Document:

Exhibit

Exhibit 10.91

[Letterhead of Assured Guaranty Ltd.]

December 15, 2016

James M. Michener 
c/o Assured Guaranty Ltd.
30 Woodbourne Avenue 
Hamilton, Bermuda HM08 

Re:    Sale of Assured Guaranty Ltd. Common Shares

Dear Mr. Michener:

On or about January 6, 2017, Assured Guaranty Ltd. (the “Company”) intends to distribute to you, in settlement of restricted share units held by you in the employer stock fund pursuant to the Assured Guaranty Ltd. Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan (the “Company SERP”), 23,062 common shares, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Shares”) of the Company.

You have indicated that you wish to sell to the Company or its designee (the “Purchaser”) 23,062 Common Shares (such number of shares, the “Shares”).  The Purchaser hereby agrees to purchase the Shares from you, free and clear of all liens, security interests, claims and encumbrances whatsoever, and you agree to sell the Shares to the Purchaser at a purchase price equal the closing per Common Share sale price (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the last bid and last ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average last bid and the average last ask prices) at 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) on January 6, 2017 (the “Purchase Date”), as reported in composite transactions for the NYSE.  The purchase price shall be paid by wire transfer in accordance with the wire transfer instructions to be provided by you not less than one business day prior to the Purchase Date.  Payment shall be made on or about January 9, 2017, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein. 

The Company represents that its purchase of the Shares has been approved by its Nominating and Governance Committee, its Finance Committee and its Board of Directors.

You hereby represent and warrant to the Purchaser as of the date of this letter and as of the Purchase Date (as if such representations and warranties were made on the Purchase Date) as follows:

(a)    You have full power and authority (including, legal capacity) to execute and deliver this Letter Agreement, to perform your obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and such execution, delivery, performance and consummation will not require the consent of, or notice to, any governmental entity or any party to any contract, agreement or arrangement with you.  This Letter Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by you.  This Letter Agreement constitutes your legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against you in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or similar laws in effect which affect the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by equitable limitations on the availability of specific remedies.

(b)    You own the Shares you are selling pursuant to this Letter Agreement free and clear of all liens, security interests, claims and encumbrances whatsoever. Except as set forth in the Company’s organizational documents, you are not a party to any option, warrant, purchase right or other contract that could require you to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of the Shares (other than this Letter Agreement).  You are not a party to any voting trust, proxy or other contract with respect to the voting of any capital stock of the Company.  None of the Shares constitute community property and no approval of your spouse or anyone else is otherwise required for this Letter Agreement to be your legal, valid and binding obligation.  Upon delivery of certificates representing the Shares or an electronic transfer of the Shares and payment therefore pursuant hereto, good and valid title to such Shares, free and clear of all liens, security interests, claims and encumbrances whatsoever, will pass to the Purchaser.

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(c)    You are not a party to any pending or, to your knowledge, threatened, proceedings, at law or in equity, by or before any governmental authority or arbitration panel, relating to the transactions contemplated by this Letter Agreement.

(d)    The Purchaser will not have any liability or otherwise suffer or incur any loss as a result of or in connection with any brokerage or finder’s fee or other commission of any person retained by you in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Letter Agreement.

(e)    You acknowledge that you have not relied upon any express or implied representations or warranties of any nature made by or on behalf of the Purchaser, whether or not any such representations, warranties or statements were made in writing or orally, except as expressly set forth in this Letter Agreement for your benefit. 

The Purchaser’s obligation to pay for the Shares is subject to the receipt, on or before the Purchase Date, by The Bank of New York Mellon, the Company’s broker, of the Shares by DTC transfer to an account to be designated by the Purchaser not less than one business day prior to the Purchase Date.

The Purchaser’s obligation to pay for the Shares, and your obligation to deliver the Shares, is subject to:

(a)    the Company’s distribution of a number of Common Shares pursuant to the Company SERP on or before the Purchase Date;

(b)    trading in the Common Shares not having been suspended by the Securities and Exchange Commission or the NYSE during any of the five NYSE trading days prior to the Purchase Date; and trading in securities generally on the NYSE not having been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on the NYSE during any of the five NYSE trading days prior to the Purchase Date; and

(c)    no temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order issued by any court of competent jurisdiction preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Letter Agreement shall be in effect and person shall have filed suit or other proceedings seeking such an order or injunction or otherwise related to the transactions contemplated hereby.

