99-30318. Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing and Registration; (Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Seven Year 6\1/ 8\% Notes, Due March 1, 2000; Eight Year 6\3/8\% Notes, Due April 1, 2001; Twelve Year 6\5/8\% Notes, ...  

  • [Federal Register Volume 64, Number 224 (Monday, November 22, 1999)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 63833-63834]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 99-30318]
    
    
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    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
    
    [File No. 1-2346]
    
    
    Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing 
    and Registration; (Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Seven Year 6\1/
    8\% Notes, Due March 1, 2000; Eight Year 6\3/8\% Notes, Due April 1, 
    2001; Twelve Year 6\5/8\% Notes, Due April 1, 2005; Forty Year 6\7/8\% 
    Debentures, Due February 1, 2011; Twenty-Two Year 7% Debentures, Due 
    July 1, 2015; Thirty Year 7\5/9\% Debentures, Due March 1, 2023; 
    Thirty-Two Year 7\1/4\% Debentures, Due July 15, 2025; and Fifty Year 
    6\7/8\% Debentures, Due March 31, 2048)
    
    November 16, 1999.
        Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, a Missouri corporation 
    (``Company'') and indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of SBC 
    Communications Inc. (``SBC''), 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 securities specified above 
    (``Securities'') from listing and registration on the New York Stock 
    Exchange, Inc. (``NYSE'' or ``Exchange'').
        On September 27, 1999, the Company's Board of Directors, in 
    compliance with NYSE Rule 500, adopted a resolution to withdraw the 
    Securities from listing and registration on the Exchange. The Company, 
    in making the determination to seek such withdrawal, has cited the 
    following factors in its application to the Commission:
         Each of the Securities currently has a limited number of 
    registered holders.
         The Securities trade infrequently on the Exchange and the 
    company does not anticipate that such trading volume might increase 
    appreciably.
         The costs associated with the continued listing of the 
    Securities are prohibitive, given the limited trading volume.
         Both the Company and SBC are currently reporting companies 
    under the Act and each files annual and periodic reports with the 
    Commission, but the Company is seeking to avoid the costs it incurs in 
    preparing such annual and periodic reports by obtaining from the 
    Commission an exemption from the Act's reporting requirements. SBC has 
    therefore proposed to guarantee certain of the Company's debt 
    securities owned by more than 300 registered holders.
    
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    Based on this proposed guaranty, and in conjunction with its 
    application to withdraw its Securities from listing and registration on 
    the NYSE, the Company has sought exemption from the Act's reporting 
    requirements as provided in certain circumstances by Section 12(h) of 
    the Act.
         The Company is not obligated by the terms of the indenture 
    under which the Securities were issued or by any other document to 
    maintain the Securities' listing on the NYSE or any other exchange.
        The Company has stated in its application to the Commission that it 
    has complied with the requirements of NYSE Rule 500 and that the 
    Exchange has indicated it will not interpose any objection to the 
    withdrawal of the Securities.
        Any interested person may, on or before December 7, 1999, 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 
    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. 99-30318 Filed 11-19-99; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 8010-01-M
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
11/22/1999
Department:
Securities and Exchange Commission
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
99-30318
Pages:
63833-63834 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
File No. 1-2346
PDF File:
99-30318.pdf