SEC Company Response from Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET) (CIK 0001596532) (ANET) — Jun 2, 2014
Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET) (CIK 0001596532)
Date: June 2, 2014 · CIK: 0001596532 · Accession: 0001193125-14-222672
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Acceleration Request
June 2, 2014
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street,
N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Barbara
C. Jacobs
Ivette Leon
Claire DeLabar
Edwin Kim
Re:
Arista Networks, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-1
File No. 333-194899
Acceleration Request
Requested Date: June 5, 2014
Requested Time: 4:05 P.M. Eastern Time
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Arista Networks, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby requests that the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-l (File No. 333-194899) (the “Registration
Statement”) be declared effective at the “Requested Date” and “Requested Time” set forth above or at such later time as the Company or its counsel may orally request via telephone call to the staff (the
“Staff”) of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). Once the Registration Statement has been declared effective, please orally confirm that event with our
counsel, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., by calling Mark Baudler at (650) 320-4597.
In connection with the
acceleration request, the Company hereby acknowledges that:
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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;
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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 Registration Statement; and
Securities and Exchange Commission
June 2, 2014
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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.
The Company understands that the staff will consider this request as confirmation by the Company of its awareness of its
responsibilities under the Federal securities laws as they relate to the offering of the securities covered by the Registration Statement.
[Signature page follows]
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Sincerely,
Arista Networks, Inc.
/s/ Jayshree Ullal
Jayshree Ullal
President and Chief Executive Officer
cc:
Marc Taxay, Arista Networks, Inc.
Larry Sonsini, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
P.C.
Raj Judge, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
Mark Baudler, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
Andrew Hoffman, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
Patrick Pohlen, Latham & Watkins LLP
Tad Freese, Latham & Watkins LLP
Dane Wall, Ernst & Young LLP
(Signature Page to Acceleration Request Letter)