PARAGON TRADE BRANDS INC
8-K/A, 2000-04-25
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                         -------------------------------

                                   FORM 8-K/A

                                 CURRENT REPORT



                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



        DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported): APRIL 12, 2000


                           PARAGON TRADE BRANDS, INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

                                    DELAWARE
                 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

                                     1-11368
                            (Commission File Number)

                                   91-1554663
                        (IRS Employer Identification No.)

                   180 TECHNOLOGY PARKWAY, NORCROSS, GA 30092
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

                                 (678) 969-5000
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                      NONE
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)





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                                                      Exhibit Index is at Page 4



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              ITEM 4. CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT

Effective  April 12, 2000, the Audit  Committee  (the "Audit  Committee") of the
Board of Directors of Paragon  Trade Brands,  Inc. (the  "Company" or "Paragon")
approved  the  dismissal  of  Arthur  Andersen  LLP  ("AA")  as the  independent
accountant engaged to audit the Company's financial  statements.  Also effective
April 12, 2000, the Audit Committee approved the engagement of Ernst & Young LLP
("E&Y") as the new  independent  accountant to replace AA and assigned to it the
responsibility of auditing the Company's 2000 financial statements.

AA's  audit  opinion  for  fiscal  year 1998  contained  an  explanatory  fourth
paragraph with respect to the Company's  ability to continue as a going concern,
but contained no other qualifications,  modifications or disclaimers. AA's audit
opinion for fiscal year 1999 was unqualified.

There were no  disagreements  with AA during the Company's last two fiscal years
and subsequent  interim period through the date of dismissal with respect to any
matter of accounting  principles or practice,  financial statement disclosure or
auditing scope or procedure,  which if not resolved to the  satisfaction  of AA,
would have caused AA to describe the subject matter of the  disagreement  in its
report.  Likewise,  there were no  reportable  events,  as specified  under Item
304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K, during the Company's last two fiscal years.

During the last two fiscal  years,  Paragon  has not  consulted  with E&Y on any
matter  related to the  application  of  accounting  principles  to a  specified
transaction  or the type of audit opinion that E&Y might render on the Company's
financial statements and no advice,  either oral or written, was received by the
Company from E&Y on any such matter.

Please see the letter of AA dated April 25, 2000 concurring with the disclosures
made herein. A copy of this letter has been attached as Exhibit 99 hereto.


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                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                           PARAGON TRADE BRANDS, INC.


                                           By:      /S/ ALAN J. CYRON
                                                --------------------------
                                                 Name:  Alan J. Cyron
                                                 Title:  Chief Financial Officer


Dated:  April 25, 2000



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


EXHIBIT NUMBER      DESCRIPTION
- --------------      -----------

       99           Letter  dated  April 25, 2000  from  Arthur  Andersen LLP to
                    Paragon Trade Brands, Inc.




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Office of the Chief Accountant
Securities and Exchange
Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20549

April 25, 2000

Dear Sir/Madam,

We have read the first three  paragraphs of Item 4 included in the Form 8-K/A of
Paragon Trade Brands, Inc. regarding the dismissal of Arthur Andersen LLP as its
certifying  accountant to be filed with the Securities  and Exchange  Commission
and are in agreement with the statements contained therein.

Very truly yours,


/s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Arthur Andersen LLP





cc:   Mr. Alan J. Cyron,  Vice President  and  Chief Financial Officer,  Paragon
      Trade Brands, Inc.



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