axs-20251119

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): November 19, 2025

AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

(Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Charter)

Bermuda

001-31721

98-0395986

(State of Incorporation)

(Commission File No.)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

92 Pitts Bay Road

Pembroke, Bermuda HM 08

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(441) 496-2600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name or address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common shares, par value $0.0125 per share	AXS	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary shares, each representing a 1/100th interest in a 5.50% Series E preferred share	AXS PRE	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☐

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Item 1.01			Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On November 19, 2025, AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (the “Company”) entered into a stock repurchase agreement (the “Repurchase Agreement”) with T-VIII PubOpps LP (“T8”), pursuant to which T8 agreed to sell 2,404,133 shares to the Company for an aggregate price of approximately $238 million (the “Repurchase”). T8, is an investment vehicle managed by Stone Point Capital LLC (“Stone Point”). Stone Point manages the Trident Funds including investment funds that held approximately 3.1% of the Company’s outstanding common shares (which will be zero following the Repurchase). Charles Davis, one of the Company’s directors, is the sole member of an entity that is one of five general partners of the entity serving as general partner for the relevant investment funds. Mr. Davis is the Chairman, Co-Chief Executive Officer and a member of Stone Point, and he serves as the Chairman of the Investment Committees of the Trident Funds.

The Repurchase was made under the Company’s Board-authorized $400 million share repurchase program. The Repurchase Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01			Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit Number						Description of Document
10.1						Stock Repurchase Agreement, dated November 19, 2025, between AXIS Capital Holdings Limited and T-VIII PubOpps LP
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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.

Dated: November 21, 2025



			AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED


			By:			/s/ G. Christina Gray-Trefry
						G. Christina Gray-Trefry
						General Counsel and Secretary

Axis Capital Holdings Limited filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Financial Statements and Exhibits