Document:

Exhibit 10.31

                                              AMENDED AND RESTATED July 21, 2006

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                           FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
                                    BYE-LAWS

                                       OF

                           XL FINANCIAL ASSURANCE LTD

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1.    Interpretation...........................................................................................1
2.    Board of Directors.......................................................................................4
3.    Management of the Company................................................................................4
4.    Power to appoint managing director or chief executive officer............................................4
5.    Power to appoint manager.................................................................................4
6.    Power to authorise specific actions......................................................................4
7.    Power to appoint attorney................................................................................4
8.    Power to delegate to a committee.........................................................................5
9.    Power to appoint and dismiss employees...................................................................5
10.   Power to borrow and charge property......................................................................5
11.   Exercise of power to purchase shares of or discontinue the Company.......................................5
12.   Election of Directors....................................................................................5
13.   Defects in appointment of Directors......................................................................5
14.   Alternate Directors......................................................................................6
15.   Removal of Directors.....................................................................................6
16.   Vacancies on the Board...................................................................................7
17.   Notice of meetings of the Board..........................................................................7
18.   Quorum at meetings of the Board..........................................................................7
19.   Meetings of the Board....................................................................................7
20.   Unanimous written resolutions............................................................................8
21.   Contracts and disclosure of Directors' interests.........................................................8
22.   Remuneration of Directors................................................................................8
23.   Officers of the Company..................................................................................8
24.   Appointment of Officers..................................................................................9
25.   Remuneration of Officers.................................................................................9
26.   Duties of Officers.......................................................................................9
27.   Chairman of meetings.....................................................................................9
28.   Register of Directors and Officers.......................................................................9
29.   Obligations of Board to keep minutes.....................................................................9
30.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers of the Company................................................10
31.   Waiver of claim by Member...............................................................................10
32.   Notice of annual general meeting........................................................................10
33.   Notice of special general meeting.......................................................................10
34.   Accidental omission of notice of general meeting........................................................10
35.   Meeting called on requisition of Members................................................................11
36.   Short notice............................................................................................11
37.   Postponement of meetings................................................................................11
38.   Quorum for general meeting..............................................................................11
39.   Adjournment of meetings.................................................................................11
40.   Attendance at meetings..................................................................................11
41.   Written resolutions.....................................................................................12
42.   Attendance of Directors.................................................................................12
43.   Voting at meetings......................................................................................12
44.   Voting on show of hands.................................................................................13
45.   Decision of chairman....................................................................................13
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46.   Demand for a poll.......................................................................................13
47.   Seniority of joint holders voting.......................................................................14
48.   Instrument of proxy.....................................................................................14
49.   Representation of corporations at meetings..............................................................14
50.   Rights of shares........................................................................................14
51.   Power to issue shares...................................................................................17
52.   Variation of rights, alteration of share capital and purchase of shares of the Company..................18
53.   Registered holder of shares.............................................................................18
54.   Death of a joint holder.................................................................................19
55.   Share certificates......................................................................................19
56.   Calls on shares.........................................................................................19
57.   Forfeiture of shares....................................................................................19
58.   Contents of Register of Members.........................................................................20
59.   Inspection of Register of Members.......................................................................20
60.   Determination of record dates...........................................................................20
61.   Instrument of transfer..................................................................................20
62.   Restriction on transfer.................................................................................20
63.   Transfers by joint holders..............................................................................21
64.   Representative of deceased Member.......................................................................21
65.   Registration on death or bankruptcy.....................................................................21
66.   Declaration of dividends by the Board...................................................................21
67.   Other distributions.....................................................................................21
68.   Reserve fund............................................................................................22
69.   Deduction of amounts due to the Company.................................................................22
70.   Issue of bonus shares...................................................................................22
71.   Records of account......................................................................................22
72.   Financial year end......................................................................................22
73.   Financial statements....................................................................................23
74.   Appointment of Auditor..................................................................................23
75.   Remuneration of Auditor.................................................................................23
76.   Vacation of office of Auditor...........................................................................23
77.   Access to books of the Company..........................................................................23
78.   Report of the Auditor...................................................................................23
79.   Notices to Members of the Company.......................................................................24
80.   Notices to joint Members................................................................................24
81.   Service and delivery of notice..........................................................................24
82.   The seal................................................................................................24
83.   Manner in which seal is to be affixed...................................................................24
84.   Winding-up/distribution by liquidator...................................................................24
85.   Alteration of Bye-laws..................................................................................25
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                                 INTERPRETATION

1.       INTERPRETATION

         (1)      In these Bye-laws the following words and expressions shall,
where not inconsistent with the context, have the following meanings
respectively:

                  (a)      "Act" means the Companies Act 1981, as amended from
                           time to time;

                  (b)      "Alternate Director" means an alternate Director
                           appointed in accordance with these Bye-laws;

                  (c)      "Auditor" includes any individual or partnership;

                  (d)      "Board" means the Board of Directors appointed or
                           elected pursuant to these Bye-laws and acting by
                           resolution in accordance with the Act and these
                           Bye-laws or the Directors present at a meeting of
                           Directors at which there is a quorum;

                  (e)      "Change in Control" means any Person or "group"
                           (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) or 14(d) of the
                           U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934) (other than XL
                           Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd) individually or taken as a
                           whole (a) shall have acquired beneficial ownership of
                           30% or more of voting power of the capital shares of
                           the Company or SCA having ordinary voting power in
                           the election of directors or (b) shall have the power
                           (whether or not exercised) to elect a majority of the
                           Board of Directors of the Company or SCA;

                  (f)      "Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code
                           of 1986, as amended from time to time, including the
                           rules and regulations thereunder;

                  (g)      "Common Shares" means the common shares of the
                           Company;

                  (h)      "Common Shares Directors" means Directors elected by
                           the Common Shares Members;

                  (i)      "Common Shares Members" means Members holding the
                           Common Shares;

                  (j)      "Company" means the company for which these Bye-laws
                           are approved and confirmed;

                  (k)      "Director" means a director of the Company and shall
                           include an Alternate Director;

                  (l)      "Extraordinary Event" means the occurrence of any one
                           of the events listed below absent the approval by a
                           majority of the Common Shares and the Series A
                           Preferred Shares each voting separately as a class of
                           any one of the following listed events (and 30 days
                           shall have elapsed since receipt of Notice by the
                           Company from such non-approving Member or Members of
                           the occurrence of an Extraordinary Event):

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                           (i)      any amendment or repeal of any provision of
                                    the Company's Memorandum of Association or
                                    Bye-laws that is materially adverse to a
                                    class that fails to approve such amendment
                                    or repeal;

                           (ii)     any Change in Control; or

                           (iii)    any issuance of Series A Preferred Shares to
                                    any Person other than the then current
                                    Series A Preferred Shares Members.

                  (m)      "Fixed Dividends" means a cumulative regular annual
                           dividend at a rate of 8.25% per annum payable by the
                           Company on the Series A Preferred Share Investment
                           Amount;

                  (n)      "Member" means the person registered in the Register
                           of Members as the holder of shares in the Company
                           and, when two or more persons are so registered as
                           joint holders of shares, means the person whose name
                           stands first in the Register of Members as one of
                           such joint holders or all of such persons as the
                           context so requires;

                  (o)      "Notice" means written notice as further defined in
                           these Bye-laws unless otherwise specifically stated;

                  (p)      "Officer" means any person appointed by the Board to
                           hold an office in the Company;

                  (q)      "Person" means an individual, corporation,
                           partnership, limited liability company, trust,
                           unincorporated association or other entity or
                           organization of any type;

                  (r)      "Rating Agencies" means initially Standard & Poor's
                           Ratings Services and Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
                           and thereafter those securities rating agencies
                           designated by the Board;

                  (s)      "Rating Event" means either of the following actions
                           by any of the Rating Agencies: (i) the downgrade or
                           withdrawal of the Company's claims-paying ability or
                           insurer/insurance financial strength or equivalent
                           rating or (ii) the placement of the Company's rating
                           on credit watch or the equivalent with negative
                           implications;

                  (t)      "Register of Directors and Officers" means the
                           Register of Directors and Officers referred to in
                           these Bye-laws;

                  (u)      "Register of Members" means the Register of Members
                           referred to in these Bye-laws;

                  (v)      "Resident Representative" means any person appointed
                           to act as resident representative and includes any
                           deputy or assistant resident representative;

                  (w)      "SCA" means Security Capital Assurance Ltd, a Bermuda
                           limited liability company, its successors or
                           permitted assigns;

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                  (x)      "SCA Shares" means common shares, par value $.01 per
                           share, of SCA listed on the New York Stock Exchange
                           and any securities issued in respect thereof, or in
                           substitution therefor, in connection with any stock
                           split, dividend, combination, or any
                           reclassification, recapitalization, merger,
                           consolidation, exchange or other similar
                           reorganization;

                  (y)      "Secretary" means the person appointed to perform any
                           or all the duties of secretary of the Company and
                           includes any deputy or assistant secretary;

                  (z)      "Series A Preferred Share Investment Amount" means
                           $54,016,221.00 , as adjusted from time to time to
                           reflect any partial redemption of the Series A
                           Preferred Shares pursuant to Section 50(4)(c)(1)
                           hereof.

