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Tate202

07/11/04 11:24 AM

#28619 RE: BullNBear52 #28618

The SEC is considering them a defunct company I guess..according to 12(j)

The SEC may revoke the registration of stocks. In some circumstances, the SEC may revoke the registration of a defunct company's stock pursuant to Section 12(j) of the Exchange Act. Under Section 12(j), the SEC is authorized to revoke the registration of a security if it fails to comply with the federal securities laws. No broker-dealer may execute any trades in stocks whose registration has been revoked pursuant to Section 12(j).

A defunct company may not have a transfer agent. In some situations, the defunct company does not have a transfer agent. Although the federal securities laws do not require a company to have a transfer agent, if a company does not have a transfer agent, investors are unable to receive or transfer their stock certificates. Sometimes the SEC has considered a company's lack of a transfer agent as a factor in whether to revoke the registration of stock pursuant to Section 12(j) for the protection of investors.


http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:4K7Opr9WsDYJ:www.sec.gov/answers/dfnctco.htm+SEC+Sec+12+j&h...
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janice shell

07/11/04 9:49 PM

#28661 RE: BullNBear52 #28618

I don't think so. I believe the SEC was determined on revocation, and Hall's "choice" was to agree to it, or face a lawsuit.

The SEC gave the company 2 options. Suspension or revocation the way I read the release. They choose the latter.