Delisting Amended
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 001-14790
Rowan
Companies, Inc., NYSE Arca, Inc. (formerly Pacific Stock
Exchange)
(Exact
name of Issuer as specified in its charter, and name of Exchange where security
is listed and/or registered)
2800
Post Oak Blvd, Suite 5450, Houston, Texas 77056 713 621 7800
(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Issuer’s
principal executive offices)
Common
Stock, par value $0.125 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:
o
17 CFR
240.12d2-2(a)(1)
o
17 CFR
240.12d2-2(a)(2)
o
17 CFR
240.12d2-2(a)(3)
o
17 CFR
240.12d2-2(a)(4)
o
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
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, Rowan Companies,
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.
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December
20, 2006
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By:
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/s/
William H. Wells
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Vice
President and Chief
Financial Officer
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Date
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Name
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Title
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SEC
1654 (03-06)
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