, and the Board
approved, the value of the RSU awards to the named executive
officers.
The grant date fair market value of the RSU awards received by each
named executive officer, and the number of common shares awarded
based upon the fair market value of the common shares on the date
of grant, are as follows:
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2021 RSU
FMV
on
Grant Date |
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Number of Shares
Represented by
RSU |
Frank N. D’Orazio |
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— |
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— |
Sarah C. Doran |
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$249,994 |
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4,976 |
Richard Schmitzer |
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$329,574 |
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6,560 |
Terence McCafferty |
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$386,245 |
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7,688 |
Daniel Heinlein |
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$169,912 |
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3,382 |
Robert P. Myron |
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$349,972 |
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6,966 |
The above equity awards vest in equal annual installments over a
three-year period following the grant date.
In consideration of the award of RSUs that Mr. D’Orazio received in
November 2020 upon joining the Company, he did not receive a new
award in February 2021. Mr. Myron’s February 2021 RSU award was
forfeited in accordance with its terms at the time of his
retirement.
2022 Equity Awards
In determining the recommended value of RSU awards to be made to
our executive officers in February 2022, the Committee considered
the same performance factors identified in the determination of the
amount of discretionary bonuses in February 2022 identified above,
and the Committee’s desire to further align the interests of our
executive officers and our shareholders. The Committee recommended
to the Board for approval, and the Board approved, the value of the
RSU awards to the named executive officers.
The grant date fair market value of the RSU awards received by each
named executive officer, and the number of common shares awarded
based upon the fair market value of the common shares on the date
of grant, are as follows:
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2022 RSU
FMV
on
Grant Date |
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Number of Shares
Represented by
RSU |
Frank N. D’Orazio |
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$1,274,998 |
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62,195 |
Sarah C. Doran |
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$590,236 |
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28,792 |
Richard Schmitzer |
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$642,388 |
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31,336 |
Terence McCafferty |
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$399,996 |
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19,512 |
Daniel Heinlein |
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$402,497 |
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19,634 |
The above equity awards vest in equal annual installments over a
three-year period following the grant date.
Welfare Benefits and Perquisites.
Our named executive officers are provided welfare benefits that are
generally the same as our other employees, such as Company-paid
life insurance, contributions to the Company’s 401(k) Plan,
medical, dental and vision plan coverage and long and short-term
disability insurance.
In addition to the above benefits, Mr. Heinlein and Ms. Doran are
entitled to receive benefits based upon their required work for the
Company in Bermuda, and Mr. Myron was entitled to such benefits
prior to his retirement. The Company implemented these benefits for
its executive officers in 2008, when the Company formed its holding
and reinsurance company in Bermuda. These benefits
are:
•payment
of certain housing expenses in Bermuda for Mr. Heinlein and
formerly for Mr. Myron;
•payment
of travel costs for Mr. Heinlein and formerly Mr. Myron;
and
•tax
equalization gross-up payments or other Bermuda tax payments
(collectively, “Tax Equalization Payments”) to which any of Mr.
Heinlein, Ms. Doran, and formerly Mr. Myron, may be subject with
respect to payments or benefits that such named executive officer
receives under his or her employment agreement.
We make the above housing, travel and tax benefits available to the
specified named executive officers employed by the Company or its
Bermuda subsidiary based upon the unique challenges of performing
work in the Bermuda market, including the cost of living and
maintaining a residence, travel to and from the island and
additional tax expenses primarily resulting from the housing and
travel benefits. We believe that providing these benefits is common
practice for other Bermuda based insurers, and is consistent with
our goal to attract and retain talented executive
officers.
The Company also paid for Mr. Myron’s family to travel occasionally
to Bermuda. Any incremental costs to the Company associated with
such travel was charged to Mr. Myron.
Leadership Recognition Program.
In addition to the other benefits paid to our named executive
officers, Mr. Schmitzer receives an annual retention payment under
the James River Management Company, Inc. Leadership Recognition
Program (the “Recognition Program”). The Recognition Program was
adopted by James River Management Company, Inc., one of the
Company’s subsidiaries, effective September 30, 2011, to help
attract and retain key employees in our excess and surplus lines
business. Under the Recognition Program, the Chief Executive
Officer of our U.S. holding company, or in the case of executive
officers of the Company, our Board of Directors, upon
recommendation of the Compensation Committee, selects the employees
who participate in the Recognition Program and determines the
annual dollar amount to be credited to each participant’s account
under the Recognition Program. The dollar amount credited to a
participant’s account under the Recognition Program each year is
paid to the participant in five equal annual installments,
commencing as of the end of the second plan year beginning after
the year in which the amount was credited to the participant’s
account. Participants must be employed at the time of payment of an
installment to be entitled to receive the payment, subject to
certain exceptions described under “Potential Payments upon
Termination or Change of Control”.
All amounts credited to a participant’s account remain unvested
until paid and may be reduced, modified or terminated at the sole
discretion of the Company. The Company may amend, modify or
terminate the Recognition Program at any time, including, without
limitation, to comply with the provisions of Section 409A of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, so as not to trigger any
unintended tax consequences prior to the distribution of benefits
under the program. There are no vested rights to amounts under the
Recognition Program at any time prior to the payment of such
amounts, and all amounts under the Recognition Program are at all
times discretionary obligations of the Company, which may be
reduced or terminated by the Company at any time. Except as
otherwise stated above, the Recognition Program is administered by
the board of directors of our U.S. holding company.
In 2017, we determined to cease making new dollar credits to
accounts under the Recognition Program. The determination was made
in recognition of the fact that following our 2014 initial public
offering, we were able to make regular equity awards to our
executives. All amounts previously credited to Mr. Schmitzer’s
account will continue to be paid in accordance with the terms of
the Recognition Program.
Mr. Schmitzer received a payout under the terms of the Recognition
Program in 2021 of $147,000 based on amounts credited to his
account in prior years. Mr. Schmitzer’s last payment under the
program will be in 2023.
Termination Benefits
Each of our executive officers is party to an employment agreement
with us that provides for certain benefits if his or her employment
is terminated under certain circumstances. This arrangement
provides the named executive officers with a core level of
assurance that their actions on behalf of the Company and its
shareholders can proceed without the potential distraction of
short-term issues that may affect the Company (e.g., a strategic
transaction involving the Company) and helps ensure that our
executive officers continue to act in the best interests of the
Company. In addition, the agreements contain measures that protect
the Company past the date of the executive officer’s termination,
such as confidentiality, non-compete and non-solicitation
requirements and the requirement that executive officers execute a
general release in favor of the Company in order to receive
benefits. Executive officers may also receive benefits with respect
to unvested equity awards under our 2014 LTIP and in the case of
Mr. Schmitzer, the Recognition Program. The key terms of the
separation arrangements are described below in “Potential Payments
Upon Termination or Change in Control”.
2022 Compensation Developments
The Company, with the Committee’s approval, retained Mercer (US),
Inc. (“Mercer”) to develop a peer group of similarly-sized
companies in the specialty insurance and reinsurance industries to
benchmark the compensation of the Company’s senior executive
officers, and to use that information to develop variable cash
bonuses under a new short-term incentive (STI) plan and equity
compensation under a new long-term incentive (LTI) plan. The STI
plan award opportunities will be based on the achievement of
specific financial and individual performance objectives, with the
financial performance objectives generally consistent with those of
other property casualty insurance companies. With respect to the
new LTI plan design, Mercer is advising the Company on how to best
align executive pay with Company performance and shareholder
interests over the long term.
Response to Say-on-Pay Results
In 2018, our shareholders selected, on an advisory basis, the
option to hold an advisory vote on executive compensation every
year, and after giving this vote consideration, our Board selected
an annual frequency to hold the advisory vote. In the 2021 advisory
vote, shareholders holding approximately 82% of our common shares
that were voted on the proposal voted in favor of the compensation
of our named executive officers as described in our 2021 proxy
statement. We note the support for our approach to compensation of
our executive officers in the 2021 advisory vote, but that there
was also room for improvement. Therefore, we continued our general
approach when making executive compensation decisions in February
2022, although the Board and Committee are re-evaluating our
compensation structure as indicated above.
