Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing and Registration; (The Quaker Oats Company, Common Stock, $5.00 Par Value, and Attached Preferred Stock Purchase Rights) File No. 1-00012

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 147 (Monday, August 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41981-41982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19669]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing 
and Registration; (The Quaker Oats Company, Common Stock, $5.00 Par 
Value, and Attached Preferred Stock Purchase Rights) File No. 1-00012

July 26, 1999.
    The Quaker Oats Company (``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 
securities (``Securities'') from listing and registration on the 
Pacific Exchange, Inc. (``PCX'' or ``Exchange'').
    The reasons cited in the application for withdrawing the Securities 
from listing and registration include the following:
    The Securities are currently listed for trading in the United 
States on the PCX, the Chicago Stock Exchange (``CHX''), and the New 
York Stock Exchange (``NYSE''). The Company has considered all the 
direct and indirect costs arising from maintaining these multiple 
listings and has determined, in light of the limited volume of trades 
in its Common Stock on the PCX, to withdrawn the Securities from 
listings on the PCX, maintaining their listing on the CHX and the NYSE.
    The Company has compiled with the rules of the PCX by filing with 
the Exchange a certified copy of resolutions adopted by the Company's 
Board of Directors authorizing withdrawal of its Securities from 
listing on the PCX as well as correspondence setting forth in detail to 
the Exchange the reasons for such proposed withdrawal, and the facts in 
support thereof.

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    The Exchange has informed the Company that it has no objection to 
the withdrawal of the Company's Securities from listing on the PCX.
    This application relates solely to the withdrawal by the Company of 
the Securities's listing on the PCX and shall have no effect upon the 
continued listing of such Securities on the CHX and the NYSE. 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 with the Commission, the CHX and the NYSE under Section 13 
of the Act.
    Any interested person may, on or before August 16, 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. 99-19669 Filed 7-30-99; 8:45 am]
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