# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001046025
**File Stem:** 0001628280-25-054678
**Filing Date:** 2025-12
**Character Count:** 2079
**Document Hash:** 1bbd2f6e1e5556815aaf745846afd16d
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## Filing Summary
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**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001628280-25-054678

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: CORRESP

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251202

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** HERITAGE FINANCIAL CORP /WA/
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001046025
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS, NOT FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6036]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 911857900
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** WA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** CORRESP

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 201 FIFTH AVENUE S.W.
- **STREET 2:** P O BOX 1578
- **CITY:** OLYMPIA
- **STATE:** WA
- **ZIP:** 98501
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 3609431500

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 205 5TH AVE SW
- **STREET 2:** P O BOX 1578
- **CITY:** OLYMPIA
- **STATE:** WA
- **ZIP:** 98501

December 2, 2025

**<u>VIA EDGAR</u>**

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: Aisha Adegbuyi

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|:---|:---|
| **Re:** | **Heritage Financial Corporation** |
| | **Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness of Form S-4** |
| | **<u>SEC File No. 333-291538 ("Registration Statement")</u>** |

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Dear Ms. Adegbuyi:

On behalf of Heritage Financial Corporation, as registrant, the undersigned officer hereby requests that the effective date for the Registration Statement be accelerated so that it will become effective at 2:00 p.m. (Washington, D.C. time) on Thursday, December 4, 2025, or as soon as practicable thereafter.

Feel free to contact Joseph T. Ceithaml of Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP, the registrant's legal counsel, at (312) 629-5143 with any questions or comments.

Very truly yours,

Heritage Financial Corporation

<u>/s/ Bryan McDonald&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>

Bryan McDonald

President and Chief Executive Officer

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