Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Alestra, S. de R.L. de C.V.,

[Federal Register: August 12, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 155)]

[Notices]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[File No. 1-31894]

Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application of Alestra, S. de R.L. de C.V. To Withdraw Its 8% Senior Notes (Due 2010), From Listing and Registration on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

August 5, 2005.

On July 13, 2005, Alestra, S. de R.L. de C.V., a company organized under the laws of Mexico (``Issuer''), 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 8% senior notes (due 2010) (``Security''), from listing and registration on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (``NYSE'').

\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78l(d).

\2\ 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(d).

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The Board of Directors (``Board'') of the Issuer approved resolutions on April 29, 2005, to withdraw the Security from listing and registration on NYSE. The Issuer stated that the following reasons factored into the Board's decision to withdraw the Security. First, pursuant to the applicable NYSE rules and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the continued listing of the Security requires that the Issuer create an audit committee or qualify a statutory auditor to act as such. Due to the severely limited availability of specialized or otherwise qualified independent directors, domestic and foreign, the novelty of the requirement on Mexican closed-company issuers, and the cost that this would represent for the Issuer, it is not practicable for the Issuer to implement an audit committee. Second, the Security trades in very limited quantities, if at all, on NYSE.

The Issuer stated in its application that it has complied with NYSE's rules governing an issuer's voluntary withdrawal of a security from listing and registration by providing NYSE with the required documents governing the removal of securities from listing and registration on NYSE.

The Issuer's application relates solely to the withdrawal of the Security from listing on NYSE 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\

\3\ 15 U.S.C. 78l(b).

\4\ 15 U.S.C. 78l(g).

Any interested person may, on or before August 30, 2005, comment on the facts bearing upon whether the application has been made in accordance with the rules of NYSE, and what terms, if any, should be imposed by the Commission for the protection of investors. All comment letters may be submitted by either of the following methods:

Electronic Comments

Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/delist.shtml. ); or Send an e-mail to rule-comments@sec.gov. Please include

the File Number 1-31894 or;

Paper Comments

Send paper comments in triplicate to Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549-9303.

All submissions should refer to File Number 1-31894. This file number should be included on the subject line if e-mail is used. To help us process and review your comments more efficiently, please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/delist.shtml). Comments are

also available for public inspection and copying in the Commission's Public Reference Room. All comments received will be posted without change; we do not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly.

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\

\5\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(1).

Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary.

[FR Doc. E5-4362 Filed 8-11-05; 8:45 am]

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