The ExOne Company
127 Industry Boulevard
North Huntingdon, PA 15642
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E. Washington, DC 20549
Attention: Ms. Amanda Ravitz
Mr. Louis Rambo
Ms. Julie Sherman
Mr. Gary Todd
Re: The ExOne Company
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185933), originally filed January 8, 2013, as amended, and corresponding Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-35806 )
Acceleration Request
| Requested Date: | February 6, 2013 | |||||
| Requested Time: | 4:30 PM Eastern Time |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The ExOne Company (the “Registrant”) hereby requests that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) take appropriate action to declare the above-captioned Registration Statements on Form S-1 and Form 8-A effective at the “Requested Date” and “Requested Time” set forth above or as soon thereafter as practicable.
The Registrant hereby authorizes Warren J. Archer, who is an attorney with the Registrant’s outside legal counsel, Morella & Associates, to orally modify or withdraw this request for acceleration.
The Registrant hereby acknowledges that:
| • | should the Commission or the staff of the Commission, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filings effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filings; |
| • | the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and |
| • | the Registrant may not assert the 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 Registrant requests that it be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Mr. Archer at (412) 369-9696.
Very truly yours,
THE EXONE COMPANY
| By: | /s/ S. Kent Rockwell | |
| S. Kent Rockwell | ||
| Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
February 4, 2013
Via Facsimile and EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-3628
Attn: Ms. Amanda Ravitz
| Re: | The ExOne Company |
Registration Statement on Form S-1
File No. 333-185933
In connection with the above referenced Registration Statement, we wish to advise that between January 28, 2013 and the date hereof, 2,723 copies of the Preliminary Prospectus, dated January 28, 2013, were distributed as follows: 2,463 copies to institutional investors, 255 copies to individuals, 5 copies to prospective dealers, and 0 copies to a rating agency.
We have been informed by the participating underwriters that they will comply with the requirements of Rule 15c2-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
We hereby join in the request of the registrant that the effectiveness of the above-referenced Registration Statement, as amended, be accelerated to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on February 6, 2013 or as soon thereafter as practicable.
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Very truly yours,
FBR Capital Markets & Co.
As Representative of the Prospective Underwriters.
| FBR CAPITAL MARKETS & CO. | ||
| By: | /s/ Paul Dellisola | |
| By: Paul Dellisola | ||
| Title: Senior Managing Director | ||
