Peoples Bancorp Inc.
138 Putnam Street
Marietta, Ohio 45750
January 22, 2018
VIA EDGAR
David Gessert
Division of Corporation Finance
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
100 F Street NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: | Peoples Bancorp Inc. |
Registration Statement on Form S-4
Filed December 14, 2017, As Amended on January 19, 2018
File Number 333-222054
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Peoples Bancorp Inc., an Ohio corporation (the Registrant), hereby requests that the effectiveness under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the above-captioned Registration Statement be accelerated to 4:15 p.m., Eastern time, on January 23, 2018, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
Please notify J. Eric Quinn, Esq. of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, counsel to the Registrant, at (513) 977-8606 as soon as possible as to the time the Registration Statement has been declared effective pursuant to this acceleration request.
Peoples Bancorp Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ M. Ryan Kirkham | |
Name: | M. Ryan Kirkham | |
Title: | General Counsel & Corporate Secretary |