UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)  July 14, 2005

 

City National Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-10521

 

95-2568550

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

City National Center
400 North Roxbury Drive, Beverly Hills, California

 

90210

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(310) 888-6000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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):

 

o            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)

 

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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

 

Item 5.02.                                          Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

 

Robert H. Tuttle has submitted his resignation as a member of the Board of Directors of City National Corporation and City National Bank (collectively, the “Company”) upon his confirmation and swearing in on July 14, 2005 as the new Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James’.  Mr. Tuttle has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company since 2002.

 

SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

 

CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

July 18, 2005

/s/ Christopher J. Carey

 

 

Christopher J. Carey

 

Executive V.P. and Chief Financial Officer

 

(Authorized Officer and Principal Financial

 

Officer)

 

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