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(614) 418-8000
January 8, 1998
VIA EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Application for Withdrawal of Form S-2 (File No. 333-38099)
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Dear Sir or Madam:
The captioned Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") was filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 16, 1997, and relates to
the registration of 2,610,000 shares of common stock, $.01 par value, of M/I
Schottenstein Homes, Inc. (the "Registrant").
Subsequent to such filing, the Registrant determined that, due to current market
conditions, it is not in the best interests of the Company's shareholders to
proceed with the above-captioned registration at this time. Therefore, the
Company hereby files this Application for Withdrawal of the Registration
Statement pursuant to Rule 477(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Act"), and requests that the Commission issue an Order granting
such withdrawal. The Selling Shareholders described in the Registration
Statement are aware of this withdrawal. None of the securities covered by the
Registration Statement have been offered or sold pursuant to the Registration
Statement.
Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 478 promulgated under the Act, the
Registrant has caused this Application for Withdrawal to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Columbus, State of
Ohio, on January 8, 1997.
Very truly yours,
M/I SCHOTTENSTEIN HOMES, INC.
By: /s/ Paul S. Coppel
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Paul S. Coppel
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
cc: S. Duvall
