SEC Company Response from LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. (CIK 0001301611) — Oct 18, 2005
LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. (CIK 0001301611)
Date: Oct. 18, 2005 · CIK: 0001301611 · Accession: 0000950144-05-010436
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File numbers found in text: 333-128279
Letter
October 18, 2005 BY EDGAR Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549 Attention: Jeffrey P. Riedler
Re: LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-3 File No. 333-128279
Dear Mr. Riedler:
Pursuant to Rule 461 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (the "Company") hereby requests that the effectiveness of the above-captioned registration statement (the "Registration Statement") be accelerated so that such Registration Statement will become effective at 2:00 pm, Washington, D.C. time, on October 20, 2005, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
The Company hereby acknowledges that:
- should the Commission or the 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;
- 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
- the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness of the Registration Statement as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
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If you have any questions regarding this matter, please call Patti J. Marks at (212) 259-7175 of Dewey Ballantine LLP.
Very truly yours,
LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
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LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
103 Powell Court, Suite 200
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
October 18, 2005
BY EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Jeffrey P. Riedler
Re: LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3
File No. 333-128279
Dear Mr. Riedler:
Pursuant to Rule 461 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (the "Company") hereby requests that the effectiveness
of the above-captioned registration statement (the "Registration Statement") be
accelerated so that such Registration Statement will become effective at 2:00
pm, Washington, D.C. time, on October 20, 2005, or as soon as practicable
thereafter.
The Company hereby acknowledges that:
- should the Commission or the 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;
- 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
- the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration
of effectiveness of the Registration Statement as a defense in
any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under
the federal securities laws of the United States.
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If you have any questions regarding this matter, please call Patti
J. Marks at (212) 259-7175 of Dewey Ballantine LLP.
Very truly yours,
LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
By: /s/ Michael J. Culotta
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Name: Michael J. Culotta
Title: Chief Financial Officer
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