SEC Comment Letter for GETTY REALTY (GTY) — Dec 31, 2014
GETTY REALTY CORP /MD/ (GTY) (CIK 0001052752)
Date: Dec. 31, 2014 · CIK: 0001052752 · Accession: 0000000000-14-067530
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December 31, 2014 Via E -mail Joshua Dicker Senior Vice President and General Counsel Getty Realty Corp. Two Jericho Plaza, Suite 110 Jericho, New York 11753 Re: Getty Realty Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-3 Filed December 12, 2014 File No. 333-200913 Dear Mr. Dicker : We have limited our review of your registration statement to those issues w e have addressed in our comment . Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement as applicable and providing the requested information . After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you provide in response to this comme nt, we may have additional comments. General 1. As you know, we are reviewing your Form 10 -K for the fis cal year ended December 31, 2013 , and have issued comments in connection with that review. Please confirm that you will amend the registration statement , as appropriate, to reflect your responses to our comments on the Form 10 -K. In addition, please note that we will not be in a position to declare the registration statement effective until you have resolved all comments raised on the Form 10 -K. We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the filing includes the information the Securities Act of 193 3 and all applicable Securities Act rules require. Since the company and its man agement are in possession of all facts relating to a company’s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made. Notwithstanding our comment , in the event you request acceleration of the effective date of the pending registration statement please provide a written statement from the company acknowledging that: Joshua Dicker Getty Realty Corp. December 31, 2014 Page 2 should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant t o delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and the company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. Please refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding reques ts for acceleration . We will consider a written request for acceleration of the effective date of the registration statement as confirmation of the fact that those requesting acceleration are aware of their respective responsibilities under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as they relate to the proposed public offering of the securities specified in the above registration statement. Please allow adequate time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the registration statement. Please contact Sara von Althann at (202) 551 -3207 or me at (202) 551 -3233 with any other questions. Sincerely, /s/ Tom Kluck Tom Kluck Legal Branch Chief cc: David Chalk , DLA Piper LLP (US) , Via E -mail