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STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
</FONT>Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">FORM 8-K</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 OR 15(d) of<BR>
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported): March 27, 2012</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">MAIDEN HOLDINGS, LTD.&nbsp;</P>

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its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Bermuda</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">001-34042</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">98-0570192</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(Commission</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(IRS Employer</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">of incorporation)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">File Number)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">131 Front Street, Hamilton HM12, Bermuda</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">(441) 298-4900</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including area code)</TD></TR>
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to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><B>Item 2.03&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Creation
of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">The information
required by Item 2.03 contained in Item 8.01 below is incorporated by reference herein.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item&nbsp;8.01<FONT STYLE="color: black">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>Other
Events.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On March 20, 2012, Maiden Holdings, Ltd.
(the &ldquo;<U>Registrant</U>&rdquo;) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Maiden Holdings North America, Ltd. (the &ldquo;<U>Issuer</U>&rdquo;),
entered into an Underwriting Agreement by and among the Issuer, the Registrant and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &amp; Smith Incorporated<FONT STYLE="color: black">,
as representative of the several underwriters named therein (the &ldquo;<U>Underwriters</U>&rdquo;)</FONT>, relating to the issuance
and sale by the Issuer of up to $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 8.000% Notes due 2042 (the &ldquo;<U>Notes</U>&rdquo;),
plus an additional $15,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes subject to issue and sale upon exercise of the underwriters&rsquo;
over-allotment option in full. <FONT STYLE="color: black">The obligations of the Issuer under the Notes will be fully and unconditionally
guaranteed by the Registrant (</FONT>the &ldquo;<U>Guarantee</U>,&rdquo; and together with the Notes, the &ldquo;<U>Securities</U>&rdquo;)<FONT STYLE="color: black">.</FONT>
The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of June 24, 2011, by and among the Issuer, the Registrant and
Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee (the &ldquo;<U>Trustee</U>&rdquo;), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture,
dated as of March 27, 2012, by and among the Issuer, the Registrant and the Trustee. The Securities have been registered under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;<U>Act</U>&rdquo;), pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File
Nos. 333-172107 and 333-172107-01) previously filed by the Registrant and the Issuer with the Securities and Exchange Commission
under the Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item&nbsp;9.01<FONT STYLE="color: black">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>Financial Statements and Exhibits.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in">(c)&#9;<B>Exhibits.</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 85%; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">Description</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">1.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Underwriting Agreement, dated March 20, 2012, by and among Maiden Holdings North America, Ltd., Maiden Holdings, Ltd. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &amp; Smith Incorporated, as representative of the several underwriters named therein</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">4.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Form of Indenture for Debt Securities by and among Maiden Holdings North America, Ltd., Maiden Holdings, Ltd., as guarantor, and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee*</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">4.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Second Supplemental Indenture, dated March 27, 2012, by and among Maiden Holdings North America, Ltd., Maiden Holdings, Ltd., as guarantor, and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">4.3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Form of 8.000% Notes due 2042 (included in Exhibit&nbsp;4.2)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">5.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Conyers Dill &amp; Pearman Limited</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">5.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">23.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Conyers Dill &amp; Pearman Limited (included in Exhibit 5.1)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">23.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">* Incorporated by reference to the same-numbered exhibit
of the Registration Statement of Maiden Holdings North America, Ltd. and Maiden Holdings, Ltd. on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-172107
and 333-172107-01), filed with the SEC on February 7, 2011.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; font-weight: bold">MAIDEN HOLDINGS, LTD.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 48%">Date: March 27, 2012 </TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.3in">By:</P>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Lawrence F. Metz</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.3in; text-indent: -0.3in">Lawrence F. Metz</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.3in; text-indent: -0.3in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Senior Vice President, General Counsel and</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.3in; text-indent: -0.3in">Secretary</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 9%; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 85%; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">Description</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">1.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Underwriting Agreement, dated March 20, 2012, by and among Maiden Holdings North America, Ltd., Maiden Holdings, Ltd. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &amp; Smith Incorporated, as representative of the several underwriters named therein</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">4.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Form of Indenture for Debt Securities by and among Maiden Holdings North America, Ltd., Maiden Holdings, Ltd., as guarantor, and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee*</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">4.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Second Supplemental Indenture, dated March 27, 2012, by and among Maiden Holdings North America, Ltd., Maiden Holdings, Ltd., as guarantor, and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">4.3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Form of 8.000% Notes due 2042 (included in Exhibit&nbsp;4.2)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">5.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Conyers Dill &amp; Pearman Limited</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">5.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">23.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Conyers Dill &amp; Pearman Limited (included in Exhibit 5.1)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">23.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">* Incorporated by reference to the same-numbered exhibit
of the Registration Statement of Maiden Holdings North America, Ltd. and Maiden Holdings, Ltd. on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-172107
and 333-172107-01), filed with the SEC on February 7, 2011.</P>

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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported): March 27, 2012
MAIDEN HOLDINGS, LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Bermuda
001-34042
98-0570192
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)
131 Front Street, Hamilton HM12, Bermuda
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
(441) 298-4900
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item 2.03          Creation
of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information
required by Item 2.03 contained in Item 8.01 below is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 8.01
Other
Events.