Compensation Committee Report
The members of the Compensation Committee of the Company have
reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis
required by Item 402(b) of Regulation S-K with management and,
based on such review and discussions, the members of the
Compensation Committee recommended to the Board that the
Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in our Annual
Report on Form 10-K and in the definitive proxy statement for our
2022 annual general meeting of shareholders.
Compensation Committee
Patricia H. Roberts (Chairperson)
Ollie L. Sherman, Jr.
Sundar Srinivasan
Summary Compensation Table
The following table provides information regarding the compensation
of our named executive officers in 2021:
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Bonus |
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Share Awards(1)
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Option Awards |
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All Other
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($) |
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($) |
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Frank N. D’Orazio,
Chief Executive Officer
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2021 |
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$850,000 |
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$425,000 |
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— |
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— |
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$42,980 |
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$1,317,980 |
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2020 |
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$141,667 |
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$200,000 |
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$2,999,965 |
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— |
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$113 |
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$3,341,745 |
Sarah C. Doran,
Chief Financial Officer
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2021 |
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$512,500 |
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$257,500 |
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$249,994 |
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— |
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$35,570 |
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$1,055,564 |
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2020 |
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$491,667 |
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$250,000 |
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$1,099,950 |
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— |
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$67,342 |
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$1,908,959 |
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2019 |
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$450,000 |
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$410,000 |
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$449,981 |
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— |
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$49,506 |
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$1,359,487 |
Richard Schmitzer,
President and Chief Executive Officer, Excess and Surplus Lines
segment
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2021 |
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$642,500 |
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$312,917 |
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$329,574 |
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— |
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$195,371 |
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$1,480,362 |
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2020 |
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$625,833 |
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$312,917 |
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$542,459 |
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— |
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$185,678 |
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$1,666,887 |
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2019 |
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$537,903 |
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— |
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$526,758 |
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— |
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$210,958 |
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$1,275,619 |
Terence McCafferty,
President and Chief Executive Officer, Specialty Admitted Insurance
segment
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2021 |
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$397,708 |
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$320,000 |
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$386,245 |
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— |
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$36,347 |
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$1,140,300 |
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2020 |
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$384,375 |
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$288,281 |
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$374,966 |
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— |
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$27,071 |
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$1,074,693 |
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2019 |
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$375,000 |
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$375,000 |
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$219,984 |
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— |
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$308,820 |
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$1,278,804 |
Daniel Heinlein,
President and Chief Executive Officer, Casualty Reinsurance
segment
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2021 |
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$348,317 |
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$175,000 |
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$169,912 |
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— |
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$226,270 |
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$919,499 |
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2020 |
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$338,250 |
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$169,950 |
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$329,978 |
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— |
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$222,752 |
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$1,060,930 |
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2019 |
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$328,333 |
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$255,000 |
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$319,984 |
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— |
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$232,218 |
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$1,135,535 |
Robert P. Myron(3)
Former President and Chief Operating Officer
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2021 |
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$408,334 |
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— |
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$349,972 |
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— |
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$469,168 |
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$1,227,474 |
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2020 |
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$691,667 |
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$350,000 |
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$649,984 |
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— |
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$446,579 |
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$2,138,230 |
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2019 |
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$709,409 |
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— |
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$749,982 |
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— |
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$497,035 |
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$1,956,426 |
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(1)
Represents the aggregate grant date fair value of RSUs awarded
under the 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2014 LTIP”) computed
in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718.
(2)
See the immediately following table for a breakdown of the
compensation included in the All Other Compensation
column.
(3)
Mr. Myron retired on July 31, 2021. All of Mr. Myron’s unvested
RSUs, which included all of the RSUs granted to him in 2021, were
forfeited upon his retirement in accordance with the terms of the
award agreements.
The following table provides a breakdown of the amounts set forth
in the All Other Compensation column of the Summary Compensation
Table:
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401(k)
Plan
Contribution |
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Transportation (a) |
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Housing
(b) |
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Taxes
(c) |
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Retention
Award
(d) |
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Accrued
Dividends
Paid
Upon
Vesting of
RSU
Awards |
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Other
(e) |
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Total All
Other
Compensation |
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($) |
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($) |
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($) |
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($) |
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($) |
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($) |
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($) |
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($) |
Frank N. D’Orazio |
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$17,400 |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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$25,067 |
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$513 |
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$42,980 |
Sarah C. Doran |
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$17,400 |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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$17,657 |
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$513 |
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$35,570 |
Richard Schmitzer |
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$17,400 |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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$147,000 |
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$30,458 |
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$513 |
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$195,371 |
Terence McCafferty |
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$17,400 |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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$18,434 |
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$513 |
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$36,347 |
Daniel Heinlein |
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$17,400 |
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$9,534 |
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$136,181 |
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$37,000 |
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— |
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$14,057 |
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$12,098 |
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$226,270 |
Robert P. Myron |
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$17,400 |
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$1,926 |
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$95,040 |
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$92,594 |
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— |
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$110,209 |
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$151,999 |
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$469,168 |
______________________
(a) For Messrs. Heinlein and Myron, the transportation benefit
represents home leave and travel costs incurred for travel to
Bermuda, as well as the cost of any occasional family travel to
Bermuda paid for by the Company.
(b) The housing benefit represents the cost of housing and
utilities in Bermuda paid or reimbursed by the Company for Messrs.
Heinlein and Myron. Mr. Myron's family occasionally stayed in, and
Mr. Heinlein’s family lives in, the housing paid for by the Company
with such executives. There is no incremental cost allocated for
family use of these homes.
(c) The tax benefit represents Tax Equalization Payments made to
Messrs. Heinlein and Myron.
(d) Represents amount of retention award paid in 2021 pursuant to
the James River Management Company, Inc. Leadership Recognition
Program.
(e) The amount shown for each named executive officer includes
company-paid life insurance. The amount shown for Messrs. Heinlein
and Myron also includes tax preparation services. The amount shown
for Mr. Myron also includes compensation in the amount of $146,000,
which he was paid for rendering consulting services to the Company
following his retirement until December 31, 2021. The amount shown
for Mr. Heinlein also includes club membership fees paid by the
Company for the purpose of business entertainment.
Grants of Plan-Based Awards
The following table provides information regarding grants of equity
awards to each of our named executive officers during 2021. All
equity awards granted to our named executive officers in 2021 were
in the form of RSUs and were made under our 2014 LTIP.
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Grant Date |
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Numbers of
Shares
or Stock
or Units
(#) |
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Grant Date Fair
Value of Stock
and Option Awards
($)(1)
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Frank N. D’Orazio |
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— |
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— |
— |
— |
— |
Sarah C. Doran |
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2/17/2021 |
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4,976 |
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$249,994 |
Richard Schmitzer |
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2/17/2021 |
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6,560 |
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$329,574 |
Terence McCafferty |
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2/17/2021 |
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7,688 |
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$386,245 |
Daniel Heinlein |
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2/17/2021 |
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3,382 |
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$169,912 |
Robert P. Myron |
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2/17/2021 |
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6,966(2)
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$349,972 |
______________________
(1)
The grant date fair value of the RSUs was calculated in accordance
with FASB ASC Topic 718.
(2)
Mr. Myron’s unvested RSUs were forfeited in accordance with their
terms upon his retirement on July 31, 2021.
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
The following table sets forth the outstanding equity awards held
by our named executive officers on December 31, 2021. Mr. Myron’s
unvested RSUs were forfeited in accordance with their terms upon
his retirement, and therefore he held no outstanding equity awards
on December 31, 2021.
