0000943374-12-000470.txt : 20120910 0000943374-12-000470.hdr.sgml : 20120910 20120809112140 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000943374-12-000470 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120809 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LaPorte Bancorp, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001549276 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 710 INDIANA AVENUE CITY: LAPORTE STATE: IN ZIP: 46350 BUSINESS PHONE: (219) 362-7511 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 710 INDIANA AVENUE CITY: LAPORTE STATE: IN ZIP: 46350 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm correspondence-080912.htm
LAPORTE BANCORP, INC.
710 Indiana Avenue
LaPorte, Indiana 46350

August 9, 2012

Via Facsimile and Edgar
(202) 772-9216

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549

 
Re:
LaPorte Bancorp, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration Number 333-182106)
Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness                                                    

Ladies and Gentlemen:

LaPorte Bancorp, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), hereby requests that the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 be declared effective on August 10, 2012 at 3:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as is practicable.

The Company hereby acknowledges that:

 
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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;

 
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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

 
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the Company may not assert this action 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/ Michele M. Thompson
 
Michele M. Thompson
 
President and Chief Financial Officer