SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION



                                Washington, D. C.
                                      20549



    APPLICATION FOR WITHDRAWAL FROM LISTING OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION
                  12(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                         Commission file number: 1-12070


                          Transfinancial Holdings, Inc.
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             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

           Delaware                        46-0278762
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 (State of Incorporation or Organization)  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

  8245 Neiman Road, Lenexa Kansas                  66214
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(Address of principal executive offices)                         (Zip Code)




        Securities to be withdrawn pursuant to Section 12(d) of the Act:



                                                 Name of each Exchange on which
Title of each class to be so withdrawn              class is to be withdrawn
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   Common Stock,                                    American Stock Exchange
   par value $.01
             ----
   per share








     Transfinancial  Holdings,  Inc, a Delaware  (list  State of  incorporation)
corporation (the "Company"),  hereby makes application pursuant to Section 12(d)
of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange  Act") and Rule 12d2-2(d)
and (e) promulgated thereunder to withdraw its common stock, $.01 par value (the
"Common Stock"), from listing and registration on the American Stock Exchange.

     The Board of Directors of the Company  (unanimously)  approved a resolution
on April 9, 2002 to withdraw  the  Company's  common  stock from  listing on the
American    Stock    Exchange   and   to   list   such    securities    on   the
____None______________.  The  reasons  for  such  actions  are set  forth in the
attached copies of the resolutions (Exhibit A).

     The  Registrant has met the  requirements  of Rule 18 of the American Stock
Exchange  by  complying  with all  applicable  laws in  effect  in the  State of
Delaware,  in which it is incorporated,  and by filing with the Exchange written
notice of its intention to voluntarily  withdraw its securities from listing and
registration as set forth in Exhibit B to this Application.

     The Company  hereby  requests  that the  Commission's  order  granting this
application be effective as soon as possible.  (On or after close of business on
April 29th, 2002) This Application relates solely to the withdrawal from listing
of the Registrant's common stock from the American Stock Exchange and shall have
no  effect   upon  the   continued   listing  of  such   common   stock  on  the

____NONE_________.


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     By reason of Section ___12(g) (insert either 12(b) or 12(g) as appropriate)
of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 and the rules and  regulations  of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder,  the Registrant shall continue to
be obligated to file reports under Section 13 of the Act with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and the ___N/A_____________.



                                    SIGNATURE
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     Pursuant to the  requirements of Section 12 of the Securities  Exchange Act
of 1934,  the  Registrant  has duly caused this  Application to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.




DATED: April 24, 2002                     By: /s/  William D. Cox
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                                              (Name)

                                              President & CEO
                                              ---------------
                                              (Title)


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                                    EXHIBIT A

                           TRANSFINCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.

                                   RESOLUTIONS
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     RESOLVED,  that the  officers  of the  Company  are hereby  authorized  and
directed to make,  execute and file with the American  Stock  Exchange,  and the
SEC,  contemporaneously  with the filing of a Certificate  of Dissolution of the
Company  with the  Delaware  Secretary  of State,  such  applications  and other
documents as shall be required to de-list the  Company's  common stock from such
Exchange,  and to  de-register  such stock under Section 12(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934,  provided that the same remains  registered  under Section
12(g) thereof, and

     FURTHER  RESOLVED,  that such  officers are further  authorized to take all
such  further  action and execute and deliver  such other  documents as shall be
necessary  to  carry  out  the  foregoing   resolution   and  the   transactions
contemplated thereby.





                                    EXHIBIT B

                           TRANSFINCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.

Transfinancial Holdings, Inc.
9245 Neiman Road
Lenexa, KS 66214


Theon Alleyne
Listing Qualifications Department
The American Stock Exchange
86 Trinity Place
New York, NY 10006

Dear Theon Alleyne:


On April 29, 2002 we will file a Certificate of Dissolution with the State of
Delaware. Concurrent with that filing we will close the stock transfer books at
the close of business on April 29, 2002. We are hereby requesting, that as a
result of these actions, that trading in Transfinancial Holdings, Inc. Common
Stock be halted effective at the close of business on April 29, 2002.


Thank You


/s/  William D. Cox
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William D. Cox
President
Transfinancial Holdings, Inc.