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filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16,
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333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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STATES<br>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION<br>
<font style="font-size: 10pt;">WASHINGTON, DC
20549</font>
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S-8<br>
<font style="font-size: 10pt;">REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</font>
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<font style="font-size: 10pt;">UNDER</font>
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<font style="font-size: 10pt;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933</font>
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INSURANCE HOLDINGS LIMITED<br>
<font style="font-size: 10pt;">(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its
charter)</font>
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</font>
<br>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation<br> or
organization)</font></td>
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<br>(I.R.S.
Employer Identification
Number)</font></td>
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Building<br>1 Church Street<br>Hamilton HM 11 Bermuda<br>(441)
295-8201<br>
<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal">(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant&rsquo;s principal executive
offices)</font>
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Limited<br>Amended 2003 Share Incentive Plan<br>
<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal">(Full title of the
plan)</font>
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Avenue<br>New York, NY 10011<br>(212) 590-9200<br>
<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal">(Name, address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent
for
service)</font>
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<font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic">Copies
to</font>:</p>
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Esq.<br>LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene &amp; MacRae LLP<br>125 West 55th
Street<br>New York, NY 10019-5389<br>Telephone:
(212)&nbsp;424-8000<br>Facsimile:
(212)&nbsp;424-8500</p>
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Esq.<br>LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene &amp; MacRae LLP<br>No.&nbsp;1
Minster Court, Mincing Lane<br>London, EC3R
7AA<br>Telephone:(011-44-20) 7459 5000<br>Facsimile: (011-44-20) 7459
5099</p>
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<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Title
of securities<br> to be registered</font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Amount to
be<br>registered (1)</font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Proposed maximum<br>offering
price<br> per share (2)</font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Proposed
maximum<br>aggregate<br> offering price (2)</font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Amount
of<br> registration
fee</font></td>
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shares, par value<br> $0.0015144558 per share, to<br> be issued under
the Plan</font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">3,751,983
shares
(3)</font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">$24.20</font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">$90,797,988.60</font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">$9,715.38</font></td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;"><font style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">Pursuant
to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&lsquo;&lsquo;Securities Act&rsquo;&rsquo;), there are also
registered hereunder such indeterminate number of additional shares as
may become issuable under the Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited
(&lsquo;&lsquo;Aspen&rsquo;&rsquo;) Amended 2003 Share Incentive
Plan (the &lsquo;&lsquo;Plan&rsquo;&rsquo;) as a result of stock
splits, stock dividends or similar transactions which result in an
increase in the number of Aspen&rsquo;s outstanding ordinary
shares.</font></td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;"><font style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">The registration
fee with respect to these shares has been computed in accordance with
paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457, based upon the average of the
reported high and low sale prices of Aspen&rsquo;s ordinary shares on
the New York Stock Exchange on March  14,
2006.</font></td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;"><font style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">Represents the
additional number of ordinary shares issuable under the Plan in
connection with the options, share appreciation rights, restricted
shares and/or other share-based awards to be granted or issued under
the Plan.</font></td>
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NOTE</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">As permitted by General Instruction E to the Form S-8, this
Registration Statement incorporates by reference the information
contained in the earlier registration statement relating to the
Aspen's 2003 Share Incentive Plan (File No. 333-114765, filed on
April  23,  2004). On March  3,  2005, the
Board of Directors of Aspen approved and adopted an amendment to
Aspen's 2003 Share Incentive Plan to increase the number of
ordinary shares which may be issued under the 2003 Share Incentive Plan
from 5,724,570 ordinary shares to 9,476,553 ordinary shares.
