SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
ROSS WILBUR L JR

(Last) (First) (Middle)
1166 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS

(Street)
NEW YORK NY 10036

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ASSURED GUARANTY LTD [ AGO ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director X 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/31/2013
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. 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
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 05/31/2013 S 4,992,882 D $21.94 14,842,488 I See Footnotes(1)(2)(3)
Common Stock 05/31/2013 S 7,118 D $21.94 21,161 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. These shares were sold by the following funds: 4,154,734 by WLR Recovery Fund IV, L.P. ("Fund IV"), 339,515 by WLR Recovery Fund III, L.P. ("Fund III"), 14,276 by WLR IV Parallel ESC, L.P. ("Parallel Fund"), 201,144 by WLR/GS Master Co-Investment, L.P. ("WLR/GS Fund") and 283,213 by WLR AGO Co-Invest, L.P. ("Co-Invest Fund").
2. Fund IV holds 12,350,902 shares directly. Fund III holds 1,009,288 shares directly. Parallel Fund holds 42,438 shares directly. WLR/GS Fund holds 597,945 shares directly. Co-Invest Fund holds 841,915 shares directly. Mr. Ross is the managing member of El Vedado, LLC, 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 3)
3. 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 pursuant to which WLR Recovery Associates IV LLC has been appointed as representative and attorney of WLR IV Parallel ESC, L.P. to, among other things, exercise all rights, powers and privileges with respect to the Class A Common Stock owned by WLR IV Parallel ESC, L.P. that it deems fit. 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 Parallel Fund.
Remarks:
This Form 4 should be read with the Form 4 filed simultaneously for WLR Recovery Fund IV, L.P., WLR Recovery Fund III, L.P., WLR IV Parallel ESC, L.P., WLR/GS Master Co-Investment, L.P., WLR AGO CO-Invest, L.P., Invesco WLR IV Associates LLC, Invesco Private Capital, Inc., WLR Recovery Associates IV LLC, WLR Recovery Associates III LLC, WLR Master Co-Investment GP LLC, El Vedado LLC and WL Ross Group, L.P. for a full listing of all reporting persons.
/s/ Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. 06/03/2013
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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