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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): December 11, 2019 (December 6, 2019)

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Watford Holdings Ltd.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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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)

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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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 ☒

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. ☒

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 8.01	Other Events.

On December 6, 2019, Watford Holdings Ltd. (the “Company”) entered into a share purchase agreement with April S.A. (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, the “APRIL Group”) for the acquisition of the group's subsidiary, Axeria IARD (“Axeria”), a property and casualty insurance company based in France. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company will acquire 100% of the capital stock of Axeria from the APRIL Group. The completion of the acquisition is subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions, and is expected to close in the spring of 2020.

Axeria is headquartered in Lyon, France, with branch offices in Lille and Bordeaux and is active in the French and EU commercial property and casualty insurance market with annual, in-force gross premiums written of approximately €140 million.

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: December 11, 2019