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 000-31789 ASB Holding Company - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 365 Broad Street, Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003 (973) 748-3600 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form) Not Applicable - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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)(i) |X| Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i) |_| --- Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii) |_| Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) |_| Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i) |_| Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i) |_| Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii) |_| Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii) |_| Rule 15d-6 |_| Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: None ----- Effective October 5, 2005, ASB Holding Company (File No. 000-31789), a federally-chartered mid-tier stock holding company, merged with and into American Bancorp of New Jersey, Inc. (File No. 000-51500), a New Jersey corporation, in connection with the completion of the second-step conversion of American Savings, MHC, a federally- chartered mutual holding company. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, ASB Holding Company has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person. Date: October 6, 2005 By: /s/Fred G. Kowal ------------------------------------- Fred G. Kowal President and Chief Operating Officer