0001193125-12-277892.txt : 20120813 0001193125-12-277892.hdr.sgml : 20120813 20120621085338 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-277892 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120621 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIRST CITIZENS BANC CORP /OH CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000944745 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 341558688 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 EAST WATER ST STREET 2: P O BOX 5016 CITY: SANDUSKY STATE: OH ZIP: 44870 BUSINESS PHONE: 4196254121 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 EAST WATER ST STREET 2: P O BOX 5016 CITY: SANDUSKY STATE: OH ZIP: 44870 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Acceleration Request

FIRST CITIZENS BANC CORP

100 East Water Street

P. O. Box 5016

Sandusky, Ohio 44870

(419) 625-4121

www.fcza.com

June 21, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F. Street NE

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Attn: Michael R. Clampitt
     Senior Attorney

 

  Re: First Citizens Banc Corp (the “Registrant”)
       Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-181579)

Dear Mr. Clampitt:

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Registrant hereby requests that the effective date for the above-referenced Registration Statement be accelerated so that it will be declared effective under the Securities Act at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on Monday, June 25, 2012.

In connection with this request, the Registrant hereby acknowledges that:

 

  1. should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the staff of the Commission (the “Staff”), acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the Registration Statement effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the Registration Statement;

 

  2. the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the Registration Statement effective, does not relieve the Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the Registration Statement; and

 

  3. the Registrant may not assert Staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

Please advise Anthony D. Weis of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, our outside counsel, of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement by telephone at (614) 464-5465 or by facsimile at (614) 719-4776.

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Very truly yours,

 

FIRST CITIZENS BANC CORP

By:   /s/ James E. McGookey
 

Name: James E. McGookey

Title:   General Counsel