8-K






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


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 26, 2016


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


Oregon
 
02-23322
 
93-1034484
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employee Identification No.)


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

(877) 617-3400
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)



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Item 7.01     Regulation FD Disclosure

On April 26, 2016, Cascade Bancorp entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger (the “Agreement”) to acquire Prime Pacific Financial Services (“Prime Pacific”), the holding company of Prime Pacific Bank. The acquisition is subject to customary conditions, including the approval of Prime Pacific's shareholders and bank regulatory authorities, and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2016. A copy of the press release announcing the transaction is attached to this filing as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
    
The information furnished under Item 7.01 of this Current Report shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.



Item 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit No.
  
Description
 
 
99.1
 
Press release, dated April 26, 2016







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.

CASCADE BANCORP

By:    /s/ Gregory D. Newton        
Gregory D. Newton
EVP/Chief Financial Officer


Date:    April 26, 2016