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        TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE</font></div>
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        of
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        CORP OF THE
        WEST</font></font></div>
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        West
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        satisfy the filing obligation of the Company under any of the following
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Item
        5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
        Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
        Officers</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On
        March
        27, 2008, Donald T. Briggs, a member of the Board of Directors of Capital
        Corp
        of the West (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), has been appointed chairman of the recently
        established Regulatory Oversight Committee (the &#8220;Committee&#8221;) of the Company and
        its subsidiary, County Bank (the &#8220;Bank&#8221;).&#160;&#160;In this capacity he has
        agreed to work for the Company and the Bank on site at the Company&#8217;s offices at
        least four days a week, subject to exceptions approved by the
        Committee.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Mr.
        Briggs&#8217;s role will be to oversee the implementation of an action plan to respond
        to weaknesses in the Bank&#8217;s credit and accounting functions and the requirements
        of a formal agreement that the Company expects federal and state regulators
        to
        require the Bank to enter into with respect to its capital, asset quality,
        management, earnings, liquidity and sensitivity to market risk.&#160;&#160;He
        will also coordinate the implementation of any recommendations that are provided
        by the Company&#8217;s consultants and are adopted by the Committee to address the
        regulatory and operational matters described above.&#160;&#160;Finally he will
        have such other powers and authority as the Committee or full Board of Directors
        may delegate to him.&#160;&#160;The Company and the Bank may terminate his
        employment at will. His appointment to this role is subject to the non-objection
        to the terms of employment by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and
        the
        California Department of Financial Institutions.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Mr.
        Briggs, 62, was appointed as a director in 2007.&#160;&#160;In 2005, he retired
        as a partner of the accounting firm KPMG LLP where he was responsible for
        the
        audit of private and public companies.&#160;&#160;Although KPMG LLP was engaged
        as the Company&#8217;s independent accountants while Mr. Briggs was a partner at the
        firm, he did not work on any audit of the Company.&#160;&#160;He is licensed as
        a certified public accountant.</font></div>
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        Mr. Briggs&#8217;s employment include:</font></div>
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                  option to purchase 130,000 shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock at an
                  exercise price not less than fair market value as of the date of
                  grant.
                  The option vests and becomes exercisable as to 39,000 shares on
                  the date
                  of grant and thereafter at the rate of 7,583 shares each
                  month.&#160;&#160;The option has a term of seven years.&#160;&#160;The
                  exercise price is $7.91 per share, the closing price on March 27,
                  2008.</font></div>
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                  of attorney&#8217;s fees incurred in negotiating his
                  agreement.</font></div>
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                  Company will provide Mr. Briggs with a furnished apartment or other
                  suitable living accommodations in Merced (his usual residence is
                  in the
                  San Francisco Bay Area), a cell phone and a monthly auto allowance
                  of
                  $1,200.</font></div>
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                  within the first 100 days of his employment Mr. Briggs resigns
                  or is
                  terminated for cause, (i) the option terminates in its entirety;
                  and (ii)
                  the Company will pay him an additional $40,000 per month compensation
                  through date of termination, prorated for any partial
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Cause,
                  as defined in the agreement, means personal dishonesty; incompetence;
                  willful misconduct; breach of fiduciary duty involving personal
                  profit;
                  willful violation of law, rule or regulation (other than traffic
                  violations or similar offenses) or final cease-and-desist order;
                  willful
                  or permanent breach of any obligations owed to the Company or the
                  Bank
                  under the employment agreement; or a directive from any bank regulatory
                  agency to remove or suspend Mr. Briggs from his position as chair
                  of the
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                  he is terminated other than for cause, the portion of the option
                  vested
                  through date of termination will remain exercisable for the balance
                  of the
                  seven year term and he will receive the balance of base salary
                  prorated
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pursuant
        to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has
        duly
        caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
        duly
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        Corp of the West</font></div>
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                  David A. Heaberlin</font></font></div>
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form8-k.htm
UNITED
        STATES
SECURITIES
        AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
        DC 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):
March 27, 2008
CAPITAL
        CORP OF THE
        WEST
(Exact
        Name of Company as Specified in Charter)
California
0-27384
77-0147763
(State
                  or Other Jurisdiction
(Commission
                  File
(IRS
                  Employer
of
                  Incorporation)
Number)
Identification
                  No.)
