SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
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(212) 455-2000
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DIRECT DIAL NUMBER (212) 455-2948 |
E-MAIL ADDRESS JKAUFMAN@STBLAW.COM |
VIA EDGAR
June 25, 2018
Re: |
Acceleration Request for BrightView Holdings, Inc. |
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Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-225277) |
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Transportation and Leisure
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Anne Nguyen Parker
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, we attach the requests of our client, BrightView Holdings, Inc., and of the underwriters that effectiveness of the above-referenced Registration Statement be accelerated to 4:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on June 27, 2018, or as soon as practicable thereafter. We ask, however, that the Securities and Exchange Commission staff not accelerate such effectiveness until we speak with you on that date.
Please call me at (212) 455-2948 with any questions.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Joseph H. Kaufman
Joseph H. Kaufman
cc: |
Securities and Exchange Commission |
Effie Simpson
Theresa Brillant
Julia Griffith
J. Nolan McWilliams
BRIGHTVIEW HOLDINGS, INC.
401 Plymouth Road, Suite 500
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania 19462
June 25, 2018
VIA EDGAR
Re: |
BrightView Holdings, Inc. |
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Registration Statement on Form S-1 |
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File No. 333-225277 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Transportation and Leisure
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Anne Nguyen Parker
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, BrightView Holdings, Inc. hereby requests that the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement be accelerated so that it may become effective at 4:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on June 27, 2018, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
If you require any additional information with respect to this letter, please contact Joseph H. Kaufman (212-455-2948) of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
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Very truly yours,
BRIGHTVIEW HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||
By: |
/s/ Jonathan M. Gottsegen | |||
Name: |
Jonathan M. Gottsegen | |||
Title: |
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary |
[Signature Page to Company Acceleration Request]
June 25, 2018
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-4561
Re: |
BrightView Holdings, Inc. (the Company) |
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Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-225277) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), and as representatives of the several underwriters of the Companys proposed public offering of up to 24,495,000 shares of common stock, we hereby join the Companys request that the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement be accelerated so that the above-referenced Registration Statement will be declared effective at 4:00 p.m., Washington D.C. time, on June 27, 2018, or as soon thereafter as is practicable.
Pursuant to Rule 460 of the Act, we wish to advise you that we have effected the following distribution of the Companys Preliminary Prospectus, dated June 18, 2018, through the date hereof:
Preliminary Prospectus dated June 18, 2018:
2,236 copies to prospective underwriters, institutional investors, dealers and others.
We, the undersigned, as representatives of the several underwriters, have complied and will continue to comply, and we have been informed by the participating underwriters and dealers that they have complied and will continue to comply, with the requirements of Rule 15c2-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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Very truly yours,
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC | ||||
By: |
/s/ Olympia McNerney | |||
Name: |
Olympia McNerney | |||
Title: |
Managing Director | |||
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | ||||
By: |
/s/ Eugene Sohn | |||
Name: |
Eugene Sohn | |||
Title: |
Executive Director |
[Signature Page to Underwriter Acceleration Request]