SEC Company Response from BANCORP RHODE ISLAND INC (CIK 0001109525) — Apr 8, 2005
BANCORP RHODE ISLAND INC (CIK 0001109525)
Date: April 8, 2005 · CIK: 0001109525 · Accession: 0001193125-05-072984
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File numbers found in text: 333-122968
Letter
UNDERWRITER'S REQUEST FOR ACCELERATION
RYAN BECK & CO., INC.
18 Columbia Turnpike
Florham Park, NJ 07932
April 8, 2005
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Mark Webb, Legal Branch Chief
Re: Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc. Common Stock
Registration on Form S-3 (File No. 333-122968)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the proposed offering of the above-captioned securities, we wish to advise you that we hereby join Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc. in requesting that the effective date for the Registration Statement referred to above be accelerated so that it will be declared effective at 4:00 p.m. Washington, D.C. time on Tuesday, April 12, 2005, or as soon thereafter as possible.
The following information with respect to the distribution of the prospectus dated March 31, 2005 is furnished pursuant to Rules 460, 461 and 418(a)(7) of the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with the foregoing request for acceleration of the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement:
(i) Date of preliminary prospectus: March 31, 2005.
(ii) Dates of distribution: April 4, 2005 — April 12, 2005.
(iii) Number of prospective underwriters to whom the preliminary prospectus was furnished: 1.
(iv) Number of preliminary prospectuses distributed under (iii) above: 900.
(v) The number of prospectuses distributed to others: 0 to dealers, 2,750 to retail investors and 160 to institutional investors.
This is to further advise you that Ryan Beck & Co., Inc. has complied and will continue to comply with Rule 15c2-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in connection with the above-referenced Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
Ryan Beck & Co., Inc.
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CORRESP 1 filename1.htm UNDERWRITER'S REQUEST FOR ACCELERATION RYAN BECK & CO., INC. 18 Columbia Turnpike Florham Park, NJ 07932 April 8, 2005 Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20549 Attention: Mark Webb, Legal Branch Chief Re: Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc. Common Stock Registration on Form S-3 (File No. 333-122968) Ladies and Gentlemen: In connection with the proposed offering of the above-captioned securities, we wish to advise you that we hereby join Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc. in requesting that the effective date for the Registration Statement referred to above be accelerated so that it will be declared effective at 4:00 p.m. Washington, D.C. time on Tuesday, April 12, 2005, or as soon thereafter as possible. The following information with respect to the distribution of the prospectus dated March 31, 2005 is furnished pursuant to Rules 460, 461 and 418(a)(7) of the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with the foregoing request for acceleration of the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement: (i) Date of preliminary prospectus: March 31, 2005. (ii) Dates of distribution: April 4, 2005 — April 12, 2005. (iii) Number of prospective underwriters to whom the preliminary prospectus was furnished: 1. (iv) Number of preliminary prospectuses distributed under (iii) above: 900. (v) The number of prospectuses distributed to others: 0 to dealers, 2,750 to retail investors and 160 to institutional investors. This is to further advise you that Ryan Beck & Co., Inc. has complied and will continue to comply with Rule 15c2-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in connection with the above-referenced Registration Statement. Very truly yours, Ryan Beck & Co., Inc. By: /S/ FRED SCHLUTER Name: Fred Schluter Title: Managing Director