form8k_oct1.htm
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) October 1, 2008
 
GREENLIGHT CAPITAL RE, LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
 
Cayman Islands
001-33493
N/A
(State or other jurisdiction
 of incorporation)
(Commission file number)
(IRS employer
 identification no.)
 

802 West Bay Rd., The Grand Pavilion
P.O. Box 31110
 Grand Cayman, KY1-1205
 Cayman Islands
KY1-1205
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)
 
 (345) 943-4573
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  o
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
 
On October 1, 2008, Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. issued a press release announcing its preliminary financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2008. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
 
In accordance with general instruction B.2 to Form 8-K, the information set forth in this Item 2.02 (including Exhibit 99.1) shall be deemed “furnished” and not “filed” with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
 
 
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d)  Exhibits
 
 
99.1
Press release, dated October 1, 2008.
 
 
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SIGNATURE
 
 
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: October 1, 2008
GREENLIGHT CAPITAL RE, LTD.
     
 
By:
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­/s/ Tim Courtis_______
   
Tim Courtis
   
Chief Financial Officer
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
 

Exhibit Number
Description of Document
 
99.1
Press Release dated October 1, 2008
   


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