[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 48 (Monday, March 11, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 9738-9739] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-5684] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing and Registration; (Voice Control Systems, Inc., Common Stock, $.01 Par Value) File No. 1-1-11189 March 5, 1996. Voice Control Systems 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 above specified security (``Security'') from listing and registration on the Emerging Company Marketplace of the American Stock Exchange, Inc. (``Amex''). The reasons alleged in the application for withdrawing the Security from listing and registration include the following: According to the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company (``Board'') unanimously approved resolutions on October 4, 1995, to withdraw the [[Page 9739]] Security from listing on the Exchange and, instead, list the Security on the Nasdaq as a National Market Security (``Nasdaq/NMS''). The decision of the Board followed a lengthy study of the matter, and was based upon the belief that listing of the Security on Nasdaq will be more beneficial to the Company and its shareholders than the present listing on the Exchange because: 1. The Committee believes such a listing will result in additional market makers in the Company's security. This should in turn result in additional research reports on the Company and enhanced interest in the Company's stock; 2. The Exchange has recently discontinued the Emerging Company Marketplace on which the Company is listed. Accordingly, issuers of the type and size of the Company will not be listed on the Amex in the future and ultimately the Company will be out of place; 3. The Company's major publicly-held competitors and customers are listed on the Nasdaq/NMS, so the Company believes that the investment community will expect to find an issuer such as the Company listed on the Nasdaq/NMS. Failure to meet these expectations will diminish interest in the Company's stock. Any interested person may, on or before March 26, 1996, submit by letter to the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549, facts bearing upon whether the application has been made in accordance with the rules of the exchanges 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. 96-5684 Filed 3-8-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8010-01-M