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Option Awards |
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Stock Awards |
Name |
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Grant
Date |
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Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Exercisable |
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Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Unexercisable |
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Option
Exercise
Price
($) |
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Option
Expiration
Date |
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Number of
Shares or
Units of
Stock
That Have
Not Vested
(#) |
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Market
Value
of Shares
or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested ($)(1)
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Frank N. D’Orazio |
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11/2/2020(2)
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— |
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— |
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— |
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41,780 |
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$1,203,682 |
Sarah C. Doran |
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2/20/2019(2)
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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3,566 |
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$102,736 |
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2/19/2020(2)
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— |
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6,888 |
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$198,443 |
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10/28/2020(2)
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— |
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8,281 |
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$238,576 |
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2/17/2021(2)
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— |
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— |
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4,976 |
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$143,359 |
Richard Schmitzer |
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2/16/2016(3)
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43,427 |
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— |
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$32.07 |
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2/15/2023 |
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— |
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2/20/2019(2)
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— |
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4,174 |
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$120,253 |
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2/19/2020(2)
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— |
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— |
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8,304 |
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$239,238 |
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2/17/2021(2)
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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6,560 |
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$188,994 |
Terence McCafferty |
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2/20/2019(2)
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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1,743 |
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$50,216 |
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2/19/2020(2)
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5,740 |
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$165,369 |
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2/17/2021(2)
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— |
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7,688 |
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$221,491 |
Daniel Heinlein |
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2/14/2017(3)
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6,266 |
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— |
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$42.17 |
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2/14/2024 |
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— |
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— |
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2/20/2019(2)
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— |
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2,536 |
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$73,062 |
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2/19/2020(2)
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— |
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5,052 |
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$145,548 |
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2/17/2021(2)
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— |
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— |
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3,382 |
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$97,435 |
Robert P. Myron |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
______________________
(1)
Market value is calculated as the number of common shares indicated
multiplied by $28.81, which was the closing price of the Company’s
common shares on December 31, 2021 as reported by the NASDAQ Stock
Market.
(2)
Vesting occurs in three equal annual installments beginning on the
first anniversary of the grant date.
(3)
Vesting occurred in three equal annual installments beginning on
the first anniversary of the grant date.
Option Exercises and Stock Vested
The following table presents certain information concerning the
exercise of stock options and the vesting of stock awards held by
our named executive officers during 2021.
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Option Awards |
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Stock Awards |
Number of Shares
Acquired on Exercise (#) |
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Value Realized
on Exercise ($) |
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Number of Shares
Acquired on Vesting (#) |
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Value Realized
on Vesting ($)(1)
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Frank N. D’Orazio |
— |
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— |
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20,889 |
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675,341 |
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Sarah C. Doran |
— |
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— |
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11,149 |
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$ |
478,122 |
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Richard Schmitzer |
— |
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— |
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12,620 |
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$ |
622,418 |
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Terence McCafferty |
— |
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— |
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7,615 |
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$ |
320,665 |
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Daniel Heinlein |
— |
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— |
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6,433 |
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$ |
317,276 |
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Robert P. Myron |
— |
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— |
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35,911 |
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$ |
1,766,882 |
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(1)
The value realized equals the closing sales price of our common
shares on the vesting date as reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market,
multiplied by the number of shares as to which the RSUs
vested.
Pension Benefits & Nonqualified Deferred
Compensation
We do not provide a pension plan for our employees and no named
executive officers participated in a nonqualified deferred
compensation plan during 2021.
Chief Executive Officer Pay Ratio
Pursuant to Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act, and Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K, we are
required to disclose the ratio of the total 2021 compensation of
our Chief Executive Officer, Frank N. D’Orazio, to the total
compensation for 2021 of our median employee. We determined our
median employee for purposes of this disclosure by generating a
report from our payroll system reflecting regular and overtime
salary (where applicable) paid to our employees for the calendar
year 2021 for every full-time, part-time and short-term employee
employed by us at December 31, 2021 (excluding Mr. D’Orazio). We
annualized this pay for employees who had worked for us for less
than a full year. Once we determined the median employee, we
calculated that employee’s total compensation for 2021 in the same
manner utilized to determine the amount reported for Mr. D’Orazio
in the “Total Compensation” column of our 2021 Summary Compensation
Table included in this Form 10-K/A.
Mr. D’Orazio’s total annual compensation was $1,317,980, and our
median employee’s total annual compensation was $90,701. The ratio
of the total annual compensation of Mr. D’Orazio to the total
annual compensation for our median employee in 2021 is
approximately 15 to 1.
Potential Payments upon Termination or Change of
Control
Employment Agreements
We are a party to an employment agreement with each of our named
executive officers,
with the exception of Mr. Myron, whose employment agreement
terminated in connection with his retirement.
The employment agreements provide for certain payments and benefits
to be provided to our named executive officers if their employment
is terminated by us without Cause (as defined in each employment
agreement) or by the named executive officer for Good Reason (as
defined in each employment agreement), or if we give notice that we
do not intend to renew the term of the named executive officer’s
employment when the term ends (a “Non-Renewal Termination”). The
benefits are (i) continuation of salary or like payments
(“Separation Payments”) for a specified period, paid in accordance
with our normal payroll practices, (ii) post-employment coverage
under our health, dental and vision plans, to the extent that such
coverage is available under the plans, with the Company continuing
to pay the same amount for such coverage as was paid when the
executive officer was employed (with the executive officer paying
the remaining cost of the coverage) for a 12 month period (except
in the case of (A) Mr. D’Orazio, who will receive such benefit for
18 months, and (B) Mr. McCafferty, who will receive such benefit
for 18 months following a termination by the Company of Mr.
McCafferty’s employment without Cause, or termination by him for
Good Reason); provided that, in the event post-employment health
care coverage is not available under the Company’s health insurance
plan, then the Company will pay the executive officer the premium
cost for such insurance that the Company would have paid if the
executive officer had been permitted to continue coverage
thereafter, (iii) any unpaid discretionary cash bonus awarded for
the year prior to the year in which the named executive’s
termination of employment occurs, which shall be paid in a lump sum
on the normal bonus payment date, and (iv) in the case of Mr.
D’Orazio only, payment of a pro-rated portion of Mr. D’Orazio’s
target bonus for the year in which he is terminated, which
pro-rated amount would be determined based upon the period of the
year he served as Chief Executive Officer prior to the termination
date. The compensation provided for in the foregoing sentence is
referred to as the “Separation Benefits”. The Separation Benefits
are in addition to our obligation to pay each named executive
officer accrued but not yet paid base salary and any accrued but
unused vacation, as well as accrued and not yet paid Tax
Equalization Payments, in each case through the date of termination
of such executive officer’s employment.
Additionally, Ms. Doran and Mr. Heinlein are entitled to
reimbursement for relocation expenses from North Carolina, in the
case of Ms. Doran, and Bermuda, in the case of Mr. Heinlein, under
the circumstances specified in the applicable named executive
officer’s table set forth below under “Quantification of
Termination Benefits”.
Separation Payments
The table below sets forth the manner to calculate the Separation
Payment pursuant to his or her employment agreement, and the period
after termination that the named executive officer will be eligible
to receive a Separation Payment, for each named executive officer
serving in such capacity at December 31, 2021. Unless otherwise
specified, the period for payment is the same for an executive
officer irrespective of the basis for termination and whether or
not it occurred in the 12-month period following a Change in
Control (as defined in the employment agreements where relevant to
an employee’s separation arrangements).
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Frank N. D’Orazio |
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Amount per month equal to base salary in effect on the date of
termination divided by 12, payable for 18 months.
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Sarah C. Doran |
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Amount per month equal to base salary in effect on the date of
termination divided by 12, for:
1.24
months in the event of termination by the Company without Cause, by
Ms. Doran for Good Reason or as a result of a Non-Renewal
Termination before a Change in Control or more than 12 months
thereafter; or
2.30
months in the event of termination by the Company without Cause, by
Ms. Doran for Good Reason or as a result of a Non-Renewal
Termination, in each case within 12 months after a Change in
Control.
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Richard Schmitzer |
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Amount per month equal to base salary in effect on the date of
termination divided by 12, for:
1.18
months in the event of termination by the Company without Cause, or
by Mr. Schmitzer for Good Reason before a Change in Control or more
than 12 months thereafter;
2.36
months in the event of termination by the Company without Cause or
by Mr. Schmitzer for Good Reason within 12 months after a Change in
Control;
3.12
months in the event of a Non-Renewal Termination before a Change in
Control or more than 12 months thereafter; or
4.24
months in the event of a Non-Renewal Termination within 12 months
after a Change in Control.
