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PLATINUM UNDERWRITERS HOLDINGS LTD FILES (8-K) Disclosing Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Amendment or Waiver to Code of Ethics, Financial Statements and Exhibits(Edgar Glimpses Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. At its meeting on October 21, 2014, the Board of Directors of Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. (the "Company"), upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Compensation Committee"), approved an amendment to the Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. Amended and Restated Change in Control Severance Plan ("CIC Plan") to (i) eliminate the tax gross-up payment that would have been payable to a participant in the CIC Plan if such participant's benefits under the CIC Plan and any other benefits contingent upon a change in control of the Company (collectively, a participant's "Change in Control Benefits") exceeded a safe-harbor amount (the participant's "Safe Harbor Cap") determined under the "golden parachute" rules contained in Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") and subjected the participant to the excise tax on certain "excess parachute payments" under Section 4999 of the Code, and (ii) provide that the aggregate Change in Control Benefits payable to a participant will be reduced to the participant's Safe Harbor Cap (unless the amount of the participant's Change in Control Benefits, less any excise tax payable by the participant, is greater than the Safe Harbor Cap, in which case the participant's Change in Control Benefits will not be reduced). On October 21, 2014, the Board of Directors of the Company, upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, also approved an amendment to the Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. 2010 Share Incentive Plan ("Share Incentive Plan") to prohibit the Company from cancelling or exchanging any outstanding award under the Share Incentive Plan for payment of cash or other consideration unless the fair market value of a Company common share on the date of determination by the Compensation Committee to make such cancellation or exchange is greater than the per share exercise, base or purchase price of such award. The foregoing descriptions of the amendments to the CIC Plan and the Share Incentive Plan do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the amended and restated CIC Plan and the amended and restated Share Incentive Plan, copies of which are filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference. Item 5.05 Amendments to the Registrant's Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics. At its meeting on October 21, 2014, the Board of Directors of the Company approved an amended Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the "Code"), which applies to all officers, directors, employees, interns and consultants of the Company and its subsidiaries. The amendments to the Code clarify, update, reorganize or otherwise enhance the descriptions of the standards of conduct. The foregoing description of the amended Code does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the amended Code, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 14.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. (d) Exhibits Exhibit 10.1 Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. Amended and Restated Change in Control Severance Plan Exhibit 10.2 Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. Amended and Restated 2010 Share Incentive Plan Exhibit 14.1 Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. Code of Business Conduct and Ethics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top of the Form |