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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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On April 26, 2006, American Safety Insurance Holdings, Ltd. issued a press release announcing that it had filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an underwritten public offering of its common stock. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
(c) Exhibits
99.1 Press Release of American Safety Insurance Holdings, Ltd. issued April 26, 2006 The information set forth under Item 8.01 and in Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
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 hereunto duly authorized.
AMERICAN SAFETY INSURANCE HOLDINGS, LTD.
Registrant
Date: April 26, 2006 By: /S/ Stephen R. Crim
Stephen R. Crim
President and Chief Executive Officer