Rice Acquisition Corp.
102 East Main Street, Second Story
Carnegie, PA 15106
(713) 446-6259
October 19, 2020
VIA EDGAR
Office of Real Estate & Construction
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-3561
Attention: | Jonathan Burr |
Office of Real Estate & Construction |
Re: | Rice Acquisition Corp. |
Form S-1 Registration Statement | |
File No. 333-249340 |
Dear Mr. Burr:
Rice Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) hereby requests that the effective date of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-249340), be accelerated under Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, so that it will be declared effective at 4:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on October 21, 2020, or as soon thereafter as possible.
We request that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Sarah K. Morgan of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. at (713) 758-2977 and that such effectiveness also be confirmed in writing.
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Sincerely, | ||
Rice Acquisition Corp. | ||
By: | /s/ Daniel Joseph Rice, IV | |
Name: | Daniel Joseph Rice, IV | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer and Director |
cc: | Kirkland & Ellis LLP |
Christian Nagler | |
Brooks Antweil | |
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. | |
David P. Oelman | |
E. Ramey Layne | |
Sarah K. Morgan |
[Signature Page to Company Acceleration Request]