On March 20, 2012, Maiden Holdings, Ltd.
(the "
Registrant
") and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Maiden Holdings North America, Ltd. (the "
Issuer
"),
entered into an Underwriting Agreement by and among the Issuer, the Registrant and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
,
as representative of the several underwriters named therein (the "
Underwriters
")
, relating to the issuance
and sale by the Issuer of up to $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 8.000% Notes due 2042 (the "
Notes
"),
plus an additional $15,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes subject to issue and sale upon exercise of the underwriters'
over-allotment option in full.
The obligations of the Issuer under the Notes will be fully and unconditionally
guaranteed by the Registrant (
the "
Guarantee
," and together with the Notes, the "
Securities
")
.
The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of June 24, 2011, by and among the Issuer, the Registrant and
Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee (the "
Trustee
"), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture,
dated as of March 27, 2012, by and among the Issuer, the Registrant and the Trustee. The Securities have been registered under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
Act
"), pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File
Nos. 333-172107 and 333-172107-01) previously filed by the Registrant and the Issuer with the Securities and Exchange Commission
under the Act.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c)
Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
1.1
Underwriting Agreement, dated March 20, 2012, by and among Maiden Holdings North America, Ltd., Maiden Holdings, Ltd. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative of the several underwriters named therein
4.1
Form of Indenture for Debt Securities by and among Maiden Holdings North America, Ltd., Maiden Holdings, Ltd., as guarantor, and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee*
4.2
Second Supplemental Indenture, dated March 27, 2012, by and among Maiden Holdings North America, Ltd., Maiden Holdings, Ltd., as guarantor, and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee
4.3
Form of 8.000% Notes due 2042 (included in Exhibit 4.2)
5.1
Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited
5.2
Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP
23.1
Consent of Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2)
* Incorporated by reference to the same-numbered exhibit
of the Registration Statement of Maiden Holdings North America, Ltd. and Maiden Holdings, Ltd. on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-172107
and 333-172107-01), filed with the SEC on February 7, 2011.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
MAIDEN HOLDINGS, LTD.
Date: March 27, 2012
By:
/s/ Lawrence F. Metz
Lawrence F. Metz
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
1.1
Underwriting Agreement, dated March 20, 2012, by and among Maiden Holdings North America, Ltd., Maiden Holdings, Ltd. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative of the several underwriters named therein
4.1
Form of Indenture for Debt Securities by and among Maiden Holdings North America, Ltd., Maiden Holdings, Ltd., as guarantor, and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee*
4.2
Second Supplemental Indenture, dated March 27, 2012, by and among Maiden Holdings North America, Ltd., Maiden Holdings, Ltd., as guarantor, and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee
4.3
Form of 8.000% Notes due 2042 (included in Exhibit 4.2)
5.1
Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited
5.2
Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP
23.1
Consent of Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2)
* Incorporated by reference to the same-numbered exhibit
of the Registration Statement of Maiden Holdings North America, Ltd. and Maiden Holdings, Ltd. on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-172107
and 333-172107-01), filed with the SEC on February 7, 2011.
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