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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;21, 2006
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No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S&#150;8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>RAM HOLDINGS LTD.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Bermuda</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Not applicable</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>RAM Re House<BR>
46 Reid Street<BR>
Hamilton HM 12 Bermuda<BR>
(441)&nbsp;296-6501</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including<BR>
area code, of Registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>CT Corporation System<BR>
111 Eighth Avenue, 13</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>th</B></SUP><B> Floor<BR>
New York, NY 10011<BR>
(212)&nbsp;894-8700</B><BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone<BR>
number, including area code, of agent for service)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">RAM Reinsurance Company Ltd. Stock Option Plan for Management Employees<BR>
RAM Holdings Ltd. 2006 Equity Plan<BR>
<B>(Full Title of the Plans)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>With a copy to:</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Victoria W. Guest<BR>
General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
RAM Re House<BR>
46 Reid Street<BR>
Hamilton HM 12 Bermuda<BR>
(441)&nbsp;296-6501</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title Of Securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount To Be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>To Be Registered</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Shares, par
value $0.10 per
share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">3,190,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">12.12</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">38,662,800.00</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">4,137.00</TD>
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    <TD>Represents the number of Common Shares issuable upon exercise of equity awards granted under the
respective equity plans covered under this Registration Statement, as follows: 720,000 shares
issuable upon exercise of share options under the RAM Reinsurance Company Ltd. Stock Option Plan
for Management Employees and 2,470,000 shares issuable in respect of equity awards, including share
options and restricted share units, under the RAM Holdings Ltd. 2006
Equity Plan. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement also covers an indeterminate amount of Common Shares that may be offered or sold as
a result of any adjustments from stock splits, stock dividends or similar events.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended on the basis of the average of the high and low
prices of the common shares as reported on the NASDAQ on August&nbsp;17, 2006.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y24471exv5w1.htm">EX-5.1: OPINION OF CONYERS DILL & PEARMAN</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC are incorporated into this
Registration Statement by reference:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s prospectus, dated April&nbsp;27, 2006, filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), relating to
the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-131763).</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
March&nbsp;31, 2006, and filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;24, 2006.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">3.</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
June&nbsp;30, 2006, and filed with the SEC on August&nbsp;10, 2006.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on May&nbsp;1, 2006, May&nbsp;10, 2006
and August&nbsp;18, 2006.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">5.</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Shares, $0.10 par value, contained
in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8&#150;A, as filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;1,
2006, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the SEC pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior
to the filing of a post&#150;effective amendment to this Registration Statement 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 with the SEC.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in
any subsequently filed document which also is incorporated by reference herein or any document
which constitutes part of the prospectus relating to the Plan meeting the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under Section&nbsp;98 of the Bermuda Companies Act, the registrant may indemnify its directors and
officers against any liabilities that they may incur in such capacities. In addition, the
Registrant&#146;s bye-laws provides for indemnification of its directors and officers. Both Bermuda law
and the bye-laws generally provide that indemnity does not apply to any matter in which an officer
or director acted fraudulently or dishonestly.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and certain
officers. Under those agreements, we agree to indemnify each of these individuals against claims
arising out of events or occurrences related to that individual&#146;s service as director, officer,
employee, agent or fiduciary of us or, at our request, any other entity, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bye-law 54 of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bye-Laws provides that any director or
officer of the Registrant shall be indemnified and held harmless for any act done by virtue of
their position with the Registrant. This includes indemnity against all costs, charges,
liabilities, losses, damages and expenses.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;98 of the Companies Act provides that a Bermuda company may indemnify its directors
and officers against any liability incurred by them in defending any proceedings, whether civil or
criminal, in which judgment is awarded in their favor or in which they are acquitted or granted
relief by the Supreme Court of Bermuda pursuant to section 281 of the Companies Act. Section&nbsp;98
further provides that where the liability of directors or officers result from acts of fraud or
dishonesty, an indemnity provision, whether contained in the bye-laws of a company or in any
arrangement between the company and any director or officer, will be void.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;98A of the Companies Act permits a Bermuda company to purchase and maintain insurance
for the benefit of any officer or director in respect of any loss or liability attaching to him in
respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, whether or not such Bermuda
company may otherwise indemnify such officer or director. The Registrant has purchased directors
and officers liability insurance policies. Such insurance would be available to the Registrant&#146;s
directors and officers in accordance with its terms.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated by reference as part of this
Registration Statement:
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation and Memorandum of Association of RAM Holdings Ltd.
