SEC Company Response from SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC. (SWBI) (CIK 0001092796) (SWBI) — Sep 4, 2009
SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC. (SWBI) (CIK 0001092796)
Date: Sept. 4, 2009 · CIK: 0001092796 · Accession: 0000950123-09-041113
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SMITH & WESSON HOLDING CORPORATION
2100 Roosevelt Avenue
Springfield, Massachusetts 01104
September 4, 2009
VIA FACSIMILE (703-813-6968) AND EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Sherry Haywood
Re:
Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation
Form S-3
File No. 333-160911
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (the “Company”) hereby requests that the
effective date of the above-captioned Registration Statement be accelerated to 10:00 a.m., Eastern
time, on Wednesday, September 9, 2009, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
The Company acknowledges that (1) should the Commission or staff, acting pursuant to delegated
authority, declare the Registration Statement effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from
taking any action with respect to the Registration Statement, (2) the action of the Commission or
the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the Registration Statement
effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy
of the disclosure in the Registration Statement, and (3) 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.
Very truly yours,
SMITH & WESSON HOLDING CORPORATION
By:
Name:
/s/ Michael F. Golden
Michael F. Golden
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer