0000950123-09-016185.txt : 20110401 0000950123-09-016185.hdr.sgml : 20110401 20090623112517 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-09-016185 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090623 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SILVERLEAF RESORTS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001033032 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE AGENTS & MANAGERS (FOR OTHERS) [6531] IRS NUMBER: 752259890 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1221 RIVERBEND DR STREET 2: SUITE 120 CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 BUSINESS PHONE: 2146311166 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1221 RIVERBEND DR STREET 2: SUITE 120 CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75247 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm corresp
SILVERLEAF RESORTS, INC.
1221 River Bend Drive, Suite 120
Dallas, Texas 75247
Phone: (214) 631-1166
Fax: (214) 631-1178
June 23, 2009
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549-6010
Attn:   Ms. Karen J. Garnett
Assistant Director
         
 
    Re:   Silverleaf Resorts, Inc. (“Registrant”);
Application for Qualification of Indenture on Form T-3 (“Application”);
Filed on May 14, 2009
File No. 022-28892
Request for Acceleration
          Dear Madam or Sir:
          Pursuant to Section 307(c) of The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Registrant hereby requests that the effective date of the above-captioned Application be accelerated so that the Application may become effective at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on Thursday, June 25, 2009, or as soon thereafter as possible.
          In connection with the above acceleration request, the Registrant acknowledges that:
  •   should the Commission or the staff acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
 
  •   the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and
 
  •   the company may not assert the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

 

 

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June 23, 2009
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          The Registrant also understands that the Division of Enforcement has access to all information provided to the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance in connection with the Registrant’s filing.
          Please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned or our legal counsel, David N. Reed if you require any further information concerning this request for acceleration of the Application. Mr. Reed’s telephone number is (214) 749-2428. Also, please notify Mr. Reed by telephone to confirm the actual time of effectiveness for the Application.
         
  Very truly yours,

Silverleaf Resorts, Inc.
 		  
  By:   /s/ ROBERT M. SINNOTT    
    Robert M. Sinnott   
    Chief Financial Officer   
 
cc:   Stacie D. Gorman (via Facsimile — 703-813-6984)
Robert E. Mead, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Joe Conner, Chief Operating Officer
Richard Budd, Audit Committee Chair