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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by Mr. Saxon on September 19, 2011.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Shares withheld to satisfy income tax withholding liabilities and payment of the option exercise price.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The price reported in column 4 is a weighted average price.  These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $28.20 to $28.44 per share, inclusive.  The reporting person undertakes to provide to AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. or any of its security holders, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnote 3.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The price reported in column 4 is a weighted average price.  These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $28.51 to $28.54 per share, inclusive.  The reporting person undertakes to provide to AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. or any of its security holders, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnote 4.</footnote>
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