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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | |||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number. | SEC 1474 (9-02) | ||
| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) |
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) |
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) |
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) |
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) |
8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) |
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) |
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) |
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) |
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| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| Performance-based Restricted Share Units | (3) | 02/15/2016 | A | 59,270 | (4) | (4) | Common Shares | 59,270 (5) | $ 0 | 59,270 | D | ||||
| Reporting Owner Name / Address | Relationships | |||
| Director | 10% Owner | Officer | Other | |
| SCHMITT KAREN C/O MAIDEN HOLDINGS, LTD. 131 FRONT STREET HAMILTON, D0 HM12 |
Chief Financial Officer | |||
| /s/ Karen Schmitt | 02/17/2016 | |
| **Signature of Reporting Person | Date |
| * | If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). |
| ** | Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). |
| (1) | Represents the vesting of performance based restricted share units granted pursuant to the Amended and Restated 2007 Share Incentive Plan (the "Plan") on February 19, 2013. |
| (2) | Acquisition of common shares resulting from the vesting of one-third of the restricted share units granted pursuant to the Plan to Ms. Schmitt in February 2015. |
| (3) | The restricted share units were issued pursuant to the Plan. Each restricted share unit represents a contingent right to receive one common share of the Registrant. |
| (4) | The restricted share units shall be settled in common shares or, at the discretion of the Compensation Committee, an amount in cash equal to the fair market value of the shares, and shall be settled shortly after the Committee certifies the attainment of performance goals (the "settlement date"), but in no event later than 2 1/2 months after the expiration of the performance period. The units are forfeited if teh reporting person's employment is terminated prior to the settlement date. Certain special terms apply in the event of death, disability or a change of control. |
| (5) | The reporting person received restricted share units that shall vest based (i) 50% upon the achievement of performance criteria relating to return on equity, underwriting performance, revenue growth and operating expense during the performance period from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2018, and (ii) 50% upon individual performance as evaluated by the Compensation Committee. The recipient received a target award of 29,635 restricted share units, and 0 to 200% of such target award may vest depending upon the degree to which the performance targets are met. The 59,270 units reported represent 200% of the target award, which is the maximum number of units that may be earned. |