Form 4 ASSURED GUARANTY LTD For: Oct 14 Filed by: MICHENER JAMES M

November 8, 2016 7:11 PM EST

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 ^*

MICHENER JAMES M

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

30 WOODBOURNE AVENUE

(Street)

HAMILTON

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)
General Counsel and Secretary

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/14/2016

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)
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 Shares	10/14/2016		G	V	3,500	D	$ 0	312,297.0005	D
Common Shares	11/04/2016		M		50,000	A	$ 26.7	362,297.0005	D
Common Shares	11/04/2016		F		45,585 ⁽¹⁾	D	$ 31.8 ⁽²⁾	316,712.0005	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)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Options to Acquire Common Shares	$ 26.7	11/04/2016		M			50,000	⁽³⁾	02/08/2017	Common Shares	50,000	$ 0	0 ⁽⁴⁾	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents the payment of the exercise price and withholding taxes of an employee stock option through the attestation of previously owned shares.

2. The price is equal to the fair market value of the Common Shares on the date of exercise and is used to determine the value of the shares delivered to the Company by attestation of previously owned shares in payment of the exercise price and withholding taxes.

3. Options vested as follows: 1/3 on 02/08/2008, 1/3 on 02/08/2009 and 1/3 on 02/08/2010.

4. All options of this tranche have been exercised. The total number of options from other tranches with different exercise prices, vesting terms and expiration dates is 96,962 (after taking into account 50,000 options exercised on 11/4/2016). The total number of performance share units from tranches with different performance measures, performance periods and vesting dates is 52,206.

	/s/ Ling Chow, Attorney-in-fact	11/08/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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