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Cascade Systems Incorporated
300 Brickstone Square
Andover, Massachusetts 01810
January 12, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Cascade Systems Incorporated
Registration Statement on Form S-1
(Registration No. 333-36219)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with Rule 477 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, Cascade Systems Incorporated ("Cascade") hereby withdraws its
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-36219), as amended,
that was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 24, 1997. Cascade is withdrawing the Registration Statement because it
does not intend to conduct the offering of shares of Common Stock contemplated
in the Registration Statement at this time. No shares of Common Stock of Cascade
have been issued or sold under the Registration Statement.
In addition, the Company requests that its Confidential Treatment
Application also be withdrawn at this time.
If you have any questions with respect to this letter, please call either
Peter L. Gray of the law firm of Hale and Dorr LLP at (617) 526-6000 or me at
(508) 749-7000.
Sincerely,
CASCADE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
By: /s/ Malcolm P. McGrory
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Malcolm P. McGrory
President and Chief Executive Officer
cc: Mr. Michael Murray
Mr. Mark Slater
Mr. Stephen J. Mastrocola
Steven P. Rosenthal, Esq.
Andrew J. Merken, Esq.
John A. Burgess, Esq.
