0000939057-18-000465.txt : 20181120 0000939057-18-000465.hdr.sgml : 20181120 20180924150316 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000939057-18-000465 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180924 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FS Bancorp, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001530249 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS, NOT FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6036] IRS NUMBER: 454585178 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6920 220TH STREET SW STREET 2: SUITE 300 CITY: MOUNTLAKE TERRACE STATE: WA ZIP: 98043 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-683-0973 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6920 220TH STREET SW STREET 2: SUITE 300 CITY: MOUNTLAKE TERRACE STATE: WA ZIP: 98043 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm
 
 
 
September 24, 2018


VIA EDGAR

Division of Corporate Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-6010
Attn: Eric Envall
 

Re:
FS Bancorp, Inc., Mountlake Terrace, Washington
Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended (File No. 333-227224)
Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 461 of Regulation C of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, FS Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") hereby requests acceleration of the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, September 26, 2018, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
The Company requests that it be notified of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement by telephone call to its outside counsel Glen P. Garrison at (206) 224-7573.
 
Very truly yours,
 
 
 
/s/Joseph C. Adams
 
 
 
Joseph C. Adams
 
Chief Executive Officer


cc: Glen P. Garrison, Keller Rohrback L.L.P.


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