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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;8-K</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Current Report</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of
  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">May&nbsp;14, 2008</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)</font></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PACWEST BANCORP</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>
  
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    (State or Other Jurisdiction of<br>
    Incorporation)</p>
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    </font></b><font style="letter-spacing:-.15pt;">(Commission File
    Number)</font></p>
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    <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">33-0885320</font></b><br>
    <font style="letter-spacing:-.15pt;">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">401 West A Street</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">San Diego, California 92101</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)</font></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(619) 233-5588</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code)</font></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FIRST COMMUNITY BANCORP</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Former name or
  former address, if changed since last report)</font></p>
  
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  <p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form&nbsp;8&#150;K is
  intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant
  under any of the following provisions (<i>see </i>General
  Instruction A.2. below):</font></p>
  
  <p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#168;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Written communications
  pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></p>
  
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  to Rule&nbsp;14a&#150;12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a&#150;12)</font></p>
  
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  communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14d&#150;2(b)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act (17
  CFR 240.14d&#150;2(b))</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 3.03
  Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On May&nbsp;14, 2008, First Community Bancorp (the &#147;Company&#148;) changed
  its state of incorporation from California to Delaware through a merger with
  and into PacWest Bancorp, a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of
  the Company established for such purpose.&#160;
  The merger agreement relating to the reincorporation was approved by the
  requisite vote of shareholders at the Company&#146;s Special Meeting of Shareholders
  on April&nbsp;23, 2008.&#160; In connection
  with the reincorporation, the Company changed its name to PacWest Bancorp and
  changed its ticker symbol on the NASDAQ Global Select Market to &#147;PACW.&#148;&#160; Other than the name change, change in ticker
  symbol and change in corporate domicile, the reincorporation did not result in
  any change in the business, physical location, management, assets, liabilities
  or net worth of the Company, nor did it result in any change in location of the
  Company&#146;s employees, including the Company&#146;s management.&#160; Furthermore, the Company&#146;s common stock will
  continue to trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under a new ticker symbol &#147;PACW.&#148;</font></p>
  
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The reincorporation did not alter any shareholder&#146;s percentage
  ownership interest, or number of shares owned, in the Company.&#160; Shareholders are not required to undertake
  any exchange of the Company&#146;s shares, as shares in the California company are
  deemed to represent an equal number of shares in the Delaware company.</font></p>
  
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In accordance with Rule&nbsp;12g-3(a)&nbsp;under the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), the shares of common
  stock of PacWest Bancorp, as successor issuer to the Company, are deemed to be
  registered under Section&nbsp;12(b)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act.</font></p>
  
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As of May&nbsp;14, 2008, the effective date of the reincorporation, the
  rights of the Company&#146;s shareholders began to be governed by the General
  Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) and the Certificate of
  Incorporation, as amended, and Bylaws of PacWest Bancorp attached hereto as
  Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively.&#160; The
  new Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of PacWest Bancorp include certain
  new governance-related provisions which are required by the DGCL and may alter
  the rights of shareholders and powers of management.&#160; For a description and discussion of these
  changes, please refer to the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;25, 2008, which
  description is incorporated in its entirety herein by reference.</font></p>
  
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 is a copy of the Company&#146;s press
  release dated May&nbsp;14, 2008 with respect to the reincorporation of the
  Company, which is incorporated herein by reference.</font></p>
  
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.01
  Financial Statements and Exhibits</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&nbsp;Exhibits.</font></p>
  
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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    <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.1</font></p>
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    <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate of
    Incorporation, as amended, of PacWest Bancorp, a Delaware corporation</font></p>
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    <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.2</font></p>
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    <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Bylaws of
    PacWest Bancorp, a Delaware corporation, dated April&nbsp;22, 2008.</font></p>
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    <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press release
    dated May&nbsp;14, 2008</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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.</font></p>
  
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    COMMUNITY BANCORP</font></b></p>
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    <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:
    May&nbsp;14, 2008</font></p>
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    <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Jared M.
    Wolff</font></p>
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    <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name: &nbsp;Jared M. Wolff</font></p>
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text: 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
  May 14, 2008
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
  PACWEST BANCORP
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of
  Incorporation)
  00-30747
  (Commission File
    Number)
  33-0885320
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  401 West A Street
  San Diego, California 92101
  (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
  (619) 233-5588
  (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  FIRST COMMUNITY BANCORP
  (Former name or
  former address, if changed since last report)
  Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8–K is
  intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant
  under any of the following provisions (
  see
  General
  Instruction A.2. below):
  ¨
  Written communications
  pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  ¨
  Soliciting material pursuant
  to Rule 14a–12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a–12)
  ¨
  Pre–commencement
  communications pursuant to Rule 14d–2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
  CFR 240.14d–2(b))
  ¨
  Pre–commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e–4(c) under
  the Exchange Act (17 CRF 240.13e–4(c))
  Item 3.03
  Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
  On May 14, 2008, First Community Bancorp (the "Company") changed
  its state of incorporation from California to Delaware through a merger with
  and into PacWest Bancorp, a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of
  the Company established for such purpose. 
  The merger agreement relating to the reincorporation was approved by the
  requisite vote of shareholders at the Company's Special Meeting of Shareholders
  on April 23, 2008.  In connection
  with the reincorporation, the Company changed its name to PacWest Bancorp and
  changed its ticker symbol on the NASDAQ Global Select Market to "PACW."  Other than the name change, change in ticker
  symbol and change in corporate domicile, the reincorporation did not result in
  any change in the business, physical location, management, assets, liabilities
  or net worth of the Company, nor did it result in any change in location of the
  Company's employees, including the Company's management.  Furthermore, the Company's common stock will
  continue to trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under a new ticker symbol "PACW."
  The reincorporation did not alter any shareholder's percentage
  ownership interest, or number of shares owned, in the Company.  Shareholders are not required to undertake
  any exchange of the Company's shares, as shares in the California company are
  deemed to represent an equal number of shares in the Delaware company.
  In accordance with Rule 12g-3(a) under the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), the shares of common
  stock of PacWest Bancorp, as successor issuer to the Company, are deemed to be
  registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.
  As of May 14, 2008, the effective date of the reincorporation, the
  rights of the Company's shareholders began to be governed by the General
  Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL") and the Certificate of
  Incorporation, as amended, and Bylaws of PacWest Bancorp attached hereto as
  Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively.  The
  new Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of PacWest Bancorp include certain
  new governance-related provisions which are required by the DGCL and may alter
  the rights of shareholders and powers of management.  For a description and discussion of these
  changes, please refer to the Company's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2008, which
  description is incorporated in its entirety herein by reference.
  Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the Company's press
  release dated May 14, 2008 with respect to the reincorporation of the
  Company, which is incorporated herein by reference.
  Item 9.01
  Financial Statements and Exhibits
  (d) Exhibits.
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  3.1
  Certificate of
    Incorporation, as amended, of PacWest Bancorp, a Delaware corporation
  3.2
  Bylaws of
    PacWest Bancorp, a Delaware corporation, dated April 22, 2008.
  99.1
  Press release
    dated May 14, 2008
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  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.
  FIRST
    COMMUNITY BANCORP
  Date:
    May 14, 2008
  By:
  /s/ Jared M.
    Wolff
  Name:  Jared M. Wolff
  Title: Executive
    Vice President, General
  Counsel and Secretary
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