In the event the condition in clause (a) above does not occur on or before January 13, 2017, this Letter Agreement shall terminate without liability of either party to the other party to this Letter Agreement.  In the event any of the conditions in clauses (b) or (c) above shall not be met on the Purchase Date, this Letter Agreement shall terminate without liability of either party to the other party to this Letter Agreement.

This Letter Agreement may be amended only by a written instrument signed by each of the Company and you and with the approval of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors or by the Board of Directors.

You and the Purchaser shall each bear their respective expenses with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.  

This Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.

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If the preceding accurately reflects our agreement, please sign the copies of this Letter  Agreement and return one to my attention.

ASSURED GUARANTY LTD.

By:     /s/ Dominic J. Frederico    
       Name:    Dominic J. Frederico
       Title:    Chief Executive Officer    

Agreed and accepted
as of January 5, 2017

By:  /s/ James M. Michener    
       James M. Michener

3Exhibit

Exhibit 10.92

To Be Used For Executive Officers

Executive Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under 

Assured Guaranty Ltd. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan

THIS AGREEMENT is effective as of the Grant Date (as defined in Section 1), and is by and between the Participant and Assured Guaranty Ltd. (the Company).

WHEREAS, the Company maintains the Assured Guaranty Ltd. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the Plan), and the Participant has been selected by the committee administering the Plan (the Committee) to receive a Restricted Stock Unit Award under the Plan; and

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED, by and between the Company and the Participant, as follows:

1. Terms of Award.  The following words and phrases used in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1:

		
	(a)
	The "Participant" is ________________________________

		
	(b)
	The "Grant Date" is February 24, 2016.

		
	(c)
	The number of “Covered Units” granted under this Agreement is _____ Units.  Each “Unit” represents the right to receive one share of Stock on the Delivery Date, subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Plan.

		
	(d)
	The “Delivery Date” with respect to the Covered Units shall be the earliest to occur of: (i) the third anniversary of the Grant Date; (ii) the Participant’s death; and (iii) the date on which the Participant becomes Permanently Disabled.

Other words and phrases used in this Agreement are defined pursuant to Section 21, elsewhere in this Agreement or the Plan.

2.     Restricted Stock Unit Award.  This Agreement specifies the terms of the "Restricted Stock Unit Award" granted to the Participant.

3.     Restricted Period.  Subject to Section 4 below, with respect to all Covered Units, the "Restricted Period" for the Covered Units shall begin on the Grant Date and end on the earlier to occur of (i) the third anniversary of the Grant Date; or (ii) a Vesting Change in Control.  The Committee, in its sole discretion, may accelerate the end of the Restricted Period.

4.     Termination of Employment.  Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4, if the Participant’s Date of Termination occurs for any reason prior to the completion of the Restricted Period, all Covered Units shall be immediately forfeited.

		
	(a)
	Death or Disability.  If the Participant’s Date of Termination occurs due to the Participant’s death or Disability prior to the last day of the Restricted Period, the Restricted Period shall immediately lapse upon such Date of Termination.

		
	(b)
	Retirement. If the Participant’s Date of Termination occurs due to a Retirement prior to the last day of the Restricted Period, then, only for purposes of this Section 4 (and not for purposes of determining the Pro-Rata Fraction), the Participant shall be treated as if his Date of Termination had not occurred prior to the last day of the Restricted Period, subject to the Participant not engaging in any Competitive Activity or any Post-Retirement Activity prior to the last day of the Restricted Period and subject to the Participant signing and not revoking a general release and waiver of all claims against the Company as required by Section 7.1 of the Severance Plan.  If such release is not effective within the sixty-day period required by Section 7.1 of the Severance Plan or in the event that the Participant engages in a Competitive Activity or a Post-Retirement Activity prior to the last day of the Restricted Period, the Participant shall immediately forfeit all of the Covered Units.

		
	(c)
	Qualifying Termination Before a Change in Control.  If the Participant’s Date of Termination occurs due to a Qualifying Termination prior to the last day of the Restricted Period and prior to the date of a Change in Control, then the Participant shall be treated as if his Date of Termination had not occurred prior to the last day of the Restricted Period, subject to the Participant not engaging in any Competitive Activity prior to the last day of the Restricted Period and subject to the Participant signing and not revoking a general release and waiver of all claims against the Company 

as required by Section 7.1 of the Severance Plan.  If such release is not effective within the sixty-day period required by Section 7.1 of the Severance Plan or in the event that the Participant engages in a Competitive Activity prior to the last day of the Restricted Period, the Participant shall immediately forfeit all of the Covered Units.

		
	(d)
	Qualifying Termination On or After a Change in Control.  If the Participant’s Date of Termination occurs due to a Qualifying Termination prior to the last day of the Restricted Period but on or after the date of a Change in Control that is not a Vesting Change in Control, then the Participant shall be treated as if his Date of Termination had not occurred prior to the last day of the Restricted Period subject to the Participant signing and not revoking a general release and waiver of all claims against the Company as required by Section 7.1 of the Severance Plan.  If such release is not effective within the sixty-day period required by Section 7.1 of the Severance Plan, the Participant shall immediately forfeit all of the Covered Units.  

5.     Delivery Date.  On the Delivery Date, the Participant shall receive a number of shares of Stock in settlement of his or her Restricted Stock Unit Award.  The number of shares of Stock that a Participant shall receive on the Delivery Date shall be equal the number of Covered Units (which have not previously been forfeited or cancelled); provided, however, that if the Participant’s Date of Termination occurred prior to the Delivery Date due to Retirement, then the number of shares of Stock that the Participant shall receive shall equal the number of Covered Units multiplied by the Pro-Rata Fraction.  Shares of Stock received by a Participant pursuant to this Section 5 shall be free of restrictions otherwise imposed by this Agreement and the Plan; provided, however that the shares of Stock shall remain subject to the terms of this Agreement expressly applicable after such Delivery Date (including, without limitation, Section 12).  As of the Delivery Date and settlement of the Restricted Stock Unit Award pursuant to this Section 5, all Covered Units (which have not previously been forfeited or cancelled) shall be cancelled.  

6.     Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control, the Company, or the entity that is the surviving entity or successor to the Company following such transaction, may elect to (a) to continue this Restricted Stock Unit Award subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Plan and subject to such adjustments, if any, by the Committee as permitted by Section 5.2(f) of the Plan; or (b), if the Change in Control also satisfies the definition of “change in control event” as set forth in Treas. Reg. 1.409A-3(i)(5), to terminate this Restricted Stock Unit Award and distribute shares of Stock consistent with Treas. Reg. 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix)(B).  In the event that the Company or its successor chooses to terminate this award and make a distribution of shares of Stock as provided in clause (b) of the previous sentence (in which case the Change in Control is a Vesting Change in Control), the payment amount attributable to dividends as described in and determined pursuant to Section 10 shall be determined as if the date of the Vesting Change in Control were the Delivery Date and the number of shares of Stock to be delivered pursuant to Section 5 shall be calculated as if the date of such Vesting Change in Control were the Delivery Date and the shares of Stock received by a Participant pursuant to this Section 6 shall be free of restrictions otherwise imposed by this Agreement and the Plan; provided, however that the shares of Stock shall remain subject to the terms of this Agreement expressly applicable after the Delivery Date (including, without limitation, Section 12).  

7.     Section 457A of the Code.  If the Covered Units would otherwise constitute nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Code section 457A and the date on which the Covered Units are no longer treated as subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture for purposes of Code section 457A occurs prior to the Delivery Date or a Vesting Change in Control, the terms of Exhibit A shall apply.

8.     Withholding.  All deliveries and distributions of shares of Stock under this Agreement are subject to withholding of all applicable taxes.  At the election of the Participant, and subject to such rules and limitations as may be established by the Committee from time to time, such withholding obligations may be satisfied through the surrender of shares of Stock which the Participant already owns, or to which the Participant is otherwise entitled under the Plan; provided, however, that such shares of Stock may be used to satisfy not more than the Company's minimum statutory withholding obligation (based on minimum statutory withholding rates for Federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are applicable to such taxable income).

9.     Transferability.  Except as otherwise provided by the Committee, the Restricted Stock Unit Award (and Covered Units subject to this award) may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered during the Restricted Period. 

10.     Dividends.  To the extent that the Covered Units have not otherwise been forfeited  or cancelled prior to the Delivery Date, the Participant will be paid a cash payment on the Delivery Date equal to the number of shares of Stock delivered pursuant to Section 5 multiplied by the total amount of dividend payments made in relation to one share of Stock with respect to record dates occurring during the period between the Grant Date and the Delivery Date.  