                  (aa)     "Series A Preferred Shares" means the Series A
                           preferred shares of the Company;

                  (bb)     "Series A Preferred Shares Director" means the
                           Director elected by the Series A Preferred Shares
                           Members;

                  (cc)     "Series A Preferred Shares Members" means Members
                           holding Series A Preferred Shares;

                  (dd)     "Subsidiary" means any Person having control over a
                           majority of the voting interests of any other Person;
                           and

                  (ee)     "Total Dividends" means, in respect of any fiscal
                           year and as of any date of determination thereof, the
                           aggregate amount of cash dividends and fair market
                           value of non-cash dividends paid by the Company in
                           respect of the Common Shares and the Series A
                           Preferred Shares with respect to such fiscal year
                           through the date of determination thereof.

         (2)      In these Bye-laws, where not inconsistent with the context:

                  (a)      words denoting the plural number include the singular
                           number and vice versa;

                  (b)      words denoting the masculine gender include the
                           feminine gender;

                  (c)      words importing persons include companies,
                           associations or bodies of persons whether corporate
                           or not;

                  (d)      the word:

                           (i)      "may" shall be construed as permissive;

                           (ii)     "shall" shall be construed as imperative;
                                    and

                  (e)      unless otherwise provided herein words or expressions
                           defined in the Act shall bear the same meaning in
                           these Bye-laws.

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         (3)      Expressions referring to writing or written shall, unless the
contrary intention appears, include facsimile, printing, lithography,
photography and other modes of representing words in a visible form.

         (4)      Headings used in these Bye-laws are for convenience only and
are not to be used or relied upon in the construction hereof.

                               BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2.       BOARD OF DIRECTORS

         The business of the Company shall be managed and conducted by the
Board.

3.       MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY

         (1)      In managing the business of the Company, the Board may
exercise all such powers of the Company as are not, by statute or by these
Bye-laws, required to be exercised by the Company in general meeting subject,
nevertheless, to these Bye-laws, the provisions of any statute and to such
directions as may be prescribed by the Company in general meeting.

         (2)      No regulation or alteration to these Bye-laws made by the
Company in general meeting shall invalidate any prior act of the Board which
would have been valid if that regulation or alteration had not been made.

         (3)      The Board may procure that the Company pays all expenses
incurred in promoting and incorporating the Company.

4.       POWER TO APPOINT MANAGING DIRECTOR OR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

         The Board may from time to time appoint one or more Directors to the
office of managing director or chief executive officer of the Company who shall,
subject to the control of the Board, supervise and administer all of the general
business and affairs of the Company.

5.       POWER TO APPOINT MANAGER

         The Board may appoint a person to act as manager of the Company's day
to day business and may entrust to and confer upon such manager such powers and
duties as it deems appropriate for the transaction or conduct of such business.

6.       POWER TO AUTHORISE SPECIFIC ACTIONS

         The Board may from time to time and at any time authorise any company,
firm, person or body of persons to act on behalf of the Company for any specific
purpose and in connection therewith to execute any agreement, document or
instrument on behalf of the Company.

7.       POWER TO APPOINT ATTORNEY

         The Board may from time to time and at any time by power of attorney
appoint any company, firm, person or body of persons, whether nominated directly
or indirectly by the Board, to be an attorney of the Company for such purposes
and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in
or exercisable by the Board) and for such period and subject to such conditions
as it may think

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fit and any such power of attorney may contain such provisions for the
protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorney as the
Board may think fit and may also authorise any such attorney to sub-delegate all
or any of the powers, authorities and discretions so vested in the attorney.
Such attorney may, if so authorised under the seal of the Company, execute any
deed or instrument under such attorney's personal seal with the same effect as
the affixation of the seal of the Company.

8.       POWER TO DELEGATE TO A COMMITTEE

         The Board may delegate any of its powers to a committee appointed by
the Board which may consist partly or entirely of non-Directors and every such
committee shall conform to such directions as the Board shall impose on them.

9.       POWER TO APPOINT AND DISMISS EMPLOYEES

         The Board may appoint, suspend or remove any manager, secretary, clerk,
agent or employee of the Company and may fix their remuneration and determine
their duties.

10.      POWER TO BORROW AND CHARGE PROPERTY

         The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money
and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and uncalled capital, or any
part thereof, and may issue debentures, debenture stock and other securities
whether outright or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the
Company or any third party.

11.      EXERCISE OF POWER TO PURCHASE SHARES OF OR DISCONTINUE THE COMPANY

         (1)      The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to
purchase all or any part of its own shares pursuant to Section 42A of the Act.

         (2)      The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to
discontinue the Company to a named country or jurisdiction outside Bermuda
pursuant to Section 132G of the Act.

12.      ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

         The Board shall consist of not less than two Directors or such number
in excess thereof as the Members may from time to time determine who shall be
elected or appointed in the first place at the statutory meeting of the Company
and thereafter, except in the case of casual vacancy, at the annual general
meeting or at any special general meeting called for the purpose and who shall
hold office for such term as the Members may determine or, in the absence of
such determination, until the next annual general meeting or until their
successors are elected or appointed or their office is otherwise vacated, and
any general meeting may authorise the Board to fill any vacancy in their number
left unfilled at a general meeting. So long as any Series A Preferred Shares are
outstanding, the Series A Preferred Shares Members as a class shall be entitled
to elect as a separate class by majority vote of the class two Director to serve
on the Board and each committee of the Board. The remaining Directors shall be
elected by majority vote of the Common Shares Members subject to any future
rights, if any, to elect Directors which may be granted to and exercised by
holders of shares of the Company issued pursuant to Section 51 hereof.

13.      DEFECTS IN APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS

         All acts done bona fide by any meeting of the Board or by a committee
of the Board or by any person acting as a Director shall, notwithstanding that
it be afterwards discovered that there was some

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defect in the appointment of any Director or person acting as aforesaid, or that
they or any of them were disqualified, be as valid as if every such person had
been duly appointed and was qualified to be a Director.

14.      ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

         (1)      Any general meeting of the Company may elect a person or
persons to act as a Director in the alternative to any one or more of the
Directors of the Company or may authorise the Board to appoint such Alternate
Directors, PROVIDED THAT (a) any alternate for a Series A Preferred Shares
Director shall only be elected by majority vote of the Series A Preferred Shares
Members voting as a class (b) any alternate for a Common Shares Director shall
only be elected by majority vote of the Common Shares Members voting as a class
and (c) any alternate for any Director elected by the holders of any future
shares or class of shares issued pursuant to Section 51 hereof shall be elected
by majority vote of such holder of shares or class of shares. Unless the Members
otherwise resolve, any Director may appoint a person or persons to act as a
Director in the alternative to himself or herself by notice in writing deposited
with the Secretary. Any person so elected or appointed shall have all the rights
and powers of the Director or Directors for whom such person is appointed in the
alternative.

         (2)      An Alternate Director shall be entitled to receive notice of
all meetings of the Board and to attend and vote at any such meeting at which a
Director for whom such Alternate Director was appointed in the alternative is
not personally present and generally to perform at such meeting all the
functions of such Director for whom such Alternate Director was appointed.

         (3)      An Alternate Director shall cease to be such if the Director
for whom such Alternate Director was appointed ceases for any reason to be a
Director but may be re-appointed by the Board as alternate to the person
appointed to fill the vacancy in accordance with these Bye-laws.

15.      REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

         (1)      Subject to any provision to the contrary in these Bye-laws,
the Members may, at any special general meeting convened and held in accordance
with these Bye-laws, remove a Director, PROVIDED THAT the notice of any such
meeting convened for the purpose of removing a Director shall contain a
statement of the intention so to do and be served on such Director not less than
14 days before the meeting and at such meeting such Director shall be entitled
to be heard on the motion for such Director's removal and PROVIDED FURTHER THAT
(a) the Series A Preferred Shares Director shall only be removed by majority
vote of the Series A Preferred Shares Members voting as a class (b) a Common
Shares Director shall only be removed by majority vote of the Common Shares
Members voting as a class and (c) any Director elected by the holders of any
future shares or class of shares issued pursuant to Section 51 hereof shall only
be removed by majority vote of such holders of shares or class of shares.

         (2)      A vacancy on the Board created by the removal of a Director
under the provisions of subparagraph (1) of this Bye-law may be filled by the
Members at the meeting at which such Director is removed and, in the absence of
such election or appointment, the Board may fill the vacancy; PROVIDED THAT (a)
any vacancy created by the removal of the Series A Preferred Shares Director
shall only be filled by majority vote of the Series A Preferred Shares Members
voting as a class (b) any vacancy created by the removal of a Common Shares
Director shall only be filled by majority vote of the Common Shares Members
voting as a class and (c) any vacancy created by the removal of a Director
elected by the holders of any future shares or class of shares issued pursuant
to Section 51 hereof shall only be filled by majority vote of such holders of
shares or class of shares.

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16.      VACANCIES ON THE BOARD

         (1)      The Board shall have the power from time to time and at any
time to appoint any person as a Director to fill a vacancy on the Board
occurring as the result of the death, disability, disqualification or
resignation of any Director and to appoint an Alternate Director to any Director
so appointed; PROVIDED THAT any vacancy created by the removal of the Series A
Preferred Shares Director shall only be filled by majority vote of the Series A
Preferred Shares Members voting as a class and any vacancy created by the
removal of any Director elected by the holders of any shares or class of shares
issued pursuant to Section 51 hereof shall only be filled by majority vote of
such holders.

