VivoPower International PLC
The Scalpel
18th Floor, 52 Lime Street
London EC3M 7AF
United Kingdom
October 13, 2020
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Irene Barberena-Meissner, Staff Attorney
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VivoPower International PLC |
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Registration Statement on Form F-1 |
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File No. 333-248761 |
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Request for Acceleration |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, VivoPower International PLC, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (the “Registrant”), hereby respectfully requests that the effective date of the above-captioned registration statement on Form F-1, as amended (Registration No. 333-248761) be accelerated so that the registration statement may become effective at 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on Wednesday, October 14, 2020, or as soon thereafter as practicable, or at such later time as the Registrant may orally request via telephone call to the staff. This request for acceleration is subject, however, to your receiving a telephone call prior to such time from our legal counsel, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., confirming this request. The Registrant hereby authorizes each of Melissa V. Frayer and Dinesh K. Melwani of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., counsel to the Registrant, to make such request on its behalf.
Please call Melissa V. Frayer (415-696-5430) or Dinesh K. Melwani (617-348-4450) of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., counsel to the Registrant, with any comments or questions regarding this matter.
Very truly yours,
VIVOPOWER INTERNATIONAL PLC
/s/ Kevin Chin Kevin Chin Chief Executive Officer, Executive Chairman and Director |
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Securities and Exchange Commission |
Irene Barberena-Meissner, Staff Attorney
VivoPower International PLC
Kevin Chin
James Tindal-Robertson
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Melissa V. Frayer
Dinesh K. Melwani
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Mitchel Nussbaum
Angela Dowd
PKF Littlejohn LLP
David Thompson