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Terence McCafferty |
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Amount per month equal to base salary in effect on date of
termination divided by 12, for:
1.18
months in the event of termination by the Company without Cause or
by Mr. McCafferty for Good Reason before a Change in Control or
more than 12 months thereafter;
2.30
months in the event of termination by the Company without Cause or
by Mr. McCafferty for Good Reason within 12 months after a Change
in Control; or
3.12
months in the event of a Non-Renewal Termination.
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Daniel Heinlein |
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Amount per month equal to base salary in effect on date of
termination divided by 12, for:
1.18
months in the event of termination by the Company without Cause or
by Mr. Heinlein for Good Reason before a Change in Control or more
than 12 months thereafter;
2.24
months in the event of termination by the Company without Cause or
by Mr. Heinlein for Good Reason within 12 months after a Change in
Control; or
3.12
months in the event of a Non-Renewal Termination.
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Conditions to Payment of Separation Benefits
In order to receive the Separation Benefits, the named executive
officer must execute a general release in our favor, comply with
non-compete and customer and employee non-solicitation restrictive
covenants and non-disclosure obligations (the “Restrictive
Covenants”) for the period specified in the named executive
officer’s employment agreement and identified under their name
below under “Quantification of Termination Payments”. In the event
that the named executive officer violates the Restrictive Covenants
during the specified period, the Company may terminate the
Separation Benefits that it is providing to the named executive
officer, and such officer would be obligated to repay the Company
for payments previously received.
Equity Awards
Pursuant to the terms of RSUs and share option awards under the
2014 LTIP, if the employment of a named executive officer is
terminated without Cause, or such named executive officer
terminates his or her employment for Good Reason (in each case as
defined in the named executive officer’s employment agreement),
following a Change in Control (as defined in the 2014 LTIP), then
all of such named executive officer’s unvested outstanding RSUs and
share options shall accelerate and become vested. In any other
circumstance that a named executive officer is terminated, his or
her unvested options and RSUs will be forfeited on the date that
such officer’s employment with the Company terminates.
If a named executive officer is terminated for Cause, then such
officer’s vested options will be forfeited on the date of
termination. If a named executive officer’s employment is
terminated other than for Cause or as a result of death or
disability, then such officer’s vested options shall remain
exercisable for the shorter of 90 days from the date of termination
and the option’s expiration date. If a named executive officer’s
employment is terminated due to death or disability, then such
officer’s vested options shall remain exercisable for the shorter
of 12 months from the date of termination and the option’s
expiration date.
Recognition Program
Pursuant to the Recognition Program, Mr. Schmitzer may be entitled
to receive payments upon death, retirement or a Change in Control
(as defined under the Recognition Program), in addition to any
Separation Benefits he may be entitled to under his employment
agreement.
Under the Recognition Program, if a participant retires or dies
while an employee of the Company after attaining age 65 and
performing 10 years of continuous service (a “Qualified
Separation”), then the value of the participant’s account shall be
paid to him or his beneficiary in three equal annual installments
commencing in the plan year in which the Qualified Separation
occurs; provided, that in the case of a Qualified Separation due to
retirement, the participant has entered into a non-competition and
non-solicitation agreement with the Company. Mr. Schmitzer has
satisfied the requirements for a Qualified Separation, and
accordingly, is eligible to receive these benefits upon his
retirement or death while an employee of the Company.
If a Change in Control (as defined in the Recognition Program)
occurs, then each participant employed by the Company as of the
date of the Change in Control shall be entitled to payment of their
account in three equal annual installments commencing in the plan
year during which the Change of Control occurs. A participant must
remain employed by the Company on the date actual payment is to be
made to be eligible to receive any such payment, unless the
participant experiences a Qualified Separation or is terminated by
the Company without Cause (as defined in the Recognition
Program).
Quantification of Termination Benefits
The following tables quantify the estimated benefits that each of
the named executive officers would have received had they been
terminated in the manner described below on December 31, 2021, and,
with respect to those benefits contingent upon the occurrence of a
Change in Control, assuming the Change in Control occurred on such
date. The value for RSUs is determined in accordance with SEC rules
as the number of shares subject to RSUs that received accelerated
vesting, multiplied by $28.81, which was the closing price of our
common shares on December 31, 2021, as reported by the NASDAQ Stock
Market. The value for RSUs also includes the aggregate amount of
dividends that had accrued on unvested RSUs, which amount is paid
upon vesting of the awards.
Frank N. D’Orazio.
The following table describes the potential estimated payments that
Mr. D’Orazio would have been entitled to receive had he been
terminated on December 31, 2021, calculated in the manner described
under the paragraph “Quantification of Termination Payments”. The
amounts are estimated, and actual amounts may vary if Mr.
D’Orazio’s employment was actually terminated under the
circumstances set forth below or our common shares were trading at
a different price, where relevant. Mr. D’Orazio would have been
required under his employment agreement to comply with the
Restrictive Covenants for a period of 18 months from the date of
termination of his employment, in order to continue to receive the
Separation Benefits, and not be obligated to repay the Company any
amounts received. The acceleration of vesting for the RSUs in
connection with a Change in Control are not subject to compliance
with the Restrictive Covenants.
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Executive Benefits and
Payments Upon Termination |
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Without Cause; for Good Reason
or Non-Renewal Termination
(without Change in Control) |
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Without Cause or for
Good Reason (with
Change in Control)
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Non-Renewal
Termination (with
Change in Control)
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Separation Payment |
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$1,275,000 |
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$1,275,000 |
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$1,275,000 |
Insurance |
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$29,982 |
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$29,982 |
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$29,982 |
Discretionary Bonus |
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$850,000 |
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$850,000 |
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$850,000 |
RSUs (amount includes accrued dividends payable upon
vesting)
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— |
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$1,266,352 |
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Sarah C. Doran.
The following table describes the potential estimated payments that
Ms. Doran would have been entitled to had she been terminated on
December 31, 2021, calculated in the manner described under the
paragraph “Quantification of Termination Payments”. The amounts are
estimated, and actual amounts may vary if Ms. Doran’s employment
was actually terminated under the circumstances set forth below or
our common shares were trading at a different price, where
relevant. Ms. Doran would have been required under her employment
agreement to comply with the Restrictive Covenants for a period of
12 months from the date of termination of her employment by the
Company without Cause, by her for Good Reason or in the event of a
Non-Renewal Termination in order to continue to receive the
Separation Benefits, and not be obligated to repay the Company any
amounts received. The relocation expenses and the acceleration of
vesting for the RSUs in connection with a Change in Control are not
subject to compliance with the Restrictive Covenants.
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Executive Benefits and
Payments Upon Termination
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Without Cause; for Good Reason
or Non-Renewal Termination
(without Change in Control) |
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Without Cause; or for
Good Reason (with
Change in Control)
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Non-Renewal
Termination (with
Change in Control)
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Separation Payment |
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$1,030,000 |
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$1,287,500 |
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$1,287,500 |
Insurance |
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$16,518 |
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$16,518 |
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$16,518 |
Discretionary Bonus |
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— |
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— |
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— |
Relocation Expenses from North Carolina
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$100,000 |
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$100,000 |
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$100,000 |
RSUs (amount includes accrued dividends payable upon
vesting)
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— |
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$730,875 |
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— |
Richard Schmitzer.
The following table describes the potential estimated payments that
Mr. Schmitzer would have been entitled to had he been terminated on
December 31, 2021, calculated in the manner described under the
paragraph “Quantification of Termination Payments”. The amounts are
estimated, and actual amounts may vary if Mr. Schmitzer’s
employment was actually terminated under the circumstances set
forth below or our common shares were trading at a different price,
where relevant. Pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement,
Mr. Schmitzer would have been required under his employment
agreement to comply with the Restrictive Covenants for a period of
18 months from the date of termination of his employment if his
employment was terminated by the Company without Cause or by him
for Good Reason, and for 12 months in the event of a Non-Renewal
Termination, in order to continue to receive the Separation
Benefits described herein, and not be obligated to repay the
Company any amounts received. The acceleration of vesting for the
RSUs in connection with a Change in Control is not subject to
compliance with the Restrictive Covenants. Additionally, with
respect to benefits payable under the Recognition Program, the
amount set forth below assumes that the Company has not reduced,
modified or terminated any amounts credited to Mr. Schmitzer’s
account, which it is permitted to do in its sole discretion under
the Recognition Program, and that in a case of payment for a Change
in Control without an accompanying termination of employment, Mr.
