0001193125-11-355673.txt : 20111229 0001193125-11-355673.hdr.sgml : 20111229 20111229163604 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-11-355673 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 25 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20111229 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111229 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20111229 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ECB BANCORP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001066254 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 562090738 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NC FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 25 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35389 FILM NUMBER: 111287093 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 337 STREET 2: HWY 264 CITY: ENGELHARD STATE: NC ZIP: 27824 BUSINESS PHONE: 2529259411 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 337 CITY: ENGLEHARD STATE: NC ZIP: 27824 25 1 d277222d25.htm FORM 25 Form 25

 

 

UNITED STATES

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: 000-24753

ECB Bancorp, Inc.

Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

(Exact name of Issuer as specified in its charter, and name of Exchange where security is listed and/or registered)

Post Office Box 337, Engelhard, North Carolina 27824

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Issuer’s principal executive offices)

Common Stock, par value $3.50 per share

(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.

x    Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c), the Issuer has complied with the rules of the Exchange and the requirements of 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c) governing the voluntary withdrawal of the class of securities from listing and registration on the Exchange.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, ECB Bancorp, 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.

 

Date: December 29, 2011                                 By:   /s/ A. Dwight Utz
      A. Dwight Utz
      President and Chief Executive Officer

Explanatory Note

This voluntary delisting from the Nasdaq Global Market under the trading symbol “ECBE” is a result of ECB Bancorp, Inc.’s pending move to the NYSE Amex. ECB Bancorp, Inc.’s first day of trading on the NYSE Amex under the trading symbol “ECBE” is expected to be December 30, 2011.