[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 121 (Thursday, June 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 38868]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15728]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[File No. 1-07953]


Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing 
and Registration; (Rio Algom Limited, Common Shares, No Par Value, and 
Associated Common Share Purchase Rights)

June 15, 2000.
    Rio Algom Limited (``Company'') has filed an application with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''), pursuant to 
Section 12(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\ and 
Rule 12d2-2(d) thereunder,\2\ to withdraw its Common Shares, no par 
value, and associated Common Share Purchase Rights (referred to 
collectively herein as the ``Securities''),\3\ from listing and 
registration on the American Stock Exchange LLC (``Amex'').
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 87l(d).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(d).
    \3\ The Common Share Purchase Rights currently trade together 
with, and are evidenced by, the associated Common Shares.
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    The Company, which is based in Toronto, Ontario, and whose 
Securities are listed in Canada on the Toronto Stock Exchange, has 
effected a new listing for its Securities on the New York Stock 
Exchange (``NYSE''). Trading in the Securities on the NYSE commenced, 
and was concurrently suspended on the Amex, at the opening of business 
on June 8, 2000. The Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A with 
respect to the NYSE listing became effective on June 1, 2000. The 
Company has obtained a listing of its Securities on the NYSE in hopes 
of, among other things, increasing the potential liquidity for its 
Common Shares.
    On February 16, 2000, the Company's board of directors approved a 
resolution authorizing the withdrawal of the Securities from listing 
and registration on the Amex. The Amex has in turn advised the Company 
that its application for such withdrawal has been made in accordance 
with the rules of the Amex and that the Amex would not object to such 
withdrawal, pending its final approval by the Commission. In the light 
of the new listing of the Securities on the NYSE, the Amex has not 
required the Company to notify its shareholders of its intention to 
withdraw the Securities from listing and registration on the Amex.
    The Company has stated that its application relates solely to the 
withdrawal of the Securities from listing and registration on the Amex 
and shall have no effect upon the Securities' continued listing and 
registration on the NYSE under Section 12(b) of the Act.\4\
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    \4\ 15 U.S.C. 78l(b).
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    Any interested person may, on or before July 7, 2000, submit by 
letter to the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 
Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549-0609, facts bearing upon 
whether the application has been made in accordance with the rules of 
the Amex and what terms, if any, should be imposed by the Commission 
for the protection of investors. The Commission, based on the 
information submitted to it, will issue an order granting the 
application after the date mentioned above, unless the Commission 
determines to order a hearing on the matter.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\5\
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    \5\ 17 CFR 200.20-3(a)(1).
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Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-15728 Filed 6-21-00; 8:45 am]
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