As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10,
1996.
Registration Statement No. 33-_____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
____________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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TULTEX CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
Virginia 54-0367896
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
101 Commonwealth Boulevard
Martinsville, Virginia 24115
(Address of principal executive office, including zip code)
TULTEX CORPORATION
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN
(Full title of the Plan)
O. Randolph Rollins
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Tultex Corporation
101 Commonwealth Boulevard
Martinsville, Virginia 24115
(540) 632-2961
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number
including area code, of agent for service)
With copies to:
Lathan M. Ewers, Jr.
Mark S. Dray
Hunton & Williams
951 East Byrd Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
804-788-8200
____________________
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Proposed
Title of maximum maximum
securities offering aggregate Amount of
to be Amount to be price per offering registration
registered registered share price fee
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Common Stock
$1.00 par value 150,000 shares $4.625(*) $693,750 $240
(*) Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the
registration fee. This amount was calculated pursuant to Rule
457(c) on the basis of $4.625 per share, which was the average of
the high and low prices of the Common Stock on the New York Stock
Exchange on April 8, 1996, as reported in The Wall Street
Journal.
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In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities
Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an
indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant
to the employee benefit plan described herein.
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Statement Required By
General Instruction E.
This registration statement is filed to register 150,000
additional shares of Tultex Corporation Common Stock, $1.00 par
value, for Tultex Corporation Employee Savings Plan. The
contents of Registration Statement No. 33-12394 are incorporated
herein by reference.
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PART II
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
23.1 Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Martinsville, Commonwealth of Virginia, on this 9th day of
April, 1996.
TULTEX CORPORATION
By /s/ Charles W. Davies, Jr.
Charles W. Davies, Jr.
President and Chief Executive
Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons
in the capacities indicated on April 9, 1996. Each person whose
signature appears below hereby authorizes the agent for service
named in this registration statement to execute in the name of
each such person, and to file, any amendment, including any
post-effective amendment, to the registration statement making
such changes in the registration statement as the Registrant
deems appropriate, and appoints such agent for service as
attorney-in-fact to sign in his behalf individually and in each
capacity stated below and file all amendments and post-effective
amendments to the registration statement.
Signature Title
/s/ John M. Franck Chairman of the Board; Director
John M. Franck
/s/ Charles W. Davies, Jr. President and Chief Executive
Charles W. Davies, Jr. Officer; Director
/s/ Suzanne H. Wood Vice President and Chief
Suzanne H. Wood Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Lathan M. Ewers, Jr. Director
Lathan M. Ewers, Jr.
/s/ Irving M. Groves, Jr. Director
Irving M. Groves, Jr.
____________________________ Director
H. Richard Hunnicutt, Jr.
____________________________ Director
J. Kenneth Iverson
____________________________ Director
Bruce M. Jacobson
/s/ Richard M. Simmons, Jr. Director
Richard M. Simmons, Jr.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Sequentially
Exhibit No. Description Number Page
23.1 Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated
February 6, 1996, which appears on page 20 of the 1995 Annual
Report to Stockholders of Tultex Corporation, which is
incorporated by reference in Tultex Corporation's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 30, 1995. We also
consent to the incorporation by reference of our report on the
Financial Statement Schedule, which appears on page F-1 of such
Annual Report on Form 10-K.
/s/ Price Waterhouse LLP
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
April 9, 1996
