0001628280-24-024805.txt : 20240523 0001628280-24-024805.hdr.sgml : 20240523 20240523060101 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001628280-24-024805 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240523 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240523 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0002002473 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] ORGANIZATION NAME: 02 Finance IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-42111 FILM NUMBER: 24975097 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1411 BROADWAY, 38TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10018 BUSINESS PHONE: 2129700269 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1411 BROADWAY, 38TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10018 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Bowhead Holdings Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20231128 8-A12B 1 bowheadspecialtyholdingsin.htm 8-A12B Document

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware87-1433334
(State of incorporation or organization)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1411 Broadway, Suite 3800 New York, New York10018
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
to be so registered
Name of each exchange on which
each class is to be registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per shareNew York Stock Exchange
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. ý
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. ¨
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ¨
Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates (if applicable): 333-278653
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None


Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered
For a description of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. (the “Registrant”) being registered hereunder, reference is made to the information set forth under the heading “Description of Capital Stock” contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the "Registration Statement") (File No. 333-278653), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), as subsequently amended by any amendments to such Registration Statement and by any form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with such Registration Statement. Such Registration Statement, as amended, and any form of prospectus to be filed separately by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, that includes such description, are hereby incorporated by reference herein.
Item 2. Exhibits
Under the “Instructions as to Exhibits” section of Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed because no other securities of the Registrant are to be registered on the New York Stock Exchange and the securities to be registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc.
Date: May 23, 2024
By:
/s/ H. Matthew Crusey
Name: H. Matthew Crusey
Title:   Secretary