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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i_0_21"></div><div style="height:31.5pt;width:100%;"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">UNITED STATES </font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:5pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:5pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">_________________________________</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">FORM 8-K</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;"> </font></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:5pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">_________________________________</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">CURRENT REPORT</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;"> </font></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:10pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:5pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)&#58;&#160;</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">September 25, 2019 (September 20, 2019)</font></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:5pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">_________________________________</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Watford Holdings Ltd.</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">_________________________________</font></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:6pt;"><table style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;display:inline-table;width:99.722222%;"><tr><td 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The commitments under the L&#47;C Agreement terminate on September 19, 2020, but may be extended for an additional 364-day period subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the L&#47;C Agreement.    </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;">Unless reimbursed on the date credit is extended, unreimbursed amounts under the L&#47;C Agreement accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to a base rate plus an applicable margin.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;">The L&#47;C Agreement requires Watford Re to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, (i) a commitment fee for each calendar quarter at a per annum rate equal to 0.30% on such Lender&#8217;s ratable share of the average daily aggregate unused portion of the commitments and (ii) a letter of credit fee for each calendar quarter in respect of all letters of credit issued and outstanding during such quarter at a per annum rate equal to 1.75% on such Lender&#8217;s ratable share of the average daily aggregate amount of such letters of credit.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;">Watford Re&#8217;s obligations under the L&#47;C Agreement are guaranteed by the Company. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;">The L&#47;C Agreement contains certain covenants, including, but not limited to, limitations on indebtedness, liens, investments, consolidations, mergers and amalgamations, asset dispositions, restricted payments, transactions with affiliates, accounting changes, further negative pledges or restrictive agreements, line of business, sale leasebacks and minimum financial strength rating, as well as financial covenants, including a minimum consolidated indebtedness to tangible net worth ratio, a minimum consolidated tangible net worth requirement and a minimum asset holdings requirement. 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which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Item 2.03&#160;Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of the Registrant.</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">The information set forth above under Item 1.01 is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font><br></font></div><div id="i_0_40"></div><div style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:10pt;-sec-extract:summary;"></div><div style="position:relative;width:100%;height:72pt;width:100%;"><div style="position:absolute;bottom:0;width:100%;"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="height:72pt;width:100%;"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:10pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Item 9.01&#160;Financial Statements and Exhibits</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">(d)&#160;&#160;Exhibits</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;"><table style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;display:inline-table;width:99.990000%;"><tr><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:8.737179%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:0.1%;"></td><td style="width:0.601282%;"></td><td style="width:0.1%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:94.634615%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">Exhibit<br>Number</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">Exhibit Description</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">10.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div style="padding-left:2.25pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000FF;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration: underline;"><a href="exhibit101.htm" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000FF;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration: underline;-sec-extract:exhibit;">364-Day Letter of Credit Agreement, dated as of September </a><a href="exhibit101.htm" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000FF;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration: underline;-sec-extract:exhibit;">2</a><a href="exhibit101.htm" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000FF;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration: underline;-sec-extract:exhibit;">0, 2019, amo</a><a href="exhibit101.htm" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000FF;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration: underline;-sec-extract:exhibit;">ng, </a><a href="exhibit101.htm" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000FF;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration: underline;-sec-extract:exhibit;">inter alios</a><a href="exhibit101.htm" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000FF;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration: underline;-sec-extract:exhibit;">, </a><a href="exhibit101.htm" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000FF;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration: underline;-sec-extract:exhibit;">Watford Holdings</a><a href="exhibit101.htm" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000FF;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration: underline;-sec-extract:exhibit;"> </a><a href="exhibit101.htm" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000FF;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration: underline;-sec-extract:exhibit;">Ltd., as par</a><a href="exhibit101.htm" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000FF;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration: underline;-sec-extract:exhibit;">ent guarantor, Watford Re Ltd., as account party, Lloyds Bank Corporate M</a><a href="exhibit101.htm" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000FF;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration: underline;-sec-extract:exhibit;">arkets P</a><a href="exhibit101.htm" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000FF;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration: underline;-sec-extract:exhibit;">lc and BMO Capital Markets Co</a><a href="exhibit101.htm" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000FF;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration: underline;-sec-extract:exhibit;">rp., as joint l</a><a href="exhibit101.htm" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000FF;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration: underline;-sec-extract:exhibit;">ead arrangers and joint bookrunners, Lloyds </a><a href="exhibit101.htm" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000FF;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration: underline;-sec-extract:exhibit;">Bank Corporate Markets Plc, as administrativ</a><a href="exhibit101.htm" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000FF;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration: underline;-sec-extract:exhibit;">e agent and L&#47;C agent, and the lenders party thereto, as issuing lenders.