UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
February 14, 2007
PRIMUS GUARANTY, LTD.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Bermuda
001-32307
Not Required
(State or Other Jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)
Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton HM11, Bermuda
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
441-296-0519
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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ITEM 3.02.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
On February 14, 2007, XL Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd, an existing shareholder of Primus Guaranty, Ltd. (the “Company”), and a wholly-owned subsidiary of XL Capital Ltd, exercised warrants to purchase 1,414,747 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, $0.08 par value, at an exercise price of $5.184798165 per share in a transaction exempt under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) from the registration requirements of the Act. Aggregate gross proceeds of the exercise total $7,335,177.65. The warrants which were due to expire after March 14, 2007 were issued on March 14, 2002 in connection with the Company’s issuance, at that time, of 6,200,000 Series A preferred shares to XL Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd and certain other institutional investors.
These shares of Common Stock have not been registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Act.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
PRIMUS GUARANTY, LTD.
Date: February 16, 2007
By: /s/Richard Claiden
Name: Richard Claiden
Title: Chief Financial Officer