         (2)      The Board may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its number
but, if and so long as its number is reduced below the number fixed by these
Bye-laws as the quorum necessary for the transaction of business at meetings of
the Board, the continuing Directors or Director may act for the purpose of (i)
summoning a general meeting of the Company or (ii) preserving the assets of the
Company.

         (3)      The office of Director shall be vacated if the Director:

                  (a)      is removed from office pursuant to these Bye-laws or
                           is prohibited from being a Director by law;

                  (b)      is or becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or
                           composition with his or her creditors generally;

                  (c)      is or becomes of unsound mind or dies;

                  (d)      resigns his or her office by notice in writing to the
                           Company.

17.      NOTICE OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

         (1)      A Director may, and the Secretary on the requisition of a
Director shall, at any time summon a meeting of the Board on prior notice to all
Directors of at least two business days.

         (2)      Notice of a meeting of the Board shall be deemed to be duly
given to a Director if it is given to such Director verbally in person or by
telephone or otherwise communicated or sent to such Director by post, cable,
telex, telecopier, facsimile, electronic mail or other mode of representing
words in a legible and non-transitory form at such Director's last known address
or any other address given by such Director to the Company for this purpose.

18.      QUORUM AT MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

         The quorum necessary for the transaction of business at a meeting of
the Board shall be a majority of Directors.

19.      MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

         (1)      The Board may meet for the transaction of business, adjourn
and otherwise regulate its meetings as it sees fit.

         (2)      Directors may participate in any meeting of the Board by means
of such telephone, electronic or other communication facilities as permit all
persons participating in the meeting to

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communicate with each other simultaneously and instantaneously, and
participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such
meeting.

         (3)      A resolution put to the vote at a meeting of the Board shall
be carried by the affirmative votes of a majority of the votes cast and in the
case of an equality of votes the resolution shall fail.

         (4)      Each Common Shares Director shall be entitled to ten votes and
the Series A Preferred Shares Director shall be entitled to one vote with
respect to a vote on any matter put to a vote at a meeting of the Board or any
committee thereof.

20.      UNANIMOUS WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS

         A resolution in writing signed by all the Directors which may be in
counterparts, shall be as valid as if it had been passed at a meeting of the
Board duly called and constituted, such resolution to be effective on the date
on which the last Director signs the resolution. For the purposes of this
Bye-law only, "Director" shall not include an Alternate Director.

21.      CONTRACTS AND DISCLOSURE OF DIRECTORS' INTERESTS

         (1)      Any Director, or any Director's firm, partner or any company
with whom any Director is associated, may act in a professional capacity for the
Company and such Director or such Director's firm, partner or such company shall
be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if such Director were
not a Director, PROVIDED THAT nothing herein contained shall authorize a
Director or Director's firm, partner or such company to act as Auditor of the
Company.

         (2)      A Director who is directly or indirectly interested in a
contract or proposed contract or arrangement with the Company shall declare the
nature of such interest as required by the Act.

         (3)      Following a declaration being made pursuant to this Bye-law,
and unless disqualified by the chairman of the relevant Board meeting, a
Director may vote in respect of any contract or proposed contract or arrangement
in which such Director is interested and may be counted in the quorum at such
meeting.

22.      REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS

         The remuneration (if any) of the Directors shall be determined by the
Company in general meeting and shall be deemed to accrue from day to day. If so
approved by the Members at a general meeting, the Directors may also be paid all
travel, hotel and other expenses properly incurred by them in attending and
returning from meetings of the Board, any committee appointed by the Board,
general meetings of the Company, or in connection with the business of the
Company or their duties as Directors generally.

                                    OFFICERS

23.      OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY

         The Officers of the Company shall consist of a President and a Vice
President or a Chairman and a Deputy Chairman, a Secretary and such additional
Officers as the Board may from time to time determine all of whom shall be
deemed to be Officers for the purposes of these Bye-laws.

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24.      APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS

         (1)      The Board shall, as soon as possible after the statutory
meeting of Members and after each annual general meeting, appoint a President
and a Vice President or a Chairman and a Deputy Chairman who shall be Directors.

         (2)      The Secretary and additional Officers, if any, shall be
appointed by the Board from time to time.

25.      REMUNERATION OF OFFICERS

         The Officers shall receive such remuneration as the Board may from time
to time determine.

26.      DUTIES OF OFFICERS

         The Officers shall have such powers and perform such duties in the
management, business and affairs of the Company as may be delegated to them by
the Board from time to time.

27.      CHAIRMAN OF MEETINGS

         Unless otherwise agreed by a majority of those attending and entitled
to attend and vote thereat, the Chairman, if there be one, and if not the
President shall act as chairman at all meetings of the Members and of the Board
at which such person is present. In their absence the Deputy Chairman or Vice
President, if present, shall act as chairman and in the absence of all of them a
chairman shall be appointed or elected by those present at the meeting and
entitled to vote.

28.      REGISTER OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

         The Board shall cause to be kept in one or more books at the registered
office of the Company a Register of Directors and Officers and shall enter
therein the particulars required by the Act.

                                     MINUTES

29.      OBLIGATIONS OF BOARD TO KEEP MINUTES

         (1)      The Board shall cause minutes to be duly entered in books
provided for the purpose:

                  (a)      of all elections and appointments of Officers;

                  (b)      of the names of the Directors present at each meeting
                           of the Board and of any committee appointed by the
                           Board; and

                  (c)      of all resolutions and proceedings of general
                           meetings of the Members, meetings of the Board,
                           meetings of managers and meetings of committees
                           appointed by the Board.

         (2)      Minutes prepared in accordance with the Act and these Bye-laws
shall be kept by the Secretary at the registered office of the Company.

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                                    INDEMNITY

30.      INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY

         The Directors, Secretary and other Officers (such term to include, for
the purposes of Bye-laws 30 and 31, any person appointed to any committee by the
Board) for the time being acting in relation to any of the affairs of the
Company and the liquidator or trustees (if any) for the time being acting in
relation to any of the affairs of the Company and every one of them, and their
heirs, executors and administrators, shall be indemnified and secured harmless
(including, without limitation, the advancement of legal costs) out of the
assets of the Company from and against all actions, costs, charges, losses,
damages and expenses which they or any of them, their heirs, executors or
administrators, shall or may incur or sustain by or by reason of any act done,
concurred in or omitted in or about the execution of their duty, or supposed
duty, or in their respective offices or trusts, and none of them shall be
answerable for the acts, receipts, neglects or defaults of the others of them or
for joining in any receipts for the sake of conformity, or for any bankers or
other persons with whom any moneys or effects belonging to the Company shall or
may be lodged or deposited for safe custody, or for insufficiency or deficiency
of any security upon which any moneys of or belonging to the Company shall be
placed out on or invested, or for any other loss, misfortune or damage which may
happen in the execution of their respective offices or trusts, or in relation
thereto, PROVIDED THAT this indemnity shall not extend to any matter in respect
of any fraud or dishonesty which may attach to any of said persons.

31.      WAIVER OF CLAIM BY MEMBER

         Each Member agrees to waive any claim or right of action such Member
might have, whether individually or by or in the right of the Company, against
any Director or Officer on account of any action taken by such Director or
Officer, or the failure of such Director or Officer to take any action in the
performance of his or her duties with or for the Company, PROVIDED THAT such
waiver shall not extend to any matter in respect of any fraud or dishonesty
which may attach to such Director or Officer.

                                    MEETINGS

32.      NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

         The annual general meeting of the Company shall be held in each year
other than the year of incorporation at such time and place as the President or
the Chairman or any two Directors or any Director and the Secretary or the Board
shall appoint. At least five days' notice of such meeting shall be given to each
Member stating the date, place and time at which the meeting is to be held, that
the election of Directors will take place thereat, and as far as practicable,
the other business to be conducted at the meeting.

33.      NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING

         The President or the Chairman or any two Directors or any Director and
the Secretary or the Board may convene a special general meeting of the Company
whenever in their judgment such a meeting is necessary, upon not less than five
days' notice which shall state the date, time, place and the general nature of
the business to be considered at the meeting.

34.      ACCIDENTAL OMISSION OF NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING

         The accidental omission to give notice of a general meeting to, or the
non-receipt of notice of a general meeting by, any person entitled to receive
notice shall not invalidate the proceedings at that meeting.

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35.      MEETING CALLED ON REQUISITION OF MEMBERS

         Notwithstanding anything herein, the Board shall, on the requisition of
Members holding at the date of the deposit of the requisition not less than
one-tenth of such of the paid-up share capital of the Company as at the date of
the deposit carries the right to vote at general meetings of the Company,
forthwith proceed to convene a special general meeting of the Company and the
provisions of Section 74 of the Act shall apply.

