Assured Guaranty (AGO) Form 4 ASSURED GUARANTY / Robert Bailenson ownership change

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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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Bailenson Robert

(Last) (First) (Middle)

ASSURED GUARANTY LTD.

30 WOODBOURNE AVENUE

(Street)

HAMILTON D0 HM08

(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)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chief Financial Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/05/2017

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 Shares	02/05/2017		F		8,042(1)	D	$40.01	179,604.0819	D
Common Shares	02/05/2017		M		26,708(2)	A	$0.00	206,312.0819	D
Common Shares	02/05/2017		F		13,774(1)	D	$40.01	192,538.0819	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
Performance Share Units	(2)	02/05/2017	(2)	M			13,354	(2)	(2)	Common Shares	13,354	$0.00	42,199(3)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Common Shares being withheld to pay tax liability.

2. Performance share units awarded pursuant to the Assured Guaranty 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). Using the highest 40-day average stock price during the performance period (1/1/2014 to 12/31/2016), 200.00% of the performance share units granted became vested. The number of Common Shares delivered equals the number of performance share units granted multiplied by 200.00%.

3. Total includes performance units from other tranches with different performance measures, performance periods and vesting dates, but does not include 59,094 outstanding options.

Remarks:

	/s/ Ling Chow, Attorney-in-fact	02/07/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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