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filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August
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STATES<br>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION<br>
<font style="font-size: 10pt;">WASHINGTON, DC
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<font style="font-size: 14pt;">FORM
S-8</font>
<br>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>UNDER<br> THE SECURITIES ACT
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HOLDINGS LIMITED<br>
<font style="font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal">(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its
charter)</font></font>
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<br>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)</font></td>
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applicable </font>
<br>(I.R.S. Employer Identification
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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>2006 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee
Directors<br>
<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal">(Full title of the
plan)</font>
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Eighth 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
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Groll, Esq.<br>LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene &amp; MacRae LLP<br>125 West
55th Street<br>New York, NY 10019-5389<br>Telephone:
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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
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of securities to be registered</font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 8pt; line-height:10pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="4"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height:10pt; 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: 8pt; line-height:10pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="4"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height:10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Proposed maximum<br>offering price per<br>share
(2)</font></td>
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(2)</font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 8pt; line-height:10pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="4"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height:10pt; 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 $0.0015144558 per share, to be issued under the
Plan</font></td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 3pt;"><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;) 2006 Stock Option Plan for
Non-Employee Directors (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="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left"><font style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left">(2)</font></td>
<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 3pt;"><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 August  4,
2006.</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<hr width="760" style="padding-left: 0pt;" align="left">
<br>






<page>
<a name="page1"></a><font style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;  text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 10pt; background-color: #ffffff"><a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a></font>
<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</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;">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</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;">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.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March  31,
2006;</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">(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">Aspen&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June  30,  2006;</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">(d)&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&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed
February  23,
2006;</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">(e)&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&rsquo;s Current Report on Form
8-K filed April  18,
2006;</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">(f)&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&rsquo;s Current Report on Form
8-K filed May  22,
2006;</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">(g)&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 filed May  26,  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">(h)&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;  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">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 or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">1</p>
<br>
<hr width="760" style="padding-left: 0pt;" align="left">
<br>
<page>
<a name="page2"></a><font style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;  text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 10pt; background-color: #ffffff"><a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a></font>
<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. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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;">2</p>
<br>
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<br>
<page>
<a name="page3"></a><font style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;  text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 10pt; background-color: #ffffff"><a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a></font>
<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.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits</p>
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<td style="font-size: 8pt; line-height:10pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height:10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Exhibit
Number</font></td>
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<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 8pt; line-height:10pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height:10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Description of
Document</font></td>
</tr>
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<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">3.1</font></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="t" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; 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; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">3.2</font></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; 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; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">3.3</font></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Amended Bye-Law 87 of the Bye-Laws
of Aspen (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
Aspen's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June  30,  2006)</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">4.1</font></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; 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; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">5.1</font></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; 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; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">23.1</font></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; 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; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">23.2</font></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; 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>
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<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">24.1</font></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; 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; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">99.1</font></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Aspen's 2006 Stock
Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Aspen&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K,
filed with the Commission on May  26,
2006)</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">99.2</font></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Form
F-N</font></td>
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<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.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings</p>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="53"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="549"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 40pt">(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: 416pt">The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes:</td>
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<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>
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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>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<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:0pt; 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>
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</table>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">3</p>
<br>
<hr width="760" style="padding-left: 0pt;" align="left">
<br>
<page>
<a name="page4"></a><font style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;  text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 10pt; background-color: #ffffff"><a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a></font>
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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>
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<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>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="53"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="549"></td>
</tr>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 40pt">(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: 416pt">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.</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="549"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 40pt">(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: 416pt">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.</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">4</p>
<br>
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<br>






<page>
<a name="page5"></a><font style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;  text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 10pt; background-color: #ffffff"><a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a></font>
<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 9<sup style="vertical-align:top;">th</sup> day of August,
2006.</p>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding-top: 6pt;" valign="top" align="left" width="285"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="285"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding-top: 6pt;" valign="top" align="left">ASPEN INSURANCE HOLDINGS
