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
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         365 Broad Street, Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003 (973) 748-3600
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    (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                  of registrant's principal executive offices)


                    Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share
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            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

                                 Not Applicable
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          (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)       |_|
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          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
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         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
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                                           Fred G. Kowal
                                           President and Chief Operating Officer