0001104659-17-046327.txt : 20170829 0001104659-17-046327.hdr.sgml : 20170829 20170721170329 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-17-046327 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170721 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PACWEST BANCORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001102112 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 330885320 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 130 S. STATE COLLEGE BLVD. CITY: BREA STATE: CA ZIP: 92821 BUSINESS PHONE: (310) 887-8500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 130 S. STATE COLLEGE BLVD. CITY: BREA STATE: CA ZIP: 92821 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST COMMUNITY BANCORP /CA/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19991229 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

 

July 21, 2017

 

Via EDGAR

Michael Clampitt

Senior Counsel

Office of Financial Services

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E. | Mail Stop 4720

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Re:                 PacWest Bancorp
Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-4
Filed July 21, 2017
File No. 333-218249

 

To Whom It May Concern:

 

PacWest Bancorp (the “Company”) hereby requests that the effectiveness under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the above-captioned Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended, be accelerated to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, July 24, 2017, or as soon thereafter as practicable.

 

Please contact Patrick S. Brown of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP at (310) 712-6603 with any questions you may have concerning this request.  In addition, please notify Mr. Brown when this request for acceleration has been granted.

 

 

PACWEST BANCORP

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Kori L. Ogrosky

 

 

Kori L. Ogrosky
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

cc:           Patrick S. Brown
                (Sullivan & Cromwell LLP)