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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 15

 

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER

SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION

OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

 

Commission File Number: 001-33364

 

VALIDUS UPS, LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

29 Richmond Road

Pembroke

Bermuda HM 08

(441) 278-9000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Common Shares, $0.01 par value

(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

 

None

(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

          Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

 

 

 

 

Rule 12g-4(a)(1)

x

 

Rule 12g-4(a)(2)

o

 

Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)

x

 

Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)

o

 

Rule 15d-6

o

Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:                         One


          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Validus UPS, Ltd. (as successor-in-interest by merger to Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings, S.A.) has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VALIDUS UPS, LTD.

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

December 17, 2012

 

By:

/s/ C. Jerome Dill

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

Name: C. Jerome Dill

 

 

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President