UNITED STATES


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Washington, D.C. 20549





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FORM 10-K/A


Amendment No. 1


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(Mark One)





x Annual report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014





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o Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


For the transition period  to





Commission File Number 001-32697


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American Apparel, Inc.


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


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Delaware20-3200601(State of Incorporation)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


747 Warehouse Street


Los Angeles, California 90021-1106


(Address of principal executive offices)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (213) 488-0226


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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per shareNYSE MKT(Title of Each Class)(Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered)


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None





Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes o No x


Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.    Yes o No x


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes x No o


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes x No o


Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K x


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 definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:


Large accelerated fileroAccelerated filerxNon-accelerated filero(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)Smaller reporting companyo


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).    Yes o No x


The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the Registrant at June 30, 2014 was $85,370,030 (which represents 94,855,589 shares of common stock held by non-affiliates multiplied by $0.90 , the closing sales price on the NYSE MKT LLC for such date).





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At March 13, 2015 , the Registrant had issued and outstanding 176,566,222 and 176,260,566 shares of its common stock, respectively.





DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE


Certain information from the Registrant's definitive proxy statement for the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the " 2015 Proxy Statement"), to be filed within 120 days of the end of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, is incorporated by reference into Part III hereof. Except with respect to the information specifically incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K, the 2015 Proxy Statement is not deemed to be filed as part of this Form 10-K.








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EXPLANATORY NOTE





The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 for American Apparel, Inc. (the "Company" and, such filing, the "Original Filing") was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 25, 2015. This Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (this "Amendment") is filed for the purposes of providing a corrected Exhibit 23.1 - Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s Consent. The original Exhibit 23.1 in the Original Filing contained certain typographical errors which are corrected in this filing.


Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Amendment have the meanings given in the Original Filing. Except as expressly set forth in this Amendment, the Original Filing has not been amended, updated or otherwise modified.








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SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


AMERICAN APPAREL, INC.March 25, 2015By:/s/ HASSAN N. NATHAHassan N. NathaExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer