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<strong>Update: </strong>We got in touch with a SouthPeak representative, who told us that the company was never "properly listed" on the NYSE to begin with. SouthPeak was "an 'over the counter' type stock that was never properly listed and therefore can't be delisted." So SouthPeak shares were traded between two parties via a broker, meaning the company was never officially part of the NYSE.<br />
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<strong>Original post: </strong>It's been a rough year for SouthPeak. Not only did the company <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/22/southpeak-posts-2-1-million-quarterly-loss/">suffer millions in losses</a> in its latest earnings report, but it also had to <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/23/southpeak-settles-in-sec-violation-dispute/">settle a nasty SEC dispute</a>. The latest bump in the road for the <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/two-worlds-2"><em>Two Worlds 2</em></a> publisher is a delisting from the New York Stock Exchange.<br />
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SouthPeak released <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/e/110915/sopk.ob8-k.html">a statement</a> citing that "given its current financial condition and the current state of the economic environment within the industry in which it operates, the benefits of having publicly registered shares and filing periodic reports under the federal securities laws are outweighed by the associated costs." So, basically, SouthPeak can't afford to be a public company anymore.<br />
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The publisher's next major title, <em>Stronghold 3</em>, was recently <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/23/stronghold-3-delayed-until-late-summer/">delayed</a> and is currently slated to launch in "late summer." According to some online retailers, that translates to "in October."<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/16/southpeak-delists-itself-from-the-new-york-stock-exchange/">SouthPeak delists itself from the New York Stock Exchange [update]</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:50:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/16/southpeak-delists-itself-from-the-new-york-stock-exchange/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20044953/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/16/southpeak-delists-itself-from-the-new-york-stock-exchange/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>business</category><category>new-york-stock-exchange</category><category>nyse</category><category>southpeak</category><category>southpeak-games</category><category>stronghold-3</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Hinkle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:50:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>