 | First Commonwealth Financial Corporation 601 Philadelphia Street Indiana, PA 15701 |
Via EDGAR
December 19, 2022
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-4628
Attn: J. Nolan McWilliams
Madeleine Mateo
| Re: | First Commonwealth Financial Corporation |
Amendment No. 2 to Registration on Form S-4
Filed December 19, 2022
File No. 333-267944
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, First Commonwealth Financial Corporation hereby respectfully requests that the effective date of the above referenced Registration Statement on Form S-4 be accelerated to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on December 21, 2022, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
Please contact James J. Barresi of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP at (513) 361-1260 with any questions you may have regarding this request. In addition, please notify Mr. Barresi by telephone when this request for acceleration has been granted.
| Respectfully, | ||
| First Commonwealth Financial Corporation | ||
| By: | /s/ James R. Reske | |
| Name: | James R. Reske | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |
| cc: | T. Michael Price, First Commonwealth Financial Corporation |
Patricia A. Husic, Centric Financial Corporation
James J. Barresi, Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Michael E. Fisher, Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Charles Ferry, Stevens & Lee, P.C.
Sunjeet S. Gill, Stevens & Lee, P.C.