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May 2,
2017
VIA EDGAR
Securities
and Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
100 F
Street, N.E.
Washington,
D.C. 20549-7010
Attention:
Ms. Christina
Chalk
Re:
Security
Land & Development Corporation
Schedule
TO-T filed on April 7, 2017
Filed
by AB Value Partners, LP and AB Opportunity Fund, LLC
File
No. 5-44752
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
On
behalf of AB Value Partners, LP and AB Opportunity Fund, LLC
(collectively, “Purchasers”), we hereby respond to the
comments of the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities
and Exchange Commission contained in the Staff’s letter dated
April 18, 2017 (the “Comment Letter”), regarding the
above referenced Schedule TO-T filed by Purchasers on April 7, 2017
(the “Schedule TO”). Purchasers are concurrently filing
Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule TO (“Amendment No. 1”),
which includes the changes discussed herein in response to the
Staff’s comments. Capitalized terms used herein but not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in
Amendment No. 1.
The
numbered paragraphs below correspond to the numbered paragraphs in
the Comment Letter. For the Staff’s convenience, we have
reproduced the text of the Staff’s comments in italics below,
followed by Purchasers’ responses.
Offer to Purchase – General
1.
Refer to General Instruction C of Schedule TO. Please provide the
information required by Items 3 and 5-8 of Schedule TO for the
control persons and entities specified.
Response:
Purchasers believe that the Offer to Purchase provides all the
information required by Items 3 and 5-8 of Schedule TO for the
control persons/entities of Purchasers. Both AB Value Partners, LP
(“ABVP”) and AB Opportunity Fund, LLC
(“ABOF”) are controlled by AB Value Management, LLC
(“ABVM”), which is controlled by Andrew Berger. ABVM is
the general partner of ABVP. ABVM, as ABOF’s investment
adviser, also controls the day-to-day activities of ABOF, including
its acquisition, disposition and voting of securities. ABVM
functionally controls each of the Purchasers. Mr. Berger controls
ABVM in his capacity as its executive officer and managing
member.
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May 2,
2017
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2
The
section entitled “The Offer – Section 9 – Certain
Information Concerning the Purchasers and Their Affiliates”
in the Offer to Purchase includes the required disclosures for
ABVP, ABOF, ABVM and Mr. Berger.
Cover Page
2.
While you are not required to distribute the offer materials into
any foreign jurisdiction, tenders must be accepted from all
shareholders wherever located. See Rule 14d-10 and guidance in
Release No. 33-8957 (September 19, 2008). Please revise on the
cover page and the disclosure under “Miscellaneous” on
page 23 accordingly.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, Purchasers have revised
the Offer to Purchase (in the fourth paragraph in the section
entitled “Important Note” and in the section entitled
“The Offer – Section 17 – Miscellaneous”)
to be consistent with Rule 14d-10(b)(2).
Background of the Offer, page 18
3.
Expand this section to specify the number of shares and the
proposed purchase price offered by ABVM in March 2017.
Response: In the response to
the Staff’s comment, Purchasers have revised the section in
the Offer to Purchase entitled “The Offer – Section 10
– Background of the Offer; Contacts with the Company”
to include the disclosures requested by the Staff.
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If you
have any questions concerning the matters discussed in this letter,
please contact Lori A. Gelchion, with Rogers & Hardin LLP,
counsel to Purchasers, at 404-420-4646.
Very
truly yours,
/s/
Lori A. Gelchion
Lori A.
Gelchion