[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 213 (Monday, November 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 67220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27999]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing 
and Registration on the American Stock Exchange LLC (Citizens, Inc., 
Class A Common Stock, no par value) File No. 1-16509

October 30, 2002.
    Citizens, Inc., a Colorado 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 Class A Common Stock, no par value (``Security''), from listing and 
registration on the American Stock Exchange LLC (``Amex'' or 
``Exchange'').
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 781(d).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(d).
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    The Issuer stated in its application that it has met the 
requirements of Amex Rule 18 by complying with all applicable laws in 
the State of Colorado, in which it is incorporated, and with the Amex's 
rules governing an issuer's voluntary withdrawal of a security from 
listing and registration.
    The Board of Directors (``Board'') of the Issuer unanimously 
approved a resolution on June 4, 2002, to withdraw the Issuer's 
Security from listing on the Amex. The Issuer states that the Security 
has traded on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (``NYSE'') since August 
2002. The Issuer stated that the Board took such action in order to 
avoid the direct and indirect costs and the division of the market 
resulting from dual listing on the Amex and NYSE.
    The Issuer's application relates solely to the withdrawal of the 
Security from listing on the Amex and shall not affect its listing on 
the NYSE or its obligation to be registered under section 12(b) of the 
Act.\3\
    Any interested person may, on or before November 19, 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 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.
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    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 781(b).

    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. 02-27999 Filed 11-1-02; 8:45 am]
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