SEC Company Response from Tarpon Industries, Inc. (CIK 0001303565) — Feb 11, 2005
Tarpon Industries, Inc. (CIK 0001303565)
Date: Feb. 11, 2005 · CIK: 0001303565 · Accession: 0000950124-05-000772
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File numbers found in text: 333-120117
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Tarpon Industries, Inc.
2420 Wills Street
Marysville, Michigan 48040
February 11, 2005
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Tarpon Industries, Inc. Registration No. 333-120117
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
We hereby withdraw our February 11, 2005 request that the
above-captioned Registration Statement, be accelerated so that it would become
effective at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on February 11, 2005 or as soon thereafter
as is practicable.
Tarpon Industries, Inc. hereby requests that the above-captioned
Registration Statement, relating to the offering of up to 3,277,500 common
shares, no par value, of Tarpon Industries, Inc. in its initial public offering
and 758,800 common shares in a subsequent re-sale of common shares by selling
shareholders, be accelerated so that it will become effective at 10:00 a.m.
Eastern time on February 14, 2005 or as soon thereafter as is practicable.
The Company acknowledges that (1) 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,
(2) the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to 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 (3) the Company may not assert this action 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,
TARPON INDUSTRIES, INC.
By: /s/ J. Peter Farquhar
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J. Peter Farquhar
Its: Chief Executive Officer
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