8-K 1 form_8k.htm FORM 8-K form_8k.htm
 

 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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)   March 31, 2008
 
United Western Bancorp, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
   
Colorado
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
   
0-21231
84-1233716
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
   
700 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2100
Denver, Colorado
 
80202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
   
(303) 595-9898
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
   
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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ITEM 5.02
DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

 
(b)           On March 31, 2008, we eliminated our full-time General Counsel position.  In connection with this elimination, our existing General Counsel, Jeffrey R. Leventhal, resigned.  Mr. Leventhal has agreed to continue serving the  company as a paid consultant through September 30, 2008.


 
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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, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated:      April 1, 2008
UNITED WESTERN BANCORP, INC.
   
   
 
By:  /s/  Michael J. McCloskey
 
Name:    Michael J. McCloskey
 
Title:      Chief Operating Officer
   


 
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