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

 

November 14, 2016

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

 

PACWEST BANCORP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

DELAWARE

 

001-36408

 

33-0885320

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

9701 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700

Beverly Hills, California 90212

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

 

(310) 887- 8500

(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):

 

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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Item 7.01              Regulation FD Disclosure.*

 

Executive officers of PacWest Bancorp will make presentations to institutional investors at various meetings during the months of November and December. 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 institutional investors during the months of November and December.

 

*The information furnished under Item 7.01 and Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any registration statement or other filings of PacWest Bancorp under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

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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: November 14, 2016

 

By:

/s/ Lynn M. Hopkins

 

 

Name:

Lynn M. Hopkins

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President

 

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