3 1 d52945_form3.txt FORM 3 ------------------------------ OMB APPROVAL ------------------------------ OMB Number: 3235-0104 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response.........0.5 ------------------------------ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 3 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Print or Type Responses) ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Neely Joseph -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) c/o CLUETT AMERICAN CORP. 48 West 38th Street -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) New York N.Y. 10018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 11/27/02 ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Cluett American Corp. ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) |X| Director |_| 10% Owner |X| Officer (give title below) |_| Other (specify below) Chief Executive Officer and President ____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable line) |X| Form filed by One Reporting Person |_| Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ================================================================================

FORM 3 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. Explanation of Responses: /s/ Joseph Neely 12/05/02 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

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