36.      SHORT NOTICE

         A general meeting of the Company shall, notwithstanding that it is
called by shorter notice than that specified in these Bye-laws, be deemed to
have been properly called if it is so agreed by (i) all the Members entitled to
attend and vote thereat in the case of an annual general meeting; and (ii) by a
majority in number of the Members having the right to attend and vote at the
meeting, being a majority together holding not less than 95% in nominal value of
the shares giving a right to attend and vote thereat in the case of a special
general meeting.

37.      POSTPONEMENT OF MEETINGS

         The Secretary may postpone any general meeting called in accordance
with the provisions of these Bye-laws (other than a meeting requisitioned under
these Bye-laws) provided that notice of postponement is given to each Member
before the time for such meeting. Fresh notice of the date, time and place for
the postponed meeting shall be given to each Member in accordance with the
provisions of these Bye-laws.

38.      QUORUM FOR GENERAL MEETING

         At any general meeting of the Company, two persons present in person
and representing in person or by proxy in excess of 50% of the total issued
voting shares in the Company throughout the meeting shall form a quorum for the
transaction of business, PROVIDED THAT, if the Company shall at any time have
only one Member, one Member present in person or by proxy shall form a quorum
for the transaction of business at any general meeting of the Company held
during such time. If within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting
a quorum is not present, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day one
week later, at the same time and place or to such other day, time or place as
the Secretary may determine.

39.      ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS

         The chairman of a general meeting may, with the consent of the Members
at any general meeting at which a quorum is present (and shall if so directed),
adjourn the meeting. Unless the meeting is adjourned to a specific date and
time, fresh notice of the date, time and place for the resumption of the
adjourned meeting shall be given to each Member in accordance with the
provisions of these Bye-laws.

40.      ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS

         Members may participate in any general meeting by means of such
telephone, electronic or other communication facilities as permit all persons
participating in the meeting to communicate with each other simultaneously and
instantaneously, and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence
in person at such meeting.

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41.      WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS

         (1)      Subject to subparagraph (6), anything which may be done by
resolution of the Company in general meeting or by resolution of a meeting of
any class of the Members of the Company, may, without a meeting and without any
previous notice being required, be done by resolution in writing signed by, or,
in the case of a Member that is a corporation whether or not a company within
the meaning of the Act, on behalf of, all the Members who at the date of the
resolution would be entitled to attend the meeting and vote on the resolution.

         (2)      A resolution in writing may be signed by, or, in the case of a
Member that is a corporation whether or not a company within the meaning of the
Act, on behalf of, all the Members, or any class thereof, in as many
counterparts as may be necessary.

         (3)      For the purposes of this Bye-law, the date of the resolution
is the date when the resolution is signed by, or, in the case of a Member that
is a corporation whether or not a company within the meaning of the Act, on
behalf of, the last Member to sign and any reference in any Bye-law to the date
of passing of a resolution is, in relation to a resolution made in accordance
with this Bye-law, a reference to such date.

         (4)      A resolution in writing made in accordance with this Bye-law
is as valid as if it had been passed by the Company in general meeting or by a
meeting of the relevant class of Members, as the case may be, and any reference
in any Bye-law to a meeting at which a resolution is passed or to Members voting
in favour of a resolution shall be construed accordingly.

         (5)      A resolution in writing made in accordance with this Bye-law
shall constitute minutes for the purposes of Sections 81 and 82 of the Act.

         (6)      This Bye-law shall not apply to:

                  (a)      a resolution passed pursuant to Section 89(5) of the
                           Act; or

                  (b)      a resolution passed for the purpose of removing a
                           Director before the expiration of his or her term of
                           office under these Bye-laws.

42.      ATTENDANCE OF DIRECTORS

         The Directors of the Company shall be entitled to receive notice of and
to attend and be heard at any general meeting.

43.      VOTING AT MEETINGS

         (1)      Subject to the provisions of the Act and these Bye-laws, any
question proposed for the consideration of the Members at any general meeting
shall be decided by the affirmative votes of a majority of the votes cast in
accordance with the provisions of these Bye-laws and in the case of an equality
of votes the resolution shall fail.

         (2)      No Member shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting
unless such Member has paid all the calls on all shares held by such Member.

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44.      VOTING ON SHOW OF HANDS

         At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting
shall, in the first instance, be voted upon by a show of hands and, subject to
any rights or restrictions for the time being lawfully attached to any class of
shares and subject to the provisions of these Bye-laws, every Member present in
person and every person holding a valid proxy at such meeting shall be entitled
to one vote and shall cast such vote by raising his or her hand.

45.      DECISION OF CHAIRMAN

         At any general meeting, a declaration by the chairman of the meeting
that a question proposed for consideration has, on a show of hands, been
carried, or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or lost, and an
entry to that effect in a book containing the minutes of the proceedings of the
Company shall, subject to the provisions of these Bye-laws, be conclusive
evidence of that fact.

46.      DEMAND FOR A POLL

         (1)      Notwithstanding the provisions of the immediately preceding
two Bye-laws, at any general meeting of the Company, in respect of any question
proposed for the consideration of the Members (whether before or on the
declaration of the result of a show of hands as provided for in these Bye-laws),
a poll may be demanded by any of the following persons:

                  (a)      the chairman of such meeting; or

                  (b)      at least three Members present in person or
                           represented by proxy; or

                  (c)      any Member or Members present in person or
                           represented by proxy and holding between them not
                           less than one-tenth of the total voting rights of all
                           the Members having the right to vote at such meeting;
                           or

                  (d)      any Member or Members present in person or
                           represented by proxy holding shares in the Company
                           conferring the right to vote at such meeting, being
                           shares on which an aggregate sum has been paid up
                           equal to not less than one-tenth of the total sum
                           paid up on all such shares conferring such right.

         (2)      Where, in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph (1)
of this Bye-law, a poll is demanded, subject to any rights or restrictions for
the time being lawfully attached to any class of shares, every person present at
such meeting shall have one vote for each share of which such person is the
holder or for which such person holds a proxy and such vote shall be counted in
the manner set out in subparagraph (4) of this Bye-Law or in the case of a
general meeting at which one or more Members are present by telephone in such
manner as the chairman of the meeting may direct and the result of such poll
shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was
demanded and shall replace any previous resolution upon the same matter which
has been the subject of a show of hands.

         (3)      A poll demanded in accordance with the provisions of
subparagraph (1) of this Bye-law, for the purpose of electing a chairman of the
meeting or on a question of adjournment, shall be taken forthwith and a poll
demanded on any other question shall be taken in such manner and at such time
and place as the Chairman (or acting chairman) may direct and any business other
than that upon which a poll has been demanded may be proceeded with pending the
taking of the poll.

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         (4)      Where a vote is taken by poll, each person present and
entitled to vote shall be furnished with a ballot paper on which such person
shall record his or her vote in such manner as shall be determined at the
meeting having regard to the nature of the question on which the vote is taken,
and each ballot paper shall be signed or initialled or otherwise marked so as to
identify the voter and the registered holder in the case of a proxy. At the
conclusion of the poll, the ballot papers shall be examined and counted by a
committee of not less than two Members or proxy holders appointed by the
chairman for the purpose and the result of the poll shall be declared by the
chairman.

47.      SENIORITY OF JOINT HOLDERS VOTING

         In the case of joint holders the vote of the senior who tenders a vote,
whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes
of the other joint holders, and for this purpose seniority shall be determined
by the order in which the names stand in the Register of Members.

48.      INSTRUMENT OF PROXY

         The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing in the form, or
as near thereto as circumstances admit, of Form "A" in the Schedule hereto,
under the hand of the appointor or of the appointor's attorney duly authorised
in writing, or if the appointor is a corporation, either under its seal, or
under the hand of a duly authorised officer or attorney. The decision of the
chairman of any general meeting as to the validity of any instrument of proxy
shall be final.

49.      REPRESENTATION OF CORPORATIONS AT MEETINGS

         A corporation which is a Member may, by written instrument, authorise
such person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the
Members and the person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same
powers on behalf of the corporation which such person represents as that
corporation could exercise if it were an individual Member. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the chairman of the meeting may accept such assurances as he or she
thinks fit as to the right of any person to attend and vote at general meetings
on behalf of a corporation which is a Member.

                            SHARE CAPITAL AND SHARES

50.      RIGHTS OF SHARES

         (1)      Subject to any resolution of the Members to the contrary and
the rights of the preferred shares issued pursuant to Section 51(5) hereof, and
without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of
any existing shares or class of shares, the share capital of the Company shall
be divided into Common Shares and Series A Preferred Shares.

         (2)      The Board shall adopt dividend guidelines with respect to the
Common Shares and the Series A Preferred Shares requiring:

                  (a)      Total Dividends under this clause (a) in respect of
                           each fiscal year to be no less than the Fixed
                           Dividend for such fiscal year; and

                  (b)      annual dividends (in addition to the dividend
                           required under clause (a) of any amounts that exceed
                           the reasonable needs of the business of the Company
                           as determined by the Board as of the close of each
                           fiscal year so long as any such dividend does not
                           cause a Rating Event.

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Such dividends may be paid in cash or wholly or partly in specie in which case
the Board may fix the value for distribution in specie of any assets. Dividends
pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Bye-law in respect of any fiscal year shall be
determined and paid no later than 200 days after the end of such fiscal year.

