Christopher D Blake Form 4 PACWEST BANCORP / CHRISTOPHER D BLAKE ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

BLAKE CHRISTOPHER D

(Last) (First) (Middle)

9701 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD,

SUITE 700

(Street)

BEVERLY HILLS CA 90212

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PACWEST BANCORP [ PACW ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Pres. & CEO, Community Banking

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/28/2020

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	02/28/2020		F		2,595(1)	D	$31.64(2)	48,145	D
Common Stock	02/28/2020		F		2,659(3)	D	$31.64(2)	45,486	D
Common Stock	03/02/2020		P		4,740	A	$31.6959(4)	30,813	I	By Family Trust
Common Stock								281	I	By IRA
Common Stock								222	I	By Spouse's IRA

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents the number of shares of Issuer's common stock that Reporting Person surrendered to Issuer for the satisfaction of Reporting Person's tax withholding obligations upon the vesting of 5,366 shares of restricted stock on February 28, 2020.

2. Reflects market closing price on February 28, 2020.

3. On February 15, 2017, Reporting Person was granted performance restricted stock units ("PRSUs"). Vesting of the PRSUs was conditioned upon the achievement of certain performance goals and an employment condition. On February 12, 2020, actual performance against goals for the applicable performance period was determined and the Reporting Person was awarded 5,526 shares of Issuer's common stock to vest on February 28, 2020 subject to the Reporting Person's satisfaction of the employment condition. The amount reported in column 4 represents the number of shares of Issuer's common stock that Reporting Person surrendered to Issuer for the satisfaction of Reporting Person's tax withholding obligations upon the vesting of the 5,526 shares of Issuer's common stock on February 28, 2020.

4. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $31.67 to $31.70, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to PacWest Bancorp, any security holder of PacWest Bancorp, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in footnote (4) to this Form 4.

	/s/ Christopher Blake	03/03/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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