(incorporated by reference, to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Amended
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1/A (File No.&nbsp;333-131763)).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bye-Laws of RAM Holdings Ltd. (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of the Registrant&#146;s Amended Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1/A
(File No.&nbsp;333-131763)).</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Conyers Dill &#038; Pearman</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Amended Registration Statement on Form
S-1/A (File No.&nbsp;333-131763)).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">RAM Reinsurance Company Ltd. Stock Option Plan for Management Employees
(incorporated by reference, to Exhibit&nbsp;10.9 of the Registrant&#146;s Amended
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1/A (File No.&nbsp;333-131763)).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">RAM Holdings Ltd. 2006 Equity Plan (incorporated by reference, to Exhibit&nbsp;10.10
of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-131763)).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Conyers Dill &#038; Pearman (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post&#150;effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
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    <TD>to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
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    <TD>to reflect in the prospectus any factors 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 20&nbsp;percent change in
the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148;
table in the effective registration statement;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;</TD>
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the registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to
the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post&#150;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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof;</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post&#150;effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the
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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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 SEC 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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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S&#150;8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Hamilton, Bermuda, on
August&nbsp;21, 2006.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">RAM Holdings Ltd.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Vernon M. Endo
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Vernon M. Endo
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Power of Attorney and Signatures</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned directors and officers of RAM Holdings Ltd., hereby severally appoint
Vernon M. Endo and Richard Lutenski, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, our true
and lawful attorney, with full powers to sign for us, in our names and in the capacities indicated
below, any and all amendments to such Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments),
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as each of them might or could do in
person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys, and each of them, or their
substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the dates
indicated.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Steven J. Tynan
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Name: Steven J. Tynan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board; Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;21, 2006</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Vernon M. Endo
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Name: Vernon M. Endo
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(principal executive officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;21 , 2006</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard Lutenski
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Name: Richard Lutenski
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(principal financial officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;21 , 2006</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Laryssa Yuel
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Name: Laryssa Yuel
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Financial Controller<BR>
(principal accounting officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;21 , 2006</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Edward F. Bader
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Name: Edward F. Bader
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;21 , 2006</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Victor J. Bacigalupi
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Name: Victor J. Bacigalupi
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;21 , 2006</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David L. Boyle
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Name: David L. Boyle
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;21, 2006</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Allan S. Bufferd
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Name: Allan S. Bufferd
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;21, 2006</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Daniel C. Lukas
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Name: Daniel C. Lukas
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;21 , 2006</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Name: Arthur P. Slepian
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Name: Steven S. Skalicky
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dirk A. Stuurop
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Name: Dirk A. Stuurop
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Name: Conrad P. Voldstad
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation and Memorandum of Association of RAM Holdings Ltd.
(incorporated by reference, to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Amended
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1/A (File No.&nbsp;333-131763)).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bye-Laws of RAM Holdings Ltd. (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of the Registrant&#146;s Amended Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1/A
(File No.&nbsp;333-131763)).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Conyers Dill &#038; Pearman</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Amended Registration Statement on Form
S-1/A (File No.&nbsp;333-131763)).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">RAM Reinsurance Company Ltd. Stock Option Plan for Management Employees
(incorporated by reference, to Exhibit&nbsp;10.9 of the Registrant&#146;s Amended
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1/A (File No.&nbsp;333-131763)).</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">RAM Holdings Ltd. 2006 Equity Plan (incorporated by reference, to Exhibit&nbsp;10.10
of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-131763)).</TD>
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S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 21, 2006
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S–8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
RAM HOLDINGS LTD.
