0001181431-11-045799.txt : 20110816 0001181431-11-045799.hdr.sgml : 20110816 20110816180157 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-11-045799 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110812 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110816 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110816 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ASSURED GUARANTY LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001273813 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SURETY INSURANCE [6351] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 30 WOOD BOURNE AVE CITY: HAMILTON BERMUDA STATE: D0 ZIP: 0000 BUSINESS PHONE: 441-279-5700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 30 WOOD BOURNE AVE CITY: HAMILTON BERMUDA STATE: D0 ZIP: 0000 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AGR LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040122 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AGC HOLDINGS LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20031218 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ROSS WILBUR L JR CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001026610 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32141 FILM NUMBER: 111040987 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 328 EL VEDADO ROAD CITY: PALM BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 33480 4 1 rrd320028.xml X0304 4 2011-08-12 0 0001273813 ASSURED GUARANTY LTD AGO 0001026610 ROSS WILBUR L JR 1166 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS NEW YORK NY 10036 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2011-08-12 4 P 0 116000 11.34 A 16132396 I See footnote Common Stock 2011-08-15 4 P 0 3600 11.79 A 16135996 I See footnotes Common Stock 16294 D The Common Stock reported herein was purchased at a range of between $11.21 and $11.50 per share. The purchase price reported above represents the weighted average purchase price for the reported transaction and has been rounded to the nearest cent. These shares were purchased by the following funds: 110,296 by WLR Recovery Fund IV, L.P. ("Fund IV"), 375 by WLR IV Parallel ESC, L.P. ("Parallel Fund") and 5,329 by WLR/GS Master Co-Investment, L.P. ("WLR/GS Fund"); the aggregate total includes shares owned by the entities listed in footnotes 5 and 6. The Common Stock reported herein was purchased at a range of between $11.78 and $11.79 per share. The purchase price reported above represents the weighted average purchase price for the reported transaction and has been rounded to the nearest cent. These shares were purchased by the following funds: 3,423 by Fund IV, 12 by Parallel Fund and 165 by WLR/GS Fund; the aggregate total includes shares owned by the entities listed in footnotes 5 and 6. WLR Recovery Fund IV, L.P. ("Fund IV") holds 13,064,184 shares directly. WLR Recovery Fund III, L.P. ("Fund III") holds 1,348,803 shares directly. WLR IV Parallel ESC, L.P. ("Parallel Fund") holds 45,003 shares directly. WLR/GS Master Co-Investment, L.P. ("WLR/GS Fund") holds 632,804 shares directly. WLR AGO Co-Invest, L.P. ("Co-Invest Fund") holds 1,045,202 shares directly. Mr. Ross is the managing member of El Vedado, LLC. El Vedado, LLC is the general partner of WL Ross Group, L.P., the managing member of WLR Recovery Associates IV LLC (the general partner of Fund IV and Co-Invest Fund), WLR Recovery Associates III LLC (the general partner of Fund III) and WLR Master Co-Investment GP, LLC (the general partner of WLR/GS Fund). (Continued in footnote 6) Accordingly, Mr. Ross, El Vedado, LLC, and WL Ross Group, L.P. can be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the shares held directly by Fund IV, Co-Invest Fund, Fund III and WLR/GS Fund. Invesco WLR IV Associates LLC and WLR Recovery Associates IV LLC have entered into a parallel investment agreement whereby Parallel Fund will invest on a pro rata basis in the same investments as Fund IV. Accordingly, Mr. Ross can be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the shares held directly by Parallel Fund. /s/Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. 2011-08-16