Akanda corp.
1a, 1b Learoyd Road
New Romney TN28 8XU
United Kingdom
March 18, 2024
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Life Sciences
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn: Tamika Sheppard
| Re: | Akanda Corp. (the “Company”) | |
| Registration Statement on Form F-1 | ||
| File No. 333-277182 (the “Registration Statement”) |
Dear Ms. Sheppard:
Reference is made to our letter, filed as correspondence via EDGAR on March 18, 2024, in which we requested for acceleration of the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement for Monday, March 18, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, or as soon thereafter as practicable, in accordance with Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Company is 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.
[Signature page follows]
| Sincerely, | ||
| Akanda Corp. | ||
| By: | /s/ Katie Field | |
| Katie Field | ||
| Interim Chief Executive Officer | ||
| cc: | Mark C. Lee, Esq., Rimon, P.C. | |
| Sharagim Habibi, Esq., Gowling WLP (Canada) LLP |