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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000897069-18-000009
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
FILED AS OF DATE: 20180104
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HENNESSY ADVISORS INC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001145255
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INVESTMENT ADVICE [6282]
IRS NUMBER: 680176227
FISCAL YEAR END: 0930
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: CORRESP
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 7250 REDWOOD BLVD.
STREET 2: SUITE 200
CITY: NOVATO
STATE: CA
ZIP: 94945
BUSINESS PHONE: 415-899-1555
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 7250 REDWOOD BLVD.
STREET 2: SUITE 200
CITY: NOVATO
STATE: CA
ZIP: 94945
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 12.55pt">Hennessy Advisors, Inc.</div>
<div style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 12.55pt">7250 Redwood Blvd.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 12.55pt">January 4, 2018</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 12.55pt">100 F Street, N.E.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Hennessy Advisors, Inc.<font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif"><br>
</font>Registration Statement on Form S-3<font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif"><br>
</font>Filed December 12, 2017<font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif"><br>
</font> File No. 333-222001</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 12.55pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned registrant, Hennessy Advisors, Inc., hereby requests that the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-3 be declared effective at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on January 8, 2018, or as soon as practicable thereafter.  For purposes of Rules 460 and 461, there is no underwriter.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 234pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12.55pt">Very truly yours,</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 234pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12.55pt">By: <font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif"><u>/s/ Jennifer Cheskiewicz</u></font>______________</div>
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