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11.     Voting.  The Participant shall not be a shareholder of record with respect to the Covered Units and shall have no voting rights with respect to the Covered Units during the Restricted Period or prior to the delivery of shares of Stock pursuant to Section 5 or 6 or Exhibit A.  

12.     Cancellation and Rescission of Restricted Stock Unit Award.

		
	(a)
	The Committee may cancel, rescind, suspend, withhold or otherwise limit or restrict the Restricted Stock Unit Award at any time if the Participant engages in any "Competitive Activity" or, in the case of a Participant whose Date of Termination has occurred due to Retirement, if the Participant engages in any Post-Retirement Activity.

		
	(b)
	Immediately prior to the Delivery Date and prior to the transfer of the shares of Stock to the Participant, the Participant shall certify, to the extent required by the Committee, in a manner acceptable to the Committee, that the Participant is not engaging and has not engaged in any Competitive Activity and, in the case of a Participant whose Date of Termination has occurred due to Retirement, that the Participant is not engaging and has not engaged in any Post-Retirement Activity.  In the event a Participant has engaged in any Competitive Activity or, if applicable, any Post-Retirement Activity, prior to, or during the twelve months after, the later to occur of the Delivery Date or the last day of the Restricted Period (the Restrictive Covenant Period) with respect to any Covered Units, the right to delivery of shares with respect to such Covered Units may be rescinded by the Committee within two years of the last day of the Restrictive Covenant Period.  In the event of any such rescission, the Participant shall pay to the Company the amount of any gain realized as a result of the prior delivery of shares applicable to the rescinded Covered Units, in such manner and on such terms and conditions as may be required by the Company, and the Company shall be entitled to set-off against the amount of any such gain any amount owed to the Participant by the Company and/or Subsidiary.

13.     Heirs and Successors.  Subject to Section 6, this Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the Company and its successors and assigns, and upon any person acquiring, whether by merger, consolidation, purchase of assets or otherwise, all or substantially all of the Company's assets and business.  If any benefits deliverable to the Participant under this Agreement have not been delivered at the time of the Participant's death, such benefits shall be delivered to the Designated Beneficiary, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Plan.  The "Designated Beneficiary" shall be the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the Participant in a writing filed with the Committee in such form and at such time as the Committee shall require.  If a deceased Participant fails to designate a beneficiary, or if the Designated Beneficiary does not survive the Participant, any rights that would have been exercisable by the Participant and any benefits distributable to the Participant shall be distributed to the legal representative of the estate of the Participant.  If a deceased Participant designates a beneficiary and the Designated Beneficiary survives the Participant but dies before the complete distribution of benefits to the Designated Beneficiary under this Agreement, then any benefits distributable to the Designated Beneficiary shall be distributed to the legal representative of the estate of the Designated Beneficiary.

14.     Administration.  The authority to manage and control the operation and administration of this Agreement shall be vested in the Committee, and the Committee shall have all powers with respect to this Agreement as it has with respect to the Plan.  Any interpretation of this Agreement by the Committee and any decision made by it with respect to this Agreement is final and binding on all persons.  The Committee shall have the authority to obtain such information from the Participant (including tax return information) as it determines may be necessary to confirm that the Participant is in compliance with the requirements applicable to Competitive Activity, and if the Participant fails to provide such information, the Committee may conclude that the Participant is not in compliance with such requirements.

15.     Recoupment and Plan Provisions Govern.  

		
	(a)
	Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Participant’s rights with respect to the Restricted Stock Unit Award shall be subject to the Assured Guaranty Ltd. Executive Officer Recoupment Policy as amended and restated on November 3, 2015 and as further amended from time to time.

		
	(b)
	Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall be subject to the terms of the Plan, a copy of which may be obtained by the Participant from the office of the Secretary of the Company; and this Agreement is subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations promulgated by the Committee from time to time pursuant to the Plan.

16.     Not an Employment Contract.  The Restricted Stock Unit Award will not confer on the Participant any right with respect to continuance of employment or other service with the Company or any Subsidiary, nor will it interfere in any 

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way with any right the Company or any Subsidiary would otherwise have to terminate or modify the terms of such Participant's employment or other service at any time.

