UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, D.C. 20549****FORM 8-KCURRENT REPORTPursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):** December 5, 2003  ****          FirstCommonwealth FinancialCorporation            **(Exact name ofregistrant as specified in its charter)

| **   Pennsylvania   ** |   | **    0-11242    ** |   | **     25-1428528      ** |
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| **        22  N. Sixth Street, Indiana,  PA         ** |   | **     15701     ** |
| (Address of  Principal Executive Offices)                                                                                                   |   | (Zip Code)                                                            |

 

Registrant's telephonenumber, including area code:  **(724)349-7220**   

**Item 2. Acquisition orDisposition of Assets**On December 5, 2003 theregistrant acquired Pittsburgh Financial Corp.("PFC"), headquarteredin Wexford, PA.  Pittsburgh FinancialCorp. is the parent company of BankPittsburgh, a state chartered stock savingsbank also headquartered in Wexford, PA. The merger was consummated pursuant to the Plan of Acquisition dated August 8,2003, between the registrant and Pittsburgh Financial Corp., which was approvedby the shareholders of PFC at a special meeting held December 5, 2003.  For further information concerning thetransaction, reference is made to the registrant's Registration Statement onForm S-4 (File No. 333-109292) which is incorporated herein by reference.Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, the shareholders of Pittsburgh FinancialCorp. can elect to receive $20.00 in cash or 1.387 shares of the registrant'scommon stock for each PFC share owned (subject to proration, if necessary, toensure 40% of the aggregate merger consideration will be paid in cash and 60%in First Commonwealth common stock).    **Item 7(c) Exhibits**

      Exhibit99    Press Release dated December 5, 2003

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, theregistrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,thereunto duly authorized.Dated:  December 12, 2003

|   | FIRST  COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL CORPORATION                                                                                                                        |
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|   | By:  /S/  JOHN J.  DOLAN                                                    |
|        |      John  J. Dolan       Executive Vice President and        Chief Financial Officer |