Schmitzer either remains employed by the Company until the date
that all payments are made, or is terminated without cause prior to
such date.
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Executive
Benefits and
Payments Upon
Termination |
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Without
Cause or
for Good
Reason
(without
Change in
Control)
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Non-Renewal
Termination
(without
Change in
Control)
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Without
Cause
(with
Change in
Control)
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For Good
Reason
(with
Change in
Control)
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Non-
Renewal
Termination
(with
Change in
Control)
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Change in
Control
(without
Accompanying
Termination)
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Retirement
or Death
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Separation Payment |
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$963,750 |
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$642,500 |
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$1,927,500 |
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$1,927,500 |
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$1,285,000 |
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— |
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— |
Insurance |
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$13,284 |
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$13,284 |
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$13,284 |
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$13,284 |
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$13,284 |
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— |
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— |
Discretionary Bonus
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$104,306 |
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$104,306 |
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$104,306 |
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$104,306 |
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$104,306 |
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— |
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— |
RSUs (amount includes accrued dividends payable upon
vesting)
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— |
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— |
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$591,313 |
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$591,313 |
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— |
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— |
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— |
Recognition Program
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— |
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— |
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$80,500 |
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— |
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— |
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$80,500 |
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$80,500 |
Terence McCafferty.
The following table describes the potential estimated payments that
Mr. McCafferty would have been entitled to had he been terminated
on December 31, 2021, calculated in the manner described under the
paragraph “Quantification of Termination Payments”. The amounts are
estimated, and actual amounts may vary if Mr. McCafferty’s
employment was actually terminated under the circumstances set
forth or our common shares were trading at a different price, where
relevant. Pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement, Mr.
McCafferty would have been required under his employment agreement
to comply with the Restrictive Covenants for a period of 18 months
from the date of termination of his employment if his employment
was terminated by the Company without Cause or by him for Good
Reason, and for 12 months in the event of a Non-Renewal
Termination, in order to continue to receive the Separation
Benefits described herein, and not be obligated to repay the
Company any amounts received. The acceleration of vesting for the
RSUs in connection with a Change in Control is not subject to
compliance with the Restrictive Covenants.
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Executive Benefits and
Payments Upon Termination
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Without Cause or for
Good Reason (without
Change in Control)
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Without Cause or for
Good Reason (with
Change in Control) |
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Non-Renewal
Termination (with or
without Change in
Control)
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Separation Payment |
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$600,000 |
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$1,000,000 |
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$400,000 |
Insurance |
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$24,778 |
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$24,778 |
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$16,518 |
Discretionary Bonus |
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$96,094 |
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$96,094 |
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$96,094 |
RSUs (amount includes accrued dividends payable upon
vesting)
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$466,353 |
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Daniel Heinlein.
The following table describes the potential estimated payments that
Mr. Heinlein would have been entitled to had he been terminated on
December 31, 2021, calculated in the manner described under the
paragraph “Quantification of Termination Payments”. The amounts are
estimated, and actual amounts may vary if Mr. Heinlein’s employment
was actually terminated under the circumstances set forth below or
our common shares were trading at a different price, where
relevant. Pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement, Mr.
Heinlein would have been required under his employment agreement to
comply with the Restrictive Covenants for a period of 12 months
from the date of termination of his employment if his employment
was terminated by the Company without Cause or by him for Good
Reason or in the event of a Non-Renewal Termination in order to
continue to receive the Separation Benefits described herein, and
not be obligated to repay the Company any amounts received. The
payment for the relocation expenses and the acceleration of vesting
for the RSUs in connection with a Change in Control are not subject
to compliance with the Restrictive Covenants.
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Executive Benefits and
Payments Upon Termination
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Without Cause
or for Good
Reason
(without
Change in
Control)
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Without Cause or
for Good Reason
(with Change in
Control)
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Non-Renewal
Termination (with
or without
Change in
Control) |
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Death or
Disability, or
Executive Initiated
Non-Renewal
Termination
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Separation Payment
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$525,000 |
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$700,000 |
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$350,000 |
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Insurance |
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$18,352 |
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$18,352 |
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$18,352 |
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Discretionary Bonus |
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$56,650 |
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$56,650 |
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$56,650 |
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Relocation Expenses from Bermuda
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$25,000 |
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$25,000 |
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$25,000 |
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$25,000(1)
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RSUs (amount includes accrued dividends payable upon
vesting)
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$341,359 |
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______________________
(1)
In the event of Mr. Heinlein’s death, his family will be entitled
to this benefit.
Compensation Paid to Mr. Myron in Connection with his
Retirement
In connection with Mr. Myron’s retirement on July 31, 2021, we
entered into a Separation and Release Agreement (the “Separation
Agreement”) with him, which among other things, provided for a
mutual waiver of liability by the Company and Mr. Myron, subject to
certain limited exceptions, including continuing obligations of the
Company to provide indemnification for any claims arising out of
Mr. Myron’s service to the Company as an executive officer under
applicable law, our Bye-laws and the indemnification agreement to
which Mr. Myron is a party. The Separation Agreement also provided
for Mr. Myron to provide consulting services to us for the period
August 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021 for a monthly payment of
$29,167. Mr. Myron’s outstanding RSU awards terminated in
accordance with their terms on the date of his
retirement.
Compensation Risk Assessment
We do not believe that our compensation policies and practices
encourage excessive or unnecessary risk-taking and are not
reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company.
We do not have any programs where a participant may directly affect
variability or timing of payout. Rather, our compensation programs
include a combination of fixed base salaries, discretionary cash
bonuses and long-term incentive awards generally with fixed times
for payment. We believe these practices are unlikely to create
incentives for employees or executives to take excessive or
unnecessary risks. In particular, because the cash bonuses are
discretionary, and for executive officers, have a target payout
equivalent to their base salary, we believe that the risk of
employees taking actions that are detrimental to the Company or
that create excessive risk are reduced. Additionally, the long-term
incentive awards, awarded in the form of RSUs, typically vest in
annual installments over a three-year period, incentivizing
executives to maintain a long-term perspective in conducting
business, rather than seeking short-term gain. Our senior
management will continue to monitor the effect of our compensation
policies and practices on our employees and will make reports to
our Compensation Committee if any concerns should
arise.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider
Participation
During 2021, prior to the Company’s 2021 annual general meeting of
shareholders, our Compensation Committee consisted of Mr.
Christopher Harris (Chairperson), Mr. Masters and Ms. Roberts, and,
after the Company’s 2021 annual general meeting of shareholders,
our Compensation Committee consisted of Ms. Roberts (Chairperson),
Mr. Sherman, Mr. Srinivasan, and prior to his resignation from the
Board on April 26, 2022, Mr. Masters. None of our executive
officers currently serves, or in the past year has served, as a
member of the board of directors or compensation committee of any
entity that has one or more executive officers serving on our Board
of Directors or Compensation Committee.
Compensation of Directors
Our non-employee directors (excluding Mr. Abram, whose director
compensation is described below) receive annual cash compensation
in the amount of $125,000 per year, payable in four equal
installments at the beginning of each quarter, and an RSU award
with a fair market value of $50,000 per year. The awards of RSUs
are made from the Non-Employee Director Plan customarily in
February of each year, and vest in full on the first anniversary of
the date of the grant.
In addition to the aforementioned compensation, the Chairman of our
Audit Committee is paid additional cash compensation in the amount
of $25,000 per year for service in such capacity. No other
committee chairman or committee member receives additional
compensation for such service.
Mr. Abram, as our Non-Executive Chairman, is paid $18,750 per month
in cash, for such service, which amount is paid to him
monthly.
The following table sets forth information concerning compensation
earned by our non-employee directors during the year ended December
31, 2021.