(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 No.)
RAM Re House
46 Reid Street
Hamilton HM 12 Bermuda
(441) 296-6501
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
CT Corporation System
111 Eighth Avenue, 13
th
Floor
New York, NY 10011
(212) 894-8700
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
RAM Reinsurance Company Ltd. Stock Option Plan for Management Employees
RAM Holdings Ltd. 2006 Equity Plan
(Full Title of the Plans)
With a copy to:
Victoria W. Guest
General Counsel and Secretary
RAM Re House
46 Reid Street
Hamilton HM 12 Bermuda
(441) 296-6501
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount Of
Title Of Securities
Amount To Be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Registration
To Be Registered
Registered (1)
Per Share (2)
Offering Price (2)
Fee
Common Shares, par
value $0.10 per
share
3,190,000
$
12.12
$
38,662,800.00
$
4,137.00
(1)
Represents the number of Common Shares issuable upon exercise of equity awards granted under the
respective equity plans covered under this Registration Statement, as follows: 720,000 shares
issuable upon exercise of share options under the RAM Reinsurance Company Ltd. Stock Option Plan
for Management Employees and 2,470,000 shares issuable in respect of equity awards, including share
options and restricted share units, under the RAM Holdings Ltd. 2006
Equity Plan. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement also covers an indeterminate amount of Common Shares that may be offered or sold as
a result of any adjustments from stock splits, stock dividends or similar events.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended on the basis of the average of the high and low
prices of the common shares as reported on the NASDAQ on August 17, 2006.
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PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1: OPINION OF CONYERS DILL & PEARMAN
EX-23.1: CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC are incorporated into this
Registration Statement by reference:
1.
The Registrant's prospectus, dated April 27, 2006, filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), relating to
the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-131763).
2.
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
March 31, 2006, and filed with the SEC on May 24, 2006.
3.
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
June 30, 2006, and filed with the SEC on August 10, 2006.
4.
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on May 1, 2006, May 10, 2006
and August 18, 2006.
5.
The description of the Registrant's Common Shares, $0.10 par value, contained
in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8–A, as filed with the SEC on May 1,
2006, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior
to the filing of a post–effective amendment to this Registration Statement 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 with the SEC.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in
any subsequently filed document which also is incorporated by reference herein or any document
which constitutes part of the prospectus relating to the Plan meeting the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part hereof.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Under Section 98 of the Bermuda Companies Act, the registrant may indemnify its directors and
officers against any liabilities that they may incur in such capacities. In addition, the
Registrant's bye-laws provides for indemnification of its directors and officers. Both Bermuda law
and the bye-laws generally provide that indemnity does not apply to any matter in which an officer
or director acted fraudulently or dishonestly.
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We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and certain
officers. Under those agreements, we agree to indemnify each of these individuals against claims
arising out of events or occurrences related to that individual's service as director, officer,
employee, agent or fiduciary of us or, at our request, any other entity, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law.
Bye-law 54 of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Bye-Laws provides that any director or
officer of the Registrant shall be indemnified and held harmless for any act done by virtue of
their position with the Registrant. This includes indemnity against all costs, charges,
liabilities, losses, damages and expenses.
Section 98 of the Companies Act provides that a Bermuda company may indemnify its directors
and officers against any liability incurred by them in defending any proceedings, whether civil or
criminal, in which judgment is awarded in their favor or in which they are acquitted or granted
relief by the Supreme Court of Bermuda pursuant to section 281 of the Companies Act. Section 98
further provides that where the liability of directors or officers result from acts of fraud or
dishonesty, an indemnity provision, whether contained in the bye-laws of a company or in any
arrangement between the company and any director or officer, will be void.