17.     Notices.  Any written notices provided for in this Agreement or the Plan shall be in writing and shall be deemed sufficiently given if either hand delivered or if sent by fax or overnight courier, or by postage paid first class mail.  Notices sent by mail shall be deemed received three business days after mailing but in no event later than the date of actual receipt.  Notices shall be directed, if to the Participant, at the Participant's address indicated by the Company's records, or if to the Company, at the Company's principal executive office.

18.     Fractional Shares.  In lieu of issuing a fraction of a share, resulting from an adjustment of the Restricted Stock Unit Award pursuant to the Plan or otherwise, the Company will be entitled to pay to the Participant an amount equal to the fair market value of such fractional share.

19.     Deemed Acceptance.  If the Participant wishes to decline this Award, the Participant must reject this Agreement prior to the earlier to occur of (i) the last day of the Restricted Period and (ii) the one-year anniversary of the Grant Date (the earlier of such dates referred to as the Acceptance Date).  If the Agreement has not been rejected prior to the Acceptance Date, the Participant will be deemed to have automatically accepted this Award and the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

20.     Amendment.  This Agreement may be amended in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, and may otherwise be amended by written agreement of the Participant and the Company without the consent of any other person.

21.     Definitions.  For purposes of this Agreement, words and phrases shall be defined as follows: 

		
	(a)
	Change in Control.  The term "Change in Control" shall be defined as set forth in the Plan.

		
	(b)
	Competitive Activity.  The term “Competitive Activity” shall mean (i) the Participant’s engaging in an activity, directly or indirectly, whether as an employee, consultant, partner, principal, agent, distributor, representative, stockholder (except as a less than one percent stockholder of a publicly traded company or a less than five percent stockholder of a privately held company) or otherwise, within the United States, Bermuda, or the Cayman Islands, if such activities involve insurance or reinsurance of United States based entities or risks that are competitive with the financial guaranty insurance business then being conducted by the Company or any affiliate and which, during the period covered by the Participant's employment, were conducted by the Company or any affiliate; or (ii) the Participant’s engaging in any activity, directly or indirectly, whether on behalf of himself or herself or any other person or entity (x) to solicit any client and/or customer of the Company or any affiliate or (y) to hire any employee or former employee of the Company or any present or former affiliate of the Company or encourage any employee of the Company or affiliate to leave the employ of the Company or affiliate; or (iii) the Participant’s violation of Section 7.3 of the Severance Plan (relating to confidentiality).

		
	(c)
	Date of Termination.  A Participant's "Date of Termination" means, with respect to an employee, the date on which the Participant's employment with the Company and Subsidiaries terminates for any reason, and with respect to a Director, the date immediately following the last day on which the Participant serves as a Director; provided that a Date of Termination shall not be deemed to occur by reason of a Participant's transfer of employment between the Company and a Subsidiary or between two Subsidiaries; further provided that a Date of Termination shall not be deemed to occur by reason of a Participant's cessation of service as a Director if immediately following such cessation of service the Participant becomes or continues to be employed by the Company or a Subsidiary, nor by reason of a Participant's termination of employment with the Company or a Subsidiary if immediately following such termination of employment the Participant becomes or continues to be a Director; and further provided that a Participant's employment shall not be considered terminated while the Participant is on a leave of absence from the Company or a Subsidiary approved by the Participant's employer.

		
	(d)
	Director.  The term "Director" means a member of the Board of Directors of Assured Guaranty, Ltd., who may or may not be an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary.

		
	(e)
	Disability.  The Participant shall be considered to have a "Disability" during the period in which the Participant is unable, by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment, to engage in any substantial gainful activity, which condition, in the opinion of a physician selected by the Committee, is expected to have a duration of not less than 120 days.  

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	(f)
	Permanent Disability.  The Participant shall be considered to be “Permanently Disabled” if he would be treated as “disabled” in accordance with the provisions of Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(4).

		
	(g)
	Post-Retirement Activity.  The term “Post-Retirement Activity” shall mean the Participant’s provision of significant commercial or business services to any one or more persons or entities, regardless of whether such entity is owned or controlled by the Participant; provided that the Participant’s devotion of reasonable time to the supervision of his personal investments, and activities involving professional, charitable, community, educational, religious and similar types of organizations, speaking engagements, membership on the boards of directors of other organizations, and similar types of activities shall not be considered Post-Retirement Activity, to the extent that the Committee, in its discretion, determines that such activities are consistent with the Participant’s Retirement.  At the request of the Participant, the Committee shall determine whether a proposed activity of the Participant will be considered a Post-Retirement Activity for purposes of this Agreement.  Such request shall be accompanied by a description of the proposed activities, and the Participant shall provide such additional information as the Committee may determine is necessary to make the determination.  Such a determination shall be made promptly, but in no event more than 30 days after the written request, together with any additional information requested of the Participant, is delivered to the Committee.

