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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;5, 2002. </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>Registration
No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=3><B>Washington, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>FORM S-8<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=3><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>FIRST COMMUNITY BANCORP<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>CALIFORNIA<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>33-0885320<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(IRS Employer Identification Number)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>FIRST COMMUNITY BANCORP STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full Title of Plan) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>6110 El Tordo<BR>
Rancho Santa Fe, California 92067<BR>
(858)&nbsp;756-3023<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including<BR>
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Jared M. Wolff</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Executive Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
120 Wilshire Boulevard<BR>
Santa Monica, California 90401<BR>
(310)&nbsp;458-1521<BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>with a copy to:</B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Stanley F. Farrar</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Sullivan &amp; Cromwell<BR>
1888 Century Park East<BR>
Los Angeles, California 90067<BR>
(310) 712-6600 </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE </FONT></P>

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<TH WIDTH="32%" ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of securities<BR>
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be registered<BR> </B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed maximum offering price per unit(1)<BR> </B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed maximum aggregate offering price(1)<BR> </B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TD WIDTH="32%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock, no par value</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>1,220,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$30.32</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$36,990,400</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$3,403.12</FONT></TD>
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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h) and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on the
average of the high and low prices of the common stock, no par value, of First Community Bancorp ("First Community") as reported on the NASDAQ National Market on October&nbsp;29, 2002. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART I    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents setting forth the information specified in Part&nbsp;I (Items 1 and 2)&nbsp;of this Form&nbsp;S-8 will be sent or given to
employees eligible to participate in the First Community Bancorp Stock Incentive Plan as specified in Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT  </B></FONT></P>

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<A NAME="toc_dc1751_3"> </A></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><B>    Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and
are made a part hereof: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;First
Community's Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;29, 2002; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;First
Community's Quarterly Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2002 and June&nbsp;30, 2002, filed with the Commission on
May&nbsp;15, 2002 and August&nbsp;14, 2002, respectively; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;First
Community's Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;15, 2002 (as amended on March&nbsp;27, 2002),
March&nbsp;21, 2002 (as amended on May&nbsp;14, 2002), June&nbsp;10, 2002 (as amended on July&nbsp;3, 2002), July&nbsp;23, 2002, and September&nbsp;18, 2002; and </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;The
description of First Community's common stock, no par value, incorporated by reference into First Community's Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A
filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;2, 2000, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating this description. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;All
other documents filed by First Community pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, since December&nbsp;31,
2001 to the date of this filing. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents subsequently filed by First Community pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part hereof. </FONT></P>

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NAME="dc1751_item_4._description_of_securities."> </A>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>    Item 4. Description of Securities.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. </FONT></P>

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NAME="dc1751_item_5._interests_of_named_experts_and_counsel."> </A>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>    Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>    Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article Five of First Community's articles of incorporation provides that First Community shall eliminate the liability of its directors for monetary damages to
the fullest extent permissible under California law. Section&nbsp;7.5 of First Community's by-laws provides that First Community shall indemnify </FONT></P>

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each of its directors and officers for expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts incurred in connection with any proceeding arising by reason of the fact that such person was an
"agent" of First Community to the fullest extent permissible under California law. First Community's articles of incorporation and by-laws also provide that First Community is authorized
to provide indemnification for its agents to the extent permissible under California law. In both cases, indemnification for breach of duty may be in excess of that expressly permitted by
Section&nbsp;317 of the California General Corporation Law. Section&nbsp;317 sets forth the provisions pertaining to the indemnification of corporate "agents." For purposes of this law, an agent
is any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or other agent of a corporation, or is or was serving at the request of a corporation in such capacity with respect to any other corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. Section&nbsp;317 mandates indemnification of an agent for expenses where the agent's defense is successful on the merits. In other cases,
Section&nbsp;317 allows a corporation to indemnify an agent for expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred if the agent acted in good faith and in a
manner the agent believed to be in the best interests of the corporation and its shareholders. Such indemnification must be authorized by (1)&nbsp;a majority vote of a quorum of the board of
directors consisting of directors who are not parties to the proceedings, (2)&nbsp;approval of the shareholders, with the shares owned by the person to be indemnified not being entitled to vote
thereon or (3)&nbsp;the court in which the proceeding is or was pending upon application by designated parties. Under certain circumstances, a corporation can indemnify an agent even when the agent
is found liable. Section&nbsp;317 also allows a corporation to advance expenses to an agent for certain actions upon receiving an undertaking by the agent that he or she will reimburse the
corporation if it is later determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified. First Community has executed indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers
pursuant to which First Community has agreed to indemnify each of them to the fullest extent permissible by law. The indemnification agreements provide that First Community may in certain
circumstances advance expenses to its directors and executive officers for the purpose of defending against threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings arising out of the director's
or executive officer's service as an agent of First Community. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2><A
NAME="dc1751_item_7._exemption_from_registration_claimed."> </A>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>    Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>    Item 8. Exhibits.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See the attached Exhibit Index that follows the signature page. </FONT></P>

