CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Underwriters Acceleration Request Letter

December 9, 2014

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

1585 Broadway

New York, New York 10036

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

VIA EDGAR

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

 

Attn:      Barbara C. Jacobs  
     Matthew Crispino  
Re:      New Relic, Inc.  
     Registration Statement on Form S-1  
     File No. 333-200078  
     Acceleration Request  
                  Requested Date:   Thursday, December 11, 2014
                  Requested Time:   4:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In connection with the above-captioned Registration Statement, we wish to advise that between December 1, 2014 and December 8, 2014 at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, 2,061 copies of the Preliminary Prospectus of New Relic, Inc. dated December 1, 2014 were distributed as follows by the underwriters:

 

    224 copies to prospective underwriters/dealers;

 

    1,329 copies to institutional and other investors; and

 

    508 copies to others.

We, the undersigned, as representatives of the several underwriters, have and will, and we have been informed by the participating underwriters that they have and will comply with the requirements of Rule 15c2-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

We hereby join in the request of the Registrant that the effectiveness of the above-captioned Registration Statement, as amended, be accelerated to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on December 11, 2014, or as soon thereafter as practicable.

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Very truly yours,

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

Acting on behalf of themselves and as the Representatives of the several Underwriters
By:   MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC
By:  

/s/ Lauren Cummings

Name:   Lauren Cummings
Title:   Executive Director
By:   J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
By:  

/s/ Marek Biegluk

Name:   Marek Biegluk
Title:   Managing Director

 

cc: Lewis Cirne, New Relic, Inc.
  Mark Sachleben, New Relic, Inc.
  David G. Peinsipp, Cooley LLP
  Andrew S. Williamson, Cooley LLP
  Jonie Kondracki, Cooley LLP
  Jeffrey R. Vetter, Fenwick & West LLP
  James D. Evans, Fenwick & West LLP