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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 14A

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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on May 8, 2019.

 

                    ASSURED GUARANTY LTD.

 

 

 

ASSURED GUARANTY LTD.

30 WOODBOURNE AVENUE

HAMILTON, HM 08 BERMUDA

 

 

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Meeting Information

 

 
  Meeting Type:          Annual General Meeting  
 
 

 

For holders as of:    March 14, 2019

 
 
 

 

Date: May 8, 2019        Time: 8:00 AM, London Time

 
   
 

 

Location:

 

 

6 Bevis Marks

London EC3A 7BA

United Kingdom

 
   
   
 
 

For directions to the Annual Meeting, contact Virginia Reynolds at 020 7562 1920 or Vreynolds@agltd.com

 

 

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  Voting Items         

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR each of the following nominees:

 

  1.

Election of Directors of Assured Guaranty Ltd. (the “Company”):

 

        

Nominees:

 

    1a.   Francisco L. Borges
    1b.   G. Lawrence Buhl
    1c.   Dominic J. Frederico
    1d.   Bonnie L. Howard
    1e.   Thomas W. Jones
    1f.   Patrick W. Kenny
    1g.   Alan J. Kreczko
    1h.   Simon W. Leathes
    1i.   Michael T. O’Kane
    1j.   Yukiko Omura

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the

following proposals:

 

  2.

To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers.

 

 

  3.

To approve our employee stock purchase plan as amended through the third amendment.

 

 

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4.  To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Company’s independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, and to authorize the Board of Directors, acting through its Audit Committee, to set the fees of the independent auditor.

 

 

  5A.

To authorize the Company to vote for directors of the Company’s subsidiary, Assured Guaranty Re Ltd. (“AG Re”):

 

        

Nominees:

 

    5aa.   Howard W. Albert
    5ab.   Robert A. Bailenson
    5ac.   Russell B. Brewer II
    5ad.   Gary Burnet
    5ae.   Ling Chow
    5af.   Stephen Donnarumma
    5ag.   Dominic J. Frederico
    5ah.   Walter A. Scott

 

  5B.

To authorize the Company to appoint PwC as AG Re’s independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.

NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

 


 

 

 

 

 

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