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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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 15, 2010 (September 15, 2010)

CASCADE BANCORP
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Oregon
0-23322
93-1034484
(State or other jurisdiction of
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
   

 
1100 NW Wall Street
Bend, Oregon 97701
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

(541) 385-6205
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)



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ITEM 1.01                      ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.
 
On September 15, 2010,  Cascade Bancorp (NASDAQ: CACB) (the “Company”) announced that, on September 15, 2010, it entered into an agreement with each of David F. Bolger ("Mr. Bolger") and an affiliate of Lightyear Fund II, L.P. ("Lightyear") amending the Securities Purchase Agreements between the Company and Mr. Bolger and the Company and Lightyear dated October 29, 2009, as amended February 16, 2010 and further amended June 1, 2010, June 30, 2010, July 15, 2010, July 30, 2010 and August 31, 2010 (the "Securities Purchase Agreements") to extend their conditional commitments to September 30, 2010.
 
Per the new agreement, the extended date by which conditions of closing must be satisfied is now September 30, 2010. The sales to Mr. Bolger and to Lightyear are conditioned upon the Company's simultaneous sale of shares of its common stock in additional private placements to other investors under separate written agreements such that the total net proceeds from the offerings is at least $150 million, in addition to the other closing conditions set forth in each of the Securities Purchase Agreements.

A copy of the press release relating to the amendments is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
 
ITEM 9.01          FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
 
              (a)          Financial Statements of Business Acquired
 
                             Not applicable.
 
              (b)          Pro Forma Financial Information
 
                             Not applicable.
 
              (c)          Shell Company Transactions
 
                             Not applicable.
 
              (d)          Exhibits
 
Exhibit 99.1 Press Release dated September 15, 2010.
 
 
 

 
 
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, thereto duly authorized.
 
  CASCADE BANCORP  
       
 
By:
/s/ Patricia L. Moss  
   
Patricia L. Moss
President & CEO
 
       
       
 

 
 
Date:                      September 15, 2010