Company: MHLA
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001412100-25-000036
Chunk: 1

Company: Maiden Holdings, Ltd.
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 9.01
Chunk 1
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

  (d) Exhibits.                                                                    
  99.1               Press Release of Maiden Holdings, Ltd., dated April 29, 2025  

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:      May 1, 2025      MAIDEN HOLDINGS, LTD.                                                                  
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                              By:                        /s/ Patrick J. Haveron                                      
                                                         Name: Patrick J. Haveron                                    
                                                         Title: Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer  

EXHIBIT INDEX

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  No.          Description                                                   
  99.1         Press Release of Maiden Holdings, Ltd., dated April 29, 2025  

Exhibit99.1

PRESS RELEASE

Maiden Holdings Announces

Shareholder Approval of Combination with Kestrel

Pembroke, Bermuda, April 29, 2025 - Maiden Holdings, Ltd. (Nasdaq: MHLD) (“ Maiden” or the “ Company”) announced that, at the special general meeting of Maiden shareholders held today, all proposals related to Maiden’s proposed business combination (the “transaction”) with Kestrel Group LLC (“ Kestrel”) were approved by Maiden’s shareholders.

As previously announced, on December 29, 2024, Maiden entered into a Combination Agreement (as amended, the “ Combination Agreement”) with Kestrel, pursuant to which Maiden and Kestrel will become wholly owned subsidiaries of a newly formed Bermuda company (“ Bermuda NewCo”), which will be renamed “ Kestrel Group Ltd”. Following the closing of the transaction, Bermuda NewCo’s common shares are expected to be listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “ KG”.

The transaction remains subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Closing is expected to occur during the second quarter of 2025.

Patrick J. Haveron, Maiden’s Chief Executive Officer, commented on the receipt of shareholder approval for the Kestrel Agreement: “ Today’s voting results represent an important step forward towards our combination with Kestrel. The overwhelming shareholder support received for our proposals is gratifying as it advances us one step closer to significantly shifting the strategic vision and trajectory of our Company.”

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