-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, AQ2IWFtWweeAdYZKvp+tUkTRnUIcTQvZ2HGSXcNyexDFuB9mL3IFHTlZV2qTrXzZ +CejiaiRd/NcLXAlRif1fA== 0000950134-06-020262.txt : 20061102 0000950134-06-020262.hdr.sgml : 20061102 20061102094048 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950134-06-020262 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: RW PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20061102 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20061102 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES INC /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000794367 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-DEPARTMENT STORES [5311] IRS NUMBER: 133324058 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0128 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: RW SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-69682 FILM NUMBER: 061180948 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7 WEST SEVENTH STREET CITY: CINCINNATI STATE: OH ZIP: 45202 BUSINESS PHONE: 5135797000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7 W SEVENTH ST CITY: CINCINNATI STATE: OH ZIP: 45202 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: R H MACY & CO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950307 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MACY ACQUIRING CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19861124 RW 1 d40654rwrw.htm REGISTRATION WITHDRAWAL rw
 

Federated Department Stores, Inc.
7 West Seventh Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
November 2, 2006
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
100 F Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re:     Federated Department Stores, Inc. (Registration Statement on Form S-3
(File No. 333-69682)) Form RW — Application for Withdrawal
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     Pursuant to Rule 477 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), Federated Department Stores, Inc. (“Federated”) hereby requests withdrawal of its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-69682), together with all exhibits and amendments thereto (collectively, the “Registration Statement”), that was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on September 20, 2001.
     Federated requests this withdrawal because Federated and its wholly-owned subsidiary Federated Retail Holdings, Inc. intend to file an automatically effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 to replace the Registration Statement.
     We note that no securities were sold pursuant to the Registration Statement.
         
  Sincerely,

FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC.
 		  
  By:   /s/ Dennis J. Broderick    
    Dennis J. Broderick   
    Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary 		  
 

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