[Federal Register: October 22, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 204)]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 
Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application to Withdraw From Listing 
and Registration; (Gildan Activewear Inc./Les Vetements de Sports 
Gildan Inc., Class A Subordinate Voting Shares, Without Par Value) File 
No. 1-14830

October 18, 1999.
    Gildan Activewear Inc./Les Vetements de Sports Gildan Inc. 
(``Company'') has filed an application with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission''), pursuant to Section 12(d) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') and Rule 12d2-2(d) 
promulgated thereunder, to withdraw the security specified above 
(``Security'') from listing and registration on the American Stock 
Exchange LLC (``Amex'' or ``Exchange'').\1\
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    \1\ Notice of this application was previously issued by the 
Commission as Securities Exchange Act Release No. 41903 on September 
22, 1999. Such notice, however, failed to appear in the Federal 
Register, as required, and so is being reissued.
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    The Security has been listed for trading on the Amex and, pursuant 
to a Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission which 
became effective on August 30, 1999, on the New York Stock Exchange, 
Inc. (``NYSE''). Trading in the Security on the NYSE commenced at the 
opening of business on September 1, 1999.
    The Company has complied with the rules of the Amex by filing with 
the Exchange a certified copy of the preambles and resolutions adopted 
by the Company's Board of Directors authorizing the withdrawal of its 
Security from listing on the Exchange and by setting forth in detail to 
the Amex the reasons for such proposed withdrawal and the facts in 
support thereof. The Amex has in turn informed the Company that it will 
not interpose any objection to the withdrawal of the Company's Security 
from listing on the Exchange.
    In making the decision to withdraw its Security from listing on the 
Amex and to list it instead on the NYSE, the Company has represented 
that its long-term interests will be best served by listing on the 
NYSE, as it is both North America's largest stock exchange and also the 
exchange on which the shares of the Company's primary competitors 
trade.
    The Company's application relates solely to the withdrawal of the 
Security from listing on the Amex and shall have no effect upon the 
continued listing of the Security on the NYSE. Moreover, by reason of 
Section 12(b) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the 
Commission thereunder, the Company shall continue to obligated to file 
reports with the Commission and the NYSE under Section 13 of the Act.
    Any interested person may, on or before November 8, 1999, submit by 
letter to the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 
Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609, facts bearing upon whether 
the application has been made in accordance with the rules of the 
Exchange and what terms, if any, should be imposed by the Commission 
for the protection of investors. The Commission, based on the 
information submitted to it, will issue an order granting the 
application after the date mentioned above, unless the Commission 
determines to order a hearing on the matter.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation, 
pursuant to delegated authority.
Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-27594 Filed 10-21-99; 8:45 am]
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