As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 12, 2018.

 

Registration No. 333-62257  

Registration No. 333-72018  

Registration No. 333-75240  

Registration No. 333-76988  

Registration No. 333-101288

Registration No. 333-116245

Registration No. 333-130036

Registration No. 333-130537

Registration No. 333-155777

Registration No. 333-177869

Registration No. 333-199842

Registration No. 333-221242

 

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 Washington, D.C. 20549

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	Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-155777
	Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-130036
	Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-199842
	Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-62257
	Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-72018
	Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-75240
	Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-76988
	Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-101288
	Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-116245
	Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-130537
	Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-177869
	Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-221242

 

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

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XL GROUP LTD

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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XLIT LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:

XL Group Ltd and XLIT Ltd. are hereby amending these registration statements to deregister any securities that had been registered but remain unsold under these registration statements.

 

 

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ☐

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  ☐

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If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, 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.

 

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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

 

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

These Post-Effective Amendments (these “Post-Effective Amendments”) relate to the following Registration Statements of XL Group Ltd, a Bermuda exempted company (“XL Group”), XLIT Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company and a wholly owned subsidiary of XL Group (“XL-Cayman”), or their respective predecessors or controlled subsidiaries on Form S-3 (collectively, the “Registration Statements”).

On March 5, 2018, XL Group entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among XL Group, AXA SA, a French société anonyme (“AXA”), and Camelot Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda exempted company and a wholly owned subsidiary of AXA (“Merger Sub”). On September 12, 2018, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub was merged with and into XL Group (the “Merger”), with XL Group surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of AXA.

In connection with the Merger, XL Group and XL-Cayman are terminating all offerings of their securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statements. XL Group and XL-Cayman are filing these Post-Effective Amendments to hereby terminate the effectiveness of each of the Registration Statements and remove from registration any and all securities registered under each of the Registration Statements but that remain unsold as of the date hereof. This filing is made in accordance with an undertaking made by XL Group or XL-Cayman, as applicable, in the Registration Statements to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any securities that remain unsold at the termination of the offerings.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 478 thereunder, XL Group certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Hamilton, Bermuda, on September 12, 2018. 

 

	XL GROUP LTD
	By:	/s/ Stephen Robb
		Name:	Stephen Robb
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 478 thereunder, XL-Cayman certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Hamilton, Bermuda, on September 12, 2018.

No other person is required to sign these Post-Effective Amendments in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.