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Attention: | Irene Barberena-Meissner | |||||
Laura Nicholson | ||||||
Re: |
Phillips 66 | |||||
Registration Statement on Form S-4 | ||||||
Filed December 10, 2021 | ||||||
File No. 333-261605 |
To the addressees set forth above:
We are in receipt of the comment letter dated December 20, 2021 from the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the above-referenced Registration Statement (the Registration Statement). We are responding to the Staffs comments on behalf of Phillips 66 (the Company) as set forth below.
The Companys responses set forth in this letter are numbered to correspond to the numbered comments in the Staffs letter. All terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Registration Statement. For ease of reference, we have set forth the Staffs comments and the Companys response for each item below.
Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed December 10, 2021
General
1. | Please confirm your understanding that we will not be in a position to accelerate the effectiveness of your registration statement until our comments relating to your Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 have been resolved. |
January 4, 2022
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Response: In response to the Staffs comment, the Company confirms its understanding that the effectiveness of the Registration Statement will not be accelerated prior to the resolution of the Staffs comments relating to the Companys Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.
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Please do not hesitate to contact me at (713) 546-7486 with any questions regarding this correspondence. Thank you in advance for your cooperation in connection with this matter.
Sincerely, |
/s/ Thomas G. Brandt |
Thomas G. Brandt of LATHAM & WATKINS LLP |
cc: | Greg C. Garland, Phillips 66 | |
Mark A. Haney, Conflicts Committee of Phillips 66 Partners GP LLC | ||
William N. Finnegan, Latham & Watkins LLP | ||
Alan Bogdanow, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. | ||
Peter Marshall, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. |
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