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September 13, 2013

 

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: Loan Lauren P. Nguyen

 

Re:                             CHS Inc. (the “Company”)

Registration Statement on Form S-1 (SEC File No. 333-190019)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen,

 

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), the undersigned, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as the representatives of the underwriters (the “Representatives”) of the offering pursuant to the above-captioned Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”), hereby join the Company in requesting that the effective date for the registration statement referred to above be accelerated so that it will be declared effective at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on September 17, 2013, or as soon thereafter as possible, pursuant to Rule 430A.

 

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Very truly yours,

 

 

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

INCORPORATED

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ William D. Hobbs

 

 

Name: William D. Hobbs,

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kevin Smith

 

 

Name: Kevin Smith

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

As Representatives of the several underwriters

 

(CHS Inc. — Underwriters’ Acceleration Request)