Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
200 West Street
New York, NY 10282
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10179
February 6, 2018
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Era Anagnosti
Re: | Cadence Bancorporation (the “Company”) |
Registration Statement on FormS-1 (File No. 333-222824) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to our letter, filed as correspondence via EDGAR on February 2, 2017, in which we joined the request of Cadence Bancorporation (the “Company”) to accelerate the effective date of the Registration Statement on FormS-1 (File No.333-222824) (the “Registration Statement”) of the Company to 5:30 p.m., New York City time, on February 5, 2018, or as soon as practicable thereafter, pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. We are no longer requesting that such Registration Statement be declared effective at this time and we hereby formally withdraw our request for acceleration of the effective date.
[Signature Pages Follow]
Very truly yours, | ||
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Erich Bluhm | |
Name: Erich Bluhm | ||
Title: Managing Director |
[Cadence Bancorporation—Signature Page to Underwriter Acceleration Request]
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Alaoui Zenere | |
Name: Alaoui Zenere | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Cadence Bancorporation—Signature Page to Underwriter Acceleration Request]