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January 27, 1998
VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549-0114
Re: Application for Withdrawal of
Registration Statement on Form S-1
(Registration No. 333-39801)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
The above-referenced Registration Statement was filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on November 7, 1997 and relates to
the registration of 1.9 million common shares, no par value, of Symix Systems,
Inc. ("Symix"), of which 1.7 million were proposed to be offered by Symix and
200,000 were proposed to be offered by selling shareholders.
Pursuant to SEC Rule 477 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act"), Symix hereby files this Application for
Withdrawal of the above-referenced Registration Statement and requests that the
SEC issue an Order granting such withdrawal. Symix has determined to withdraw
the Registration Statement due to current market conditions. None of the
securities covered by the Registration Statement have been offered or sold
pursuant to the Registration Statement.
Pursuant to the requirements of SEC rule 478 promulgated under the
Securities Act, Symix has caused this Application for Withdrawal to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Columbus, State of Ohio, on January 27, 1998.
SYMIX SYSTEMS, INC.
By: /s/Lawrence W. DeLeon
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Lawrence W. DeLeon
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary
cc: Charles Sansbury
Alan Dean
Ivery D. Foreman
Susan E. Brown
Randall Bly (Ernst & Young LLP)
The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