         (3)      The holders of the Common Shares shall, subject to the
provisions of these Bye-laws:

                  (a)      be entitled to three votes per share;

                  (b)      be entitled to such dividends as the Board may from
                           time to time declare in accordance with these
                           Bye-laws;

                  (c)      in the event of a winding-up or dissolution of the
                           Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or for the
                           purpose of a reorganisation or otherwise or upon any
                           distribution of capital, be entitled to the surplus
                           assets of the Company remaining after (i)
                           distributions in respect of the Series A Preferred
                           Shares pursuant to paragraph 4(d) of this Bye-law and
                           (ii) distribution to any other shares or class of
                           shares issued pursuant to Section 51(5) hereof that
                           have preferred or other special rights with respect
                           to winding-up, dissolution or distribution of capital
                           of the Company; and

                  (d)      generally be entitled to enjoy all of the rights
                           attaching to shares.

         (4)      The holders of the Series A Preferred Shares shall, subject to
the provisions of the Bye-laws:

                  (a)      be entitled to one vote per share; and

                  (b)      be entitled to receive the Fixed Dividend on their
                           Series A Preferred Shares.

                  The Fixed Dividend in respect of each fiscal year shall be
                  paid in equal quarterly installments no later than the last
                  day of the end of the calendar quarter commencing with the
                  first calendar quarter of 2006.

                  (c)      be subject to the following terms and provisions:

                           (i)      At any time, the Series A Preferred Shares
                                    shall be redeemable by the Company in whole
                                    or in part at its sole option at a
                                    redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the
                                    Series A Preferred Share Investment Amount
                                    and (ii) any accrued and unpaid Fixed
                                    Dividends to but excluding the date of such
                                    redemption, times the percentage of the then
                                    outstanding Series A Preferred Shares to be
                                    so redeemed (and pro-rated in the event of
                                    any partial calendar quarter); PROVIDED,
                                    HOWEVER, that no partial redemption by the
                                    Company shall cause the value of the
                                    remaining outstanding Series A Preferred
                                    Shares to be less than 10% of the total
                                    equity capitalization of the Company. The
                                    Company's Notice of such redemption shall be
                                    delivered to the Members and shall set forth
                                    the number of Series A Preferred Shares to
                                    be redeemed and a date for such redemption
                                    that is not less than thirty (30) days from
                                    date of the delivery of the Notice of such
                                    redemption to the Members.

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                           (ii)     At any time after the tenth anniversary of
                                    the date of the initial issuance of Series A
                                    Preferred Shares (i.e., at any time after
                                    November 3, 2008), the Series A Preferred
                                    Shares shall be redeemed by the Company in
                                    whole but not in part at the election of
                                    Members holding a majority of the Series A
                                    Preferred Shares at their sole option at a
                                    redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the
                                    Series A Preferred Share Investment Amount
                                    and (ii) any accrued and unpaid Fixed
                                    Dividends to but excluding the date of such
                                    redemption (and pro-rated in the event of
                                    any partial calendar quarter), PROVIDED THAT
                                    (i) the Series A Preferred Shares shall be
                                    redeemed by the Company in whole but not in
                                    part at the election of the Members holding
                                    a majority of the Series A Preferred Shares
                                    at their sole election at a redemption price
                                    equal to the Series A Preferred Share
                                    Investment Amount plus any accrued and
                                    unpaid Fixed Dividends to but excluding the
                                    date of such redemption (and pro-rated in
                                    the event of any partial calendar quarter)
                                    at any time so long as an Extraordinary
                                    Event shall have occurred and be continuing.
                                    The Series A Preferred Shares Members'
                                    Notice of such redemption shall be delivered
                                    to the Company and the other Members and
                                    shall set forth a date for such redemption
                                    that is not less than thirty (30) days from
                                    date of the delivery of the Notice of such
                                    redemption to the other Members. The Series
                                    A Preferred Shares Members' Notice of such
                                    redemption shall be delivered to the Company
                                    and each other Member within ninety (90)
                                    days of such Extraordinary Event and shall
                                    set forth a date for such redemption that is
                                    not less than sixty (60) and not more than
                                    ninety (90) days from the date of the
                                    delivery of the Notice of such redemption to
                                    the Company and each other Member.

                           (iii)    On the date of redemption at the option of
                                    the Company, pursuant to subparagraph (c)(i)
                                    of this Bye-law, the Company shall deliver,
                                    or cause a third Person to deliver, to the
                                    Series A Preferred Shares Members cash equal
                                    to the applicable redemption price of the
                                    redeemed Series A Preferred Shares. On the
                                    date of redemption at the option of the
                                    majority of Series A Preferred Shares
                                    Members pursuant to subparagraph (c)(ii) of
                                    this Bye-law, the Company shall deliver, or
                                    cause a third Person to deliver, to the
                                    Series A Preferred Shares Members cash equal
                                    to the applicable redemption price of the
                                    redeemed Series A Preferred Shares; PROVIDED
                                    THAT in the event of a redemption at the
                                    option of such Series A Preferred Shares
                                    Members pursuant to subparagraph(c) (ii) of
                                    this Bye-law due to the occurrence and
                                    continuation of an Extraordinary Event that
                                    has a material adverse effect on the rights
                                    of the Series A Preferred Shares, such
                                    Preferred Share Members may elect at their
                                    option for the Company to deliver, or cause
                                    a third Person to deliver, to them cash or
                                    SCA Shares that, in the aggregate, equal the
                                    applicable redemption price of the redeemed
                                    Series A Preferred Shares. SCA Shares
                                    delivered on the date of redemption of
                                    Series A Preferred Shares shall be valued
                                    based on the average closing price of such
                                    shares on the New York Stock Exchange
                                    ("NYSE") on the ten (10) trading days
                                    immediately prior to the date three business
                                    days prior to the date of redemption,
                                    PROVIDED THAT, if such shares shall not be
                                    listed on the NYSE, then such shares shall
                                    be valued in accordance with the procedures
                                    prescribed

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                                    in Bye-law 50(4)(c) hereof, as such
                                    procedures may be appropriately and
                                    reasonably modified by the appraiser. Any
                                    SCA Shares to be delivered pursuant to this
                                    Bye-law shall have no less favorable rights
                                    and benefits than those associated with
                                    other ordinary shares of SCA. Prior to such
                                    delivery, the Series A Preferred Shares
                                    Members shall have the right, at the expense
                                    of SCA, to receive such opinions of counsel
                                    reasonably acceptable to them as the
                                    Preferred Members may reasonably request,
                                    PROVIDED THAT the Company may delay the
                                    delivery of such SCA Shares for a reasonable
                                    time to obtain such opinions. The Company
                                    shall pay interest to the Series A Preferred
                                    Shares Members on any shortfall in the
                                    redemption price that is not delivered on
                                    the date of redemption until payment thereof
                                    at the ninety-day United States Treasury
                                    bill rate for bills sold nearest to the
                                    redemption date. In any event, the Company
                                    shall deliver, or cause a third Person to
                                    deliver, to the Series A Preferred Shares
                                    Members the redemption price, plus unpaid
                                    interest thereon as provided above, no later
                                    than one hundred eighty days after the date
                                    of Redemption. If a third Person delivers
                                    the SCA Shares to the Series A Preferred
                                    Shares Members, the Series A Preferred
                                    Shares Members shall deliver the Series A
                                    Preferred Shares on the redemption date to
                                    such third Person.

                  (d)      In the event of a winding-up or dissolution of the
                           Company whether voluntary or involuntary or for the
                           purposes of a reorganisation or otherwise, or upon
                           any distribution of capital, be entitled, to the
                           extent of the availability of assets of the Company,
                           subject to the rights of any shares or class of
                           shares issued pursuant to Section 51(5) hereof and in
                           priority to the Common Shares Members, to receive an
                           amount equal to the sum of (i) the Series A Preferred
                           Share Investment Amount and (ii) any accrued and
                           unpaid Fixed Dividends to but excluding the date of
                           such redemption (and pro-rated in the event of any
                           partial calendar quarter), PROVIDED THAT the Series A
                           Preferred Shares Members shall not be entitled to any
                           further or other right of participation in the assets
                           of the Company.

51.      POWER TO ISSUE SHARES

         (1)      Subject to these Bye-laws and to any resolution of the Members
to the contrary and without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred
on the holders of any existing shares or class of shares, the Board shall have
power to issue any unissued shares of the Company on such terms and conditions
as it may determine and any shares or class of shares may be issued with such
preferred, deferred or other special rights or such restrictions, whether in
regard to dividend, voting, return of capital or otherwise as the Company may
from time to time by resolution of the Members prescribe.

         (2)      The Board shall, in connection with the issue of any share,
have the power to pay such commission and brokerage as may be permitted by law.

         (3)      The Company shall not give, whether directly or indirectly,
whether by means of loan, guarantee, provision of security or otherwise, any
financial assistance for the purpose of a purchase or subscription made or to be
made by any person of or for any shares in the Company, but nothing in this
Bye-Law shall prohibit transactions mentioned in Sections 39A, 39B and 39C of
the Act.

