0001193125-18-016297.txt : 20180327 0001193125-18-016297.hdr.sgml : 20180327 20180122181102 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-18-016297 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180122 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PEOPLES BANCORP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000318300 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 310987416 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 0202 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 138 PUTNAM ST STREET 2: P O BOX 738 CITY: MARIETTA STATE: OH ZIP: 45750-0738 BUSINESS PHONE: 7403733155 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 138 PUTNAM ST STREET 2: P O BOX 738 CITY: MARIETTA STATE: OH ZIP: 45750-0738 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm CORRESP

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