04-5952. Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application of SCBT Financial Corporation To Withdraw Its Common Stock, $2.50 Par Value, From Listing and Registration on the American Stock Exchange LLC File No. 1-12669

March 11, 2004.

SCBT Financial Corporation, a South Carolina 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, $2.50 par value (“Security”), from listing and registration on the American Stock Exchange LLC (“Amex” or “Exchange”).

The Board of Directors (“Board”) of the Issuer unanimously approved a resolution on February 20, 2003 to withdraw the Issuer's Security from listing on the Amex and to list the Security on NASDAQ Stock Market. The Board states that the reasons for taking such action are the desire to participate in a multiple market system, the desire for more liquidity in the Security (which can be typical for securities trading on the NASDAQ), and the ability to use the symbol “SCBT”, which will closely associate the stock symbol with the Issuer's name and the Issuer's subsidiary banks.

The Issuer stated in its application that it has met the requirements of Amex Rule l8 by complying with all applicable laws in the State of South Carolina, 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 Issuer's application relates solely to the withdrawal of the Security from listing on the Amex 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]

Any interested person may, on or before April 5, 2004, 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. All comment letters should refer to File No. 1-12669. 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]

Jonathan G. Katz,

Secretary.

Footnotes

1.  15 U.S.C. 78 l (d).

2.  17 CFR 240.12d2-2(d).

3.  15 U.S.C. 78 1 (b).

4.  15 U.S.C. 78 1 (g).

5.  17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(1).