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June 8, 2012

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VIA EDGAR

 

Mr. Mark Webb

Legal Branch Chief

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, DC 20549

 

Re:

Meetinghouse Bancorp, Inc.

 

Registration Statement on Form S-1

 

Filed March 9, 2012

 

File No. 333-180026

 

Dear Mr. Webb:

 

On behalf of Meetinghouse Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), enclosed for filing is Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Amended Registration Statement”), including exhibits, marked pursuant to Rule 472 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to indicate changes from the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed by the Company on March 9, 2012 (the “Registration Statement”).

 

The Amended Registration Statement is filed in response to the staff’s comment letter issued on April 9, 2012.  To aid in your review, we have repeated the staff’s comments followed by the Company’s responses and indicated where the Registration Statement has been revised in response to such comments.

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, page 43

 

General

 

1.                                      Your discussion of the results of operations frequently does not quantify sources of changes.  For example, refer to disclosure on page 45 addressing the increase in cash and cash equivalents.  Please note that prefacing the reference to sources of changes with the words “primarily”, “mainly” and “mostly” obscures the ability of the reader to identify the material sources of the change.  In addition, where a material change is attributed to two or more factors, including any offsetting

 

 

 

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Mr. Mark Webb

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

June 8, 2012

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factors, the contribution of each identified factor should be described in quantified terms.  See Section III.D of SEC Release No. 34-26831.

 

Response to Comment No. 1:

 

The requested changes have been made.  See pages 45 – 57 of the Amended Registration Statement.

 

Our Management

 

Executive officers, page 68

 

2.                                    Please revise your filing to provide the full five-year business experience for Mr. Borgerson.  Refer to Item 401(e) of Regulation S-K.

 

Response to Comment No. 2:

 

The requested change has been made.  See page 69 of the Amended Registration Statement.

 

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Mr. Mark Webb

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

June 8, 2012

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If you have any questions concerning this submission, please contact the undersigned at 202.508.5854.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Victor L. Cangelosi

 

 

 

Victor L. Cangelosi

 

Enclosures

 

 

 

cc:

Michael F. Johnson, SEC Staff Attorney

 

Patricia A. McJoynt, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

 

Allan D. Jean, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

 

Monique Moon, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

 

William W. Bouton, III, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP

 

Nancy R. Wilsker, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP

 

Lisa J. Holtzmuller, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP

 

Carol Houle, Shatswell, MacLeod & Company, PC

 

Mary Mottram, Shatswell, MacLeod & Company, PC

 

Gregory Dunn, RP Financial, LC

 

Michael R. Keller, Keller & Company, Inc.

 

Anthony A. Paciulli, Meetinghouse Bancorp, Inc.

 

Wayne Gove, Meetinghouse Bancorp, Inc.

 

Ravi R. Desai, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP