INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit 23 Consent of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP, independent auditor, with
respect to the incorporation by reference in the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (Nos. 33-31979,33-51951 and 33-51953) of their report on
the financial statements filed herewith.
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SIGNATURES
THE PLAN. Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have
duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.
CONE MILLS CORPORATION EMPLOYEE EQUITY PLAN
By: /s/ Terry L. Weatherford,
Terry L. Weatherford, Member of Advisory Committee
By: /s/ Gary L. Smith
Gary L. Smith, Member of Advisory Committee
Date: June 16, 2000
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MCGLADREY & PULLEN, LLP
Certified Public Accountants
Greensboro NC
Exhibit 23
CONSENT OF McGLADREY & PULLEN, LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITOR
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in Cone Mills Corporation's
Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 33-31979; 33-51951; and 33-51953) of
our reports dated October 23, 1998 with respect to the Cone Mills Corporation
Employee Equity Plan for the year ended December 31, 1997 and period January 1,
1998 through June 1, 1998 and April 27, 2000 with respect to The 401(k) Program
of Cone Mills Corporation for the period June 1, 1998 through December 31, 1998
and year ended December 31, 1999, such reports included in a Form 11-K.
/s/McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
Greensboro, North Carolina
June 14, 2000
