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Larry Spirgel Assistant Director Division of Corporation Finance United States Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F St., N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 |
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Re: | CommScope Holding Company, Inc. |
Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 |
Filed September 16, 2013 |
File No. 333-190354 |
Dear Mr. Spirgel:
On behalf of our client, CommScope Holding Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder, please find enclosed for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) a complete copy of Amendment No. 5 (Amendment No. 5) to the above-captioned Registration Statement on Form S-1 of the Company filed with the Commission on August 2, 2013, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed with the Commission on September 4, 2013 (Amendment No. 1), Amendment No. 2 filed with the Commission on September 12, 2013 (Amendment No. 2), Amendment No. 3 filed with the Commission on September 16, 2013 (Amendment No. 3) and Amendment No. 4 filed with the Commission on September 27, 2013 (Amendment No. 4) (collectively, the Registration Statement).
This amendment reflects certain revisions of the Registration Statement in response to the comment letter to Mr. Frank B. Wyatt, II, the Companys Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, dated September 23, 2013, from the staff of the Commission (the Staff). For your convenience we are also providing copies of Amendment No. 5, marked to show changes against Amendment No. 3, in the traditional non-EDGAR format to each of Brandon Hill, Celeste M. Murphy, Charles Eastman, Terry French and you.
The numbered paragraphs in italics below set forth the Staffs comments together with the Companys response. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Registration Statement.
October 1, 2013
Page 2
The Offering, page 8
1. | We note your response to comment 2 from our letter dated September 12, 2013. Please revise your description here to specify the amount of proceeds that you intend to use redeem your 2019 notes. In addition, please clarify whether you expect to have any excess proceeds to use for general corporate purposes. To the extent you intend to use all net proceeds from this offering to redeem your notes, please statement regarding using the remainder for general corporate purposes. |
Response: The Company respectfully notes the Staffs comment and has revised the disclosure on pages 8 and 40 in response to the Staffs comment.
We hope that the foregoing has been responsive to the Staffs comments and look forward to resolving any outstanding issues as quickly as possible. Please do not hesitate to contact me at (202) 637-1028 or my colleague, Jason M. Licht at (202) 637-2258 with any questions or further comments you may have regarding this filing or if you wish to discuss the above.
Sincerely, |
/s/ Patrick H. Shannon |
Patrick H. Shannon of LATHAM & WATKINS LLP |
Enclosures
cc: (via email)
Marvin S. Edwards, Jr. of CommScope Holding Company, Inc.
Frank B. Wyatt, II of CommScope Holding Company, Inc.
Brandon Hill
Celeste M. Murphy
Charles Eastman
Terry French