United Financial Bancorp, Inc.
225 Asylum Street
Hartford,
Connecticut 06103
November 4, 2019
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Re:
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United Financial Bancorp, Inc.
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Application for Withdrawal of Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 To Form S-3
Registration Statement
Filed November 1, 2019
File No. 333-198466
Ladies and Gentlemen:
United Financial
Bancorp, Inc., a Connecticut corporation (the “Company”), hereby requests that its Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File
No. 333-198466), originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on November 1, 2019 at approximately 9:20 a.m. Eastern Standard Time as a “POS AM”
(the “POS”), be withdrawn, with such withdrawal to be effective as of the date hereof pursuant to Rule 477 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The Company is requesting withdrawal of the POS because of a filing error relating to the EDGAR technical coding. The POS was incorrectly
coded and filed as “POS AM” whereas the Company intended it to be filed with the Commission with the code “POSASR.” The Company has refiled the POS with the code “POSASR” on November 1, 2019 at approximately 12:02
p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Please send copies of the written order granting withdrawal of the POS to the undersigned at People’s
United Financial, Inc., 850 Main Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604, with a copy to the Company’s counsel, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017, attention Hui Lin, Esq.
If you have any questions regarding the foregoing, please contact Hui Lin, Esq. at (212) 455-7862.
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Sincerely,
People’s United Financial, Inc.
(as successor by merger to
United Financial Bancorp, Inc.)
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By:
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/s/ Kristy Berner
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Name:
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Kristy Berner
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Title:
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Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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