</a><a href="exhibit101.htm" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#0000FF;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration: underline;-sec-extract:exhibit;"> </a></font></div></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div id="i_0_51"></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:12pt;"></div><div style="position:relative;width:100%;height:72pt;width:100%;"><div style="position:absolute;bottom:0;width:100%;"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="height:72pt;width:100%;"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:12pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">SIGNATURES</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">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, thereunto duly authorized. </font></div><div style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:6pt;"><table style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;display:inline-table;width:34.455128%;"><tr><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:11.023256%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:84.976744%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">Watford Holdings Ltd.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="height:15pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="height:15pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">By&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">&#47;s&#47; John Rathgeber</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">Name&#58;&#160;&#160;&#160;John Rathgeber</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New 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Document
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
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
September 25, 2019 (September 20, 2019)
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Watford Holdings Ltd.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
_________________________________
Bermuda
001-38788
98-1155442
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
Waterloo House, 1
st
Floor
100 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08
Bermuda
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
+1 (441) 278-3455
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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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):
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
x
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
x
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Shares
WTRE
Nasdaq Global Select Market
8½% Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares
WTREP
Nasdaq Global Select Market
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On September 20, 2019, Watford Holdings Ltd., as parent guarantor (the "Company"), entered into an unsecured 364-Day Letter of Credit Agreement (the "L/C Agreement") with, among others, the Company's main operating subsidiary, Watford Re Ltd., as account party ("Watford Re"), Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Plc and BMO Capital Markets Corp., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Plc, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent") and L/C agent, and the lenders party thereto, as issuing lenders (the "Lenders"), with total commitments of $100 million.
The proceeds of the L/C Agreement may be used by Watford Re to support its insurance obligations, obligations under reinsurance agreements and retrocession agreements to which it is a party and similar risk obligations.  The commitments under the L/C Agreement terminate on September 19, 2020, but may be extended for an additional 364-day period subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the L/C Agreement.
Unless reimbursed on the date credit is extended, unreimbursed amounts under the L/C Agreement accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to a base rate plus an applicable margin.
The L/C Agreement requires Watford Re to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, (i) a commitment fee for each calendar quarter at a per annum rate equal to 0.30% on such Lender's ratable share of the average daily aggregate unused portion of the commitments and (ii) a letter of credit fee for each calendar quarter in respect of all letters of credit issued and outstanding during such quarter at a per annum rate equal to 1.75% on such Lender's ratable share of the average daily aggregate amount of such letters of credit.
Watford Re's obligations under the L/C Agreement are guaranteed by the Company.
The L/C Agreement contains certain covenants, including, but not limited to, limitations on indebtedness, liens, investments, consolidations, mergers and amalgamations, asset dispositions, restricted payments, transactions with affiliates, accounting changes, further negative pledges or restrictive agreements, line of business, sale leasebacks and minimum financial strength rating, as well as financial covenants, including a minimum consolidated indebtedness to tangible net worth ratio, a minimum consolidated tangible net worth requirement and a minimum asset holdings requirement. These covenants are subject to certain qualifications and limitations set forth in the L/C Agreement.
The L/C Agreement also provides for customary events of default which, if any of them occurs, may result in termination of the commitments under the L/C Agreement, acceleration of repayment obligations and exercise of remedies by the Lenders with respect to the Company's guaranty.
The foregoing description of the L/C Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified by reference to the L/C Agreement itself, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of the Registrant.
The information set forth above under Item 1.01 is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)  Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
10.1
364-Day Letter of Credit Agreement, dated as of September
2
0, 2019, amo
ng,
inter alios
,
Watford Holdings
Ltd., as par
ent guarantor, Watford Re Ltd., as account party, Lloyds Bank Corporate M
arkets P
lc and BMO Capital Markets Co
rp., as joint l
ead arrangers and joint bookrunners, Lloyds
Bank Corporate Markets Plc, as administrativ
e agent and L/C agent, and the lenders party thereto, as issuing lenders.
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, thereunto duly authorized.
Watford Holdings Ltd.
By:
/s/ John Rathgeber
Name:   John Rathgeber
Title:     Chief Executive Officer
Date: September 25, 2019