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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Guilford Mills, Inc.
(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement If Other Than Registrant)
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GUILFORD MILLS, INC.
P Annual Meeting of Stockholders--February 1, 1996
R THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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X The undersigned nominates and appoints Charles A. Hayes and Terrence E.
Y Geramski, or either one of them, as proxies of the undersigned, with power
of substitution to each, to vote all shares of stock of GUILFORD MILLS, INC.
which the undersigned may be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders of said Corporation to be held at the Joseph S. Koury
Convention Center, 3121 High Point Road, Greensboro, North Carolina on
February 1, 1996 at 10:00 A.M. and at any adjournment or adjournments thereof
with authority to vote said stock on the matters set forth on the reverse
side hereof and upon such other matters as may properly come before the
meeting.
Unless otherwise specified on this proxy, the shares represented by this
proxy will be voted "FOR" Proposals 1 and 2. Discretion will be used with
respect to such other matters as may properly come before the meeting or
any adjournment or adjournments thereof.
(Continued and to be signed and dated on the reverse side)
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(Continued from the other side)
1) Election of Four Directors for Three-Year Terms:
[ ] FOR ALL NOMINEES listed below [ ] WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote
(except as marked to the contrary below.) for all nominees listed below.
Maurice Fishman, Paul G. Gillease, Stephen C. Hassenfelt and Charles A. Hayes
INSTRUCTION: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee, write
that nominee's name on the space provided.
2) Ratification of the selection of Arthur Andersen LLP, as independent
auditors for the fiscal year ending September 29, 1996.
[ ] FOR [ ] AGAINST [ ] ABSTAIN
Please sign exactly as your name
appears. When signing as attorney,
executor, administrator, trustee or
guardian, please set forth your full
title. If signer is a corporation,
please sign the full corporate name
by a duly authorized officer. Joint
owners should each sign.
Signature: Date:
Signature: Date:
Note: Please sign and return promptly in the envelope provided. No postage
is required if mailed in the United States.
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