[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 55280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21952]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application to Withdraw from Listing 
and Registration on the Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc. (Meritage 
Hospitality Group, Inc., Common Stock, $.01 par value) File No. 1-12319

August 22, 2002.
    Meritage Hospitality Group, Inc., a Michigan 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) 
thereunder,\2\ to withdraw its Common Stock, $.01 par value 
(``Security''), from listing and registration on the Chicago Stock 
Exchange, Inc. (``CHX'' or ``Exchange'').
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78l(d).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(d).
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    The Issuer states in its application that it has met the 
requirements of the CHX Article XXVIII, Rule 4, by complying with 
Exchange's rules governing an issuer's voluntary withdrawal of a 
security from listing and registration. In making the decision to 
withdraw the Security from listing and registration on the CHX, the 
Issuer states that the Security has traded on the American Stock 
Exchange (``Amex'') since 1999. The Company also states that based on 
its most recent Form 10-Q filing, the total number of outstanding 
shares of its Security is 5,328,385.
    The Issuer's application relates solely to the withdrawal of the 
Security from listing and registration on the CHX and shall have no 
affect upon the Security's continued listing and registration on the 
Amex under section 12(b) of the Act.\3\
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    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 781(b).
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    Any interested person may, on or before September 16, 2002, 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 CHX 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. 02-21952 Filed 8-27-02; 8:45 am]
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