0001571049-17-007848.txt : 20171025 0001571049-17-007848.hdr.sgml : 20171025 20170912172354 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001571049-17-007848 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170912 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Union Bankshares Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000883948 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 540412820 STATE OF INCORPORATION: VA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1051 EAST CARY STREET STREET 2: SUITE 1200 CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23219 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-990-4828 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1051 EAST CARY STREET STREET 2: SUITE 1200 CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23219 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: UNION FIRST MARKET BANKSHARES CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20140424 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Union Bankshares Corp DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20140424 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: UNION FIRST MARKET BANKSHARES CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100201 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

 

Union Bankshares Corporation

 

September 12, 2017

 

VIA EDGAR

 

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention:   Era Anagnosti
  David Gessert

 

Union Bankshares Corporation

Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on August 16, 2017, as amended by

Amendment No. 1 thereto filed on September 12, 2017

File No. 333-220005 (the “Registration Statement”)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Pursuant to Rule 461 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Union Bankshares Corporation (the “Company”) hereby requests acceleration of effectiveness of the above-referenced Registration Statement to 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time, on September 14, 2017, or as soon thereafter as practicable.

 

The Company respectfully requests that it be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call or email to Seth A. Winter of Troutman Sanders LLP at (804) 697-2329 or seth.winter@troutmansanders.com, respectively.

 

  Sincerely,
   
  UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION

 

  By: /s/ Robert M. Gorman  
    Robert M. Gorman  
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  

 

cc: Rachael R. Lape, Esq.
  Jacob A. Lutz, III, Esq.
  Seth A. Winter, Esq.
  W. Lake Taylor, Jr., Esq.
  Brian L. Hager, Esq.