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Paid in Cash(1)
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Stock
Awards(2)
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All Other
Compensation(3)
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($) |
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($) |
J. Adam Abram |
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$225,000 |
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$225,000 |
Thomas L. Brown |
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$22,758 |
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— |
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$22,758 |
Janet Cowell |
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$125,000 |
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$49,989 |
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$1,378 |
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$176,367 |
Kirstin M. Gould |
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$22,758 |
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— |
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$22,758 |
Christopher L. Harris |
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$102,582 |
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$49,989 |
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$2,273 |
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$154,844 |
Jerry R. Masters |
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$150,000 |
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$49,989 |
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$1,378 |
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$201,367 |
Michael T. Oakes |
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$125,000 |
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$49,989 |
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$1,378 |
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$176,367 |
Patricia H. Roberts |
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$125,000 |
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$49,989 |
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$1,378 |
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$176,367 |
Ollie L. Sherman, Jr. |
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$125,000 |
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$49,989 |
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$1,378 |
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$176,367 |
Sundar Srinivasan |
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$125,000 |
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$49,989 |
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$1,378 |
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$176,367 |
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(1)
The cash compensation paid to Messrs. Harris and Brown, and Ms.
Gould was prorated based upon the portion of the year that such
individuals served as directors during 2021. Mr. Harris served as a
director until the expiration of his term as a Class I director at
our 2021 annual general meeting of shareholders, at which time Mr.
Brown and Ms. Gould joined the board as Class I
directors.
(2)
Represents the grant date fair value of restricted share units
awarded under the 2014 Non-Employee Director Incentive Plan (the
“2014 Director Plan”), calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic
718.
(3)
Represents dividends paid to directors that had accrued on unvested
restricted share units and were paid at the time awards
vested.
Item 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN
BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS
Equity Compensation Plan Information
The following table summarizes information about the Company’s
equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2021.
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Plan Category
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Number of
Securities to
be Issued
upon
Exercise of
Outstanding
Options,
Warrants and
Rights (a)
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Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
of
Outstanding
Options,
Warrants and
Rights (b)(1)
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Number of Securities
Remaining
Available for Future
Issuance
Under Equity
Compensation Plans
(Excluding Securities
Reflected in Column
(a)) (c)
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Equity compensation plans approved by shareholders: |
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2014 Non-Employee Director Incentive Plan, as amended
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5,970(2)
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94,781 |
2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended
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574,139(3)
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$35.26 |
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1,326,456(4)
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Equity compensation plans not approved by
shareholders:
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(1)
RSUs are not taken into account in the computation of the
weighted-average exercise price since they do not have an exercise
price.
(2)
Consists solely of RSUs
(3)
Includes 286,165 RSUs.
(4)
Pursuant to the terms of the 2014 LTIP, 500,000 of the shares
remaining available for issuance under this plan may only be
awarded in the form of share appreciation rights or
options.
Securities Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
The below table sets forth information as of April 15, 2022
regarding the beneficial ownership of our common shares by (1) each
person, or group of affiliated persons, known by us to be the
beneficial owner of 5% or more of our outstanding common shares,
(2) each of our directors, (3) each of our executive officers named
in the Summary Compensation Table appearing in Item 11 above and
(4) all directors and executive officers as of April 15, 2022 as a
group.
The amounts and percentages owned are reported on the basis of the
SEC’s rules governing the determination of beneficial ownership of
securities. The SEC’s rules generally attribute beneficial
ownership of securities to each person who possesses, either solely
or shared with others, the voting power or investment power, which
includes the power to dispose of those securities. The rules also
treat as issued and outstanding all shares that a person would
receive upon exercise of options or conversion of a security held
by that person that are immediately exercisable or convertible, or
exercisable or convertible within 60 days of April 15, 2022. These
shares are deemed to be outstanding and to be beneficially owned by
the person holding those options or convertible security for the
purpose of computing the number of shares beneficially owned and
the percentage ownership of that person, but they are not treated
as issued and outstanding for the purpose of computing the
percentage ownership of any other person. Under these rules, one or
more persons may be a deemed beneficial owner of the same
securities.
As of April 15, 2022, there were a total of 37,448,314 common
shares and 150,000 Series A Perpetual Cumulative Convertible
Preferred Shares, par value $0.00125 per share (the “Series A
Preferred Shares”) issued and outstanding.
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Name of Beneficial Owner |
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Number of
Common Shares
Beneficially
Owned
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Percentage
of Class
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Number of
Series A
Preferred Shares
Beneficially Owned |
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Percentage of
Series A
Preferred Shares
Beneficially Owned
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5% or more Shareholders:
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GPC Partners Investments (Thames) LP |
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5,640,158(1)
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15.1% |
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150,000 |
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100% |
BlackRock, Inc. |
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5,383,750(2)
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14.4% |
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The Vanguard Group |
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2,440,606(3)
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6.5% |
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T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. |
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2,253,930(4)
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6.0% |
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Champlain Investment Partners, LLC |
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1,954,785(5)
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5.2% |
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Directors and Executive Officers:
(6)
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J. Adam Abram
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482,943 |
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1.3% |
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Frank N. D’Orazio |
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64,340 |
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Thomas L. Brown |
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5,000 |
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* |
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Janet Cowell |
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7,702 |
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* |
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Kirstin M. Gould |
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4,150 |
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* |
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Jerry R. Masters(7)
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24,153 |
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* |
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Michael T. Oakes |
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17,003 |
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* |
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Patricia H. Roberts |
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8,448 |
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* |
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Ollie L. Sherman, Jr. |
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10,797 |
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* |
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Sundar Srinivasan |
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15,831 |
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* |
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Sarah C. Doran |
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39,733 |
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* |
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Richard Schmitzer |
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238,045(8)
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* |
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Terence McCafferty |
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15,521 |
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* |
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Daniel Heinlein |
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23,331(9)
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Robert P. Myron |
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219,662(10)
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All directors and executive officers as of April 15, 2022 as a
group (14 persons)
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956,997(11)
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2.6% |
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* Represents beneficial ownership of less than 1%.
(1)
Information is based on the Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on
March 11, 2022 by GPC Partners Investments (Thames) LP (“GPC
Thames”), GPC Partners II GP LLC (“GPC II GP”), Gallatin Point
Capital LLC (“Gallatin Point”), Matthew B. Botein and Lewis A.
(Lee) Sachs (collectively, the “GPC Parties”). The GPC Parties
reported that their beneficial ownership of 5,640,158 shares (the
“Subject Shares”) represents common shares issuable upon conversion
of Series A Preferred Shares. GPC Thames, GPC II GP and Gallatin
Point reported sole voting and sole dispositive power over the
Subject Shares, and Messrs. Botein and Sachs reported shared voting
power and shared dispositive power over the Subject Shares. GPC
Thames is the direct holder of the Series A Preferred Shares that
may be converted into the Subject Shares. The Series A Preferred
Shares vote on an as converted basis with holders of our common
shares; provided, however, that pursuant to the terms of the Series
A Preferred Shares, they may not be voted by the Gallatin Parties
in excess of 9.9% of the aggregate voting power of the
then-outstanding common shares on an as converted basis or of our
outstanding voting securities.
Gallatin Point is the managing member of GPC II GP, which. in turn,
is the general partner of GPC Thames. Messrs. Botein and Sachs
jointly control Gallatin Point through multiple intermediate
entities. The address of the GPC Parties is 600 Steamboat Road,
Greenwich, CT 06830.
(2)
Information is based on Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13G filed with
the SEC on January 27, 2022 by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”).
BlackRock reported sole voting power over 5,335,357 common shares
and sole dispositive power over 5,383,750 common shares. The common
shares are reported as beneficially owned by BlackRock and certain
of its subsidiaries. The address of BlackRock is 55 East 52nd
Street, New York, NY 10055.
(3)
Information is based on Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13G filed with
the SEC on February 10, 2022 by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”).
Vanguard reported shared voting power over 35,882 common shares,
sole dispositive power over 2,375,399 common shares and shared
dispositive power over 65,207 common shares. The common shares are
reported as beneficially owned by Vanguard and certain of its
subsidiaries. The address of Vanguard is 100 Vanguard Boulevard,
Malvern, PA, 19355.