         (4)      The Company may from time to time do any one or more of the
following things:

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                  (a)      make arrangements on the issue of shares for a
                           difference between the Members in the amounts and
                           times of payments of calls on their shares;

                  (b)      accept from any Member the whole or a part of the
                           amount remaining unpaid on any shares held by him,
                           although no part of that amount has been called up;
                           and

                  (c)      issue its shares in fractional denominations and deal
                           with such fractions to the same extent as its whole
                           shares and shares in fractional denominations shall
                           have in proportion to the respective fractions
                           represented thereby all of the rights of whole shares
                           including (but without limiting the generality of the
                           foregoing) the right to vote, to receive dividends
                           and distributions and to participate in a winding up.

         (5)      Pursuant to Section 51(1) above, the Board shall authorize and
issue Series B Preferred Shares, par value $120.00 per share with a liquidation
preference of $100,000.00 per share and an aggregate liquidation preference of
$200,000,000.00, having such rights and restrictions as set forth in the
resolutions of the Members attached hereto as EXHIBIT A.

52.      VARIATION OF RIGHTS, ALTERATION OF SHARE CAPITAL AND PURCHASE OF SHARES
         OF THE COMPANY

         (1)      Subject to the provisions of Sections 42 and 43 of the Act,
any preference shares may be issued or converted into shares that, at a
determinable date or at the option of the Company, are liable to be redeemed on
such terms and in such manner as the Company before the issue or conversion may
by resolution of the Members determine.

         (2)      If at any time the share capital is divided into different
classes of shares, the rights attached to any class (unless otherwise provided
by the terms of issue of the shares of that class) may, whether or not the
Company is being wound-up, be varied with the consent in writing of the holders
of three-fourths of the issued shares of that class or with the sanction of a
resolution passed by a majority of the votes cast at a separate general meeting
of the holders of the shares of the class in accordance with Section 47 (7) of
the Act.

         (3)      The Company may from time to time by resolution of the Members
change the currency denomination of, increase, alter or reduce its share capital
in accordance with the provisions of Sections 45 and 46 of the Act. Where, on
any alteration of share capital, fractions of shares or some other difficulty
would arise, the Board may deal with or resolve the same in such manner as it
thinks fit including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
issue to Members, as appropriate, of fractions of shares and/or arranging for
the sale or transfer of the fractions of shares of Members.

         (4)      The Company may from time to time purchase its own shares in
accordance with the provisions of Section 42A of the Act.

53.      REGISTERED HOLDER OF SHARES

         (1)      The Company shall be entitled to treat the registered holder
of any share as the absolute owner thereof and accordingly shall not be bound to
recognise any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such share on the
part of any other person.

         (2)      Any dividend, interest or other moneys payable in cash in
respect of shares may be paid by cheque or draft sent through the post directed
to the Member at such Member's address in the Register

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of Members or, in the case of joint holders, to such address of the holder first
named in the Register of Members, or to such person and to such address as the
holder or joint holders may in writing direct. If two or more persons are
registered as joint holders of any shares any one can give an effectual receipt
for any dividend paid in respect of such shares.

54.      DEATH OF A JOINT HOLDER

         Where two or more persons are registered as joint holders of a share or
shares then in the event of the death of any joint holder or holders the
remaining joint holder or holders shall be absolutely entitled to the said share
or shares and the Company shall recognise no claim in respect of the estate of
any joint holder except in the case of the last survivor of such joint holders.

55.      SHARE CERTIFICATES

         (1)      Each Common Shares Member and Series A Preferred Shares Member
shall be entitled to a certificate under the seal of the Company (or a facsimile
thereof) specifying the number and, where appropriate, the class of shares held
by such Member and whether the same are fully paid up and, if not, how much has
been paid thereon. The Board may by resolution determine, either generally or in
a particular case, that any or all signatures on certificates may be printed
thereon or affixed by mechanical means.

         (2)      The Company shall be under no obligation to complete and
deliver a share certificate unless specifically called upon to do so by the
person to whom such shares have been allotted.

         (3)      If any such certificate shall be proved to the satisfaction of
the Board to have been worn out, lost, mislaid or destroyed, the Board may cause
a new certificate to be issued and request an indemnity for the lost certificate
if it sees fit.

56.      CALLS ON SHARES

         (1)      The Board may from time to time make such calls as it thinks
fit upon the Members in respect of any monies unpaid on the shares allotted to
or held by such Members and, if a call is not paid on or before the day
appointed for payment thereof, the Member may at the discretion of the Board be
liable to pay the Company interest on the amount of such call at such rate as
the Board may determine, from the date when such call was payable up to the
actual date of payment. The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and
severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof.

         (2)      The Board may, on the issue of shares, differentiate between
the holders as to the amount of calls to be paid and the times of payment of
such calls.

57.      FORFEITURE OF SHARES

         (1)      If any Member fails to pay, on the day appointed for payment
thereof, any call in respect of any share allotted to or held by such Member,
the Board may, at any time thereafter during such time as the call remains
unpaid, direct the Secretary to forward to such Member a notice in the form, or
as near thereto as circumstances admit, of Form "B" in the Schedule hereto.

         (2)      If the requirements of such notice are not complied with, any
such share may at any time thereafter before the payment of such call and the
interest due in respect thereof be forfeited by a resolution of the Board to
that effect, and such share shall thereupon become the property of the Company
and may be disposed of as the Board shall determine.

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         (3)      A Member whose share or shares have been forfeited as
aforesaid shall, notwithstanding such forfeiture, be liable to pay to the
Company all calls owing on such share or shares at the time of the forfeiture
and all interest due thereon.

                               REGISTER OF MEMBERS

58.      CONTENTS OF REGISTER OF MEMBERS

         The Board shall cause to be kept in one or more books a Register of
Members and shall enter therein the particulars required by the Act.

59.      INSPECTION OF REGISTER OF MEMBERS

         The Register of Members shall be open to inspection at the registered
office of the Company on every business day, subject to such reasonable
restrictions as the Board may impose, so that not less than two hours in each
business day be allowed for inspection. The Register of Members may, after
notice has been given by advertisement in an appointed newspaper to that effect,
be closed for any time or times not exceeding in the whole thirty days in each
year.

60.      DETERMINATION OF RECORD DATES

         Notwithstanding any other provision of these Bye-laws, the Board may
fix any date as the record date for:

         (a)      determining the Members entitled to receive any dividend; and

         (b)      determining the Members entitled to receive notice of and to
                  vote at any general meeting of the Company.

                               TRANSFER OF SHARES

61.      INSTRUMENT OF TRANSFER

         (1)      An instrument of transfer shall be in the form or as near
thereto as circumstances admit of Form "C" in the Schedule hereto or in such
other common form as the Board may accept. Such instrument of transfer shall be
signed by or on behalf of the transferor and transferee provided that, in the
case of a fully paid share, the Board may accept the instrument signed by or on
behalf of the transferor alone. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the
holder of such share until the same has been transferred to the transferee in
the Register of Members.

         (2)      The Board may refuse to recognise any instrument of transfer
unless it is accompanied by the certificate in respect of the shares to which it
relates and by such other evidence as the Board may reasonably require to show
the right of the transferor to make the transfer.

62.      RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER

         (1)      The Board may in its absolute discretion and without assigning
any reason therefor refuse to register the transfer of a share. The Board shall
refuse to register a transfer unless all applicable consents, authorisations and
permissions of any governmental body or agency in Bermuda have been obtained.

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         (2)      If the Board refuses to register a transfer of any share the
Secretary shall, within three months after the date on which the transfer was
lodged with the Company, send to the transferor and transferee notice of the
refusal.

63.      TRANSFERS BY JOINT HOLDERS

         The joint holders of any share or shares may transfer such share or
shares to one or more of such joint holders, and the surviving holder or holders
of any share or shares previously held by them jointly with a deceased Member
may transfer any such share to the executors or administrators of such deceased
Member.

                             TRANSMISSION OF SHARES

64.      REPRESENTATIVE OF DECEASED MEMBER

         In the case of the death of a Member, the survivor or survivors where
the deceased Member was a joint holder, and the legal personal representatives
of the deceased Member where the deceased Member was a sole holder, shall be the
only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to the deceased
Member's interest in the shares. Nothing herein contained shall release the
estate of a deceased joint holder from any liability in respect of any share
which had been jointly held by such deceased Member with other persons. Subject
to the provisions of Section 52 of the Act, for the purpose of this Bye-law,
legal personal representative means the executor or administrator of a deceased
Member or such other person as the Board may in its absolute discretion decide
as being properly authorised to deal with the shares of a deceased Member.

65.      REGISTRATION ON DEATH OR BANKRUPTCY

         Any person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death or
bankruptcy of any Member may be registered as a Member upon such evidence as the
Board may deem sufficient or may elect to nominate some person to be registered
as a transferee of such share, and in such case the person becoming entitled
shall execute in favour of such nominee an instrument of transfer in the form,
or as near thereto as circumstances admit, of Form "D" in the Schedule hereto.
On the presentation thereof to the Board, accompanied by such evidence as the
Board may require to prove the title of the transferor, the transferee shall be
registered as a Member but the Board shall, in either case, have the same right
to decline or suspend registration as it would have had in the case of a
transfer of the share by that Member before such Member's death or bankruptcy,
as the case may be.

                        DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS

66.      DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS BY THE BOARD

         The Board may, subject to these Bye-laws and in accordance with Section
54 of the Act, declare a dividend to be paid to the Members, in proportion to
the number of shares held by them, and such dividend may be paid in cash or
wholly or partly in specie in which case the Board may fix the value for
distribution in specie of any assets.

67.      OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS

         The Board may declare and make such other distributions (in cash or in
specie) to the Members as may be lawfully made out of the assets of the Company.

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68.      RESERVE FUND

         The Board may from time to time before declaring a dividend set aside,
out of the surplus or profits of the Company, such sum as it thinks proper as a
reserve fund to be used to meet contingencies or for equalising dividends or for
any other special purpose.

69.      DEDUCTION OF AMOUNTS DUE TO THE COMPANY

         The Board may deduct from the dividends or distributions payable to any
Member all monies due from such Member to the Company on account of calls or
otherwise.

                                 CAPITALISATION

70.      ISSUE OF BONUS SHARES

         (1)      The Board may resolve to capitalise any part of the amount for
the time being standing to the credit of any of the Company's share premium or
other reserve accounts or to the credit of the profit and loss account or
otherwise available for distribution by applying such sum in paying up unissued
shares to those Members who would have been entitled to such sums if they were
distributed by way of dividend or distribution.

         (2)      The Company may capitalise any sum standing to the credit of a
reserve account or sums otherwise available for dividend or distribution by
applying such amounts in paying up in full partly paid shares of those Members
who would have been entitled to such sums if they were distributed by way of
dividend or distribution.

                        ACCOUNTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

71.      RECORDS OF ACCOUNT

         The Board shall cause to be kept proper records of account with respect
to all transactions of the Company and in particular with respect to:

         (a)      all sums of money received and expended by the Company and the
                  matters in respect of which the receipt and expenditure
                  relates;

         (b)      all sales and purchases of goods by the Company; and

         (c)      the assets and liabilities of the Company.

Such records of account shall be kept at the registered office of the Company
or, subject to Section 83(2) of the Act, at such other place as the Board thinks
fit and shall be available for inspection by the Directors during normal
business hours.

72.      FINANCIAL YEAR END

         The financial year end of the Company may be determined by resolution
of the Board and failing such resolution shall be 31st December in each year.

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73.      FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

         Subject to any rights to waive laying of accounts pursuant to Section
88 of the Act, financial statements as required by the Act shall be laid before
the Members in general meeting.

                                      AUDIT

74.      APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR

         Subject to Section 88 of the Act, at the annual general meeting or at a
subsequent special general meeting in each year, an independent representative
of the Members shall be appointed by them as Auditor of the accounts of the
Company. Such Auditor may be a Member but no Director, Officer or employee of
the Company shall, during his or her continuance in office, be eligible to act
as an Auditor of the Company.

75.      REMUNERATION OF AUDITOR

         The remuneration of the Auditor shall be fixed by the Company in
general meeting or in such manner as the Members may determine.

76.      VACATION OF OFFICE OF AUDITOR

         If the office of Auditor becomes vacant by the resignation or death of
the Auditor, or by the Auditor becoming incapable of acting by reason of illness
or other disability at a time when the Auditor's services are required, the
Board shall, as soon as practicable, convene a special general meeting to fill
the vacancy thereby created.

77.      ACCESS TO BOOKS OF THE COMPANY

         The Auditor shall at all reasonable times have access to all books kept
by the Company and to all accounts and vouchers relating thereto, and the
Auditor may call on the Directors or Officers of the Company for any information
in their possession relating to the books or affairs of the Company.

78.      REPORT OF THE AUDITOR

         (1)      Subject to any rights to waive laying of accounts or
appointment of an Auditor pursuant to Section 88 of the Act, the accounts of the
Company shall be audited at least once in every year.

         (2)      The financial statements provided for by these Bye-laws shall
be audited by the Auditor in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. The Auditor shall make a written report thereon in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards and the report of the Auditor shall be
submitted to the Members in general meeting.

         (3)      The generally accepted auditing standards referred to in
subparagraph (2) of this Bye-law may be those of a country or jurisdiction other
than Bermuda. If so, the financial statements and the report of the Auditor must
disclose this fact and name such country or jurisdiction.

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<PAGE>

                                     NOTICES

79.      NOTICES TO MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY

         A notice may be given by the Company to any Member either by delivering
it to such Member in person or by sending it to such Member's address in the
Register of Members or to such other address given for the purpose. For the
purposes of this Bye-law, a notice may be sent by mail, courier service, cable,
telex, telecopier, facsimile or other mode of representing words in a legible
and non-transitory form.

80.      NOTICES TO JOINT MEMBERS

         Any notice required to be given to a Member shall, with respect to any
shares held jointly by two or more persons, be given to whichever of such
persons is named first in the Register of Members and notice so given shall be
sufficient notice to all the holders of such shares.

81.      SERVICE AND DELIVERY OF NOTICE

         Any notice shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the
same would be delivered in the ordinary course of transmission and, in proving
such service, it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice was properly
addressed and prepaid, if posted, and the time when it was posted, delivered to
the courier or to the cable company or transmitted by telex, facsimile or other
method as the case may be.

                               SEAL OF THE COMPANY

82.      THE SEAL

         The seal of the Company shall be in such form as the Board may from
time to time determine. The Board may adopt one or more duplicate seals for use
outside Bermuda.

83.      MANNER IN WHICH SEAL IS TO BE AFFIXED

         The seal of the Company shall not be affixed to any instrument except
attested by the signature of a Director and the Secretary or any two Directors,
or any person appointed by the Board for the purpose, PROVIDED THAT any
Director, Officer or Resident Representative may affix the seal of the Company
attested by such Director, Officer or Resident Representative's signature to any
authenticated copies of these Bye-laws, the incorporating documents of the
Company, the minutes of any meetings or any other documents required to be
authenticated by such Director, Officer or Resident Representative.

                                   WINDING-UP

84.      WINDING-UP/DISTRIBUTION BY LIQUIDATOR

         If the Company shall be wound up the liquidator may, with the sanction
of a resolution of the Members, divide amongst the Members in specie or in kind
the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether they shall consist
of property of the same kind or not) and may, for such purpose, set such value
as he or she deems fair upon any property to be divided as aforesaid. Such
division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of
Members in accordance with Bye-law 50(4)(d). The liquidator may, with the like
sanction, vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts
for the benefit of the Members as the liquidator shall think fit, but so that no
Member shall be compelled to accept any shares or other securities or assets
whereon there is any liability.

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                             ALTERATION OF BYE-LAWS

85.      ALTERATION OF BYE-LAWS

         No Bye-law shall be rescinded, altered or amended and no new Bye-law
shall be made until the same has been approved by a resolution of the Board and
by a resolution of the Members.

                                      *****
                                       ***
                                        *

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                         SCHEDULE - FORM A (BYE-LAW 48)

                             ----------------------

                                      PROXY

I/We
of                                                                           the
holder(s) of share(s) in the above-named company hereby appoint
or failing him/her                       or failing him/her as my/our proxy to
vote on my/our behalf at the general meeting of the Company to be held on the
             day of                   , 20  , and at any adjournment thereof.

Dated this               day of                   , 20

*GIVEN under the seal of the Company
*Signed by the above-named

--------------------------------

--------------------------------
Witness

*Delete as applicable.

<PAGE>

                         SCHEDULE - FORM B (Bye-law 57)

            NOTICE OF LIABILITY TO FORFEITURE FOR NON PAYMENT OF CALL

You have failed to pay the call of [amount of call] made on the           day of
           , 20   last, in respect of the [number] share(s) [numbers in figures]
standing in your name in the Register of Members of the Company, on the
day of           , 20   last, the day appointed for payment of such call. You
are hereby notified that unless you pay such call together with interest thereon
at the rate of           per annum computed from the said                day of
             , 20   last, on or before the           day of           , 20
next at the place of business of the Company the share(s) will be liable to be
forfeited.

Dated this           day of           , 20

[Signature of Secretary]
By order of the Board

<PAGE>

                         SCHEDULE - FORM C (Bye-law 61)

                          TRANSFER OF A SHARE OR SHARES

FOR VALUE RECEIVED                                                      [amount]
                                                                    [transferor]
hereby sell assign and transfer unto                                [transferee]
of                                                                     [address]
                                                              [number of shares]
shares of                                                      [name of Company]

Dated ________________

                                                      --------------------------
                                                             (Transferor)
In the presence of:

-------------------------
        (Witness)

                                                      --------------------------
                                                             (Transferee)
In the presence of:

-------------------------
        (Witness)

<PAGE>

                         SCHEDULE - FORM D (Bye-law 65)

TRANSFER BY A PERSON BECOMING ENTITLED ON DEATH/BANKRUPTCY OF A MEMBER

I/We having become entitled in consequence of the [death/bankruptcy] of [name of
the deceased Member] to [number] share(s) standing in the register of members of
[Company] in the name of the said [name of deceased Member] instead of being
registered myself/ourselves elect to have [name of transferee] (the
"Transferee") registered as a transferee of such share(s) and I/we do hereby
accordingly transfer the said share(s) to the Transferee to hold the same unto
the Transferee his or her executors administrators and assigns subject to the
conditions on which the same were held at the time of the execution thereof; and
the Transferee does hereby agree to take the said share(s) subject to the same
conditions.

