CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Acceleration Request on behalf of Underwriters
 

December 5, 2007
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
100 F St., N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re:   Liberty Acquisition Holdings Corp.
Registration Statement on Form S-1
File No. 333-145559
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the proposed offering of the above-captioned securities, we wish to advise you that we, as a representative of the underwriters, hereby join with Liberty Acquisition Holdings Corp.’s request that the effective date of the above-captioned Registration Statement be accelerated so that the same will become effective on December 6, 2007 at 4:00 p.m., New York City time or as soon as practicable thereafter.
The following is supplemental information supplied under Rule 418(a)(7) and Rule 460 under the Securities Act of 1933:
(i)   Date of preliminary prospectus: November 26, 2007
 
(ii)   Dates of distribution: November 26, 2007 — December 5, 2007
 
(iii)   Number of prospective underwriters to whom the preliminary prospectus was furnished: 2
 
(iv)   Number of prospectuses so distributed: approximately 6,600
 
(v)   Compliance with Rule 15c2-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: Included in Master Agreement Among Underwriters of Salomon Smith Barney Inc. (now known as Citigroup Global Markets Inc.).
Very truly yours,
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
         
   
By:   /s/ Brian Korn    
  Name:   Brian Korn   
  Title:   Senior Vice President