Edgar Filing: PEGGE ANDREW

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 144

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.

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DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.

CUSIP NUMBER

WORK LOCATION

1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)

ASA LTD

(b) IRS IDENT. NO.
986000252

(c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
811-21650

1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE

11 SUMMER STREET BUFFALO NY 14209

(e) TELEPHONE

AREA CODE
716

NUMBER
883-2428

2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD

ANDREW PEGGE

(b) IRS IDENT. NO.

N/A

(c) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER

DIRECTOR

(d) ADDRESS STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE

THE OLD CHAPEL
SUMMERHILL ROAD ONCHAN ISLE OF MAN IM3 1NA

INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number

3 (a)

Title of the Class of Securities
To Be Sold

(b)

Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities Are To Be Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities

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(c)

Number of Shares
or Other Units
To Be Sold
(See Instr. 3 (c))

(d)

Aggregate
Market
Value
(See Instr. 3(d)

(e)

Number of Shares
or Other Units
Outstanding
(See Instr. 3(e))

(f)

Approximate Date of Sale
(See Instr. 3(f))
(MO. DAY YR.)

(g)

Name of Each
Securities
Exchange
(See instr. 3 g))

Broker-Dealer
File Number

COMMON
STOCK

INSTINET LLC
8TH FLOOR, 3 TIMES SQUARE
NEW YORK, NY 10036

350,000

$14,749,000
based on NYSE
closing price of $42.14 on 11/24/08

7,200,000

11/25/2008
to
02/24/2009

NYSE

INSTRUCTIONS:
1.  (a)  Name of Issuer
     (b)  Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
     (c)  Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
     (d)  Issuer's address, including zip code
     (e)  Issuer's telephone number, including area code

3.  (a)  Title of the class of securities to be sold
     (b)  Name and Address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
     (c)  Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
     (d)  Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
     (e)  Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown
           by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
     (f)  Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
     (g)  Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold

2.  (a)  Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
     (b)  Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
     (c)  Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
           stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
     (d)  Such person's address, including zip code

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SEC 1147 (02-08)

TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor.
Title of the Class	Date you Acquired		Nature of Acquisition Transaction	Name of the Person from Whom Acquired (if gift, also give date donor acquired	Amount of Securities Acquired	Date of Payment	Nature of Payment
COMMON STOCK	Feb 2001 - Mar 2008		MARKET TRADING	MARKET TRADING	350,000	Feb 2001 - Mar 2008	CASH
INSTRUCTIONS:		If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.
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TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
Name and Address of Seller	Title of Securities Sold	Date of Sale	Amount of Securities Sold(2)	Gross Proceeds
ANDREW PEGGE THE OLD CHAPEL SUMMERHILL ROAD ONCHAN ISLE OF MAN IM3 1NA	COMMON STOCK	11/14/2008 11/17/2008 11/19/2008	13,400 9,900 24,600	$499,248 $351,924 $840,754
REMARKS:

INSTRUCTIONS:

ATTENTION:

See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.

The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.

November 25, 2008
______________________________________________________________________
DATE OF NOTICE

______________________________________________________________________
DATE OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION, IF RELYING ON RULE 10B5-1

/s/ Andrew Pegge by his Attorney-in-Fact Paul K. Wustrack, Jr.
____________________________________________________________________________
(SIGNATURE)

This notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.

Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures

ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)

SEC 1147 (02/08)