WITNESS our hands this           day of              , 20

Signed by the above-named        )
[person or persons entitled]     )
in the presence of:              )

Signed by the above-named        )
[transferee]                     )
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EXHIBIT 10.8

May 29, 2006

Ms. Laryssa Yuel

Private and Confidential

Dear Laryssa:

We are very pleased to offer you the position of Financial Controller with RAM Reinsurance Company Ltd. (“RAM Re” or the “Company”). Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, your role will include those
responsibilities described in the attached job description. This description is not intended to be all inclusive and may expand initially as the Company grows and as you become more familiar with the organization.

The key terms of our offer are as follows:

Start Date: Upon Immigration approval.

Office Location: The main office is located at RAM Re House, 46 Reid Street, Hamilton, Bermuda and other locations as recognized from time to time.

Work Week: Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., including a lunch break of one hour and such other hours as may be necessary or directed. As a salaried employee you will be
expected to be flexible with your schedule to accommodate occasional evening and weekend work hours as well as business travel.

Base Salary: You will receive an annual base salary of US$145,000.00 per annum. You will be paid bi-weekly in arrears on every second Thursday of each month. Your salary will be
subject to annual review each December with your first review being December 2006.

Bonus: You will be eligible for a discretionary annual performance bonus of up to 40% of your base salary. Bonuses will be awarded based on the Company’s financial performance as
well as your personal performance. Your first bonus payment will be paid in January 2007 in respect of the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. Any bonus paid in respect of the 2006 year will be prorated based on your employment
commencement date.

Government Fees: At present, RAM Re will pay all government employment taxes and social security payments on your behalf without any deductions from your base salary.

RAM REINSURANCE COMPANY
LTD., RAM Re House, 46 Reid Street, Hamilton,
Bermuda

  MAILING ADDRESS: PO Box HM 3302,
  Hamilton HM PX, Bermuda

TELEPHONE: 441 296 6501 FAX: 441 296 6509 EMAIL: ramre@ramre.bm 

Medical Coverage: The Company maintains a standard package of comprehensive health, dental, vision, group life and disability insurances through BF&M that are extended to all
employees of RAM Re. The Company will absorb 100% of costs of the premiums of these insurances on your behalf. The Company reserves the right to amend service providers and contribution rates. You may elect to include a spouse or other dependants in
the benefit programs, subject to the benefit providers’ conditions and regulations.

Insurance Coverage: The Company will pay the full cost of your Group Life Benefit, Basic Accidental Death and Dismemberment, and Dependant Life Benefit. The Company will provide group
life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment coverage at the rate of three times the employee’s annual salary. Long-term disability coverage for all employees is based on the employee’s monthly salary and will be paid at a rate of
75% of monthly earnings. All premiums will be paid by RAM Re.

Flexible Spending Account: You will be eligible to participate in the RAM Re flexible spending account program and take advantage of a $1,500.00 per annum benefit to be used for
funding of a range of available options including gym memberships and cellular phone services. This year’s entitlement will be prorated.

Pension: RAM Re maintains a non-contributory, defined contribution pension plan whereby 10% of your base salary and bonus will be paid into a self-directed investment fund.
Contributions are invested monthly in arrears. Contributions are fully vested 12 months after employment commences. The 10% pension is inclusive of the mandatory Bermuda pension plan contributions.

Vacation/Leaves of Absence: You will be entitled to 25 days paid holiday for each completed calendar year of continuous employment with the Company plus local public holidays of
approximately 10 days per year. Vacation time is calculated annually on a pro-rata basis from January 1 to December 31. Other conditions regarding vacation and other leaves of absence are outlined in the Employee Handbook.

Personal Days: Starting in January of 2006, you will be entitled to two additional vacation days per annum to be used for personal maintenance activities such as parenting/family
duties.

Sickness: You will be entitled to sick leave as set forth in the Employee Handbook, If you are absent due to an illness for more than two consecutive days, you may be required to
produce a doctor’s certificate.

Overtime: You are considered a professional member of staff and should be prepared to commit sufficient time and effort to the delivery of distinctive service to our clients and to
RAM Re responsibilities and special projects. RAM Re compensates employees for overtime hours worked through annual bonus payments.

Confidentiality Agreement: Professional ethics demand faithfulness to those who work for us, and those who entrust work to us. We must be certain that all employees hold any
proprietary information learned or given to them in absolute confidence. By accepting

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employment, you agree to maintain in confidence, and to use only in the interest of RAM Re, any and all information acquired by you in the course of your
employment. You will be required to sign an acknowledgement with respect to the Code of Conduct. Further details regarding RAM Re’s policy on confidentiality and other matters can be found in the Code of Conduct.

Discipline Procedures: The Company has a progressive disciplinary procedure in place that allows varying levels of disciplinary action for specific discipline issues. Employees who
violate any Company rule or policy will be disciplined fairly, consistently, and in proportion to the seriousness of the circumstances as determined by the management. This may include disciplinary action up to and including summary dismissal from
employment for the first offence.

The Company’s disciplinary policy allows different levels of disciplinary action prior to dismissal, depending on the seriousness of the offence. Serious offences for which an employee may be terminated immediately
include but are not limited to: intoxication at work, theft, drug use at work, inappropriate use of the internet or electronic mail, falsifying of the employment application, breach of confidentiality of Company information, excessive and
unexplained tardiness or absences or other offences. The Company will give the employee every reasonable opportunity to correct deficiencies before being dismissed.

Grievance Procedures: The Company will have a formal grievance procedure in place whereby any aggrieved employee may file a grievance in accordance with procedures set out in the
Employee Handbook. Sexual harassment or physical threats will not be tolerated and will also be subject to a formal reporting procedure.

The Company has established procedures for the fair, orderly, and prompt resolution of job related disputes that may arise between employees. Communication is an important tool in maintaining a satisfactory and productive
work environment. Any employee involved in a grievance will have the right to participate in this procedure free from interference, coercion, restraint, discrimination, or reprisal. No employee will be penalized for bringing a valid complaint to the
attention of management.

Dress Code: The Company has adopted a casual dress code. However, employees should always keep in mind the high standard to be displayed by RAM Re employees and are expected to
maintain this same standard in personal appearance, grooming and appropriateness of dress consistent with our professional image. Business attire will be required from time to time.

Training and Development: RAM Re supports and encourages employee development and will contribute to the cost of further education and training as outlined in the Employee Handbook,
which will be provided to you upon commencement of employment.

Notice Period: The terms of this agreement may be terminated by either party on giving 3 month’s notice in writing in the event employment is terminated or you wish to leave the
Company.

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I am very pleased to extend this offer and look forward to you joining the RAM Re team in Bermuda.

I hope that the above terms and conditions meet with your agreement. If so, please contact me at your earliest convenience to advise of your acceptance of the offer. In addition, please sign the attached copy of this letter
and forward it to me.

Please call me directly if you have any questions.

Yours Sincerely,

RAM Reinsurance Company, Ltd.

		
		 
	
Richard Lutenski, Chief Financial Officer  	 
	 	 
	 	 
	
Accepted and Agreed to:  	 
		 
	Laryssa Yuel	 
	 	 
	05/26/06	 
	Date	 
	 	 

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

This position exists to provide professional controllership activities to RAM and its various legal entities. The position is responsible for execution and coordination of accounting;
timely, accurate and complete financial reporting and management reporting; and the direct oversight and supervision of financial staff engaged in financial activities. Primary responsibilities and activities include:

	
1.        	
Responsible for primary accounting decision-making, including conducting analysis, assessing implications, providing recommendations, reviewing with outside accountants, as necessary, and directing and
overseeing implementation of all GAAP accounting pronouncements and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP and Bermuda statutory accounting, as appropriate. Oversee and direct the preparation of quarterly and annual financial statements and management reporting according to established schedules and
deadlines, such as internal reports and reports for the board of directors or shareholders, assuring that appropriate analytics and reviews are established to help assure accuracy or financial data. Coordinate annual audit and quarterly reviews of
outside accounts and developing productive relationships with outside accountants.

  
	 
	
2.        	
Develop and oversee all public financial filings, including any filings made with the SEC, NYSE, and Bermuda statutory authorities. Assure that such filings are in compliance with applicable law, rules, and
regulations and coordinate all filings with the outside accountants wherever appropriate.

  
	 
	
3.        	
Responsible for establishing and assuring financial controls, including controls over financial data and access to financial systems, and for documentation of accounting policy and financial processes and
controls so as to assure that exposure to misstatement or errors in financial statements and reporting is appropriately mitigated.

  
	 
	
4.        	
Monitor financial performance, including operating expense budget, and provide reports and recommendations regarding variances to plan and budget, as well as recommendations for improvements in business
performance and/or planning and budgeting activities so as to result in a more useful, complete, or accurate plan.

  
	 
	
5.        	
Evaluate the performance of financial staff and assure that appropriate resources, both staff and technology, are in place to meet the needs and responsibilities associated with financial and management
reporting, accounting, and other financial responsibilities.

  
	 
	
6.        	
Participate actively in the AFGI financial affairs committee in the development of industry standards, enhancing the Company’s reputation in the industry.

  
	 

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