0001068800-12-000095.txt : 20120724 0001068800-12-000095.hdr.sgml : 20120724 20120611082713 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001068800-12-000095 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120611 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FARMERS CAPITAL BANK CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000713095 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 611017851 STATE OF INCORPORATION: KY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 309 STREET 2: 202 W MAIN ST CITY: FRANKFORT STATE: KY ZIP: 40602 BUSINESS PHONE: 5022271668 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 309 STREET 2: 202 WEST MAIN STREET CITY: FRANKFORT STATE: KY ZIP: 40602 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm corresp_2.htm  

June 11, 2012


Michael R. Clampitt
Division of Corporation Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549

 
Re:
Farmers Capital Bank Corporation
 
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (SEC File No. 333-180911)
 

Dear Mr. Clampitt:

In connection with the above-referenced Registration Statement, and pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), we hereby join in the request of Farmers Capital Bank Corporation that the effective date of the Registration Statement be accelerated so that it will be declared effective at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on June 13, 2012 or as soon as practicable thereafter.

Pursuant to Rule 460 under the Act, please be advised the undersigned effected the following approximate distribution of copies of the Preliminary Prospectus dated June 11, 2012 (the “Preliminary Prospectus”):
 
 
 
No. of Copies
  Institutions
850  
  Others
100  
  Total
950  

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Very truly yours,
 
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
                              INCORPORATED
SANDLER O’NEILL & PARTNERS, L.P.
 
By: MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
                                     INCORPORATED
 
By: /s/ William D. Hobbs                                                
Authorized Signatory
 
By:  SANDLER O’NEILL & PARTNERS, L.P.

By:  Sandler O’Neill & Partners Corp.,
the sole general partner

By: /s/ Jennifer A. Docherty                                                                     
Name: Jennifer A. Docherty
Title:   Authorized Signatory

For themselves and as Representatives of the other Underwriters