Section 98A of the Companies Act permits a Bermuda company to purchase and maintain insurance
for the benefit of any officer or director in respect of any loss or liability attaching to him in
respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, whether or not such Bermuda
company may otherwise indemnify such officer or director. The Registrant has purchased directors
and officers liability insurance policies. Such insurance would be available to the Registrant's
directors and officers in accordance with its terms.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated by reference as part of this
Registration Statement:
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation and Memorandum of Association of RAM Holdings Ltd.
(incorporated by reference, to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Amended
Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-131763)).
4.2
Amended and Restated Bye-Laws of RAM Holdings Ltd. (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant's Amended Registration Statement on Form S-1/A
(File No. 333-131763)).
5.1
Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman
10.1
Form of Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant's Amended Registration Statement on Form
S-1/A (File No. 333-131763)).
10.2
RAM Reinsurance Company Ltd. Stock Option Plan for Management Employees
(incorporated by reference, to Exhibit 10.9 of the Registrant's Amended
Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-131763)).
10.3
RAM Holdings Ltd. 2006 Equity Plan (incorporated by reference, to Exhibit 10.10
of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-131763)).
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Exhibit
Number
Description
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Conyers Dill & Pearman (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature pages)
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 of 1933;
(ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any factors 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 20 percent change in
the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
table in the effective registration statement;
(iii)
to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
Provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if
the registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to
the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the 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;
(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 Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the
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 SEC 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, the Registrant 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 the City of Hamilton, Bermuda, on
August 21, 2006.
RAM Holdings Ltd.
/s/ Vernon M. Endo
Vernon M. Endo
President and Chief Executive Officer
Power of Attorney and Signatures
We, the undersigned directors and officers of RAM Holdings Ltd., hereby severally appoint
Vernon M. Endo and Richard Lutenski, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, our true
and lawful attorney, with full powers to sign for us, in our names and in the capacities indicated
below, any and all amendments to such Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments),
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as each of them might or could do in
person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys, and each of them, or their
substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the dates
indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Steven J. Tynan
Name: Steven J. Tynan
Chairman of the Board; Director
August 21, 2006
/s/ Vernon M. Endo
Name: Vernon M. Endo
President and Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(principal executive officer)
August 21 , 2006
/s/ Richard Lutenski
Name: Richard Lutenski
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
August 21 , 2006
/s/ Laryssa Yuel
Name: Laryssa Yuel
Financial Controller
(principal accounting officer)
August 21 , 2006
/s/ Edward F. Bader
Name: Edward F. Bader
Director
August 21 , 2006
/s/ Victor J. Bacigalupi
Name: Victor J. Bacigalupi
Director
August 21 , 2006
/s/ David L. Boyle
Name: David L. Boyle
Director
August 21, 2006
/s/ Allan S. Bufferd
Name: Allan S. Bufferd
Director
August 21, 2006
/s/ Daniel C. Lukas
Name: Daniel C. Lukas
Director
August 21 , 2006
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Arthur P. Slepian
Name: Arthur P. Slepian
Director
August 21 , 2006
/s/ Steven S. Skalicky
Name: Steven S. Skalicky
Director
August 21 , 2006
/s/ Dirk A. Stuurop
Name: Dirk A. Stuurop
Director
August 21, 2006
/s/ Conrad P. Voldstad
Name: Conrad P. Voldstad
Director
August 21, 2006
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation and Memorandum of Association of RAM Holdings Ltd.
(incorporated by reference, to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Amended
Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-131763)).
4.2
Amended and Restated Bye-Laws of RAM Holdings Ltd. (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant's Amended Registration Statement on Form S-1/A
(File No. 333-131763)).
5.1
Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman
10.1
Form of Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant's Amended Registration Statement on Form
S-1/A (File No. 333-131763)).
10.2
RAM Reinsurance Company Ltd. Stock Option Plan for Management Employees
(incorporated by reference, to Exhibit 10.9 of the Registrant's Amended
Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-131763)).
10.3
RAM Holdings Ltd. 2006 Equity Plan (incorporated by reference, to Exhibit 10.10
of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-131763)).
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Conyers Dill & Pearman (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature pages)