Rule 12g-4
  Certifications of Termination
of Registration Under Section 12(g)
a.
Termination of registration
of a class of securities shall take effect 90 days, or such shorter period
as the Commission may determine, after the issuer certifies to the Commission
on Form 15 that:
1.
Such class of
securities is held of record by:
i.
Less than 300 persons; or
ii.
By less than 500 persons, where the total assets of the issuer have not
exceeded $10 million on the last day of each of the issuer's three most
recent fiscal years; or
2.
Such class of
securities of a foreign private issuer, as defined in
Rule
3b-4, is held of record by:
i.
Less than 300 persons resident in the United States or
ii.
Less than 500 persons resident in the United States where the total assets
of the issuer have not exceeded $10 million on the last day of each of
the issuer's most recent three fiscal years.
For purposes of this paragraph, the number of persons resident
in the United States shall be determined in accordance with the provisions
of Rule 12g3-2(a).
b. The
issuer's duty to file any reports required under
section
13(a) shall be suspended immediately upon filing a certification on
Form 15; Provided, however, That if the certification on Form 15
is subsequently withdrawn or denied, the issuer shall, within 60 days
after the date of such withdrawal or denial, file with the Commission
all reports which would have been required had the certification on Form
15 not been filed. If the suspension resulted from the issuer's merger
into, or consolidation with, another issuer or issuers, the certification
shall be filed by the successor issuer.
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