ZAPP ELECTRIC VEHICLES GROUP LIMITED
87/1 Wireless Road
26/F Capital Tower
All Seasons Place
Lumpini, Patumwan
Bangkok 10330 Thailand
March 15, 2023
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Re: | Zapp Electric Vehicles Group Limited (the “Company”) |
Registration Statement on Form F-4
Originally Filed December 16, 2022
File No. 333-268857
Dear Mr. Ecker and Mr. Kruczek:
Pursuant to Rule 461(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), the Company hereby respectfully requests that the effective date of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-268857) be accelerated by the Securities and Exchange Commission to 4:00 p.m. Washington D.C. time on March 17, 2023 or as soon as practicable thereafter. In making this acceleration request, the Company acknowledges that it is aware of its responsibilities under the Act.
We request that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Sharon Lau at +65 6437 5464 of Latham & Watkins LLP, and we request that such effectiveness also be confirmed in writing.
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| Very truly yours, | ||||
| Zapp Electric Vehicles Group Limited | ||||
| By: | /s/ Kiattipong Arttachariya | |||
| Name: | Kiattipong Arttachariya | |||
| Title: | Acting Chief Financial Officer and Director | |||
| cc: | Swin Chatsuwan, Zapp Electric Vehicles Group Limited |
F. Peter Cuneo, Gavin Cuneo, Michael Minnick, CIIG Capital Partners II, Inc.
Alice Hsu, Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Ackneil Muldrow, III, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Sharon Lau, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
Posit Laohaphan, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
[Signature page to Acceleration Request]