February 20, 2014
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn: |
| H. Roger Schwall |
|
|
|
Re: |
| Sundance Energy Australia Limited (the “Company”) |
|
| Registration Statement on Form F-1, as amended |
|
| File No. 333-192953 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), we, as representatives of the several Underwriters, hereby join in the request of the Company for acceleration of the effective date of the above-named Registration Statement so that it becomes effective at 4:00 p.m. (Washington, DC time) on February 20, 2014, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
In connection with this acceleration request and pursuant to Rule 460 under the Act, please be advised that, during the period from February 5, 2014 to the date of this letter, we have distributed approximately the following number of copies of the preliminary prospectus, dated February 5, 2014:
To Whom Distributed |
| Number of Copies |
Institutions, Brokers and Other |
| 4,600 |
We, the undersigned, as representatives of the several Underwriters, have and will, and we have been informed by the participating underwriters that they have and will comply with the requirements of Rule 15c2-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
[Signature Page Follows]
| Very truly yours, | |
|
| |
| WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC | |
| CANACCORD GENUITY INC. | |
| UBS SECURITIES LLC | |
|
| |
| Acting severally on behalf of themselves and the several underwriters | |
|
| |
| WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC | |
|
| |
|
| |
| By: | /s/ David Herman |
|
| Name: David Herman |
|
| Title: Director |
|
| |
| CANACCORD GENUITY INC. | |
|
| |
|
| |
| By: | /s/ Mitchell E. Ayer, Jr. |
|
| Name: Mitchell E. Ayer, Jr. |
|
| Title: Managing Director |
|
| |
| UBS SECURITIES LLC | |
|
| |
|
| |
| By: | /s/ Steven Escaler |
|
| Name: Steven Escaler |
|
| Title: Executive Director |
|
| |
| By: | /s/ Bimal Amin |
|
| Name: Bimal Amin |
|
| Title: Director |