Aspen's shareholders approved the amendment to the 2003 Share
Incentive Plan at the annual meeting of shareholders held on May
26,  2005. Accordingly, as amended, the total number of ordinary
shares available under the Plan is 9,476,553, of which 3,751,983
ordinary shares are being registered in this Registration Statement and
5,724,570 ordinary shares were registered in the&nbsp;previous Form
S-8 referred to above. A description of the amendments to the Plan is
included in Aspen's proxy statement filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the
Current Report on Form 8-K dated April  26,
2005.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Part I<br>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The information called for by Part I of Form S-8 will
be delivered to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1)
under the Securities Act. Such documents are not being filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&lsquo;&lsquo;Commission&rsquo;&rsquo;) as part of this
Registration Statement or as prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule
424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to
Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together,
constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of
the Securities Act.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Upon written or oral request, Aspen will
provide, without charge, the documents incorporated by reference in
Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement and such other
documents required to be delivered to employees pursuant to Rule
428(b)(1). Requests for such information should be directed to the
Company Secretary, Maxwell Roberts Building, 1 Church Street, Hamilton
HM 11 Bermuda, (441) 295-8201.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Part II<br>INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Item 3. Incorporation of
Documents by Reference</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The following documents, which have been
filed with the Commission by Aspen, are incorporated by reference, as
of their respective dates, in this Registration
Statement:</p>
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<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="26"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="30"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="545"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; font-style: normal; width: 20pt"></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 23pt">(a)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 413pt">Aspen's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December  31,
2005;</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="26"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="30"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="545"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; font-style: normal; width: 20pt"></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 23pt">(b)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 413pt">Aspen's Current Report on Form
8-K dated February  16,  2006; and</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="26"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="30"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="545"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; font-style: normal; width: 20pt"></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 23pt">(c)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 413pt">The description of Aspen&rsquo;s ordinary
shares contained in Item 1 of Aspen&rsquo;s Registration Statement on
Form 8-A filed with the Commission under Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &lsquo;&lsquo;Exchange
Act&rsquo;&rsquo;) on November  25,  2003, in which
reference is made to the information set forth under the headings
&lsquo;&lsquo;Description of Share Capital&rsquo;&rsquo; and
&lsquo;&lsquo;Shares Eligible for Future Sale&rsquo;&rsquo; in the
Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No.
333-110435), filed with the Commission on November  12,
2003, and thereafter amended and supplemented, including any amendment,
report or prospectus filed for the purpose of updating such
description.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">II-2</p>
<br>
<hr width="760" style="padding-left: 0pt;" align="left">
<br>
<page>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">In addition, all documents filed by Aspen
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from
the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for all purposes of
this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or therein or in any other subsequently filed document that also
is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified of superseded, to constitute
a part of this Registration Statement.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Item 4. Description of
the Securities</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Not applicable.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Item 5. Interests of Named
Experts and Counsel</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Not applicable.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Bye-Law 145 of
Aspen&rsquo;s bye-laws provides, among other things, that, subject to
certain&nbsp;provisos, Aspen&rsquo;s directors, officers or any
other person appointed to a committee of the board&nbsp;of directors
and any resident representative (and their respective heirs, executors
or administrators;&nbsp;collectively, the &lsquo;&lsquo;Indemnified
Persons&rsquo;&rsquo;) shall be indemnified and held harmless out of
the assets of Aspen against all liabilities, loss, damage or expense
(including but not limited to liabilities under&nbsp;contract, tort
and statute or any applicable foreign law or regulation and all
reasonable legal and&nbsp;other costs and expenses properly payable)
incurred or suffered by him by reason of any act&nbsp;done, conceived
in or omitted in the conduct of Aspen&rsquo;s business or in the
discharge of his&nbsp;duties and the indemnity contained in Bye-Law
145 shall extend to the Indemnified Persons of Aspen acting in any
office or trust in the reasonable belief that he has been appointed or
elected&nbsp;to such office or trust notwithstanding any defect in
such appointment or election provided always that&nbsp;the indemnity
contained in Bye-Law 145 shall not extend to any matter which would
render it&nbsp;void under the Bermuda Companies Act 1981, as amended
(the &lsquo;&lsquo;Companies Act&rsquo;&rsquo;).</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Bye-Law 149
of Aspen&rsquo;s bye-laws provides that each shareholder and Aspen
agree&nbsp;to waive any claim or right of action he or it may at any
time have, whether individually or by or in&nbsp;the right of Aspen,
against any director or officer of Aspen on account of any
action&nbsp;taken by such director or officer or the failure of such
director or officer to take any action in the&nbsp;performance of his
duties with or for Aspen, provided, however, that such waiver shall
not&nbsp;apply to any claims or rights of action arising out of the
fraud of such director or officer or to recover&nbsp;any gain,
personal profit or advantage to which such director or officer is not
legally entitled.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Companies Act provides that a Bermuda
company may indemnify its directors in respect of&nbsp;any loss
arising or liability attaching to them as a result of any negligence,
default, breach of duty or&nbsp;breach of trust of which they may be
guilty. However, the Companies Act also provides that
any&nbsp;provision, whether contained in Aspen&rsquo;s bye-laws or
in a contract or arrangement between Aspen and the director,
indemnifying such director against any liability which would attach to
him&nbsp;in respect of his fraud or dishonesty will be
void.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Aspen has purchased directors and officers liability
insurance policies. Such insurance will&nbsp;be available to
Aspen&rsquo;s directors and officers in accordance with its terms. In
addition, certain&nbsp;directors may be covered by directors and
officers liability insurance policies purchased by
their&nbsp;respective employers, subject to the limitation of the
policy terms.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Item 7. Exemption From Registration
Claimed</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Not applicable.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">II-3</p>
<br>
<hr width="760" style="padding-left: 0pt;" align="left">
<br>
<page>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Item 8.