		
	(h)
	Pro-Rata Fraction.  The term “Pro-Rata Fraction” shall mean a fraction, the numerator of which shall be equal to the number of days between the Grant Date and the Participant’s Date of Termination and the denominator of which shall be 1095.

		
	(i)
	Qualifying Termination.  The term “Qualifying Termination” is defined in Section 1 of the Severance Plan.  

		
	(j)
	Retirement.  The term “Retirement” means the occurrence of a Participant’s Date of Termination due to the voluntary termination of employment with the consent of the Committee (as described below) by a Participant who meets the following requirements as of such Date of Termination: (i) the Participant is age 60 or older and (ii) the total of the Participant’s age and years of service equals or exceeds 70.  For purposes of defining “Retirement,” years of service shall be determined in accordance with rules which may be established by the Committee, and shall take into account service with the Company and the Subsidiaries.  If, on or before the date of the initial public offering of stock of the Company, the Participant was employed by the Company or its Subsidiaries, years of service shall also include service with ACE Limited and its subsidiaries occurring prior to such the initial public offering. For purposes of this Agreement, the Participant’s Date of Termination shall not be considered to be a Retirement unless, prior to such Date of Termination, the Committee approved treating such Participant’s Date of Termination as a Retirement for purposes of this Agreement. The determination of whether to treat the Participant’s Date of Termination as a Retirement shall be made in the sole discretion of the Committee and such determination shall be final and binding on all persons.

		
	(k)
	Severance Plan.  The term “Severance Plan” shall mean the Assured Guaranty Ltd. Executive Severance Plan.  

		
	(l)
	Vesting Change in Control.  The term “Vesting Change in Control” shall mean the date of a Change in Control where this Restricted Stock Unit Award is terminated pursuant to Section 6(b) of this Agreement.  

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Participant has executed the Agreement, and the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed in its name and on its behalf, all as of the Grant Date.
                
_________________________ 
Assured Guaranty Ltd.

I hereby agree to all the terms, restrictions and conditions set forth in the Agreement:
                        
_________________________ 
Participant 

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EXHIBIT A

SECTION 457A OF THE CODE

If the Covered Units constitute nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Code section 457A and the date on which the Covered Units are no longer treated as subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture for purposes of Code section 457A (457A Delivery Date) occurs prior to the Delivery Date or a Vesting Change in Control, then, in addition to the terms of the Agreement and the Plan, the terms of this Exhibit A shall apply.

A-1.  Transfer of Shares.  On the 457A Delivery Date, the Participant shall receive a number of shares of Stock in settlement of his or her Restricted Stock Unit Award.  The number of shares of Stock that a Participant shall receive on the 457A Delivery Date shall be equal the number of Covered Units (which have not previously been forfeited or cancelled); provided, however, that if the Participant’s Date of Termination occurred on or prior to the 457A Delivery Date due to Retirement, then the number of shares of Stock that the Participant shall receive shall equal the number of Covered Units multiplied by the Pro-Rata Fraction.  Shares of Stock received by a Participant pursuant to this Section 5 shall be free of restrictions otherwise imposed by this Agreement and the Plan; provided, however that the shares of Stock shall remain subject to the terms of this Agreement expressly applicable after such Delivery Date (including, without limitation, Section 12).  

A-2.  Cancellation of Covered Units.  As of the 457A Delivery Date, all Covered Units (which have not previously been forfeited or cancelled) shall be cancelled.  

A-3.  Dividends.  To the extent that the Covered Units have not otherwise been forfeited or cancelled prior to the 457A Delivery Date, the Participant will be paid a cash payment on the 457A Delivery Date equal to the number of Covered Units multiplied by the total amount of dividend payments made in relation to one share of Stock with respect to record dates occurring during the period between the Grant Date and the 457A Delivery Date; provided, however, that if the Participant’s Date of Termination occurred on or prior to the 457A Delivery Date due to Retirement, then the dividend payments shall be further multiplied by the Pro-Rata Fraction.

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