Commission File Number ________
ARENA RESOURCES, INC.
– AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE
(Exact name of Issuer as specified in its charter, and name of Exchange where security is listed
and/or registered)
4920 South Lewis Avenue, Suite
107, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74105, (918) 743-6060
(Address, including zip code
and telephone number, including area code, of Issuer’s principal executive offices)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 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, Arena Resources, Inc. certifies that is 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.
| August 29, 2006 | By: | /s/ Lloyd T. Rochford |
| Lloyd T. Rochford, President and Chief Executive Officer |