0001104659-19-051546.txt : 20191029 0001104659-19-051546.hdr.sgml : 20191029 20190926154952 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-19-051546 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190926 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000714395 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 351547518 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 711 MAIN ST STREET 2: P O BOX 810 CITY: JASPER STATE: IN ZIP: 47546 BUSINESS PHONE: 8124821314 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 711 MAIN STREET CITY: JASPER STATE: IN ZIP: 47546 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950510 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GAB BANCORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950510 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

September 26, 2019

VIA EDGAR AND E-MAIL

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: Jessica Livingston

Re: German American Bancorp, Inc.

Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed September 18, 2019, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed September 26, 2019

File No. 333-233819

Dear Ms. Livingston:

In accordance with Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, German American Bancorp, Inc. hereby respectfully requests that effectiveness of the above-referenced Registration Statement be accelerated by the Securities and Exchange Commission to 4:00 p.m. (EDT) on Monday, September 30, 2019, or as soon as practicable thereafter.

Please contact Bradley C. Arnett of Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP at (513) 455-7611 with any questions you may have regarding this request. In addition, please notify Mr. Arnett by telephone when this request for acceleration has been granted.

	Sincerely,

	GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC.

	By:	/s/ Mark A. Schroeder
		Mark A. Schroeder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

cc: Bradley C. Arnett, Esq., Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP

Jeremy E. Hill, Esq., Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP

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