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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): March 15, 2018

ESSENT GROUP LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 

 
 
 
 
 
Bermuda
 
001-36157
 
Not Applicable
(State of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
 
Clarendon House
2 Church Street
Hamilton HM11, Bermuda
(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)
 
(441) 297‑9901
 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


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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).

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Item 8.01.    Other Events

On March 15, 2018, Essent Group Ltd. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing the pricing of the offering by Radnor Re 2018-1 Ltd., a newly formed Bermuda special purpose insurer, of $424.4 million of mortgage insurance-linked notes (the "Notes"). The Notes are being offered and sold in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
    
A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The securities described herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. This report shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the aforementioned securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any state or jurisdiction in which, or to any person to whom, such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

Item 9.01.             Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits
Exhibit
 No.
  
Description
 
 
Press Release issued by Essent Group Ltd. dated March 15, 2018
 
 
 





SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: March 15, 2018

ESSENT GROUP LTD.


By:
/s/ Lawrence E. McAlee
Name: Lawrence E. McAlee
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer