Company: MHLA
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form Type: S-8 POS
Source: 0001104659-25-053078
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Company: Maiden Holdings, Ltd.
Filing Date: 2025-05-27
Form: S-8 POS
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filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of
“large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth
company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

| Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer         | ☒ |
| Non-accelerated filer   | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☒ |
|                         |   | Emerging growth company   | ☐ |

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.☐

<div align='center'>EXPLANATORY NOTE</div>

Maiden Holdings, Ltd., a Bermuda company
(the “”), is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “”) these
post-effective amendments (these “”) to deregister any and all shares of the Company’s
common shares, par value $0.01 per share (the “”), previously registered under the following Registration
Statements on Form S-8 (the “”) that remain unsold or otherwise unissued under each such
Registration Statement as of the date hereof:

| · | Registration Statement No. 333-235948 filed with the Commission on January 16, 2020, registering up to 11,289,956 Common Shares issuable pursuant to the Maiden Holdings, Ltd. 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan; |

| · | Registration Statement No. 333-166934 filed with the Commission on May 18, 2010, registering up to 7,200,000 Common Shares issuable pursuant to the Amended and Restated Maiden Holdings, Ltd. 2007 Share Incentive Plan; |

| · | Registration Statement No. 333-163515 filed with the Commission on December 4, 2009, registering up to 2,800,000 Common Shares issuable pursuant to the Maiden Holdings, Ltd. 2007 Share Incentive Plan. |

On May 27, 2025, the Company consummated
the transactions under the Combination Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2024, among the Company, Kestrel Group, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company