NOTIFICATION OF REMOVAL FROM LISTING AND/OR REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(b) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 25
NOTIFICATION OF REMOVAL FROM LISTING AND/OR REGISTRATION
UNDER SECTION 12(b) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Commission File Number 001-13615
Issuer: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
Exchange: NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE INC
(Exact name of Issuer as specified in its charter, and name of Exchange where security is listed and/or registered)
Address: 6 Concourse Parkway, Suite 3300
Atlanta GEORGIA 30328
Telephone number: (770) 829-6200
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Issuer's principal executive offices)
Common Stock
(Description of class of securities)
Please place an X in the box to designate the rule provision relied upon to strike the class of securities from listing and registration:
17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(1)
17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(2)
17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(3)
17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(4)
Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(b), the Exchange has complied with its rules to strike the class of securities from listing and/or withdraw registration on the Exchange. 1
Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c), the Issuer has complied with its rules of the Exchange and the requirements of 17 CFR 240.12d-2(c) governing the voluntary withdrawal of the class of securities from listing and registration on the Exchange.
Pursuant to the requirements fo the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE INC certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing the Form 25 and has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
2009-01-13 By Paras Madho Director
Date Name Title
1 Form 25 and attached Notice will be considered compliance with the provisions of 17 CFR 240.19d-1 as applicable. See General Instructions.
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NOTIFICATION OF THE REMOVAL FROM LISTING AND REGISTRATION OF THE STATED SECURITIES New York Stock Exchange LLC (the 'Exchange' or the 'NYSE') hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 'Commission') of its intention to remove the entire class of Common Stock (the 'Common Stock') of Spectrum Brands, Inc., (the 'Company') from listing and registration on the Exchange at the opening of business on January 23, 2009, pursuant to the provisions of Rule 12d2-2 (b), because, in the opinion of the Exchange, the Common Stock is no longer suitable for continued listing and trading on the Exchange. The Company had fallen below the Exchange's continued listing standard regarding average global market capitalization over a consecutive 30 trading day period of not less than $25 million, which is the minimum threshold for listing. The Company had previously fallen below the NYSE's continued listing standard for average closing price of less than $1.00 over a consecutive 30 trading day period, as well as average global market capitalization over a consecutive 30 trading day period of not less than $75 million and latest reported shareholders' equity of not less than $75 million. The Company was in the process of submitting business plan materials, however, in light of the subsequent non-compliance with the aforementioned minimum market capitalization standard, this plan process is no longer available. 1. The Exchange's Listed Company Manual, Sections 802.01B, states, in part, that the Exchange would promptly delist a security of either a domestic or non-U.S. issuer when: The issuer's average global market capitalization over a consecutive 30 trading-day period falls below $25,000,000, regardless of the original standard under which the issuer listed. 2. The Exchange, on December 15, 2008, determined that the Common Stock should be suspended from trading before the opening of the trading session on December 22, 2008, and directed the preparation and filing with the Commission of this application for the removal of the Common Stock from listing and registration on the Exchange. The Company was notified verbally on December 10, 2008 and by letter on December 16, 2008. 3. Pursuant to the above authorization, a press release was issued on December 15, 2008, and an announcement was made on the 'ticker' of the Exchange at the close of the trading session on December 15, 2008 and other various dates of the proposed suspension of trading in the Common Stock. Similar information was included on the Exchange's website. Trading in the Common Stock on the Exchange was suspended before the opening of the trading session on December 22, 2008. 4. The Company had a right to appeal to the Committee for Review of the Board of Directors of NYSE Regulation the determination to delist its Common Stock, provided that it filed a written request for such a review with the Secretary of the Exchange within ten business days of receiving notice of delisting determination. The Company did not file such request within the specified time period.