CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Acceleration Request

ARKO CORP.

650 Fifth Avenue, Floor 10

New York, New York 10019

November 5, 2020

VIA EDGAR

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, NE

Judiciary Plaza

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: Ms. Mara Ransom

 

  RE:

ARKO Corp. (the “Company”)

      

Registration Statement on Form S-4

      

File No. 333-248711

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 461(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company hereby respectfully requests that the effective date of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-248711) be accelerated by the Securities and Exchange Commission to 4:00 p.m. Washington D.C. time on November 6, 2020, or as soon as practicable thereafter.

We request that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Sidney Burke of DLA Piper LLP (US) at (212) 335-4509 and that such effectiveness also be confirmed in writing.

 

Very truly yours,

ARKO Corp.

By:

 

 

/s/ Christopher Bradley

 

       Name:   Christopher Bradley
       Title:   Chief Financial Officer

cc: Sidney Burke,

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Stephen P. Alicanti,

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Alan I. Annex,

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Joseph A. Herz,

Greenberg Traurig, LLP