(Source: Business Wire)

PartnerRe Ltd. (NYSE:PRE) ("the Company") announced that at a Special
General Meeting held today, PartnerRe shareholders approved all of the
proposals unanimously recommended by the Company's Board of Directors to
effect the Company's proposed acquisition of PARIS RE, a French-listed,
Swiss-based diversified reinsurer.
The proposals PartnerRe shareholders were asked to vote on were: a
proposal to approve the issuance PartnerRe common shares in connection
with the series of transactions to acquire PARIS RE; a proposal to
increase the size of the Board of Directors to 12 from 11; and a
proposal to amend the Company's existing equity plan to increase the
number of PartnerRe common shares available for issuance and to increase
the number of PartnerRe common shares that may be awarded to employees
as restricted shares or restricted share units.
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This document includes "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are
based on PartnerRe's and PARIS RE's assumptions and expectations
concerning future events and financial performance, in each case, as
they relate to PartnerRe, PARIS RE or the combined company. Such
statements are subject to significant business, economic and competitive
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements could be affected by numerous foreseeable and
unforeseeable events and developments such as exposure to catastrophe,
or other large property and casualty losses, adequacy of reserves, risks
associated with implementing business strategies and integrating new
acquisitions, levels and pricing of new and renewal business achieved,
credit, interest, currency and other risks associated with PartnerRe's,
PARIS RE's or the combined company's investment portfolio, changes in
accounting policies, the risk that a condition to closing of the
proposed transaction may not be satisfied, the risk that a regulatory
approval that may be required for the proposed transaction is not
obtained or is obtained subject to conditions that are not anticipated,
failure to consummate or delay in consummating the proposed transaction
for other reasons, and other factors identified in PartnerRe's filings
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and in the
documents PARIS RE files with the Autorité des marchés financiers
(French securities regulator) and which are also available in English on
PARIS RE's web site (www.paris-re.com
). In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the
forward-looking information contained herein, readers are cautioned not
to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak
only as of the dates on which they are made. Each of PartnerRe or PARIS
RE disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking information or statements.
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PartnerRe is a leading global reinsurer, providing multi-line
reinsurance to insurance companies. The Company through its wholly owned
subsidiaries also offers alternative risk products that include weather
and credit protection to financial, industrial and service companies.
Risks reinsured include property, casualty, motor, agriculture,
aviation/space, catastrophe, credit/surety, engineering, energy, marine,
specialty property, specialty casualty, other lines, life/annuity and
health, and alternative risk products. For the year ended December 31,
2008, total revenues were $4.0 billion. At June 30, 2009, total assets
were $17.0 billion, total capital was $5.3 billion and total
shareholders' equity was $4.8 billion.
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