0001193125-19-186061.txt : 20190628 0001193125-19-186061.hdr.sgml : 20190628 20190628162502 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-19-186061 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: RW PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190628 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190628 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ASLAN Pharmaceuticals Ltd CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001722926 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: E9 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: RW SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-231847 FILM NUMBER: 19929731 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 83 CLEMENCEAU AVENUE STREET 2: #12-03 UE SQUARE CITY: SINGAPORE STATE: U0 ZIP: 239920 BUSINESS PHONE: 65 6222 4235 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 83 CLEMENCEAU AVENUE STREET 2: #12-03 UE SQUARE CITY: SINGAPORE STATE: U0 ZIP: 239920 RW 1 d26467drw.htm RW RW

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83 Clemenceau Avenue #12-03 UE Square

Singapore 239920

   VIA EDGAR

June 28, 2019

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Office of Healthcare and Insurance

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Attn:

Ms. Ada D. Sarmento

 

Re:

ASLAN Pharmaceuticals Limited

  

Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-231847)

 

  

Request for Withdrawal

Ladies and Gentlemen:

ASLAN Pharmaceuticals Limited (the “Company”) hereby applies for withdrawal of the Company’s Registration Statement (File No. 333-231847) on Form F-1 confidentially submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 17, 2019 and filed with the Commission on May 31, 2019 and amended on June 17, 2019 (the “Registration Statement”), together with all exhibits thereto. Pursuant to Rule 477 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), the Company is withdrawing the Registration Statement, which has not been declared effective, because the Company does not intend to pursue the contemplated public offering at this time. Since the Registration Statement was not declared effective by the Commission, no shares were sold in connection with the offering described in the Registration Statement.

The Company also requests in accordance with Rule 457(p) of the Act that all fees paid to the Commission in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement be credited for future use.

If you have any questions regarding the foregoing application for withdrawal, please contact Robert Phillips of Cooley LLP at (415) 693-2020, or in his absence, Carlos Ramirez at (858) 550-6157.


Sincerely,
ASLAN Pharmaceuticals Limited
By:   /s/ Carl Firth
  Carl Firth, Ph.D.
  Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

 

cc:    Kiran Asarpota, ASLAN Pharmaceuticals Limited
  Robert W. Phillips, Cooley LLP
  Kristin VanderPas, Cooley LLP
  Carlos Ramirez, Cooley LLP
  Alan F. Denenberg, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
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