0001104659-15-026928.txt : 20150605 0001104659-15-026928.hdr.sgml : 20150605 20150410094950 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-15-026928 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150410 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Grifols SA CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001438569 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1585 BROADWAY STREET 2: SUITE 2376 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-969-3335 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1585 BROADWAY STREET 2: SUITE 2376 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Grifols Therapeutics, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001486778 IRS NUMBER: 342032472 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4101 RESEARCH COMMONS STREET 2: 79 T.W. ALEXANDER DRIVE CITY: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK STATE: NC ZIP: 27709 BUSINESS PHONE: 919-316-6300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4101 RESEARCH COMMONS STREET 2: 79 T.W. ALEXANDER DRIVE CITY: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK STATE: NC ZIP: 27709 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Talecris Biotherapeutics, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100310 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Grifols Biologicals Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001532265 IRS NUMBER: 134253630 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5555 VALLEY BOULEVARD CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90032 BUSINESS PHONE: 323-225-2221 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5555 VALLEY BOULEVARD CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90032 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Grifols Biologics Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20111007 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Grifols Worldwide Operations Ltd CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001637839 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: EMBASSY HOUSE, HERBERT PARK LANE STREET 2: BALLSBRIDGE CITY: DUBLIN 4 STATE: L2 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 35316672860 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: EMBASSY HOUSE, HERBERT PARK LANE STREET 2: BALLSBRIDGE CITY: DUBLIN 4 STATE: L2 ZIP: 00000 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Grifols Diagnostic Solutions Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001637912 IRS NUMBER: 464067650 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4560 HORTON STREET CITY: EMERYVILLE STATE: CA ZIP: 94608 BUSINESS PHONE: 5109234000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4560 HORTON STREET CITY: EMERYVILLE STATE: CA ZIP: 94608 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Instituto Grifols, S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001637949 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: U3 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: POLLGONO LEVANTE, CALLE CAN GUASCH STREET 2: S/N 08150, PARETS DEL VALLE CITY: BARCELONA STATE: U3 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 34935710200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: POLLGONO LEVANTE, CALLE CAN GUASCH STREET 2: S/N 08150, PARETS DEL VALLE CITY: BARCELONA STATE: U3 ZIP: 00000 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Grifols Worldwide Operations USA, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001638017 IRS NUMBER: 464899056 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 13111 TEMPLE AVENUE CITY: CITY OF INDUSTRY STATE: CA ZIP: 91746 BUSINESS PHONE: 6264352600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 13111 TEMPLE AVENUE CITY: CITY OF INDUSTRY STATE: CA ZIP: 91746 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Biomat USA Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001532266 IRS NUMBER: 954343492 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2410 LILLYVALE AVENUE CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90032 BUSINESS PHONE: 323-225-2221 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2410 LILLYVALE AVENUE CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90032 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Grifols Shared Services North America Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001532264 IRS NUMBER: 202533768 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2410 LILLYVALE AVENUE CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90032 BUSINESS PHONE: 323-225-2221 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2410 LILLYVALE AVENUE CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90032 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GRIFOLS SHARED SERVICES NORTH AMERICA INC. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20150303 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Grifols Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20111007 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

 

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April 10, 2015

 

VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION

 

Jeffrey P. Riedler
Assistant Director
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004

 

Re:          Grifols, S.A.

Registration Statement on Form F-4

Filed April 1, 2015

File No. 333-203164

 

Dear Mr. Riedler:

 

Reference is made to the comments of the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) with respect to the Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-203164) (the “Registration Statement”) filed by Grifols, S.A. (the “Company”), Grifols Worldwide Operations Limited and the other guarantors named therein on April 1, 2015, in your letter dated April 9, 2015 (the “Comment Letter”).

 

We are writing to respond to the comment contained in the Comment Letter.

 

For your convenience, your comment is set forth in this letter in bold italics, followed by our response.

 

SEC Comment

 

Registration Statement on Form F-4

 

1.                  We note that you are registering the Exchange Notes in reliance on our position enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corp., SEC No-Action Letter (April 13, 1988). See also Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., SEC No-Action Letter (June 5, 1991) and Shearman & Sterling, SEC No-Action Letter (July 2, 1993). Accordingly, with the next amendment, please provide us with a supplemental letter stating that you are registering the exchange offer in reliance on our position contained in these letters and include the representations contained in the Morgan Stanley and Shearman & Sterling no-action letters.

 

Response to Comment

 

Contemporaneously with the submission of this letter, the Company is filing a supplemental letter stating that the Company is registering the exchange offer in reliance on the Commission’s position enunciated in the abovementioned no-action letters and including the representations contained in the Morgan Stanley and Shearman & Sterling no-action letters.

 

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In connection with responding to the Comment Letter, the Company acknowledges that (i) the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; (ii) staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and (iii) the Company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

 

We would appreciate your prompt review of these materials and your prompt notification to us if you have further comments or questions. Please contact me should you have any questions or additional comments.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

/s/ Julie M. Allen

 

 

 

Enclosures

 

 

cc:

Tara Keating Brooks

 

 

Daniel Greenspan

 

 

David I. Bell

 

 

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