(4)
Information is based on the Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on
February 14, 2022 by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (“Price
Associates”). Price Associates reported sole voting power over
763,473 common shares and sole dispositive power over 2,253,930
common shares. The common shares are reported as beneficially owned
by Price Associates and certain of its individual or institutional
clients for which Price Associates serves as investment adviser.
The address of Price Associates is 100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore,
MD 21202.
(5)
Information is based on the Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on
February 11, 2022 by Champlain Investment Partners, LLC
(“Champlain”). Champlain reported sole voting power over 1,519,620
common shares and sole dispositive power over 1,954,785 common
shares. The common shares are reported as beneficially owned by
Champlain as an investment adviser. The address of Champlain is 180
Battery Street, Burlington, VT 05401.
(6)
The address of each director and executive officer listed is c/o
James River Group Holdings, Ltd., P. O. Box 1502, Hamilton HM FX,
Bermuda.
(7)
Mr. Masters resigned from the Board on April 26, 2022.
(8)
The reported amount includes 43,427 common shares issuable upon the
exercise of vested options.
(9)
The reported amount includes 6,266 common shares issuable upon the
exercise of vested options.
(10)
Information is based on the amount of securities beneficially owned
by Mr. Myron as of the date of his retirement on July 31,
2021.
(11)
The reported amount includes 49,693 common shares issuable upon the
exercise of vested options.
Item 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED
TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
Policies and Procedures for Related Person
Transactions
We have adopted a written related person transactions policy
pursuant to which our executive officers, directors and principal
shareholders, including their immediate family members, are not
permitted to enter into a related person transaction with us if the
amount involved exceeds $120,000 (a “Related Party Transaction”)
without the consent of our Audit Committee. Any request for us to
enter into a Related Party Transaction is required to be presented
to our Audit Committee for review, consideration and approval. All
of our directors and executive officers are required to report to
our Audit Committee any such transaction before we enter into it.
In approving or rejecting the proposed transaction, our Audit
Committee will take into account, among other factors it deems
appropriate, whether the proposed Related Party Transaction is on
terms no less favorable than terms generally available to an
unaffiliated third-party under the same or similar circumstances,
the extent of the related person’s interest in the transaction and,
if applicable, the impact on a director’s independence. Under the
policy, if we should discover Related Party Transactions that have
not been approved, our Audit Committee will be notified and will
determine the appropriate action, including ratification,
rescission or amendment of the transaction.
Related Party Transactions
We agreed to compensate Mr. Myron $29,167 per month for consulting
services he provided to the Company as requested by Mr. D’Orazio
for the period of August 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021. For
additional information regarding this transaction, please see the
Executive Compensation discussion in this 10-K/A.
On February 24, 2022, we entered into an Investment Agreement (the
“Investment Agreement”) with GPC Partners Investments (Thames) LP
(“GPC Thames”), an affiliate of Gallatin Point Capital LLC,
relating to the issuance and sale of 150,000 of our Series A
Preferred Shares, for an aggregate purchase price of $150 million,
or $1,000 per share. The transaction closed on March 1, 2022.
Holders of the Series A Preferred Shares will be entitled to a
dividend at the initial rate of 7% per annum of the $1,000
liquidation preference, payable in cash, in-kind in common shares
or in Series A Preferred Shares, at the Company’s election. On the
five-year anniversary of the Closing Date, and each five-year
anniversary thereafter, the dividend rate will reset to a rate
equal to the five-year U.S. treasury rate (calculated as set forth
in the Certificate of Designations) plus 5.2%. Dividends will
accrue quarterly.
Holders of the Series A Preferred Shares are entitled to vote with
the holders of our common shares on an as-converted basis. Holders
of the Series A Preferred Shares are entitled to a separate class
vote with respect to amendments to our organizational documents
that have an adverse effect on the Series A Preferred Shares,
authorizations or issuances by the Company of securities that are
senior to or pari passu with the Series A Preferred Shares,
increases or decreases in the number of authorized Series A
Preferred Shares, or the issuance of any additional Series A
Preferred Shares other than in payment of dividends on the
outstanding Series A Preferred Shares. In no event will the Series
A Preferred Shares held by GPC Thames and its permitted
transferees, together with any common shares received on conversion
of Series A Preferred Shares or as dividends with respect to Series
A Preferred Shares, be entitled to vote in excess of 9.9% of the
aggregate voting power of our then-outstanding common shares on an
as converted basis or of our outstanding voting securities. Upon a
transfer of Series A Preferred Shares to an unaffiliated third
party, the voting limitation will cease to apply unless the third
party transferee affirmatively elects to be limited in the same
manner as the transferor. GPC Thames and any transferees will also
be subject to the voting limitation imposed on all U.S. persons
contained in our bye-laws to the extent such restrictions are
applicable.
Until GPC Thames and its permitted transferees no longer
beneficially own Series A Preferred Shares and/or common shares
issued or issuable upon conversion of such Series A Preferred
Shares that represent in the aggregate (a) at least 50% of the
number of common shares beneficially owned by GPC Thames, on an
as-converted basis, as of the closing date on March 1, 2022 and (b)
beneficially own at least 5% of the number of common shares on an
as-converted basis, GPC Thames will be entitled to designate one
individual (the “Series A Designee”) for nomination to our Board of
Directors. GPC Thames has designated Matthew Botein for nomination
as the Series A Designee, and, accordingly, the Board approved the
appointment of Mr. Botein to serve as a Class I director with a
term expiring at the 2024 annual meeting of the Company's
shareholders, effective following receipt of any necessary
regulatory approvals. Until applicable regulatory approvals are
obtained, Mr. Botein has board observer status.
For further information regarding the Investment Agreement,
including a description of certain obligations and restrictions
binding on the parties thereto and the terms of the Series A
Preferred Shares, please refer to the Company’s Current Reports on
Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 28, 2022 and March 8,
2022.
Director Independence
Our Board has reviewed the independence of our directors using the
NASDAQ Stock Market independence standards. Based on this review,
we have determined that Messrs. Brown, Masters, Oakes, Sherman, and
Srinivasan and Ms. Cowell, Ms. Gould and Ms. Roberts are
independent. Mr. Masters resigned from the Board on April 26,
2022.
Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND
SERVICES
Fees Paid to Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm
Aggregate fees for professional services rendered to us or on our
behalf by Ernst & Young LLP (Charlotte, North Carolina, PCAOB
ID: 42, “EY”) for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as
follows:
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2021 |
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2020 |
Audit Fees |
$ |
2,020,095 |
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$2,024,461 |
Audit-Related Fees |
— |
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Tax Fees |
$ |
297,440 |
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$239,500 |
All Other Fees |
$ |
4,165 |
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$3,405 |
Total Fees |
$ |
2,321,700 |
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$2,267,366 |
The items set forth in the above table generally consisted of the
following items:
Audit Fees.
Audit fees consisted of fees incurred in connection with the
Company’s annual financial statement audits and statutory audits,
review of quarterly financial statements, and post-report review
procedures in 2021 and 2020.
Audit-related fees.
Audit-related fees principally would include due diligence in
connection with acquisitions, accounting consultations, and audits
in connection with proposed or consummated
acquisitions.
Tax Fees.
Tax fees in 2021 and 2020 primarily consisted of tax compliance
services and tax advisory services related to foreign tax filings
and transfer pricing.
All Other Fees.
All other fees in 2021 and 2020 were for permitted accounting
research software licensing fees.
The Audit Committee has concluded that the provision of the
aforementioned services by Ernst & Young LLP was compatible
with the maintenance of that firm’s independence in the conduct of
its auditing functions.
Pre-Approval of Services
The Audit Committee has a policy requiring it to pre-approve all
audit and non-audit services performed by the Company’s independent
auditor. The Committee may delegate pre-approval authority to the
chairman of the Audit Committee or his designee. When pre-approving
all services by the independent auditor, the Committee will
consider whether the provision of such services is consistent with
maintaining the independent auditor’s independence.
During our 2021 and 2020 fiscal years, all audit, audit-related,
tax fees and other fees for services performed by Ernst & Young
LLP were pre-approved by the Audit Committee in compliance with
applicable SEC requirements.
