NICOLET BANKSHARES, INC.
111 NORTH WASHINGTON STREET
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN 54301
(920) 430-1400
April 13, 2018
Via Edgar
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
| Re: | Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness |
Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”)
Registration Statement on Form S-3
File No. 333-224168
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Company hereby requests that the effectiveness of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-224168) (the “Registration Statement”) be accelerated so that it may become effective at 4:30 p.m., Eastern time, on April 16, 2018, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
We respectfully request that the Company be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call or email to the Company’s counsel, Robert D. Klingler of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, who can be reached at (404) 572-6639, email robert.klingler@bclplaw.com.
| NICOLET BANKSHARES, INC. | |
| By: /s/ Ann K. Lawson | |
| Ann K. Lawson | |
| Chief Financial Officer |