XL Capital Ltd (Form: 8-K/A)  

 


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

     
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):   January 13, 2009

XL Capital Ltd
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Cayman Islands 1-10804 98-0191089
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
XL House, One Bermudiana Road, Hamilton, Bermuda   HM11
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (441) 292-8515

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Explanatory Note:


This Amendment No. 1 to Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to amend Item 5.02 to include Mr. Tom Hutton's committee assignments and class designation.

On January 13, 2009, XL Capital Ltd (the "Company") announced that Mr. Tom Hutton had joined the Company's Board of Directors and that Mr. Hutton's committee assignments and class designation had not yet been determined. A press release issued by the Company dated January 13, 2009 announcing the election of Mr. Hutton to the Board was attached as Exhibit No. 99.1 to the Form 8-K filed on January 13, 2009.

Mr. Hutton has been elected as a Class II Director of the Company and as such will be standing for re-election at the Company's 2009 annual general meeting of the shareholders. Mr. Hutton has been named to the Audit Committee, Nominating and Governance Committee and the Finance and Risk Oversight Committee. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Hutton and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Hutton was selected to serve as a director. No information called for by Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K is required to be disclosed herein.






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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.

         
    XL Capital Ltd
          
February 4, 2009   By:   /s/ Kirstin Romann Gould
       
        Name: Kirstin Romann Gould
        Title: Secretary