Maiden Holdings, Ltd. — Director's Dealing 2016

Feb 17, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: Maiden Holdings, Ltd. (MHLD)
CIK: 0001412100
Period of Report: 2016-02-15

Reporting Person: Haveron Patrick J (See Remarks)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-02-15	Common Shares	A	20507	—	Acquired	75725	Direct
2016-02-17	Common Shares	M	3163	—	Acquired	78888	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-02-15	Performance-based Restricted Share Units	$	A	38116	Acquired		Common Shares (38116.0)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Represents the vesting of performance based restricted share units granted pursuant to the Amended and Restated 2007 Share Incentive Plan (the "Plan") on February 19, 2013.

F2: Acquisition of common shares resulting from the vesting of one-third of the restricted share units granted pursuant to the Plan to Mr. Haveron in February 2015.

F3: The restricted share units were issued pursuant to the Plan. Each restricted share unit represents a contingent right to receive one common share of the Registrant.

F4: The restricted share units shall be settled in common shares or, at the discretion of the Compensation Committee, an amount in cash equal to the fair market value of the shares, and shall be settled shortly after the Committee certifies the attainment of performance goals (the "settlement date"), but in no event later than 2 1/2 months after the expiration of the performance period. The units are forfeited if teh reporting person's employment is terminated prior to the settlement date. Certain special terms apply in the event of death, disability or a change of control.

F5: The reporting person received restricted share units that shall vest based (i) 50% upon the achievement of performance criteria relating to return on equity, underwriting performance, revenue growth and operating expense during the performance period from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2018, and (ii) 50% upon individual performance as evaluated by the Compensation Committee. The recipient received a target award of 19,058 restricted share units, and 0 to 200% of such target award may vest depending upon the degree to which the performance targets are met. The 38,116 units reported represent 200% of the target award, which is the maximum number of units that may be earned.