Document ID: SEC-2007-1723-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Securities: Suspension of trading--
Posted Date: 2007-12-18T05:00Z

[Federal Register: December 18, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 242)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[File No. 500-1]

 
In the Matter of: Avitech Life Sciences, Inc.; Order of 
Suspension of Trading

December 14, 2007.
    It appears to the Securities and Exchange Commission that the 
market for the securities of Avitech LifeSciences, Inc. (``Avitech,'' 
trading symbol AVLF), may be reacting to manipulative forces or 
deceptive practices and that there is insufficient current public 
information about the issuer upon which an informed investment decision 
may be made, particularly concerning (1) the identity of and prior 
securities fraud judgments against persons who appear to be involved in 
the offer and sale of Avitech shares; (2) the financial performance and 
business prospects of Avitech; and (3) offerings to foreign investors 
and any restrictions on the resale of shares.
    The Commission is of the opinion that the public interest and the 
protection of investors require a suspension of trading in the 
securities of the above-listed company.
    Therefore, it is ordered, pursuant to section 12(k) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that trading in the above-listed 
company is suspended for the period of 9:30 a.m. EST, December 14, 2007 
through 11:59 p.m. EST, on December 28, 2007.

    By the Commission.
J. Lynn Taylor,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 07-6095 Filed 12-14-07; 12:26 pm]

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