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Dycom Industries, Inc.
First Union Center
4440 PGA Boulevard, Suite 600
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
October 14, 1998
BY EDGAR TRANSMISSION
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Dorine H. Miller
Dycom Industries, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3
File No. 333-62991
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Dear Ms. Miller:
Pursuant to Rule 477(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, Dycom Industries, Inc. (the "Company") hereby requests withdrawal of
the above-captioned Registration Statement due to current market conditions.
The Company confirms that offers to sell securities of the Company were made
pursuant to a preliminary prospectus dated September 4, 1998, but that no
securities were sold under the Registration Statement.
Please do not hesitate to call Mark Kessel at Shearman & Sterling
at (212) 848-7285 with any questions you may have regarding the Registration
Statement.
Very Truly yours,
Dycom Industries, Inc.
By /s/ Thomas R. Pledger
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Name: Thomas R. Pledger
Title: Chairman & CEO
cc: Mark Kessel
Shearman & Sterling
