June 24, 2014
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: |
Mara Ransom, Assistant Director |
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James Allegretto, Senior Assistant Chief Accountant |
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Jason Niethamer, Assistant Chief Accountant |
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Scott Anderegg, Staff Attorney |
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Lilyanna Peyser, Special Counsel |
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Re: |
The Michaels Companies, Inc. |
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Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-193000) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, The Michaels Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), hereby requests that the effective date for the registration statement referred to above be accelerated so that it will be declared effective at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on June 26, 2014, or as soon as possible thereafter.
The Company hereby acknowledges that:
(i) should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) or the 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;
(ii) the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the registration statement effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the registration statement; and
(iii) it is the staffs position that the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness of the registration statement as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
8000 Bent Branch Drive
Irving, TX 75063
972 409.1300
Please call David A. Fine of Ropes & Gray LLP, counsel to the Company, at (617) 951-7473 as soon as the registration statement has been declared effective.
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Very truly yours, | |
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THE MICHAELS COMPANIES, INC. | |
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By: |
/s/ Michael J. Veitenheimer |
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Name: |
Michael J. Veitenheimer |
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Title: |
Senior Vice PresidentGeneral Counsel and Secretary |