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):  November 2, 2016

PacWest Bancorp

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

(310) 887-8500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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:

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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

On November 2, 2016, the board of directors (the “Board”) of PacWest Bancorp (the “Company”) increased its size by one to thirteen and filled the new vacancy by appointing Tanya M. Acker to serve on the Board until such time as her successor is duly elected and qualified or until her earlier resignation or removal.  Ms. Acker will be appointed to committees of the Board at a later date.

Compensatory arrangements for Ms. Acker will be consistent with the Company’s previously disclosed standard arrangements for non-employee directors.  Such arrangements are described in the Company’s proxy statement for its 2016 annual meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2016, which descriptions are incorporated herein by reference.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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