Exhibits</p>
<img src="spacer.gif" height="10" width="1"><br>
<div style="border: 1px solid #FFFFFF; width: 602px; padding-top: 6px" align="left">
<div style="padding:0;margin:0;text-align:center;">
<table style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; " cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602" bgcolor="#ffffff">
<tr style="background-color:none">
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="57"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="6"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="405"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Exhibit<br>Number</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Description
of
Document</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">4.1</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="t" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Certificate
of Incorporation and Memorandum of Association of Aspen (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Aspen's 2003 Registration
Statement on Form F-1 (Registration No.
333-110435))</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">4.2</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Amended and Restated
Bye-Laws of Aspen (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
Aspen's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May  27,
2005)</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">4.3</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Specimen Ordinary Share
Certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
Aspen&rsquo;s 2003 Registration Statement on Form F-1 (Registration
No. 333-110435))</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">5.1</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Opinion of Appleby
Spurling Hunter</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">23.1</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Consent of KPMG Audit
Plc</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">23.2</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Consent of Appleby Spurling Hunter
(included as part of Exhibit
5.1)</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">24.1</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Powers of attorney of officers and
directors (included on the signature page of this Registration
Statement)</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">99.1</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Aspen's Amended 2003
Share Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1
to Aspen&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission
on May  27,  2005)</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">99.2</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Form
F-N</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="10" width="1"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Item 9. Undertakings</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(a)&emsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</p>
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<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="53"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="30"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="519"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; font-style: normal; width: 40pt"></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 23pt">(1)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 393pt">to
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="79"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="40"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="483"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; font-style: normal; width: 60pt"></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 30pt">(i)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 366pt">to include any
prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="79"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="40"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="483"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; font-style: normal; width: 60pt"></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 30pt">(ii)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 366pt">to reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &lsquo;&lsquo;Calculation of
Registration Fee&rsquo;&rsquo; table in the effective Registration
Statement; and</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="79"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="40"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="483"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; font-style: normal; width: 60pt"></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 30pt">(iii)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 366pt">to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in this Registration
Statement;</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:40pt; padding-right:70pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">provided, however, that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act
that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement;</p>
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<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="53"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="30"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="519"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; font-style: normal; width: 40pt"></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 23pt">(2)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 393pt">that, for the purpose of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof; and</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="53"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="30"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="519"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; font-style: normal; width: 40pt"></td>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 23pt">(3)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 393pt">to remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">II-4</p>
<br>
<hr width="760" style="padding-left: 0pt;" align="left">
<br>
<page>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(b)&emsp;The undersigned Registrant
hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each filing of the undersigned Registrant&rsquo;s
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(c)&emsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised
that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">II-5</p>
<br>
<hr width="760" style="padding-left: 0pt;" align="left">
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">SIGNATURES</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 13pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, Aspen certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized,
in Hamilton, Bermuda, on the 16<sup>th</sup> day of March,
2006.</p>
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<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom:  3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 12pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="7"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;">ASPEN
INSURANCE HOLDINGS
LIMITED</font></font></td>
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<td style="padding-top: 12pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">By:</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 12pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;"><u>/s/ Christopher
O&rsquo;Kane</u></font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom:  3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 12pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom:  3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 12pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Christopher
O&rsquo;Kane<br> Chief Executive Officer</font></td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="10" width="1"></td>
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</table>
</div>
</div>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The
undersigned do hereby constitute and appoint Christopher O&rsquo;Kane
and Julian Cusack, and each of them, our true and lawful attorneys and
agents, to sign for us or any of us in our names and in the capacities
indicated below, any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, or any related registration
statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents required in connection therewith, and to do
any and all acts and things in our names and in the capacities
