[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 15 (Thursday, January 23, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3283-3284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1451]


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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. (DST Systems, 
Inc., Common Stock, $.01 Par Value, and Preferred Stock Purchase 
Rights) File No. 1-14036

January 16, 2003.
    DST Systems, Inc., a Delaware 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, and Preferred Stock Purchase Rights 
(``Securities''), 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 rules of the Exchange (CHX Article XXVIII, Rule 4) 
by complying with Exchange's rules governing an issuer's voluntary 
withdrawal of a security from listing and registration and by complying 
with all laws in effect in the State of Delaware.
    On May 14, 2002, the Board of Directors of the Issuer unanimously 
approved a resolution to withdraw the Issuer's Securities from listing 
on the CHX. In making the decision to withdraw the Securities from 
listing and registration on the CHX, the Issuer states that the expense 
and administrative time associated with remaining list on the CHX 
outweighs the limited

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advantages, and the Issuer no longer sees the value of the additional 
market place. The Issuer states that the Securities have traded on the 
New York Stock Exchange, Inc. since November 1995.
    The Issuer's application relates solely to the withdrawal of the 
Securities from listing and registration on the CHX and from 
registration under Section 12(b) of the Act \3\ and shall not affect 
its obligation to be registered under Section 12(g) of the Act. \4\
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    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 78l(b).
    \4\ 15 U.S.C. 78l(g).
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    Any interested person may, on or before February 7, 2003, 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.\5\
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    \5\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(1).

Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-1451 Filed 1-22-03; 8:45 am]
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