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

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 6, 2016

FCB Financial Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(954) 984-3313

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

On December 6, 2016, Florida Community Bank, National Association (the “Bank”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of FCB Financial Holdings, Inc., (the “Company”) entered into amendments, dated as of December 6, 2016 (each, an “Amendment”), to each of the (i) Employment Agreement, made as of May 1, 2014, and as amended as of September 1, 2015 and April 1, 2016, between the Bank and Kent Ellert, its President and Chief Executive Officer (the “Ellert Employment Agreement”), (ii) Employment Agreement, made as of July 18, 2014, between the Bank and Vincent Tese, its Executive Chairman (the “Tese Employment Agreement”) and (iii) Employment Agreement made as of July 18, 2014, between the Bank and Les Liberman, its Executive Vice-Chairman (the “Lieberman Employment Agreement”, and collectively with the Ellert Employment Agreement and the Tese Employment Agreement, the “Employment Agreements”).

Pursuant to the Amendments, each of Messrs. Ellert’s, Tese’s and Lieberman’s terms of employment were extended to April 30, 2019, subject to earlier termination in accordance with the terms of the respective Employment Agreement, as amended. The Amendments also included a clarifying change regarding the eligibility of Messrs. Ellert, Tese and Lieberman to participate in the benefits and programs provided by the Company to executives and, in the case of Mr. Ellert, eliminated a prior provision which was no longer applicable after the first anniversary of the Company’s August 2014 public offering.

The foregoing descriptions of the terms of the Amendments are qualified in their entirety by the full text of the Amendments, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, Exhibit 10.2 and Exhibit 10.3, respectively, and which are incorporated into this Item 5.02 by reference.

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.