TriCo Bancshares
63 Constitution Drive
Chico, CA 95973
April 17, 2018
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F. Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Erin Purnell
| Re: | TriCo Bancshares |
| Registration Statement onForm S-4 |
| Filed March 21, 2018 |
| FileNo. 333-223829 |
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), TriCo Bancshares hereby requests that the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement onForm S-4, as amended, be accelerated so that the Registration Statement may become effective on April 19, 2018, at 3:00 p.m. (Washington, D.C. time), or as soon thereafter as may be practicable.
We request that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to David Gershon of Sheppard, Mullin, Richard & Hampton LLP at (415)774-3120.
| Sincerely, | ||
| TRICO BANCSHARES | ||
| By: | /s/ Richard P. Smith | |
| Richard P. Smith | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
