UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 17,
2006
First Commonwealth Financial
Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)
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Pennsylvania |
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0-11242 |
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25-1428528 |
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(State or other
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(Commission |
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(IRS Employer |
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22 N. Sixth Street, Indiana, PA |
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15701 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
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Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (724)
349-7220
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:
[ ] Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
(17 CFR 230.425)
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CFR 240.14a-12)
[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
5.02 Departure of
Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Principal
Officers
On January 17, 2006, the Board of Directors of First Commonwealth Financial
Corporation appointed Julia E. Trimarchi Cuccaro to fill the unexpired term of
her father, E. James Trimarchi, who elected to retire last month. Ms. Cuccaro
has served on the board of First Commonwealth Bank since 1995. Prior to that she had been a director of
National Bank of the Commonwealth, a predecessor of First Commonwealth Bank,
since 1992. She is also a director of
First Commonwealth Insurance Agency and First Commonwealth Financial Advisors. Ms. Cuccaro is a member of First
Commonwealth Bank's credit committee, which reviews and approves the largest
credit relationships. Ms. Cuccaro is a
member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, a member of the Board of Trustees
of Seton Hill University, Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Julia is a 1986 graduate of the Duquesne University School of Law
and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Arts at St. Mary's College, Notre
Dame, Indiana, in 1982. There were no
transactions with Ms. Cuccaro that exceeded the $60 thousand reporting
threshold as required by Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 8.01 Other Events
Also on January 17, 2006, the Board of Directors of First Commonwealth
Financial Corporation appointed David S. Dahlmann as Chairman of the
Board. Mr. Dahlmann replaces Joseph E.
O'Dell, who was Acting Chairman. Mr. Dahlmann has been on the Board since 1998,
when Southwest National Corp. merged with First Commonwealth. He is also a director of First Commonwealth
Bank, First Commonwealth Insurance Agency and First Commonwealth Financial
Advisors. Mr. Dahlmann is an Adjunct
Professor at St. Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania. He was a former Director on the Board of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and formerly Vice Chairman of First
Commonwealth Financial Corporation. Mr.
Dahlmann is a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of
Arts degree in Economics and a Masters in Business. His community involvement efforts include Vice Chairman of Excela
Health System and a Trustee of the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
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Dated: January 20, 2006 |
FIRST COMMONWEALTH
FINANCIAL CORPORATION |