0001104659-16-143507.txt : 20161013 0001104659-16-143507.hdr.sgml : 20161013 20160907163332 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-16-143507 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160907 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: QVC INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001254699 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-CATALOG & MAIL-ORDER HOUSES [5961] IRS NUMBER: 232414041 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1200 WILSON DRIVE AT STUDIO PARK CITY: WEST CHESTER STATE: PA ZIP: 19380 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Affiliate Relations Holdings, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001559610 IRS NUMBER: 522009511 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: SUITE 205A, SECOND FLOOR, BANCROFT BLDG. STREET 2: 3411 SILVERSIDE ROAD CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19810 BUSINESS PHONE: 302-478-7451 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: SUITE 205A, SECOND FLOOR, BANCROFT BLDG. STREET 2: 3411 SILVERSIDE ROAD CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19810 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: QVC Rocky Mount, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001559622 IRS NUMBER: 522217907 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NC FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 QVC BOULEVARD CITY: ROCKY MOUNT STATE: NC ZIP: 27801 BUSINESS PHONE: 252-467-6600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 QVC BOULEVARD CITY: ROCKY MOUNT STATE: NC ZIP: 27801 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: QVC San Antonio, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001559644 IRS NUMBER: 521765495 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TX FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9855 WESTOVER HILLS BOULEVARD CITY: SAN ANTONIO STATE: TX ZIP: 78251 BUSINESS PHONE: 210-522-4300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9855 WESTOVER HILLS BOULEVARD CITY: SAN ANTONIO STATE: TX ZIP: 78251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: QVC Global Holdings II, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001681888 IRS NUMBER: 473591332 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1200 WILSON DRIVE CITY: WEST CHESTER STATE: PA ZIP: 19380 BUSINESS PHONE: 484-701-1000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1200 WILSON DRIVE CITY: WEST CHESTER STATE: PA ZIP: 19380 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: QVC Global Holdings I, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001681889 IRS NUMBER: 473567270 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1200 WILSON DRIVE CITY: WEST CHESTER STATE: PA ZIP: 19380 BUSINESS PHONE: 484-701-1000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1200 WILSON DRIVE CITY: WEST CHESTER STATE: PA ZIP: 19380 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Affiliate Investment, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001559654 IRS NUMBER: 510394501 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: SUITE 205A, SECOND FLOOR, BANCROFT BLDG. STREET 2: 3411 SILVERSIDE ROAD CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19810 BUSINESS PHONE: 302-478-7451 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: SUITE 205A, SECOND FLOOR, BANCROFT BLDG. STREET 2: 3411 SILVERSIDE ROAD CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19810 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMI 2, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001559614 IRS NUMBER: 264282165 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: SUITE 205B, SECOND FLOOR, BANCROFT BLDG. STREET 2: 3411 SILVERSIDE ROAD CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19810 BUSINESS PHONE: 302-478-4370 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: SUITE 205B, SECOND FLOOR, BANCROFT BLDG. STREET 2: 3411 SILVERSIDE ROAD CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19810 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ER Marks, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001559638 IRS NUMBER: 522009512 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: SUITE 205B, SECOND FLOOR, BANCROFT BLDG. STREET 2: 3411 SILVERSIDE ROAD CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19810 BUSINESS PHONE: 302-478-4370 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: SUITE 205B, SECOND FLOOR, BANCROFT BLDG. STREET 2: 3411 SILVERSIDE ROAD CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19810 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

 

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Attention:  Mara L. Ransom, Assistant Director
Office of Consumer Products

 

Re:

QVC, Inc.

 

Registration Statement on Form S-3

 

Filed on August 10, 2016

 

File No. 333-213066

 

Dear Ms. Ransom:

 

Set forth below are responses to the comments of the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) that appeared in the Staff’s letter dated August 29, 2016 regarding the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of QVC, Inc. (the “Company”) as filed with the SEC on August 10, 2016 (the “Registration Statement”).  For ease of reference, each of the Staff’s comments are reproduced below in bold, italicized text and are followed by the response to such comment.  Defined terms used and not otherwise defined in this letter have the meanings ascribed to them in the Registration Statement.

 

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Description of the Debt Securities

 

Subsidiary Guarantees, page 12

 

1.                                      Please include a description of the guaranty release provisions in this section.

 

Response:  In response to the Staff’s comment, the disclosure on page 12 of Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been revised to describe the guaranty release provisions of the subsidiary guarantees.

 

Item 16, Exhibits, page II-10

 

2.                                      By indicating in this section that you will file a Form T-1 as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K, it appears that you are relying on Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act to designate a trustee on a delayed basis. Instead, any Form T-1 filed on a delayed basis must be filed under the form type “305B2.” For additional guidance,

 



 

please see Trust Indenture Act of 1939 Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation No. 220.01, which can be found on our website.

 

Response:  In response to the Staff’s comment, the disclosure on pages II-11 and II-23 of Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been revised to indicate that the Form T-1 will be filed under the form type “305B2” rather than as an exhibit to a Form 8-K.

 

Exhibit 5.1

 

3.                                      Because one of the Subsidiary Guarantors is incorporated in North Carolina and another is organized in Texas, please have counsel include the applicable laws of each of those states in the list of laws on which the opinions are based.

 

Response:  In response to the Staff’s comment, a revised opinion which includes the applicable laws of North Carolina and Texas in the list of laws on which the opinions are based has been filed as Exhibit 5.1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement. In addition, an opinion of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP, local counsel in North Carolina, has been filed as Exhibit 5.2 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement.

 

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If you have any questions with respect to the foregoing responses or require further information, please contact the undersigned at (212) 408-2593.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

/s/ Sarah E. Berens

 

 

 

Sarah E. Berens

 

cc:

QVC, Inc.

 

Michael A. George

 

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