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October 30, 2017
Dietrich King
Jessica Livingston
Gus Rodriguez
Marc Thomas
Division of Corporation Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
U. S. A.
Re: | PPDAI Group Inc. (CIK No. 0001691445) |
Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form F-1
Dear Mr. King, Ms. Livingston, Mr. Rodriguez and Mr. Thomas:
On behalf of our client, PPDAI Group Inc., a foreign private issuer organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), we are filing herewith the amendment No. 2 to the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1 (the “Registration Statement”) and certain exhibits via EDGAR to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”).
Securities and Exchange Commission
October 30, 2017
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To facilitate the review by the staff of the Commission (the “Staff”), we have separately delivered to the Staff today five courtesy copies of the Registration Statement, marked to show changes to the amendment No. 1 to registration statement on Form F-1 publicly filed with the Commission on October 23, 2017, and two copies of the filed exhibits.
The Company respectfully advises the Staff that it will commence the marketing activities in connection with the offering shortly after the date hereof. The Company plans to request effectiveness of the Registration Statement on November 9, 2017 and will file the joint acceleration requests before then. The Company would greatly appreciate the Staff’s continuing support and assistance.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
October 30, 2017
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If you have any questions regarding the Registration Statement, please contact the undersigned by phone at +852-3740-4863 or via e-mail at julie.gao@skadden.com.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Z. Julie Gao |
Z. Julie Gao |
Enclosures
cc: | Jun Zhang, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, PPDAI Group Inc. |
Simon Tak Leung Ho, Chief Financial Officer, PPDAI Group Inc.
Haiping Li, Esq., Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Jimmy Leung, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP
Sean Fu, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP
Shuang Zhao, Esq., Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP