0001104659-15-028952.txt : 20150605 0001104659-15-028952.hdr.sgml : 20150605 20150421122205 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-15-028952 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150421 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Grifols SA CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001438569 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1585 BROADWAY STREET 2: SUITE 2376 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-969-3335 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1585 BROADWAY STREET 2: SUITE 2376 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Grifols Therapeutics, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001486778 IRS NUMBER: 342032472 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4101 RESEARCH COMMONS STREET 2: 79 T.W. ALEXANDER DRIVE CITY: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK STATE: NC ZIP: 27709 BUSINESS PHONE: 919-316-6300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4101 RESEARCH COMMONS STREET 2: 79 T.W. ALEXANDER DRIVE CITY: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK STATE: NC ZIP: 27709 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Talecris Biotherapeutics, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100310 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Grifols Biologicals Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001532265 IRS NUMBER: 134253630 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5555 VALLEY BOULEVARD CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90032 BUSINESS PHONE: 323-225-2221 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5555 VALLEY BOULEVARD CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90032 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Grifols Biologics Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20111007 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Grifols Worldwide Operations Ltd CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001637839 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: EMBASSY HOUSE, HERBERT PARK LANE STREET 2: BALLSBRIDGE CITY: DUBLIN 4 STATE: L2 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 35316672860 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: EMBASSY HOUSE, HERBERT PARK LANE STREET 2: BALLSBRIDGE CITY: DUBLIN 4 STATE: L2 ZIP: 00000 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Grifols Diagnostic Solutions Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001637912 IRS NUMBER: 464067650 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4560 HORTON STREET CITY: EMERYVILLE STATE: CA ZIP: 94608 BUSINESS PHONE: 5109234000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4560 HORTON STREET CITY: EMERYVILLE STATE: CA ZIP: 94608 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Instituto Grifols, S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001637949 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: U3 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: POLLGONO LEVANTE, CALLE CAN GUASCH STREET 2: S/N 08150, PARETS DEL VALLE CITY: BARCELONA STATE: U3 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 34935710200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: POLLGONO LEVANTE, CALLE CAN GUASCH STREET 2: S/N 08150, PARETS DEL VALLE CITY: BARCELONA STATE: U3 ZIP: 00000 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Grifols Worldwide Operations USA, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001638017 IRS NUMBER: 464899056 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 13111 TEMPLE AVENUE CITY: CITY OF INDUSTRY STATE: CA ZIP: 91746 BUSINESS PHONE: 6264352600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 13111 TEMPLE AVENUE CITY: CITY OF INDUSTRY STATE: CA ZIP: 91746 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Biomat USA Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001532266 IRS NUMBER: 954343492 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2410 LILLYVALE AVENUE CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90032 BUSINESS PHONE: 323-225-2221 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2410 LILLYVALE AVENUE CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90032 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Grifols Shared Services North America Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001532264 IRS NUMBER: 202533768 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2410 LILLYVALE AVENUE CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90032 BUSINESS PHONE: 323-225-2221 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2410 LILLYVALE AVENUE CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90032 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GRIFOLS SHARED SERVICES NORTH AMERICA INC. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20150303 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Grifols Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20111007 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

GRIFOLS, S.A.

Avinguda de la Generalitat

152 Parque Empresarial Can Sant Joan

08174 Sant Cugat del Vallès

Barcelona, Spain

April 21, 2015

VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION

Jeffrey P. Riedler

Assistant Director

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549-1004

Re: Grifols, S.A. Registration Statement on Form F-4

Filed April 1, 2015

File No. 333-203164

Dear Mr. Riedler:

Pursuant to Rule 461 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Grifols, S.A. (the “Company”) hereby requests acceleration of the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form F-4, File No. 333- 203164 (the “Registration Statement”) so that it may become effective at 12:00 noon Eastern Time on Thursday, April 23, 2015, or as soon thereafter as practicable.

The Company hereby acknowledges that:

(a) should the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or its staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the Registration Statement effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the Registration Statement;

(b) the action of the Commission or its staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the Registration Statement effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the Registration Statement; and

(c) it may not assert staff comments and 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.

	Respectfully submitted,

	/s/ David I. Bell

	David I. Bell
	Authorized Representative in the United States for Grifols, S.A.