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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20100212085432
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001229952-10-000011
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	5
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20091231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100212
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100212

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Cuccaro Julia Trimarchi
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001349986

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		5
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11138
		FILM NUMBER:		10594430

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		402 INDIANA THEATER BUILDING
		CITY:			INDIANA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			15701

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRST COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL CORP /PA/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000712537
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				251428528
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			PA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		OLD COURTHOUSE SQUARE
		STREET 2:		22 N SIXTH ST
		CITY:			INDIANA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			15701
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7243497220

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		22 NORTH SIXTH STREET
		STREET 2:		P.O. BOX 400
		CITY:			INDIANA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			15701
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Balance includes 2009 year end employee stock ownership plan allocation (employee benefit) &amp; shares acquired through automatic qtrly dividend reinvestment plan purchases in the ESOP during the year.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Held as custodian for minor children; balance includes shares acquired in 2009  with qtrly dividends through a dividend reinvestment pan</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Exercises sole voting/investment power as trustee of shares held in a family member's trust</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Owns jointly through a family corporation</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Held by a family trust in which Mrs. Cuccaro shares voting &amp; investment power as co-trustee; balance includes shares acquired in 2009 through automatic reinvestment of quarterly dividends through a DRP</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Shares voting and investment power of 50% of shares reported as co-trustee of a family trust holding shares in County Wide Real Estate.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">FCF shares held by a limited partnership of which Mrs. Cuccaro is a general partner with voting and investment power; balance reflects shares acquired through automatic reinvestment of quarterly dividends through a DRP.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Wendy Reynolds POA for Julia Trimarchi Cuccaro</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-02-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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