VAXCYTE, INC.
353 Hatch Drive
Foster City, California 94404
June 9, 2020
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Attn: | Ada D. Sarmento |
Mary Beth Breslin
Michael Fay
Al Pavot
| RE: | Vaxcyte, Inc. |
Registration Statement on Form S-1
File No. 333-238630
Acceleration Request
Requested Date: Thursday, June 11, 2020
Requested Time: 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Vaxcyte, Inc. (the “Registrant”) hereby requests that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) take appropriate action to cause the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-1 to become effective on Thursday, June 11, 2020, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, or as soon thereafter as is practicable or at such later time as the Registrant’s counsel may orally request via telephone call to the staff of the Commission. The Registrant hereby authorizes each of Robert W. Phillips and J. Carlton Fleming of Cooley LLP, counsel to the Registrant, to make such request on its behalf.
Once the Registration Statement has been declared effective, please orally confirm that event with Robert W. Phillips of Cooley LLP, counsel to the Registrant, at (415) 693-2020, or J. Carlton Fleming at (650) 843-5865.
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| Very truly yours, | ||
| VAXCYTE, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Jane Wright-Mitchell | |
| Name: | Jane Wright-Mitchell | |
| Title: | General Counsel |
| cc: | Grant E. Pickering, Vaxcyte, Inc. | |
| Robert W. Phillips, Cooley LLP | ||
| Charles S. Kim, Cooley LLP | ||
| J. Carlton Fleming, Cooley LLP | ||
| Peter N. Handrinos, Latham & Watkins LLP | ||
| Brian J. Cuneo, Latham & Watkins LLP | ||
| Miles P. Jennings, Latham & Watkins LLP |
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