LIMITED</td>
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</table>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding-top: 6pt;" valign="top" align="left" width="285"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="285"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding-top: 6pt;" valign="top" align="left">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>/s/ Christopher
O&rsquo;Kane&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&thinsp;Christopher O&rsquo;Kane<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&thinsp;Chief Executive Officer</td>
</tr>
</table>
</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: 6pt; 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; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">5</p>
<br>
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<br>
<page>
<a name="page6"></a><font style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;  text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 10pt; background-color: #ffffff"><a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a></font>
<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 9<sup style="vertical-align:top;">th</sup> day
of August,
2006.</p>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="593">
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="218"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="16"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="359"></td>
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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>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
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<tr>
<td valign="bottom" 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 style="border-top:1px solid #000000;height:1;"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></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 ; ">Paul Myners</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" 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
(Principal Executive Officer)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;height:1;"><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="bottom" 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 (Principal Financial
Officer)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;height:1;"><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="bottom" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ Ian Campbell</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">Principal Accounting
Officer</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;height:1;"><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
Campbell</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" 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 style="border-top:1px solid #000000;height:1;"><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="bottom" 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 style="border-top:1px solid #000000;height:1;"><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="bottom" 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 style="border-top:1px solid #000000;height:1;"><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="bottom" 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 style="border-top:1px solid #000000;height:1;"><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="bottom" 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 style="border-top:1px solid #000000;height:1;"><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="bottom" 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>
<tr>
<td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;height:1;"><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 ; ">Norman
Rosenthal</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ Kamil
Salame</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 style="border-top:1px solid #000000;height:1;"><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 ; ">Kamil
Salame</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ Denise
Tessier-Brown</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"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;height:1;"><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 ; ">Denise Tessier-Brown<br>(Authorized
Representative in the United
States)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">6</p>
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<page>
<a name="page7"></a><font style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;  text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 10pt; background-color: #ffffff"><a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a></font>
<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>
<img src="spacer.gif" height="10" width="1"><br>
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<div class="WhiteBorder" style="padding:0;margin:0;text-align:center;">
<table style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;border-left:none; border-right:none; " cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602" bgcolor="#ffffff">
<tr style="background-color:none">
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="59"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="6"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="6"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="587"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 8pt; line-height:10pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height:10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Exhibit
Number</font></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 8pt; line-height:10pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height:10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Description of
Document</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">3.1</font></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="t" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; 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; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">3.2</font></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; 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; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">3.3</font></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Amended Bye-Law 87 of the Bye-Laws
of Aspen (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
Aspen's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June  30,  2006)</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">4.1</font></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; 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; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">5.1</font></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; 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; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">23.1</font></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; 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; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">23.2</font></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
<td style="background-color: #ffffff;border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>
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Spurling Hunter (included as part of Exhibit
5.1)</font></td>
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directors (included on the signature page of this Registration
Statement)</font></td>
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<td style="font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff; " align="left" valign="top" colspan="1"><font style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height:11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;background-color: #ffffff;">Aspen's 2006 Stock
Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Aspen&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K,
filed with the Commission on May  26,
2006)</font></td>
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Table of Contents
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August
9,  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
2006 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee
Directors
(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
400,000  shares
$
23.19
$
9,276,000
$
992.53
(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'') 2006 Stock Option Plan for
Non-Employee Directors (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 August  4,
2006.
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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 Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March  31,
2006;
(c)
Aspen's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June  30,  2006;
(d)
Aspen's Current Report on Form 8-K filed
February  23,
2006;
(e)
Aspen's Current Report on Form
8-K filed April  18,
2006;
(f)
Aspen's Current Report on Form
8-K filed May  22,
2006;
(g)
Aspen's Current Report on Form
8-K filed May  26,  2006; and
(h)
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.
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 or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.
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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
3.1
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))
3.2
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)
3.3
Amended Bye-Law 87 of the Bye-Laws
of Aspen (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
Aspen's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June  30,  2006)
4.1
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 2006 Stock
Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Aspen's Current Report on Form 8-K,
filed with the Commission on May  26,
2006)
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
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(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.
(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 9
th
day of August,
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.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities indicated on the 9
th
day
of August,
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)
Julian Cusack
/s/ Ian Campbell
Principal Accounting
Officer
Ian
Campbell
/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
/s/ Kamil
Salame
Director
Kamil
Salame
/s/ Denise
Tessier-Brown
Denise Tessier-Brown
(Authorized
Representative in the United
States)
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of
Document
3.1
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))
3.2
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)
3.3
Amended Bye-Law 87 of the Bye-Laws
of Aspen (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
Aspen's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June  30,  2006)
4.1
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 2006 Stock
Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Aspen's Current Report on Form 8-K,
filed with the Commission on May  26,
2006)
99.2
Form
F-N
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