Cadence Bancorporation
2800 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 3800
Houston, Texas 77056
February 6, 2018
VIA EDGAR
Office of Financial Services
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Era Anagnosti
| Re: | Cadence Bancorporation |
| Registration Statement on Form S-1 |
| Filed February 2, 2018 |
| File No. 333-222824 |
Dear Ms. Anagnosti,
Reference is made to our letter, filed as correspondence via EDGAR on February 2, 2017, in which we requested the acceleration of the effective date of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-222824) (the “Registration Statement”) of Cadence Bancorporation (the “Company”) to 5:30 p.m., New York City time, on February 5, 2018, or as soon as practicable thereafter, pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. We are no longer requesting that such Registration Statement be declared effective at this time and we hereby formally withdraw our request for acceleration of the effective date.
Please contact Mark F. Veblen of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz at (212) 403-1396 with any questions you may have concerning this request.
| Sincerely, | ||
| CADENCE BANCORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Jerry W. Powell | |
| Name: | Jerry W. Powell | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President and General Counsel | |
| cc: | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz |
| Mark F. Veblen |
