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Deanna L. Kirkpatrick

 

 

 

 

 

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

212 450 4135 tel

212 701-5135 fax

deanna.kirkpatrick@davispolk.com

 

 

March 30, 2016

 

Re:

Bats Global Markets, Inc.

Amendment No. 2 to

Registration Statement on Form S-1

Filed March 7, 2016

File No. 333-208565

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONFIDENTIAL

 

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549

 

Attention:                 Tom Kluck

Nicole Collings

Jeffrey Lewis

Robert Telewicz

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

On behalf of our client, Bats Global Markets, Inc., enclosed please find Exhibit A, containing pages of the draft Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “New Disclosure”) marked against Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 that was submitted on March 7, 2016 via EDGAR to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in response to your letter dated February 26, 2016. In addition to including price range information, the New Disclosure also reflects the disclosure contained in the Company’s response letter to be dated April 4, 2016 in response to the Staff of the Commission’s letter dated March 26, 2016.

 



 

Please do not hesitate to contact me at (212) 450-4135, (212) 701-5135 (fax) or deanna.kirkpatrick@davispolk.com if you have any questions regarding the foregoing or if I can provide any additional information.

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Deanna L. Kirkpatrick

 

 

 

Deanna L. Kirkpatrick

 

 

Enclosures:

 

1.                                      Exhibit A, containing the copies of Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, marked against the version of the Amendment No. 2 to the Registration submitted via EDGAR to the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 2016.

 

cc:                                Via E-mail without Enclosures

Mr. Eric Swanson, Esq.

Mr. Connor Kuratek, Esq.

 

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Exhibit A