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VIA EDGAR AND FACSIMILE - (202) 772-9203
Ms. Mara L. Ransom
Special Counsel
Office of Mergers & Acquisitions
Division of Corporation Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549
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Entercom Communications Corp. |
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Schedule TO-C filed May 18, 2006 |
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Schedule TO-I filed June 5, 2006 |
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SEC File No. 5-55345 |
On behalf of Entercom Communications Corp (the Company), we hereby submit for filing by direct electronic transmission Amendment No. 1 (the Amendment) to the above-referenced Schedule TO of the Company. In addition, we are providing the following responses to the comment letter dated June 19, 2006 from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the subject filings. To assist your review, we have retyped the text of your comments below.
Exhibit (a)(1)(i) Offer to Exchange
In response to the Staffs comments, the Company has revised the disclosure on the first page and in Section 1 of the Offer to Exchange to clarify that it will pay the exchange consideration promptly following the expiration of the offer.
As discussed with the Staff by telephone, the Company has prepared a Supplement to the Offer to Exchange (the Supplement), a copy of which has been filed as Exhibit (a)(1)(xiv) to the Amendment. As requested, the Supplement includes the summary financial information described in Item 1010(c) of Regulation M-A. The Company intends to disseminate the Supplement to all offerees via an e-mail in the form filed as Exhibit (a)(1)(xv) to the Amendment. The Company hereby supplementally informs the Staff that at least five business days will remain in the offer at the time these new materials are disseminated.
Questions and Answers About the Restricted Stock, page 4
The Company respectfully submits that the disclosures required by Item 1004(a)(1)(x) of Regulation M-A is contained in the answer provided to question number 17 on page 4, How does restricted stock differ from my employee stock options? and that further information necessary for the security holders to understand the material differences in their rights as a result of electing to participate in the transaction is disclosed in Section 8 on page 21.
Section 4. Withdrawal Rights, page 17
In response to the Staffs comments, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 17 to disclose the exact date by which options not yet accepted for payment or exchange may be withdrawn.
Section 5. Acceptance of Options for Exchange and Cancellation; Issuance of Restricted Stock, page 18
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In response to the Staffs comments, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 18 to indicate that the Company will provide tendering option holders with the Rights Letter.
Section 6. Conditions of the Offer, page 18
In response to the Staffs comments, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 18 to clarify that the Company may only terminate the offer upon the failure of an enumerated condition.
In response to the Staffs comments, the Company has revised subparagraphs (b) and (c) on pages 18 and 19 to clarify the conditions in accordance with the Staffs comment.
Section 13. Material U.S. Federal Income/Withholding Tax Consequences, page 25
In response to the Staffs comments, the Company has revised the disclosure in the first paragraph of Section 13 on page 25 to refer to material rather than certain tax consequences.
Exhibit (a)(1)(iii) - Election to Exchange Form
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As discussed with the Staff by telephone on June 20, 2006, the Company supplementally informs the staff that it will not assert that the acknowledgement by security holders that they have read the Offer to Exchange contained in the Election to Exchange Form constitutes a waiver of the Companys liability. Additionally, in its email to employees mentioned above Company states that:
By this email, the Company hereby confirms to you that it will not assert that your acknowledgement that you have read the Offer to Exchange constitutes a waiver of any liability of the Company.
Schedule TO-C filed May 18, 2006
The Company supplementally informs the Staff that it understands that the language required by Instruction 3 to Rule 13e-4(c) is required in filings and communications such as the Schedule TO-C filed May 18, 2006 and confirms that it will include such language in future filings and communications as applicable.
As requested in the Staffs comment letter, the Company supplementally informs the Staff that it acknowledges that:
· the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filings;
· Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments in the filings reviewed by the Staff do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and
· the Company may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
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Once you have had time to review the Companys responses to the Staffs comments and the corresponding Amendment No. 1 and Supplement, we would appreciate the opportunity to discuss any additional questions or concerns that you may have. Please call me at (202) 637-1028.
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Very truly yours, |
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Patrick H. Shannon |
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of LATHAM & WATKINS LLP |
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Jack Donlevie, Entercom Communications Corp. |
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Andrew Sutor, Entercom Communications Corp. |
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Scott Herlihy, Esq. Latham & Watkins LLP |
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