indicated below, which said attorneys and agents, or either of them,
may deem necessary or advisable to enable Aspen to comply with the
Securities Act and any rules, regulations and requirements of the
Commission, in connection with this Registration Statement; and we do
hereby ratify and confirm all that the said attorneys and agents, or
either of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 13pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on the 16<sup>h</sup> day of March,
2006.</p>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" align="center">Signature</td>
<td></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" align="center">Title</td>
</tr>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
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<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/
Paul Myners</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Chairman and
Director</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Paul Myners</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ Christopher
O&rsquo;Kane</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Chief Executive Officer and Director<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Christopher
O&rsquo;Kane</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ Julian
Cusack</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Chief Financial
Officer and Director<br> (Principal Financial Officer and<br> Principal
Accounting Officer)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Julian Cusack</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ Julian
Avery</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Director</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Julian
Avery</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ Ian
Cormack</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Director</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Ian
Cormack</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ Heidi
Hutter</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Director</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Heidi
Hutter</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ David
Kelso</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Director</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">David
Kelso</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ Prakash
Melwani</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Director</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Prakash
Melwani</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ Norman
Rosenthal</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Director</td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Norman
Rosenthal</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">II-6</p>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" align="center">Title</td>
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<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ Kamil
Salame</td>
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<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Director</td>
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<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Kamil
Salame</td>
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<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ Denise
Tessier-Brown</td>
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<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">(Authorized Representative in the United
States)</td>
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<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Denise
Tessier-Brown</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; background-color: #ffffff;">EXHIBIT
INDEX</p>
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<td style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Exhibit<br>Number</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Description
of
Document</font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">4.1</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="t" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Certificate
of Incorporation and Memorandum of Association of Aspen (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Aspen's 2003 Registration
Statement on Form F-1 (Registration No.
333-110435))</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">4.2</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Amended
and Restated Bye-laws of Aspen (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to Aspen's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
May  27,  2005)</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">4.3</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Specimen
Ordinary Share Certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to Aspen&rsquo;s 2003 Registration Statement on Form F-1
(Registration No. 333-110435))</font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">5.1</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Opinion
of Appleby Spurling Hunter</font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">23.1</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Consent of
KPMG Audit Plc</font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">23.2</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Consent of Appleby
Spurling Hunter (included as part of Exhibit
5.1)</font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">24.1</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Powers of attorney of officers and
directors (included on signature page of this Registration
Statement)</font></td>
</tr>
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<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">99.1</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Aspen's Amended 2003
Share Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1
to Aspen&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission
on May  27,  2005)</font></td>
</tr>
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<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">99.2</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt;background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Form
F-N</font></td>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16,
2006
Registration No.
333-
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC
20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933
ASPEN
INSURANCE HOLDINGS LIMITED
(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its
charter)
Bermuda
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
or
organization)
Not applicable
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification
Number)
Maxwell Roberts
Building
1 Church Street
Hamilton HM 11 Bermuda
(441)
295-8201
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal executive
offices)
Aspen Insurance Holdings
Limited
Amended 2003 Share Incentive Plan
(Full title of the
plan)
CT Corporation System
111 Eighth
Avenue
New York, NY 10011
(212) 590-9200
(Name, address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent
for
service)
Copies
to
:
Michael Groll,
Esq.
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP
125 West 55th
Street
New York, NY 10019-5389
Telephone:
(212) 424-8000
Facsimile:
(212) 424-8500
Joseph D. Ferraro,
Esq.
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP
No. 1
Minster Court, Mincing Lane
London, EC3R
7AA
Telephone:(011-44-20) 7459 5000
Facsimile: (011-44-20) 7459
5099
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
FEE
Title
of securities
to be registered
Amount to
be
registered (1)
Proposed maximum
offering
price
per share (2)
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price (2)
Amount
of
registration
fee
Ordinary
shares, par value
$0.0015144558 per share, to
be issued under
the Plan
3,751,983
shares
(3)
$24.20
$90,797,988.60
$9,715.38
(1)
Pursuant
to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
''Securities Act''), there are also
registered hereunder such indeterminate number of additional shares as
may become issuable under the Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited
(''Aspen'') Amended 2003 Share Incentive
Plan (the ''Plan'') as a result of stock
splits, stock dividends or similar transactions which result in an
increase in the number of Aspen's outstanding ordinary
shares.
(2)
The registration
fee with respect to these shares has been computed in accordance with
paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457, based upon the average of the
reported high and low sale prices of Aspen's ordinary shares on
the New York Stock Exchange on March  14,
2006.
