Q3 2013 8K/A Common shares dividend


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No.1)
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
November 7, 2013 (November 6, 2013)
 
MAIDEN HOLDINGS, LTD.
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Bermuda
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
001-34042
(Commission File
Number)
 
98-0570192
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
131 Front Street, Hamilton HM12, Bermuda
 
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
 
(441) 298-4900
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
 
 
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
 
 
 
 
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Explanatory Note

This Form 8-K/A amends Maiden Holdings, Ltd. (the "Company") Current Report on Form 8-K originally filed on November 6, 2013 (the "Original Filing"). The Company is refiling Item 8.01 Other Events of the Original Filing to correct the information relating to the quarterly dividend amount and the date payable on the common shares. The quarterly dividend per share is amended from $0.09 to $0.11 and the date payable is amended from January 15, 2013 to January 15, 2014.

Except as described above, no other changes have been made to the Original Filing.

Item 8.01
Other Events.
 
On November 6, 2013, the Company issued a press release announcing the following quarterly dividends:

 
 
Dividend per Share
 
Payable on:
 
Record date:
Common shares
 
$
0.11

 
January 15, 2014
 
January 2, 2014
Preference shares - Series A
 
$
0.515625

 
December 16, 2013
 
December 1, 2013
Preference shares - Series B
 
$
0.7451389

 
December 16, 2013
 
December 1, 2013
    
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
Date: November 7, 2013
MAIDEN HOLDINGS, LTD.
 
 
    
 
 
 
  By:
/s/ Lawrence F. Metz
 
 
Lawrence F. Metz
 
 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary