April 30, 2019
VIA EDGAR AND E-MAIL
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: David Gessert
Re: | German American Bancorp, Inc. |
| Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed April 19, 2019, as |
| File No. 333-230961 |
Dear Mr. Gessert:
In accordance with Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, German American Bancorp, Inc. hereby respectfully requests that effectiveness of the above-referenced Registration Statement be accelerated by the Securities and Exchange Commission to 1:00 p.m. (EDT) on Thursday, May 2, 2019, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
Please contact Bradley C. Arnett of Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP at (513) 455-7611 with any questions you may have regarding this request. In addition, please notify Mr. Arnett by telephone when this request for acceleration has been granted.
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| GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC. | |
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| By: | /s/ Bradley M. Rust |
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| Bradley M. Rust, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
cc: | Bradley C. Arnett, Esq., Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP |
| Jeremy E. Hill, Esq., Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP |
| Caryn F. Price, Esq., Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP |