UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

November 19, 2009

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

Arch Capital Group Ltd.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Wessex House, 45 Reid Street, Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(441) 278-9250

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o                                    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o                                    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o                                    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act      (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o                                    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act      (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

ITEM 7.01             Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. (the “Company”) has been informed that, on November 19, 2009, funds affiliated with Warburg Pincus LLC distributed 3,400,403 common shares of the Company to their limited and general partners.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	ARCH CAPITAL GROUP LTD.
Date: November 20, 2009	By:	/s/ W. Preston Hutchings
		Name:  W. Preston Hutchings
		Title:  Senior Vice President

 

 

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