0001193125-12-216004.txt : 20120720 0001193125-12-216004.hdr.sgml : 20120720 20120507215327 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-216004 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120507 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Lan Airlines SA CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001047716 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: AIR TRANSPORTATION, SCHEDULED [4512] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PRESIDENTE RIESCO 5711 20TH FLOOR STREET 2: LAS CONDES CITY: SANTIAGO STATE: F3 ZIP: 999999999 BUSINESS PHONE: 5625652525 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PRESIDENTE RIESCO 5711 20TH FLOOR STREET 2: LAS CONDES CITY: SANTIAGO STATE: F3 ZIP: 999999999 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Lan Airlines SA DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20041015 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LAN CHILE SA DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990427 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CHILEAN AIRLINE SA LANCHILE DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19971010 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Holdco II S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001530924 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: F3 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: NUEVA TAJAMAR 555, 4TH FLOOR STREET 2: LAS CONDES CITY: SANTIAGO STATE: F3 ZIP: 7550099 BUSINESS PHONE: 55 11 5035 2555 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: NUEVA TAJAMAR 555, 4TH FLOOR STREET 2: LAS CONDES CITY: SANTIAGO STATE: F3 ZIP: 7550099 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Acceleration Request

[LAN Airlines Letterhead]

Via EDGAR and Facsimile

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Office of International Corporation Finance

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: Donald Field

May 7, 2012

 

Re: Lan Airlines S.A. and Holdco II S.A. Registration Statement on
     Form F-4, as amended (File No. 333-177984)

Dear Mr. Field:

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, LAN Airlines S.A. (“LAN”) and Holdco II S.A (“Holdco 2”, and together with LAN, the “Issuers”), hereby requests that the effectiveness of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form F-4, as amended, File No. 333-177984 be accelerated so that it will be declared effective at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday, May 9, 2012, or as soon as possible thereafter (the “Effective Time”).

Each Issuer hereby acknowledges its responsibilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended as they relate to the above-referenced Registration Statement. In addition, each Issuer hereby acknowledges that:

 

  (1) 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;

 

  (2) the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the Registration Statement effective, does not relieve either Issuer from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the Registration Statement; and

 

  (3) The Issuers may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

*     *     *

   Sincerely,
   LAN AIRLINES S.A.
      By:   

/s/ Enrique Cueto Plaza

         Name: Enrique Cueto Plaza
         Title:   Chief Executive Officer
   HOLDCO II S.A.
      By:   

/s/ Enrique Cueto Plaza

         Name: Enrique Cueto Plaza
         Title:   Chief Executive Officer