HAYWARD HOLDINGS, INC.
400 Connell Drive
Suite 6100
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
March 9, 2021
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Attention: | Michael Foland/Jan Woo—Legal | |
| Brittany Ebbertt/Kathleen Collins—Accounting | ||
| Re: | Hayward Holdings, Inc. | |
| Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-253184) | ||
| Request for Acceleration | ||
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Hayward Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby requests that the effective date for the registration statement referred to above be accelerated so that it will be declared effective at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on March 11, 2021, or as soon as possible thereafter. The Company hereby authorizes Craig Marcus and Rachel Phillips of Ropes & Gray LLP, counsel to the Company, to orally modify or withdraw this request for acceleration.
Please notify Rachel Phillips of Ropes & Gray LLP, counsel to the Company, at (212) 841-8857 as soon as the registration statement has been declared effective.
| Very truly yours, | ||
| HAYWARD HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Eifion Jones | |
| Eifion Jones | ||
| Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||