Correspondence 0001104659-24-107777 from Enstar Group LTD (CIK 0001363829)
Enstar Group LTD (CIK 0001363829)
Date: Oct. 10, 2024 · CIK: 0001363829 · Accession: 0001104659-24-107777
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File numbers found in text: 001-33289
Referenced dates: October 9, 2024
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October 10, 2024
VIA EDGAR AND EMAIL
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Merger & Acquisitions
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-3628
Attention: Laura McKenzie and Perry Hindin
Re: Enstar Group Limited
Schedule 13E-3 filed September 30,
2024
File No. 005-83620
Preliminary Proxy Statement
on Schedule 14A filed September 30, 2024 001-33289
Dear Ms. McKenzie and Mr. Hindin,
On behalf of Enstar Group Limited (the “Company”)
and in response to the comments of the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
set forth in your letter dated October 9, 2024 (the “Comment Letter”) with respect to the above-referenced Schedule
13E-3 (File No. 005-83620) (the “Schedule 13E-3”) and the preliminary proxy statement (File No. 001-33289)
(the “Preliminary Proxy Statement”), each filed with the Commission on September 30, 2024, we submit this letter
containing the Company’s response to the Comment Letter.
In connection with the submission of this letter,
the Company is filing Amendment No. 2 to the Preliminary Proxy Statement (the “Amended Preliminary Proxy Statement”)
and the Filing Persons (as defined in the Schedule 13E-3) are filing Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13E-3 (the “Amended Schedule
13E-3”). The Amended Preliminary Proxy Statement and the Amended Schedule 13E-3 reflect revisions made in response to the comments
of the Staff and the updating of other information.
Set forth below is our response to the Staff’s
comments as set forth in the Comment Letter. Please note that any reference to page numbers in our responses refer to the page numbers
of the Amended Preliminary Proxy Statement and the Amended Schedule 13E-3, as applicable. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Amended Preliminary Proxy Statement and the Amended Schedule 13E-3, as applicable.
Schedule 13E-3 filed September 30,
2024
Proposal 2: The Second Bye-Law Amendment, page 116
1. We note your revised disclosure in response to comment 19 that if approved, “bye-law 79 will
apply to derivative actions or proceedings brought on behalf of Enstar, including actions or proceedings arising under the Securities
Act or the Exchange Act” (emphasis added). Please disclose, if true, that bye-law 79 will not apply to any direct action or proceeding
brought by a shareholder arising under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
October 10, 2024
Response:
The Company respectfully acknowledges
the Staff’s comment and in response, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 116 of the Amended Preliminary Proxy Statement.
General
2. We note your response to prior comment 3. Please disclose any relationship between Alan Waxman, Elk
Evergreen Investments, LLC, Elk Cypress Investments, LLC, or TSSP Sub-Fund HoldCo, LLC and any of the Buyer Parties (e.g., as part of
the overarching Sixth Street organization) or, if true, disclose that no such relationship exists. Additionally, while we are unable to
agree with your analysis that Stone Point is not an affiliate of the Company, we do not have any further comment at this time based on
your analysis and representations that Stone Point is not engaged, directly or indirectly, in the Rule 13e-3 transaction.
Response:
The Company respectfully acknowledges
the Staff’s comments and, in response, the Buyer Parties and the Company confirm that none of Alan Waxman or any of Elk Evergreen
Investments, LLC, Elk Cypress Investments, LLC, or TSSP Sub-Fund HoldCo, LLC has any relationship (including as part of the overarching
Sixth Street organization) with any of the Buyer Parties, except that: (i) as previously disclosed, funds or investment vehicles managed
or advised by affiliates of Sixth Street Partners, LLC (“Sixth Street”) have provided Parent with a commitment letter
with respect to up to approximately $3.51 billion in equity financing, which will be available, together with the Debt Financing and
the Preferred Equity Financing, to fund the Third Merger Cash Consideration and to pay the fees, expenses and other amounts required
to be paid in connection with the closing of the Third Merger by the Buyer Parties, (ii) as previously disclosed, Joshua Easterly, Anthony
Michael Muscolino and Jennifer Gordon, who control and collectively are the sole beneficial owners of Elk Parent Limited, Parent and
Merger Sub, are individuals who are employees of Sixth Street, and (iii) Alan Waxman is a Co-Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer
of Sixth Street and is the managing member of the Sixth Street entity that ultimately indirectly controls (a) the Sixth Street funds
and investment vehicles providing the equity financing and (b) the registered investment adviser of such Sixth Street funds.
We have also revised the disclosures on page 7, page 42 and page 169 of the Amended Preliminary Proxy Statement to add the above mentioned
disclosure.
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We hope that the foregoing has been responsive
to the Staff’s comments. If you have any questions or comments with respect to this matter, please contact the undersigned at (212)-373-3647.
Best regards,
/s/ Benjamin M. Goodchild
cc:
Audrey Taranto, Enstar Group Limited
Krishna Veeraraghavan, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Katherine M. Krause, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Elizabeth A. Cooper, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
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