550
        West
        Main Street, Merced, California  95340
(Address
        of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(209)
        725-2200
(Company's
        telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(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 Company under any of the following
        provisions:
□  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 CFR
        240.13e-4(c))
Item
        5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
        Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
        Officers
On
        March
        27, 2008, Donald T. Briggs, a member of the Board of Directors of Capital
        Corp
        of the West (the "Company"), has been appointed chairman of the recently
        established Regulatory Oversight Committee (the "Committee") of the Company and
        its subsidiary, County Bank (the "Bank").  In this capacity he has
        agreed to work for the Company and the Bank on site at the Company's offices at
        least four days a week, subject to exceptions approved by the
        Committee.
Mr.
        Briggs's role will be to oversee the implementation of an action plan to respond
        to weaknesses in the Bank's credit and accounting functions and the requirements
        of a formal agreement that the Company expects federal and state regulators
        to
        require the Bank to enter into with respect to its capital, asset quality,
        management, earnings, liquidity and sensitivity to market risk.  He
        will also coordinate the implementation of any recommendations that are provided
        by the Company's consultants and are adopted by the Committee to address the
        regulatory and operational matters described above.  Finally he will
        have such other powers and authority as the Committee or full Board of Directors
        may delegate to him.  The Company and the Bank may terminate his
        employment at will. His appointment to this role is subject to the non-objection
        to the terms of employment by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and
        the
        California Department of Financial Institutions.
Mr.
        Briggs, 62, was appointed as a director in 2007.  In 2005, he retired
        as a partner of the accounting firm KPMG LLP where he was responsible for
        the
        audit of private and public companies.  Although KPMG LLP was engaged
        as the Company's independent accountants while Mr. Briggs was a partner at the
        firm, he did not work on any audit of the Company.  He is licensed as
        a certified public accountant.
Terms
        of
        Mr. Briggs's employment include:
·
Salary
                  at the rate of $100,000 per year.
·
An
                  option to purchase 130,000 shares of the Company's common stock at an
                  exercise price not less than fair market value as of the date of
                  grant.
                  The option vests and becomes exercisable as to 39,000 shares on
                  the date
                  of grant and thereafter at the rate of 7,583 shares each
                  month.  The option has a term of seven years.  The
                  exercise price is $7.91 per share, the closing price on March 27,
                  2008.
·
Reimbursement
                  of attorney's fees incurred in negotiating his
                  agreement.
·
The
                  Company will provide Mr. Briggs with a furnished apartment or other
                  suitable living accommodations in Merced (his usual residence is
                  in the
                  San Francisco Bay Area), a cell phone and a monthly auto allowance
                  of
                  $1,200.
·
If
                  within the first 100 days of his employment Mr. Briggs resigns
                  or is
                  terminated for cause, (i) the option terminates in its entirety;
                  and (ii)
                  the Company will pay him an additional $40,000 per month compensation
                  through date of termination, prorated for any partial
                  month.
·
Cause,
                  as defined in the agreement, means personal dishonesty; incompetence;
                  willful misconduct; breach of fiduciary duty involving personal
                  profit;
                  willful violation of law, rule or regulation (other than traffic
                  violations or similar offenses) or final cease-and-desist order;
                  willful
                  or permanent breach of any obligations owed to the Company or the
                  Bank
                  under the employment agreement; or a directive from any bank regulatory
                  agency to remove or suspend Mr. Briggs from his position as chair
                  of the
                  Regulatory Oversight Committee.
·
If
                  he is terminated other than for cause, the portion of the option
                  vested
                  through date of termination will remain exercisable for the balance
                  of the
                  seven year term and he will receive the balance of base salary
                  prorated
                  through the date of termination.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
        to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has
        duly
        caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
        duly
        authorized.
Capital
        Corp of the West
------------------------------
(Company)
Dated:  April
                  2, 2008
By:
/s/
                  David A. Heaberlin
David
                  A. Heaberlin
Executive
                  Vice President/Chief Financial
                  Officer