--------------------------------- OMB APPROVAL --------------------------------- --------------------------------- OMB Number: 3235-0167 Expires: November 30, 2010 Estimated average burden hours per response........1.50 --------------------------------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 15 CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934. Commission File Number 001-10581 Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Bentley Park, 2 Holland Way, Exeter, NH 03833, (603) 658-6100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) Common Stock, par value $0.02 per share Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock purchase rights -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form) None -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains) Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports: Rule 12g-4(a)(1) [X] Rule 12g-4(a)(2) [ ] Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i) [X] Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) [ ] Rule 15d-6 [ ] Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: 1 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person. Date: July 22, 2008 By: /s/ Brian E. Shanahan ----------------------------------------- Name: Brian E. Shanahan Title: Assistant Secretary Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless SEC 2069 (02-08) the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.