(3)
Represents the
additional number of ordinary shares issuable under the Plan in
connection with the options, share appreciation rights, restricted
shares and/or other share-based awards to be granted or issued under
the Plan.
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
As permitted by General Instruction E to the Form S-8, this
Registration Statement incorporates by reference the information
contained in the earlier registration statement relating to the
Aspen's 2003 Share Incentive Plan (File No. 333-114765, filed on
April  23,  2004). On March  3,  2005, the
Board of Directors of Aspen approved and adopted an amendment to
Aspen's 2003 Share Incentive Plan to increase the number of
ordinary shares which may be issued under the 2003 Share Incentive Plan
from 5,724,570 ordinary shares to 9,476,553 ordinary shares.
Aspen's shareholders approved the amendment to the 2003 Share
Incentive Plan at the annual meeting of shareholders held on May
26,  2005. Accordingly, as amended, the total number of ordinary
shares available under the Plan is 9,476,553, of which 3,751,983
ordinary shares are being registered in this Registration Statement and
5,724,570 ordinary shares were registered in the previous Form
S-8 referred to above. A description of the amendments to the Plan is
included in Aspen's proxy statement filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the
Current Report on Form 8-K dated April  26,
2005.
Part I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS
The information called for by Part I of Form S-8 will
be delivered to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1)
under the Securities Act. Such documents are not being filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the
''Commission'') as part of this
Registration Statement or as prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule
424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to
Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together,
constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of
the Securities Act.
Upon written or oral request, Aspen will
provide, without charge, the documents incorporated by reference in
Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement and such other
documents required to be delivered to employees pursuant to Rule
428(b)(1). Requests for such information should be directed to the
Company Secretary, Maxwell Roberts Building, 1 Church Street, Hamilton
HM 11 Bermuda, (441) 295-8201.
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of
Documents by Reference
The following documents, which have been
filed with the Commission by Aspen, are incorporated by reference, as
of their respective dates, in this Registration
Statement:
(a)
Aspen's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December  31,
2005;
(b)
Aspen's Current Report on Form
8-K dated February  16,  2006; and
(c)
The description of Aspen's ordinary
shares contained in Item 1 of Aspen's Registration Statement on
Form 8-A filed with the Commission under Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the ''Exchange
Act'') on November  25,  2003, in which
reference is made to the information set forth under the headings
''Description of Share Capital'' and
''Shares Eligible for Future Sale'' in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No.
333-110435), filed with the Commission on November  12,
2003, and thereafter amended and supplemented, including any amendment,
report or prospectus filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
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In addition, all documents filed by Aspen
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from
the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for all purposes of
this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or therein or in any other subsequently filed document that also
is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified of superseded, to constitute
a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of
the Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named
Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Bye-Law 145 of
Aspen's bye-laws provides, among other things, that, subject to
certain provisos, Aspen's directors, officers or any
other person appointed to a committee of the board of directors
and any resident representative (and their respective heirs, executors
or administrators; collectively, the ''Indemnified
Persons'') shall be indemnified and held harmless out of
the assets of Aspen against all liabilities, loss, damage or expense
(including but not limited to liabilities under contract, tort
and statute or any applicable foreign law or regulation and all
reasonable legal and other costs and expenses properly payable)
incurred or suffered by him by reason of any act done, conceived
in or omitted in the conduct of Aspen's business or in the
discharge of his duties and the indemnity contained in Bye-Law
145 shall extend to the Indemnified Persons of Aspen acting in any
office or trust in the reasonable belief that he has been appointed or
elected to such office or trust notwithstanding any defect in
such appointment or election provided always that the indemnity
contained in Bye-Law 145 shall not extend to any matter which would
render it void under the Bermuda Companies Act 1981, as amended
(the ''Companies Act'').
Bye-Law 149
of Aspen's bye-laws provides that each shareholder and Aspen
agree to waive any claim or right of action he or it may at any
time have, whether individually or by or in the right of Aspen,
against any director or officer of Aspen on account of any
action taken by such director or officer or the failure of such
director or officer to take any action in the performance of his
duties with or for Aspen, provided, however, that such waiver shall
not apply to any claims or rights of action arising out of the
fraud of such director or officer or to recover any gain,
personal profit or advantage to which such director or officer is not
legally entitled.
