FIRST COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Exhibit 16.1 Change in Certifying Accountant
March 21, 2003
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mail Stop 11-3
450 5th Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Dear Sirs/Madams:
We have read Item 9 of First Commonwealth Financial Corporation’s Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2003, and have the following comments:
1. We agree with the statement made in the last sentence of the first paragraph and with the statements in the second, third and fourth paragraphs therein.
2. We have no basis on which to agree or disagree with the other statements made in the first paragraph.
Yours truly,
/S/Deloitte & Touche LLP
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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First Commonwealth Financial (FCF) 10-K2002 FY Annual report
Filed: 24 Mar 03, 12:00am