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Stuart Strauss
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October 21, 2015
Via Electronic Transmission
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn: Robert Shapiro, Senior Counsel
Re: | Van Eck Associates Corporation, et al. (File No. 812-13845) |
Dear Mr. Shapiro:
Van Eck Associates Corporation and other applicants (the “Applicants”) filed an application for an order under Section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), for an exemption from Sections 12(d)(1)(A)(i) and 12(d)(1)(B)(i) of the Act (the “Application”). The Application was initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on November 16, 2010.
Applicants hereby respectfully request that the Application be withdrawn and that the Securities and Exchange Commission take no further action with respect thereto.
Should you have any questions, please call me at (212) 698-6529.
Sincerely,
/s/ Stuart M. Strauss
Stuart M. Strauss
cc: | Dalia Osman Blass, Assistant Chief Counsel Jonathan R. Simon, Esq. |
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