-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, G88WWI4WLfPv5530u3AqpE1lm+jDjkL8dkVulD+RFr7uVvqJVTn+JUcPeuv27g4v 3NI3BV6+MbqkMiWEu6szVw== 0001107694-10-000013.txt : 20101008 0001107694-10-000013.hdr.sgml : 20101008 20100616124701 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001107694-10-000013 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100616 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RACKSPACE HOSTING, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001107694 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, DATA PROCESSING, ETC. [7370] IRS NUMBER: 743016523 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5000 WALZEM RD. CITY: SAN ANTONIO STATE: TX ZIP: 78218 BUSINESS PHONE: 2103124000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5000 WALZEM RD. CITY: SAN ANTONIO STATE: TX ZIP: 78218 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: RACKSPACE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20080403 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: RACKSPACE MANAGED HOSTING INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000725 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: RACKSPACE COM INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000224 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm filename1.htm
 
Office of the Secretary
June 16, 2010
 


June 16, 2010
 

 
 
Office of the Secretary
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549

 
Re:
Rackspace Hosting, Inc. Comment Letter dated April 23, 2010
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
We are in receipt of the comment letter dated April 23, 2010 (the “Comment Letter”) relating to the filing by Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (“Rackspace” or the “Company”) of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2009 (the “Annual Report”). It is our understanding that the letter was faxed to a facsimile machine of the Company on that date and also mailed to the attention of A. Lanham Napier, the Rackspace Chief Executive Officer and President. Unfortunately, the Rackspace legal counsel handling SEC matters did not receive this correspondence until the afternoon of Thursday, June 10, 2010. The original fax, which we believe was sent to an unmanned general facsimile machine, was never located, and the letter was diverted into a general mail stack which we were able to locate after a diligent search on June 11, 2010. We have since reviewed internal procedures relating to the receipt of this type of correspondence to help avoid any such delay from occurring in the future. We have also attempted to update all potential sources of public contact information to provide direct access to our legal department (and to our outside SEC counsel for SEC matters). Further to this, we request that the Division of Corporate Finance update any database contact information for Rackspace as set forth below, or provide further guidance to the Company on what databases are used by the SEC for contact purposes so that the Company can update these using internal resources.

Rackspace SEC Contacts

General Counsel:
Alan Schoenbaum
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
5000 Walzem
San Antonio, Texas 78218
Telephone: (210) 312-4721
Fax: (210) 312-4848
Email: alan.schoenbaum@rackspace.com


Legal Department SEC Representative:
William Alberts
Vice-President, Associate General Counsel
5000 Walzem
San Antonio, Texas 78218
Telephone: (210) 312-5205
Fax: (210) 312-4848
Email: william.alberts@rackspace.com

Outside SEC Counsel:
Brian K. Beard
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
8911 Capital of Texas Highway, North
Westech 360, Suite 3350
Austin, TX  78759
Telephone: (512) 338-5422
Fax: (512) 338-5499
Email: bbeard@wsgr.com

We apologize for the delay that has been experienced in responding to the Comment Letter. We have convened all relevant parties and intend to respond to the letter no later than June 23, 2010. Thanks you for your patience and please feel free to contact us regarding this proposed timeline or for any other matter.
 

 
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Office of the Secretary
June 16, 2010
 


 
 
     
   Very truly yours,
   
   RACKSPACE HOSTING, INC
   
   By:
   
   /s/ William Alberts   
   William Alberts, Vice President and Associate General Counsel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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