The Companies Act provides that a Bermuda
company may indemnify its directors in respect of any loss
arising or liability attaching to them as a result of any negligence,
default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which they may be
guilty. However, the Companies Act also provides that
any provision, whether contained in Aspen's bye-laws or
in a contract or arrangement between Aspen and the director,
indemnifying such director against any liability which would attach to
him in respect of his fraud or dishonesty will be
void.
Aspen has purchased directors and officers liability
insurance policies. Such insurance will be available to
Aspen's directors and officers in accordance with its terms. In
addition, certain directors may be covered by directors and
officers liability insurance policies purchased by
their respective employers, subject to the limitation of the
policy terms.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration
Claimed
Not applicable.
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Item 8.
Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description
of
Document
4.1
Certificate
of Incorporation and Memorandum of Association of Aspen (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Aspen's 2003 Registration
Statement on Form F-1 (Registration No.
333-110435))
4.2
Amended and Restated
Bye-Laws of Aspen (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
Aspen's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May  27,
2005)
4.3
Specimen Ordinary Share
Certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
Aspen's 2003 Registration Statement on Form F-1 (Registration
No. 333-110435))
5.1
Opinion of Appleby
Spurling Hunter
23.1
Consent of KPMG Audit
Plc
23.2
Consent of Appleby Spurling Hunter
(included as part of Exhibit
5.1)
24.1
Powers of attorney of officers and
directors (included on the signature page of this Registration
Statement)
99.1
Aspen's Amended 2003
Share Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1
to Aspen's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission
on May  27,  2005)
99.2
Form
F-N
Item 9. Undertakings
(a) The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
to
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:
(i)
to include any
prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
(ii)
to reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the ''Calculation of
Registration Fee'' table in the effective Registration
Statement; and
(iii)
to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in this Registration
Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act
that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement;
(2)
that, for the purpose of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof; and
(3)
to remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
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(b) The undersigned Registrant
hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each filing of the undersigned Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised
that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, Aspen certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized,
in Hamilton, Bermuda, on the 16
th
day of March,
2006.
ASPEN
INSURANCE HOLDINGS
LIMITED
By:
/s/ Christopher
O'Kane
Christopher
O'Kane
Chief Executive Officer
The
undersigned do hereby constitute and appoint Christopher O'Kane
and Julian Cusack, and each of them, our true and lawful attorneys and
agents, to sign for us or any of us in our names and in the capacities
indicated below, any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, or any related registration
statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents required in connection therewith, and to do
any and all acts and things in our names and in the capacities
indicated below, which said attorneys and agents, or either of them,
may deem necessary or advisable to enable Aspen to comply with the
Securities Act and any rules, regulations and requirements of the
Commission, in connection with this Registration Statement; and we do
hereby ratify and confirm all that the said attorneys and agents, or
either of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on the 16
h
day of March,
2006.
Signature
Title
/s/
Paul Myners
Chairman and
Director
Paul Myners
/s/ Christopher
O'Kane
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
Christopher
O'Kane
/s/ Julian
Cusack
Chief Financial
Officer and Director
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal
Accounting Officer)
Julian Cusack
/s/ Julian
Avery
Director
Julian
Avery
/s/ Ian
Cormack
Director
Ian
Cormack
/s/ Heidi
Hutter
Director
Heidi
Hutter
/s/ David
Kelso
Director
David
Kelso
/s/ Prakash
Melwani
Director
Prakash
Melwani
/s/ Norman
Rosenthal
Director
Norman
Rosenthal
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Signature
Title
/s/ Kamil
Salame
Director
Kamil
Salame
/s/ Denise
Tessier-Brown
(Authorized Representative in the United
States)
Denise
Tessier-Brown
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
of
Document
4.1
Certificate
of Incorporation and Memorandum of Association of Aspen (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Aspen's 2003 Registration
Statement on Form F-1 (Registration No.
333-110435))
4.2
Amended
and Restated Bye-laws of Aspen (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to Aspen's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
May  27,  2005)
4.3
Specimen
Ordinary Share Certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to Aspen's 2003 Registration Statement on Form F-1
(Registration No. 333-110435))
5.1
Opinion
of Appleby Spurling Hunter
23.1
Consent of
KPMG Audit Plc
23.2
Consent of Appleby
Spurling Hunter (included as part of Exhibit
5.1)
24.1
Powers of attorney of officers and
directors (included on signature page of this Registration
Statement)
99.1
Aspen's Amended 2003
Share Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1
to Aspen's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission
on May  27,  2005)
99.2
Form
F-N
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