Edgar Filing: ASSURED GUARANTY LTD

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

ROSS WILBUR L JR

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	_____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

1166 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/18/2011

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10036

4. If Amendment, Date 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

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

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)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	08/18/2011		P		256,000	A	$ 11.6 ⁽¹⁾	16,791,996	I	See footnote ⁽²⁾
Common Stock	08/19/2011		P		120,000	A	$ 11.53 ⁽³⁾	16,911,996	I	See footnotes ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾
Common Stock								16,294	D

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
ROSS WILBUR L JR 1166 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS NEW YORK, NY 10036	X

Signatures

/s/Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.		08/22/2011
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The Common Stock reported herein was purchased at a range of between $11.49 and $11.69 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.
(2)	These shares were purchased by the following funds: 243,411 by WLR Recovery Fund IV, L.P. ("Fund IV"), 828 by WLR IV Parallel ESC, L.P. ("Parallel Fund") and 11,761 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.
(3)	The Common Stock reported herein was purchased at a range of between $11.47 and $11.55 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.
(4)	These shares were purchased by the following funds: 114,099 by Fund IV, 388 by Parallel Fund and 5,513 by WLR/GS Fund; the aggregate total includes shares owned by the entities listed in footnotes 5 and 6.
(5)	WLR Recovery Fund IV, L.P. ("Fund IV") holds 13,802,023 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 47,513 shares directly. WLR/GS Master Co-Investment, L.P. ("WLR/GS Fund") holds 668,455 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)
(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.

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