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 1-4996
ALLTEL
CORPORATION
NYSE
Arca, Inc. (formerly the Pacific Exchange)
(Exact
name of Issuer as specified in its charter, and name of Exchange where security
is listed and or registered)
One
Allied Drive, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202, (501)
905-8000
(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Issuer’s
principal executive offices)
Common
Stock, par value $1.00 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:
o17
CFR
240.12d2-2(a)(1)
o17
CFR
240.12d2-2(a)(2)
o17
CFR
240.12d2-2(a)(3)
o17
CFR
240.12d2-2(a)(4)
oPursuant
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 from the
Exchange.1
xPursuant
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.
1
Form 25
and attached Notice will be considered compliance with provisions of
17 CFR
240.19d-1 as applicable. See General Instructions
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Alltel Corporation
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.
ALLTEL
CORPORATION
Date
December
28,
2006
By:
/s/
John A. Ebner
John
A.
Ebner
Senior
Vice President of Investor Relations and
Treasurer