[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 19573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9944]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing
and Registration; (Viacom Inc., Class A Common Stock, $.01 Par Value,
and Class B Common Stock, $.01 Par Value) File No. 1-9553
April 15, 1999.
Viacom Inc. (``Company'') 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 American
Stock Exchange LLC (``Amex'' or ``Exchange'').
The Securities have been listed for trading on the Amex and,
pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the
Commission which became effective on April 1, 1999, on the New York
Stock Exchange, Inc. (``NYSE''). Trading in the Securities on the NYSE
commenced at the opening of business on April 8, 1999.
The Company has complied with the rules of the Amex by filing with
the Exchange a certified copy of the resolutions adopted by the
Company's Board of Directors authorizing the withdrawal of its
Securities from listing on the Exchange and by setting forth in detail
to the Exchange the reasons for such proposed withdrawal, and the facts
in support thereof. The Amex has in turn informed the Company that it
has no objection to the withdrawal of the Company's Securities from
listing on the Exchange.
In making the decision to withdraw its Securities from listing on
the Amex, the Company determined that it would be in the Company's best
interests to withdraw its Securities from listing on the Amex in order
to list them on the NYSE.
The Company's application relates solely to the withdrawal of the
Securities described above from listing on the Amex and shall have no
effect upon the continued listing of the Securities on the NYSE, nor
shall it have any effect on the continued listing of the Company's
other securities on the Amex, including its Five-Year Warrants expiring
July 7, 1999, its 6.75% Senior Notes due 2003, its 7.75% Senior Notes
due 2005, its 8% Exchangeable Subordinated Debentures due 2006, and its
7.625% Senior Debentures due 2016. Moreover, by reason of Section 12(b)
of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder,
the Company shall continue to be obligated to file reports under
Section 13 of the Act with the Commission and the Amex, as well as the
NYSE.
Any interested person may, on or before May 6, 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. 99-9944 Filed 4-20-99; 8:45 am]
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