[Cardica letterhead]
November 10, 2014
Via Edgar
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549
Re: | Cardica, Inc. |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Submitted for filing pursuant to Rule 14a-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are the following materials:
1. A definitive Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders, Proxy Statement and form of Proxy to be used in connection with the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Cardica, Inc., to be held on December 11, 2014.
2. Cardica’s 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, for which stockholder approval is solicited in Proposal 4 of the Proxy Statement. This plan is submitted pursuant to Instruction 3 of Item 10 of Regulation 14A of the Commission. Cardica currently expects to register the additional shares reserved for issuance under such plan on Form S-8 within the next year.
The proxy materials and Cardica’s Annual Report to Stockholders will be mailed on or about November 10, 2014, to stockholders of record of Cardica as of October 30, 2014.
Very truly yours,
Cardica, Inc.
By: /s/ Robert Newell
Robert Newell
Chief Financial Officer
cc: | Mark Weeks, Cooley LLP |