BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
3 MacArthur Place
Santa Ana, California 92707
(855) 361-2262
October 19, 2023
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Finance
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549-3628
Attention: | James Lopez |
Robert Arzonetti | |
Robert Klein | |
Cara Lubit |
Re: | Banc of California, Inc. (the “Company”) |
Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (File No. 333-274245) | |
Request for Acceleration of Effective Date |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company hereby respectfully requests that the effective date of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-274245) be accelerated by the Securities and Exchange Commission to 4:00 p.m., New York time, on October 20, 2023, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
We request that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Sven Mickisch of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP at (212) 735-3554 and that such effectiveness also be confirmed in writing.
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Very truly yours, | |||
BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC. | |||
By: | /s/ Jared Wolff | ||
Name: | Jared Wolff | ||
Title: | Chairman, President and Chief Executive | ||
Officer |
CC: | Ido Dotan, Banc of California, Inc. |
Sven Mickisch, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | |
Matthew Nemeroff, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |