[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 15467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8316]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing 
and Registration; (Columbus Energy Corp., Common Stock, Par Value 
$0.20) File No. 1-9872

March 25, 1998.
    Columbus Energy Corp. (``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 Pacific 
Exchange, Inc. (``Exchange'' or ``PCX'').
    The reasons cited in the application for withdrawing the Security 
from listing and registration include the following:
    The Security also is listed for trading on the American Stock 
Exchange (``Amex'') where it trades under the symbol EGY.
    The Company has represented that the volume of trading in the 
Security conducted on the PCX has always been low compared to trading 
in the Security effected elsewhere. The Company has further represented 
that in one or more recent months there was no trading in the Security 
conducted on the PCX.
    The Company stated that it has approximately 470 Security holders 
of record. Of those, about 20 Security holders reside in California and 
hold a small portion of the outstanding Security (12,000 shares out of 
4,257,715 shares outstanding).
    In the opinion of the Company's management, maintaining the 
Security's listing on the Exchange is no longer cost effective in light 
of the annual listing fee and any future additional listing fee 
charges.
    At its regular meeting held on February 12, 1998, the Company's 
Board of Directors authorized the Company's management to proceed with 
the voluntary delisting of the Security from the Exchange.
    In its letter dated March 4, 1998, the Exchange informed the 
Company that it would not object to the withdrawal of the Security from 
listing and registration of the Exchange.
    The Company has represented that the Security will continue to 
trade on the Amex.
    Any interested person may, on or before April 15, 1998, 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 has been made in accordance with the rules of the 
Exchange 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. 98-8316 Filed 3-30-98; 8:45 am]
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