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

 

March 11, 2013

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

 

PACWEST BANCORP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

DELAWARE

 

00-30747

 

33-0885320

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

10250 Constellation Blvd., Suite 1640

Los Angeles, California 90067

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

 

(310) 286-1144

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

x          Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

Item 8.01      Other Events

 

Matthew P. Wagner, chief executive officer of PacWest Bancorp, and Victor R. Santoro, executive vice president and chief financial officer of PacWest Bancorp, will make presentations to current and potential investors at the BMO Capital Markets California Bank Tour in Century City, California on March 12, 2013.  A copy of the presentation materials is attached as Exhibit 99.1 of this Form 8-K.  The presentation will also be available on PacWest’s website at www.pacwestbancorp.com under the section entitled “Presentations”.

 

Item 9.01      Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)  Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Copy of presentation PacWest Bancorp intends to provide to current and prospective investors on March 12, 2013.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

 

 

 

PACWEST BANCORP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: March 11, 2013

By:

/s/ VICTOR R. SANTORO

 

Name:

Victor R. Santoro

 

Title:

Executive Vice President

 

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