PART IV
Item 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT
SCHEDULES
(a) (1) and (2) Financial Statements and Financial Statement
Schedules.
See “Index to Financial Statements and Schedules” on Page F-1 of
the Original Form 10-K.
(3) Exhibits:
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Exhibit
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Description |
3.1 |
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3.2 |
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3.3 |
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3.4 |
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3.5 |
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3.6 |
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4.1 |
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4.2 |
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Indenture, dated as of May 26, 2004, by and between James
River Group, Inc. and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee,
relating to Floating Rate Senior Debentures Due 2034+ |
4.3 |
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Indenture, dated as of May 26, 2004, by and between James
River Group, Inc. and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee,
relating to Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debentures Due
2034+ |
4.4 |
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Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of James River Capital
Trust I, dated as of May 26, 2004, by and among James River
Group, Inc., as Sponsor, Wilmington Trust Company, as Institutional
Trustee and Delaware Trustee, the Regular Trustees (as defined
therein), and the holders, from time to time, of undivided
beneficial interests in James River Capital Trust I+ |
4.5 |
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Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement, dated as of May 26,
2004, by James River Group, Inc., as Guarantor, and Wilmington
Trust Company, as Preferred Guarantee Trustee, for the benefit of
the holders of James River Capital Trust I+ |
4.6 |
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Indenture, dated as of December 15, 2004, by and between James
River Group, Inc. and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee,
relating to Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest
Debentures Due 2034+ |
4.7 |
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Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of James River Capital
Trust II, dated as of December 15, 2004, by and among James
River Group, Inc., as Sponsor, Wilmington Trust Company, as
Institutional Trustee and Delaware Trustee, the Administrators (as
defined therein), and the holders, from time to time, of undivided
beneficial interests in the James River Capital Trust
II+ |
4.8 |
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Guarantee Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2004, by James
River Group, Inc., as Guarantor, and Wilmington Trust Company, as
Guarantee Trustee, for the benefit of the holders, from time to
time, of the capital securities of James River Capital Trust
II+ |
4.9 |
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Indenture, dated June 15, 2006, by and between James River
Group, Inc. and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee, relating to
Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures
Due 2036+ |
4.10 |
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Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of James River Capital
Trust III, dated as of June 15, 2006, by and among James River
Group, Inc., as Sponsor, Wilmington Trust Company, as Institutional
Trustee and Delaware Trustee, the Administrators (as defined
therein) and the holders, from time to time, of undivided
beneficial interests in the James River Capital Trust
III+ |
4.11 |
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Guarantee Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2006, by James River
Group, Inc., as Guarantor, and Wilmington Trust Company, as
Guarantee Trustee, for the benefit of the holders, from time to
time, of the capital securities of James River Capital Trust
III+ |
4.12 |
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Indenture, dated December 11, 2007, by and between James River
Group, Inc. and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee, relating to
Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest
Debentures Due 2037+ |
4.13 |
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Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated December 11,
2007, by and among James River Group, Inc., as Sponsor, Wilmington
Trust Company, as Institutional Trustee and Delaware Trustee and
the Administrators (as defined therein) and the holders, from time
to time, of undivided beneficial interests in James River Capital
Trust IV+ |
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Exhibit
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Description |
4.14 |
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Guarantee Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2007, by James
River Group, Inc., as Guarantor, and Wilmington Trust Company, as
Guarantee Trustee, for the benefit of the holders, from time to
time, of the capital securities of James River Capital Trust
IV+ |
4.15 |
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Indenture, dated as of January 10, 2008, among James River
Group Holdings, Ltd. and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee
relating to Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable
Interest Debentures Due 2038+ |
4.16 |
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Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated as of
January 10, 2008, by and among James River Group Holdings,
Ltd., as Sponsor, Wilmington Trust Company, as Institutional
Trustee and Delaware Trustee and the Administrators (as defined
therein) for the benefit of the holders, from time to time, of
undivided beneficial interest in Franklin Holdings II (Bermuda)
Capital Trust I+ |
4.17 |
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Guarantee Agreement, dated as of January 10, 2008, by and
among James River Group Holdings, Ltd., as Guarantor, and
Wilmington Trust Company, as Guarantee Trustee, for the benefit of
the holders, from time to time, of the capital securities of
Franklin Holdings II (Bermuda) Capital Trust I+ |
4.18 |
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10.1 |
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Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November
8, 2019, by and among James River Group Holdings, Ltd., JRG
Reinsurance Company, Ltd., KeyBank National Association as
Administrative Agent and Letter of Credit Issuer, KeyBank National
Association, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., and BMO Capital
Markets Corp. as Joint Book Runners and Joint Lead Arrangers, Bank
of Montreal and SunTrust Bank as Co-Syndication Agents, and the
lender parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1
of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 12, 2019,
Commission File No. 001-36777)
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10.2 |
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10.3 |
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Continuing Guaranty of Payment, dated as of June 5, 2013, by
James River Group, Inc., as Guarantor, pursuant to Credit
Agreement, dated as of June 5, 2013, among James River Group
Holdings, Ltd. and JRG Reinsurance Company Ltd., KeyBank National
Association, as Administrative Agent and as Letter of Credit
Issuer, and certain Lender parties (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.2 of the Registration Statement on Form S-1,
Registration No. 333-199958, filed with the Commission on
November 7, 2014)
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Continuing Guaranty of Payment, dated as of December 15, 2015,
by James River Group Holdings UK Limited, pursuant to Credit
Agreement, dated as of June 5, 2013, among James River Group
Holdings, Ltd. and JRG Reinsurance Company Ltd., KeyBank National
Association, as Administrative Agent and as Letter of Credit
Issuer, and certain Lender parties (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.5 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on
March 10, 2016, Commission File No.
001-36777)
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10.5 |
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10.6 |
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10.7 |
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10.8 |
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10.9 |
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10.10 |
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10.11 |
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Exhibit
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Description |
10.12 |
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10.13 |
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10.14 |
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10.15 |
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10.16 |
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10.17 |
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10.18 |
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10.19 |
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10.20 |
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10.21 |
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10.22 |
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10.23 |
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Employment Agreement, dated October 28, 2020, by and among Frank N.
D’Orazio, James River Group Holdings, Ltd., and its subsidiary,
James River Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1
to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 2, 2020,
Commission File No. 001-36777) *
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10.24 |
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Separation and Release Agreement, dated November 2, 2020, by and
among J. Adam Abram, James River Group Holdings, Ltd., and its
subsidiary, James River Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 2,
2020, Commission File No. 001-36777) *
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10.25 |
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Separation and Release Agreement, dated as of August 2, 2021, by
and among Robert P. Myron, James River Group Holdings, Ltd., and
its subsidiary, James River Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August
4, 2021, Commission File No. 001-36777) *
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10.26 |
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10.27 |
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10.28 |
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10.29 |
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10.30 |
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Employment Agreement, dated September 17, 2018, by and among James
River Group, Inc., certain subsidiaries of James River Group, Inc.
and Terry McCafferty, as supplemented by a letter agreement dated
October 12, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to the
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 27, 2019, Commission
File No. 001-36777)*
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Exhibit
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Description |
10.31 |
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10.32 |
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10.33 |
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10.34 |
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10.35 |
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Exhibit
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21.1 |
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31.1 |
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31.2 |
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31.3 |
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31.4 |
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32.1 |
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101.INS |
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Inline XBRL Instance Document |
101.SCH |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document |
101.CAL |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
Document |
101.DEF |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
Document |
101.LAB |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document |
101.PRE |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
Document |
104 |
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Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are
embedded within the Inline XBRL document in Exhibit
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* Denotes a management contract or
compensatory plan or arrangement.
† Previously
filed with the Original Form 10-K.
+ Exhibit not filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Item 601(b)(4)(iii) of Regulation
S-K. The Company will furnish a copy to the SEC upon
request.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
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JAMES RIVER GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD. |
By: |
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/s/ Frank N. D’Orazio
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April 28, 2022 |
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Frank N. D’Orazio
Chief Executive Officer and Director
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