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  0001574858
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000712537
  FIRST COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL CORP /PA/
  001-11138
  601 PHILADELPHIA STREET
  INDIANA
  PA
  15701
  7243497220
  Riggle Carrie L
  Officer
  Common Stock
  TD Ameritrade, Division of Ameritrade Inc
  PO Box 2209
  Omaha
  NE
  68103-2209
  7563
  101647.72
  102406215
  09/05/2023
  NYSE
  Common stock
  12/31/2012
  Various ESOP contributions from 1993 through 2012
  NA
  N
  7563
  12/31/2012
  ESOP Contributions
  Y
  Shares to be sold were acquired via contributions to a previous employee stock ownership plan beginning in 1993 through 2012, the year in which the plan was terminated.
  08/21/2023
  /s/ Matthew C. Tomb POA for Carrie L. Riggle