SEC Company Response from BERKSHIRE HILLS BANCORP INC (BHLB) (CIK 0001108134) (BBT) — Oct 19, 2016
BERKSHIRE HILLS BANCORP INC (BHLB) (CIK 0001108134)
Date: Oct. 19, 2016 · CIK: 0001108134 · Accession: 0001571049-16-018891
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File numbers found in text: 333-213256
Letter
BERKSHIRE HILLS BANCORP, INC.
24 North Street
Pittsfield, Massachusetts 01201
October 19, 2016
Via Edgar
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration Number 333-213256)
Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby requests that the above-referenced Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 be declared effective on October 21, 2016 at 5:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as is practicable.
The Company hereby acknowledges that:
· should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
· the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and
· the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
Very truly yours,
/s/Wm. Gordon Prescott
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BERKSHIRE HILLS BANCORP, INC.
24 North Street
Pittsfield, Massachusetts 01201
October 19, 2016
Via Edgar
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form
S-4 (Registration Number 333-213256)
Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”), hereby requests that the above-referenced Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 be declared
effective on October 21, 2016 at 5:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as is practicable.
The Company hereby acknowledges that:
· should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose
the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
· the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does
not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and
· the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by
the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
Very truly yours,
/s/Wm. Gordon Prescott
Wm. Gordon Prescott
Senior Vice President and General
Counsel
(Duly Authorized Representative)