Edgar Filing: ANGELICA CORP /NEW/


U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 144			OMB APPROVAL
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NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933			SEC USE ONLY
			SEC USE ONLY
			DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.			CUSIP NUMBER
1(a) NAME OF ISSUER Angelica Corporation	(b) IRS IDENT. NO. 43-0905260	(c) S.E.C. FILE NO. WORK LOCATION 1-5674

1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER

STREET

CITY

STATE

ZIP CODE

(e) TELEPHONE NO.

424 South Woods Hill Road

Chesterfield

63017

AREA CODE AND

NUMBER

314

854-3800

2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE

ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES

ARE TO BE SOLD

(b) IRS IDENT. NO.

TO ISSUER

(d) ADDRESS

CITY

STATE

ZIP CODE

Pirate Capital LLC

03-0445177

10% holder

200 Connecticut Avenue

Norwalk

06854

INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.

3(a)

(b)

SEC USE ONLY

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

Title of the

Class of

Securities

To Be Sold

Name and Address of Each Broker Through

Whom the Securities are to be

Offered or Each Market Maker

who is Acquiring the Securities

Broker-Dealer

File Number

Number of Shares

or Other Units

To Be Sold

(See instr. 3(c))

Aggregate

Market Value

(See instr. 3(d))

Number of Shares

or Other Units

Outstanding

(See instr. 3(e))

Approximate

Date of Sale

(See instr. 3(f))

(M0. DAY YR.)

Name of Each

Securities

Exchange

(See instr. 3(g))

Common Stock

Morgan Joseph & Co.

600 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10020

10948

150,000

$3.8mm

9,546,116

By 8/31/07

NYSE

TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD

Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold

and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

Title of

the Class

Date you

Acquired

Nature of Acquisition Transaction

Name of Person from Whom Acquired

(If gift, also give date donor acquired)

Amount of

Securities Acquired

Date of

Payment

Nature of

Payment

Common Stock

Various prior to 10/06/06

Open Market Purchase

N/A

150,000

Various prior to 10/06/06

Cash

INSTRUCTIONS:

If the securities were purchased and full payment therefore was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS

Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

Name and Address of Seller

Title of Securities Sold

Date of Sale

Amount of

Securities Sold

Gross Proceeds

Pirate Capital LLC, 200 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06854*

Common stock

4/11/07

11,000

315,571.30