-----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, PNjzgLqMDnL92zibdHkYY3/Uv//p2CpLXls9+wls1bZXNqVlR87BeVbGtvG4dtGL V/eBGnLmWSQPBQxwRHiz+A== 0000950144-06-011738.txt : 20080805 0000950144-06-011738.hdr.sgml : 20080805 20061221151436 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950144-06-011738 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20061221 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Freedom Acquisition Holdings, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001365790 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BLANK CHECKS [6770] IRS NUMBER: 205009693 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 390 PARK AVENUE STREET 2: 20TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-224-7200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 390 PARK AVENUE STREET 2: 20TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Freedom Acquisition Holdings, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060612 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Letter to the S.E.C.
 

Freedom Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
1114 Avenue of the Americas
41st Floor
New York, New York 10036
December 21, 2006
VIA EDGAR AND FACSIMILE: (202) 942-9527
Securities & Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Mail Stop 0305
Washington, DC 20549
Re:   Freedom Acquisition Holdings, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-1
(File No. 333-136248) (as amended, the “Registration Statement”)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     Pursuant to Rule 460 and Rule 461 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Freedom Acquisition Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby requests that the effective date of the above referenced Registration Statement be accelerated so that it will become effective at 4:00 p.m. on December 21, 2006, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
     The Company acknowledges that:
  (a)   should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the staff, acting, pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
 
  (b)   the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and
 
  (c)   the Company may not assert 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.
         
  Very truly Yours,
 		  
  By:   /s/ Nicolas Berggruen    
    Name:   Nicolas Berggruen   
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer   
 

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