ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P.

ICAHN ENTERPRISES FINANCE CORP.

Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P.

767 Fifth Avenue – Suite 4700

New York, New York 10153

 

 

December 5, 2013

 

VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION

 

Justin Dobbie

Legal Branch Chief

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549-1004

 

Re:

Icahn Enterprises L.P.

Registration Statement on Form S-4

Filed September 27, 2013

File No. 333-191386 & -01 to -02

 

Dear Mr. Dobbie:

 

Pursuant to Rule 461 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Icahn Enterprises L.P., Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. and Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P. (collectively, the “Company”) hereby request acceleration of the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-4, File No. 333-191386 (the “Registration Statement”) so that it may become effective at 12:00 Noon Eastern Time on Monday, December 9, 2013, or as soon thereafter as practicable.

 

The Company hereby acknowledges that:

 

(a) should the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or its staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the Registration Statement effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the Registration Statement;

 

(b) the action of the Commission or its staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the Registration Statement effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the Registration Statement; and

 

(c) it may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness 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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	Icahn Enterprises L.P.
	By:	Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc.,
		its general partner
	By:	/s/ Peter Reck
		Name:	Peter Reck
		Title:	Chief Accounting Officer

  

	Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.
	By:	/s/ Peter Reck
		Name:	Peter Reck
		Title:	Chief Accounting Officer

 

	Icahn Enterprises holdings L.P.
	By:	Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc.,
		its general partner
	By:	/s/ Peter Reck
		Name:	Peter Reck
		Title:	Chief Accounting Officer