8-K
 

 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): March 27, 2008
 
Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Bermuda   001-31341   98-0416483
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
The Belvedere Building    
69 Pitts Bay Road    
Pembroke, Bermuda   HM 08
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
(441) 295-7195
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or address, if changed since last report)
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Item 8.01   Other Events.
     The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 (the “2007 Form 10-K”) filed by Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 29, 2008 contained a typographical error in Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. On page 53 of the 2007 Form 10-K filed with the SEC, under the caption “Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources — Financial Condition,” the Company included a table showing the breakdown of its mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities as of December 31, 2007 and the amounts shown in that table for “U.S. Government agency mortgage-backed securities” and “Residential mortgage-backed bonds” were transposed. The corrected table is as follows ($ amounts in thousands):
                         
    Amortized     Fair     Weighted Average  
    Cost     Value     Credit Rating  
U.S. Government agency mortgage-backed securities
  $ 631,437     $ 633,245     Aaa
Commercial mortgage-backed securities
    374,592       369,011     Aaa
Asset-backed securities
    219,851       214,004     Aaa
Residential mortgage-backed bonds
    175,606       171,982     Aa
 
                 
Total mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities
  $ 1,401,486     $ 1,388,242     Aaa
 
                 
     Correct versions of the above table appear on page 64 in the 2007 Form 10-K mailed to the Company’s shareholders with the proxy materials for the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 23, 2008 and in the 2007 Form 10-K appearing on the Company’s website (www.platinumre.com).

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SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  PLATINUM UNDERWRITERS HOLDINGS, LTD.
 
 
  By:   /s/ James A. Krantz    
    Name:   James A. Krantz   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
     Date: March 27, 2008

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