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WESTERN MULTIPLEX CORPORATION
1196 Borregas Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94019
VIA EDGAR January 11, 2001
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Re: Western Multiplex Corporation
Application for Withdrawal of Registration Statement on
Form S-4 Commission File No. 333-51142
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 90549
Attn: Patrick O'Leary
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 477(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, Western Multiplex Corporation (the "Company") hereby applies
for an order granting the immediate withdrawal of its Registration Statement
on Form S-4 together with all exhibits thereto, (collectively the
"Registration Statement").
The Registration Statement was originally filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on December 1, 2000 in connection with the proposed
merger of a subsidiary of the Company with Adaptive Broadband Corporation. The
Company requests withdrawal of the Registration Statement because the merger
agreement has been terminated by the parties and the transaction will not be
pursued further; as disclosed by the Company in a Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on January 11, 2001. No shares of the Company's common stock have
been issued under the Registration Statement.
If you have any questions regarding the foregoing application for
withdrawal, please contact Daniel Clivner of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, legal
counsel to the Company in connection with the Registration Statement, at (818)
755-9613.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ Jonathan N. Zakin
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Jonathan N. Zakin
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
cc: Daniel Clivner, Esq.
Ken N. Guernsey, Esq.
