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

 

April 17, 2013

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

PACWEST BANCORP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)

 

00-30747

(Commission File Number)

 

33-0885320

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

10250 Constellation Blvd., Suite 1640

Los Angeles, CA 90067

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

(310) 286-1144

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K 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)

 

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 CRF 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

Item 2.02                                           Results of Operations and Financial Condition.*

 

On April 17, 2013, PacWest Bancorp announced its results of operations and financial condition for the quarter ended March 31, 2013.  A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.*

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press release dated April 17, 2013

 

*The information furnished under Item 2.02 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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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.

 

 

PACWEST BANCORP

 

 

Date: April 17, 2013

 

 

By:

/s/ Victor R. Santoro

 

Name:

Victor R. Santoro

 

Title:

Executive Vice President and CFO

 

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