SEC Company Response from FIRST MERCHANTS CORP (FRME, FRMEP) (CIK 0000712534) (FRME) — Dec 20, 2018
FIRST MERCHANTS CORP (FRME, FRMEP) (CIK 0000712534)
Date: Dec. 20, 2018 · CIK: 0000712534 · Accession: 0001140361-18-045449
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File numbers found in text: 333-228658
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VIA EDGAR AND E-MAIL Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance Attention: David Gessert Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on December 3, 2018, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed on December 19, 2018 File No. 333-228658
Dear Mr. Gessert:
In accordance with Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, First Merchants Corporation hereby respectfully requests that effectiveness of the above-referenced Registration Statement be accelerated by the Securities and Exchange Commission to 3:45 p.m. (EST) on Friday, December 21, 2018, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
Please contact Jeremy E. Hill, Esq. of Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP at (317) 968-5384 with any questions you may regarding this request. In addition, please notify Mr. Hill by telephone when this request for acceleration has been granted.
Sincerely,
/s/ Mark K. Hardwick
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[FIRST MERCHANTS CORPORATION LETTERHEAD]
December 20, 2018
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:
First Merchants Corporation
Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on
December 3, 2018, as amended by Amendment No. 1
thereto filed on December 19, 2018
File No. 333-228658
Dear Mr. Gessert:
In accordance with Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, First Merchants Corporation hereby respectfully requests that effectiveness of the
above-referenced Registration Statement be accelerated by the Securities and Exchange Commission to 3:45 p.m. (EST) on Friday, December 21, 2018, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
Please contact Jeremy E. Hill, Esq. of Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP at (317) 968-5384 with any questions you may regarding this request. In addition, please
notify Mr. Hill by telephone when this request for acceleration has been granted.
Sincerely,
/s/ Mark K. Hardwick
Mark K. Hardwick
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Operating Officer
cc:
Brian T. Hunt, Esq., First Merchants Corporation
Jeremy E. Hill, Esq., Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP
Bradley C. Arnett, Esq., Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP
Tonya Vachirasomboon, Esq., Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP
Martin D. Werner, Esq., Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP