INTRODUCTION
This Amendment No. 3 to the Rule 13e-3 Transaction Statement on Schedule 13E-3, together with the exhibits hereto (as amended, this “Transaction Statement”), is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), by (i) Enstar Group Limited, an exempted company limited by shares existing under the laws of Bermuda (the “Company”) and the issuer of the ordinary shares representing ownership interests in the Company, par value $1.00 per share (the “Enstar Ordinary Shares”), the depositary shares, each representing a 1/1,000th Interest in a 7.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Shares, Series D, par value $1.00 per share (the “Series D Preferred Shares”) and the depositary shares, each representing a 1/1,000th 7.00% Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Shares, Series E, par value $1.00 per share (the “Series E Preferred Shares”), that are subject to the Rule 13E-3 transaction; (ii) Deer Ltd., an exempted company limited by shares existing under the laws of Bermuda (“New Company Holdco”), (iii) Deer Merger Sub Ltd., an exempted company limited by shares existing under the laws of Bermuda and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of New Company Holdco (“Company Merger Sub”), (iv) Elk Evergreen Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (v) Elk Cypress Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (vi) TSSP Sub-Fund HoldCo, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (vii) Dominic F. Silvester, a natural person, (viii) Elk Topco, LLC, a limited liability company existing under the laws of Bermuda, (ix) Elk Parent Limited, an exempted company limited by shares existing under the laws of Bermuda, (x) Elk Bidco Limited, an exempted company limited by shares existing under the laws of Bermuda (“Parent”) and (xi) Elk Merger Sub Limited, an exempted company limited by shares existing under the laws of Bermuda and direct wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Parent Merger Sub”). Collectively, the persons filing this Transaction Statement are referred to as the “Filing Persons”.
This Transaction Statement relates to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 29, 2024 (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Parent, Parent Merger Sub, the Company, New Company Holdco and Company Merger Sub. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (i) Company Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the “First Merger”), with the Company surviving the merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of New Company Holdco, (ii) as soon as practicable following the consummation of the First Merger, New Company Holdco will merge with and into the Company (the “Second Merger”), with the Company surviving such merger and (iii) as soon as practicable following the consummation of the Second Merger, Parent Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the “Third Merger” and, together with the First Merger and Second Merger, the “Mergers”), with the Company surviving such merger (the “Third Surviving Company”), so that immediately following such Mergers, Parent will directly own all Enstar Ordinary Shares. Certain investment vehicles managed or advised by Sixth Street Partners, LLC (“Sixth Street”), a private equity firm, have committed to contribute equity to Parent.
In connection with entering into the Merger Agreement, on July 29, 2024, Parent, Elk Evergreen Investments, LLC and Elk Cypress Investments, LLC entered into rollover and support agreements (“Rollover and Support Agreements”) with Dominic F. Silvester, Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the “CEO”), and each of Frazer Holdings LP, J. Christopher Flowers, John J. Oros 1998 Family Trust, Hyman 2018 Family Trust, David Walsh and Steven D. Arnold (collectively, “JCF” and together with the CEO, the “Reinvesting Shareholders”). Under the Rollover and Support Agreements, the Reinvesting Shareholders have agreed to vote or execute consents with respect to the number of Enstar Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such shareholder set forth in such shareholder’s Rollover and Support Agreement (such shares, the “Reinvesting Shares”) in favor of the Mergers, subject to certain terms and conditions contained therein.
In addition, the Reinvesting Shareholders have agreed to reinvest certain of their Enstar Ordinary Shares into a non-voting ownership interest in a parent company of Parent.
Pursuant to the Rollover and Support Agreements, among other things, each Reinvesting Shareholder will contribute certain of the ordinary shares of the Second Surviving Company owned by the Reinvesting Shareholder to an indirect parent company of Parent in exchange for equity interests in such indirect parent company of Parent, which contribution and exchange will happen immediately after the Second Effective Time and prior to the Third Effective Time and the Reinvesting Shareholders, in the aggregate, will indirectly own approximately 6.44% of Parent through such indirect parent company thereafter. As a result of the