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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): May 25, 2017

COMMUNITY WEST BANCSHARES
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

California
000-23575
77-0446957
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 
445 Pine Avenue, Goleta, California 
93117
 
(Address of principal executive offices) 
 (Zip code)

(805) 692-5821
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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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

(e)          As previously disclosed on Community West Bancshares’ (the “Company”) Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 26, 2017, at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Community West Bancshares held on May 25, 2017 (the “Annual Meeting”), the shareholders of the Company duly approved an amendment to the Community West Bancshares 2014 Stock Option Plan (the “Amended 2014 Plan”) to increase the number of shares of common stock, no par value per share (the “Common Stock”) reserved for issuance under the Amended 2014 Plan, and the number of shares of Common Stock for which options may be granted, by 250,000 to an aggregate of 750,000. A summary of the Amended 2014 Plan is set forth under the heading “PROPOSAL 3 - AMENDMENT OF THE 2014 STOCK OPTION PLAN TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE SHARES” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10, 2017 (as amended on April 13, 2017, the “2017 Proxy Statement”), and is incorporated herein by reference. The summary of the Amended 2014 Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of Amended 2014 Plan, as amended and restated, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)
Exhibits.

The following are filed as exhibits to this report:

10.1
Community West Bancshares 2014 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated effective May 25, 2017.
 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirement 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.

Date: June 1, 2017
     
  COMMUNITY WEST BANCSHARES  
       
  By:
/s/Martin E. Plourd
 
   
Martin E. Plourd
 
   
President and CEO
 
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
No.
Description
   
Community West Bancshares 2014 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated effective May 25, 2017.
 
 
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