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      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Shares of Beneficial Interest - Class I</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>06/12/2026</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
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        <issuerName>Sound Point Alternative Income Fund</issuerName>
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          <common:street1>One Glenlake Parkway</common:street1>
          <common:street2>Suite 1045</common:street2>
          <common:city>Atlanta</common:city>
          <common:stateOrCountry>GA</common:stateOrCountry>
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        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>One Glenlake Parkway, Suite 1045, Atlanta, GA 30328</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
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        <filingPersonName>Assured Guaranty Ltd.</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>30 Woodbourne Ave, 5th Floor, Hamilton HM08 Bermuda</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
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        <ownershipMoreThan5PercentOnBehalfOfAnotherPerson>This Schedule 13G is filed by Assured Guaranty Ltd., the ultimate parent of the subsidiary entities listed on Exhibit 99.1. Each such entity may be deemed to beneficially own the securities to which this Schedule 13G applies.</ownershipMoreThan5PercentOnBehalfOfAnotherPerson>
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        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>Assured Guaranty Ltd. is filing this Schedule 13G pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G) as the ultimate parent of its wholly owned subsidiaries listed on Exhibit 99.1 hereto.</subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>
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        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under § 240.14a-11.</certifications>
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      <reportingPersonName>Assured Guaranty Ltd.</reportingPersonName>
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        <signature>/s/ Ling Chow</signature>
        <title>General Counsel &amp; Secretary</title>
        <date>06/18/2026</date>
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