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[LETTERHEAD] BAKER & MCKENZIE
August 22, 1996
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Stop 3-5 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Robert Bartelmes, Branch Chief
Division of Corporation Finance
Re: AVTEAM, Inc.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of our client AVTEAM, Inc. (the "Company"), we hereby
request that the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (the
"Registration Statement"), be withdrawn pursuant to Rule 477 promulgated under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Company has not sold any shares of
its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), which have
been registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.
Because of unfavorable market conditions, the Company and Dillon, Read
& Co. Inc. and Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated, the underwriters, have decided
that the offering of the Common Stock pursuant to the Registration Statement be
terminated and the Registration Statement be withdrawn.
Please contact the undersigned if you have any questions.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Seth P. Joseph
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Seth P. Joseph
