Sparks Monica L returned 16,966 shares to the company, returned 4,000 units of Depositary Shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the company and covered exercise/tax liability with 667 shares, closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)
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| FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). | ||||||||||||||||
| Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10. | |||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PACWEST BANCORP [ PACW ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 11/30/2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Common Stock | 11/30/2023 | F | 667(1) | D | $7.54(2) | 16,966 | D | |||
| Common Stock | 11/30/2023 | D | 16,966(3) | D | $0(4)(5) | 0(6) | D | |||
| Depositary Shares of Series A Preferred Stock | 11/30/2023 | D | 4,000 | D | $0(7) | 0(8) | D | |||
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Represents the number of shares of Issuer's common stock that Reporting Person surrendered to Issuer for the satisfaction of Reporting Person's tax withholding obligations upon the vesting of 1,928 shares of restricted stock on November 30, 2023. |
| 2. Reflects market closing price on November 30, 2023. |
| 3. Includes restricted stock awards of 11,482 shares of Issuer's common stock (the "Issuer RSAs"). |
| 4. Disposed of pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 25, 2023, by and among Issuer, Banc of California, Inc. ("BANC"), and Cal Merger Sub, Inc. (the "Merger Agreement"). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time (the "Effective Time") of the merger between Issuer and Cal Merger Sub, Inc. (the "Merger"), each share of Issuer common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was converted into the right to receive 0.6569 shares of BANC common stock (the "Merger Consideration"). All fractional shares were paid in cash. The Merger closed on November 30, 2023. |
| 5. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the Issuer RSAs were assumed by BANC and converted into the right to receive (without interest) the Merger Consideration in respect of each share of Issuer common stock subject to such Issuer RSAs immediately prior to the Effective Time with the same terms and conditions as were applicable under such Issuer RSAs immediately prior to the Effective Time (including vesting terms), with any fractional shares rounded to the nearest whole share of BANC common stock. |
| 6. As a result of the Merger, Reporting Person no longer beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, any shares of Issuer common stock. |
| 7. In connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the depository shares and shares of preferred stock underlying the depositary shares will be exchanged for substantially equivalent depositary shares and shares of preferred stock of BANC. |
| 8. Following the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, Reporting Person no longer beneficially owns any Issuer depositary shares. |
| /s/ Angela M.W. Kelley, Attorney-in-Fact | 11/30/2023 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||