0000943374-14-000274.txt : 20140609 0000943374-14-000274.hdr.sgml : 20140609 20140506140731 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000943374-14-000274 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140506 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Meridian Bancorp, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001600125 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10 MERIDIAN STREET CITY: EAST BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02128 BUSINESS PHONE: (617) 567-1500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10 MERIDIAN STREET CITY: EAST BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02128 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm accelrequest_client50614.htm
MERIDIAN BANCORP, INC.
67 Prospect Street
Peabody, MA 01960


May 7, 2014

Via Edgar

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

Re:          Meridian Bancorp, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration Number 333-194454)
Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness                                                                                                                     

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Meridian Bancorp, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), hereby requests that the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 be declared effective on May 9, 2014 at 11:00 a.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/ Mark. L. Abbate                                                                
 
Mark L. Abbate
 
Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer