October 15, 2020
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn: | Mr. Jeffrey Gabor |
Ms. Dorrie Yale |
Ms. Nudrat Salik |
Mr. Brian Cascio |
Re: | Opthea Limited |
Registration Statement on Form F-1 |
Registration No. 333-249020 |
Acceleration Request |
Requested Date: | October 15, 2020 |
Requested Time: | 5:00 PM, Eastern Daylight Time |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and SVB Leerink LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters, hereby join Opthea Limited in requesting that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) take appropriate action to cause the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-249020) (the “Registration Statement”) to become effective on October 15, 2020, at 5:00 PM, Eastern Daylight Time, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
Pursuant to Rule 460 under the Act, please be advised that we will take reasonable steps to secure adequate distribution of the preliminary prospectus, to underwriters, dealers, institutions and others, prior to the requested effective time of the Registration Statement.
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, as amended, to the extent applicable.
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Very truly yours, | ||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Jennifer Fox | |
Name: | Jennifer Fox | |
Title: | Managing Director | |
SVB Leerink LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Murphy Gallagher | |
Name: | Murphy Gallagher | |
Title: | Managing Director, Investment Banking |
cc: | Megan Baldwin, Opthea Limited |
Michael Tonroe, Opthea Limited |
Ferish Patel, Cooley LLP |
Div Gupta, Cooley LLP |
John T. McKenna, Cooley LLP |
Brent Siler, Cooley LLP |
Milson Yu, Cooley LLP |
Edwin O’Connor, Goodwin Procter LLP |
Seo Salimi, Goodwin Procter LLP |
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