Item 5. MARKET
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Item 5. MARKET
MARKET
FOR
REGISTRANT’S
COMMON
EQUITY,
RELATED
SHAREHOLDER
MATTERS
AND
ISSUER
PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Market Information.
The common shares of Group
trade on the New York
Stock Exchange under
the symbol, “RE”.
The quarterly high
and low closing market prices of Group’s
common shares for the periods indicated
were:
2022
2021
High
Low
High
Low
First Quarter
$
304.72
$
267.35
$
255.97
$
211.08
Second Quarter
307.10
265.00
276.95
236.21
Third Quarter
285.67
245.79
273.68
236.68
Fourth Quarter
337.94
260.84
286.62
250.41
Number of Holders of Common Shares.
The number of record
holders of common
shares as of February
1, 2023 was 729.
That number does not
include
the beneficial
owners
of shares
held in
“street”
name or
held through
participants
in depositories,
such as
The
Depository Trust
Company.
Dividend History and Restrictions.
The Board
of Directors
of the
Company
has
an established
policy
of declaring
regular
quarterly
cash
dividends
and
has
paid
a
regular
quarterly
dividend
in
each
quarter
since
the
fourth
quarter
of
The
Company
declared
and
paid
its
quarterly
cash
dividend
of $1.55
per
share
for
the
four
quarters
of 2021.
The
Company
declared
and
paid
its
quarterly
cash
dividend
of
$1.55
per
share
for
the
first
quarter
of
2022
and
paid
its
quarterly cash
dividend of $1.65
per share
for the
remaining three
quarters of
On February
23, 2023, the
Company’s
Board of
Directors
declared a
dividend of
$1.65 per
share,
payable
on or
before
March 30,
2023 to
shareholders of record on
March 16, 2023.
The declaration and payment
of future dividends, if any,
by the Company will be at
the discretion of the Board
of
Directors
and
will
depend
upon
many
factors,
including
the
Company’s
earnings,
financial
condition,
business
needs
and
growth
objectives,
capital
and
surplus
requirements
of
its
operating
subsidiaries,
regulatory
restrictions,
rating
agency considerations
and other
factors.
As an
insurance
holding company,
the Company
is
partially dependent on dividends
and other permitted payments
from its subsidiaries
to pay cash dividends
to its
shareholders.
The
payment
of
dividends
to
Group
by
Holdings
and
to
Holdings
by
Everest
Re
is
subject
to
Delaware
regulatory
restrictions
and the
payment
of dividends
to Group
by Bermuda
Re is
subject to
Bermuda
insurance
regulatory
restrictions.
See “Regulatory
Matters
– Dividends”
and ITEM
8, “Financial
Statements
and
Supplementary Data” - Note 14 of Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and
Affiliated Purchasers
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Maximum Number (or
Total Number of
Approximate Dollar
Shares (or Units)
Value) of Shares (or
Purchased as Part
Units) that May Yet
Total Number of
of Publicly
Be Purchased Under
Shares (or Units)
Average Price Paid
Announced Plans or
the Plans or
Period
Purchased
per Share (or Unit)
Programs
Programs (1)
January 1 - 31, 2022
—
$
—
—
1,470,181
February 1 - 28, 2022
44,455
$
299.5577
—
1,470,181
March 1 - 31, 2022
11,175
$
269.9151
5,000
1,465,181
April 1 - 30, 2022
—
$
—
—
1,465,181
May 1 - 31, 2022
1,601
$
276.8129
—
1,465,181
June 1 - 30, 2022
$
270.2875
—
1,465,181
July 1 - 31, 2022
—
$
—
—
1,465,181
August 1 - 31, 2022
128,764
$
252.6871
128,764
1,336,417
September 1 - 30, 2022
110,531
$
252.6578
105,007
1,231,410
October 1 - 31, 2022
2,502
$
256.7054
2,502
1,228,908
November 1 - 30, 2022
3,828
$
321.1994
—
1,228,908
December 1 - 31, 2022
—
$
—
—
1,228,908
Total
303,657
$
—
241,273
1,228,908
(1)
On
May
22,
2020,
the
Company’s
executive
committee
of
the
Board
of
Directors
approved
an
amendment
to
the
share
repurchase
program
authorizing the
Company
and/or its
subsidiary Holdings,
to purchase
up to
a current
aggregate
of 32.0
million of
the Company’s
shares (recognizing
that the
number
of
shares
authorized
for
repurchase
has
been
reduced
by
those
shares
that
have
already
been
purchased)
in
open
market
transactions,
privately
negotiated transactions or both.
As of December 31, 2022 the Company and/or
its subsidiary Holdings have repurchased
30.8 million of the Company’s shares.
Recent Sales of Unregistered
Securities.
None.




168.99
156.89
181.93
$0
$50
$100
$150
$200
$250
1/1/2017
1/1/2018
1/1/2019
1/1/2020
1/1/2021
1/1/2022
COMPARISON
OF 5 YEAR CUMULATIVE
TOTAL
RETURN*
Among Everest Re Group,
Ltd., the S&P 500 Index
and the S&P Property & Casualty Insurance
Index
Everest Re Group, Ltd.
S&P 500
S&P Property & Casualty Insurance
Performance Graph.
The
following
Performance
Graph
compares
cumulative
total
shareholder
returns
on
the
Common
Shares
(assuming reinvestment of
dividends) from December 31, 2017 through
December 31, 2022, with the cumulative
total
return
of
the
Standard
&
Poor’s
Index
and
the
Standard
&
Poor’s
Insurance
(Property
and
Casualty)
Index.
12/17
12/18
12/19
12/20
12/21
12/22
Everest Re Group, Ltd.
100.00
100.73
131.11
113.99
136.61
168.99
S&P 500
100.00
95.62
125.72
148.85
191.58
156.89
S&P Property & Casualty Insurance
100.00
95.31
119.97
128.31
153.05
181.93
*$100 invested on 12/31/22 in stock or index, including reinvestment of dividends.
Fiscal year ending December 31.
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