SEC Company Response from NORTHWESTERN CORP (CIK 0000073088) — Aug 4, 2005
NORTHWESTERN CORP (CIK 0000073088)
Date: Aug. 4, 2005 · CIK: 0000073088 · Accession: 0001047469-05-020763
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File numbers found in text: 333-123381, 333-123450
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Securities and Exchange Commission Attention: Mr. Matthew Benson, Staff Attorney File No. 333-123450 NorthWestern Corporation Registration Statement on Form S-4 File No. 333-123381
Dear Mr. Benson:
The undersigned hereby requests that the above-referenced Registration Statements be accelerated to become effective as of 9:00 a.m. EST on Monday, August 8, 2005 or as soon thereafter as possible.
In connection with this request, NorthWestern Corporation acknowledges (i) that should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filings effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filings, (ii) the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filings effective, does not relieve NorthWestern Corporation from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filings, and (iii) NorthWestern Corporation may not assert this action as defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
Should you have any questions on this request, please call Jeffrey Cotter at (612) 335-1444.
Very truly yours,
NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION
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NorthWestern Corporation
125 South Dakota Avenue
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104
August 4,
2005
VIA FACSIMILE AND EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Attention: Mr. Matthew Benson, Staff Attorney
450 Fifth Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re:NorthWestern
Corporation
Registration Statement on Form S-3
File No. 333-123450
NorthWestern
Corporation
Registration Statement on Form S-4
File No. 333-123381
Dear
Mr. Benson:
The
undersigned hereby requests that the above-referenced Registration Statements be accelerated to become effective as of 9:00 a.m. EST on Monday, August 8, 2005 or as
soon thereafter as possible.
In
connection with this request, NorthWestern Corporation acknowledges (i) that should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filings
effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filings, (ii) the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in
declaring the filings effective, does
not relieve NorthWestern Corporation from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filings, and (iii) NorthWestern Corporation may not assert this action
as defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
Should
you have any questions on this request, please call Jeffrey Cotter at (612) 335-1444.
Very truly yours,
NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION
By
/s/ THOMAS J. KNAPP Thomas J. Knapp
Its
General Counsel
c:
Jon C. Tyras, Esq.