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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2020

Commission File Number 001-33289

ENSTAR GROUP LIMITED

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

BERMUDA			N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)			(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  þ    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    Yes  þ    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

þ

Accelerated filer

¨

Non-accelerated filer

¨

Smaller reporting company

☐

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. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ☐    No  þ

As at November 4, 2020, the registrant had outstanding 18,564,268 voting ordinary shares and 3,509,682 non-voting convertible ordinary shares, each par value $1.00 per share.

Enstar Group Limited

Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

For the Period Ended September 30, 2020

Table of Contents

 

						Page
PART I
Item 1.			Financial Statements			1
Item 2.			Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			83
Item 3.			Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk			137
Item 4.			Controls and Procedures			141
PART II
Item 1.			Legal Proceedings			142
Item 1A.			Risk Factors			142
Item 2.			Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds			143
Item 6.			Exhibits			144