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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2015

Registration No. 333-36880
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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Gildan Activewear Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Canada
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
Not Applicable
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 _______________________________
600 de Maisonneuve Boulevard West
Montréal, Québec
Canada H3A 3J2
(514) 735-2023
 (Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
 
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Long Term Incentive Plan of Gildan Activewear Inc., as amended
(formerly titled the Gildan Activewear Inc. Stock Option Plan)
(Full Title of the Plan)
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Gildan USA Inc.
1980 Clements Ferry Road,
Charleston, SC 29492
(843) 606-3600
 (Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
_______________________________
Copy to:

 
Donald R. Crawshaw
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
125 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
(212) 558-4000
 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). (Check one):
 
Large accelerated filer x
Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company o
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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-36880) filed by Gildan Activewear Inc. (the “Registrant”) on May 11, 2000 (the “Registration Statement”). The Registrant has terminated the offering of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. In accordance with undertakings made by the Registrant in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities that had been registered for issuance but remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrant hereby removes from registration any and all securities registered but unsold under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof.



 
 

 


SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada, on November 11, 2015.
 
 
 
GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INC.
   
   
 
By:
/s/ Lindsay Matthews
   
Name:  Lindsay Matthews
   
Title:    Vice-President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
     
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated City of Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada, on the dates indicated:

SIGNATURE
 
CAPACITY
DATE
/s/ Glenn J. Chamandy
 
President and
Chief Executive Officer, Director
November 11, 2015
Glenn J. Chamandy
 
/s/ Rhodri J. Harries
 
Executive Vice-President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
(principal financial officer)
November 11, 2015
Rhodri J. Harries
 
/s/ Nicolas Lavoie
 
Senior Vice President, Finance
(principal accounting officer)
November 11, 2015
Nicolas Lavoie
 
 
/s/ William d. Anderson
 
Chairman of the Board
November 11, 2015
William D. Anderson
 
/s/ Donald C. Berg
Director
November 11, 2015
Donald C. Berg
 
/s/ Russell Goodman
Director
November 11, 2015
Russell Goodman
 
/s/ Russ Hagey
Director
November 11, 2015
Russ Hagey
 
/s/ George Heller
Director
November 11, 2015
George Heller
 

 
 

 


SIGNATURE
 
CAPACITY
DATE
/s/ Anne Martin-Vachon
Director
November 11, 2015
Anne Martin-Vachon
 
/s/ Sheila O’Brien
Director
November 11, 2015
Sheila O’Brien
 
/s/ Gonzalo F. Valdes-Fauli
Director
November 11, 2015
Gonzalo F. Valdes-Fauli
 



 
 

 


SIGNATURE OF THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of the Registrant, has signed this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement in the City of Charleston, State of South Carolina on November 11, 2015.
 
 
 
AUTHORIZED U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
   
   
 
By:
/s/ Andrew Colvin
   
Name:  Andrew Colvin
   
Title:    Director, Legal Affairs and Authorized Representative in the United States