5 1 reding.txt U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 5 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [x] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). [_] Form 3 Holdings Reported [_] Form 4 Transactions Reported ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* REDING Dennis B. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) c/o ACE USA 1601 Chestnut Street, P.O. Box 41484 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Philadelphia PA 19101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ACE Limited (NYSE:ACE) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Year December 2001 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [_] Director [_] 10% Owner [X] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) Former President and Chief Executive Officer, ACE USA ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line) [X] Form filed by one Reporting Person [_] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person ________________________________________________________________________________ ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ================================================================================
5. 6. 4. Amount of Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: 7. (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned at End Direct Nature of 2. 3. ----------------------------- of Issuer's (D) or Indirect 1. Transaction Transaction (A) Fiscal Year Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date Code Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (Instr. 8) (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ordinary Shares 2/22/01 A(1) 16,500 A (1) 112,081(2) D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
* If the form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Print or Type Responses) (Over) FORM 5 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================
9. 10. Number Owner- of ship 2. Deriv- of Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of Exer- Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In- cise 3. Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct Price Trans- 4. or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene- 1. of action Trans- of (D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date action (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ Code 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Year (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ (Instr. ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) 8) (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ordinary Options to Acquire $36.30 2/22/01 A 44,000 (3) 2/22/11 Shares 44,000 (3) 179,000(2) D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: (1) Restricted stock award pursuant to the ACE Limited 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan. Stock vests as follows: 1/4 on first anniversary of the date of the award, 1/4 on second anniversary of the date of the award, 1/4 on the third anniversary of the date of the award, and 1/4 on fourth anniversary of the date of the award. (2) The reporting person ceased to be an executive officer of ACE Limited effective May 11, 2001. Thus the totals reported in Column 5 of Table I and Column 9 of Table II reflect the number of Ordinary Shares and Derivative Securities beneficially owned as of May 11, 2001. (3) Option award pursuant to the ACE Limited 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan. Options vest as follows: 1/3 on first anniversary of the date of the award, 1/3 on second anniversary of the date of the award, and 1/3 on third anniversary of the date of the award.
Signed for Dennis B. Reding pursuant to power of attorney on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission /s/ K.P. White 2/14/2002 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Page 2