[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 46 (Thursday, March 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13982-13983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5690]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application to Withdraw from Listing 
and Registration; (Integrated Orthopaedics, Inc., Common Stock, $.001 
Par Value) File No. 1-10677

March 2, 2001.
    Integrated Orthopaedics, Inc., a Texas corporation (``Issuer''), 
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)

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thereunder,\2\ to withdraw its Common Stock, $.001 par value 
(``Security''), from listing and registration on the American Stock 
Exchange (``Amex'').
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78l(d).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(d).
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    Amex listing guidelines require that, when a listed company is 
acquired by an unlisted company, even though the listed company is the 
nominal survivor, the Amex will apply its original listing criteria in 
evaluating the eligibility of the surviving company for listing. 
Representatives of the Amex have advised the Issuer that, upon 
completion of the Issuer's expected merger with PowerBrief, Inc., its 
Security will no longer be eligible to be listed on the Amex because 
the resultant combined company will not meet the Amex's original 
listing criteria. As a result, the Issuer has determined to voluntarily 
withdraw its Security from listing and registration on the Amex at this 
time. The Issuer has indicated that it will pursue the possibility of 
having the Security quoted in the unlisted over-the-counter market once 
it has ceased to trade on the Amex.
    The Issuer has stated in its application that it has complied with 
the rules of the Amex governing the withdrawal of its Security and that 
the application relates solely to the withdrawal of the Security from 
listing on the Amex and registration under Section 12(b) of the Act.\3\
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    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 78l(b).
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    Any interested person may, on or before March 23, 2001, submit by 
letter to the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 
Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 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.\4\
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    \4\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(1).
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Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-5690 Filed 3-7-01; 8:45 am]
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