[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1004-1005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-240]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application to Withdraw From Listing 
and Registration; (Biovail Corporation International, Common Stock, 
$0.01 Par Value) File No. 1-11145

December 31, 1996.
    Biovail Corporation International (``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'') and Rule 12d2-2(d) promulgated thereunder, to 
withdraw the above specified security (``Security'') from listing and 
registration on the American Stock Exchange, Inc. (``AMEX'').
    The reasons alleged in the application for withdrawing the Security 
from listing and registration include the following:
    According to the Company, it has complied with Rule 18 of the AMEX 
by filing with the AMEX a certified copy of preambles and resolutions 
adopted by the Company's Board of Directors authorizing the withdrawal 
of its security from listing on the Amex and by setting forth in detail 
the reasons for such proposed withdrawal, and the facts in support 
thereof. The Security of the Company has been listed for trading on the 
New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (``NYSE'') effective December 11, 1996. 
In making the decision to withdraw the Security from listing on the 
AMEX, the Company considered the increase visibility of the Company's 
shares from being listed on the NYSE and the wishes of institutional 
shareholders.
    Any interested person may, on or before January 22, 1997, submit by 
letter to the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 
Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, facts bearing upon whether 
the application

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has been made in accordance with the rules of the exchanges 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.
Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-240 Filed 1-6-97; 8:45 am]
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