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NAME="dc1751_item_9._undertakings."> </A>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>    Item 9. Undertakings.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;The
registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;To
file, during any period in which offers or sells are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;That,
for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment shall be treated as a new registration
statement of the securities offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>bona fide</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> offering
thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Santa Monica, State of California, on this 5th day of November, 2002. </FONT></P>

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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JARED M. WOLFF</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE></TD>
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<BR>    </I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Matthew P. Wagner and Jared M. Wolff, and each of
them, each with full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="37%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JOHN M. EGGEMEYER, III</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> John M. Eggemeyer, III</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MATTHEW P. WAGNER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Matthew P. Wagner</FONT></TD>
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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October 30, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>LYNN M. HOPKINS</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Lynn M. Hopkins</FONT></TD>
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal<BR>
Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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October 30, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>TIMOTHY L. BLIXSETH</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Timothy L. Blixseth</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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October 30, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>HAROLD W. CLARK</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Harold W. Clark</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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October 30, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>STEPHEN M. DUNN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Stephen M. Dunn</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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October 30, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>BARRY C. FITZPATRICK</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Barry C. Fitzpatrick</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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October 30, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ROBERT E. HERRMANN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Robert E. Herrmann</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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October 30, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>TIMOTHY B. MATZ</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Timothy B. Matz</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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October 30, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ROBERT A. STINE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Robert A. Stine</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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October 30, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DAVID S. WILLIAMS</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> David S. Williams</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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October 30, 2002</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="89%"><FONT SIZE=2>Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation of First Community Bancorp, dated September 6, 2002.</FONT></TD>
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Articles of Incorporation of First Community Bancorp (Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-A filed on June 2, 2000, and incorporated herein by this reference).</FONT></TD>
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Bylaws of First Community Bancorp (Exhibit 4.2 to Form S-3 filed on June 11, 2002, and incorporated herein by this reference).</FONT></TD>
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4.4</FONT></TD>
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First Community Bancorp Stock Incentive Plan (Exhibit 10.4 to Form S-8 filed on August 9, 2000, and incorporated herein by this reference).</FONT></TD>
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5.1</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Sullivan &amp; Cromwell as to the validity of the Common Stock.</FONT></TD>
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23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of KPMG LLP (independent auditors for First Community Bancorp).</FONT></TD>
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Consent of KPMG LLP (independent auditors for First National Bank).</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Vavrinek, Trine, Day &amp; Co., LLP (independent auditors for Pacific Western National Bank).</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Vavrinek, Trine, Day &amp; Co., LLP (independent auditors for W.H.E.C., Inc.).</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Sullivan &amp; Cromwell (included in Exhibit 5.1).</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (included on signature page).</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_dc1751_1">PART I</A></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_dc1751_2">PART II</A></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_dc1751_3">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_dc1751_4">Item 4. Description of Securities.</A></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_dc1751_5">Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_dc1751_6">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_dc1751_7">Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</A></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_jc1751_3">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></FONT><BR>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 2002.
Registration
No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FIRST COMMUNITY BANCORP
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
CALIFORNIA
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
33-0885320
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
FIRST COMMUNITY BANCORP STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of Plan)
6110 El Tordo
Rancho Santa Fe, California 92067
(858) 756-3023
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Jared M. Wolff
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
120 Wilshire Boulevard
Santa Monica, California 90401
(310) 458-1521
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
with a copy to:
Stanley F. Farrar
Sullivan & Cromwell
1888 Century Park East
Los Angeles, California 90067
(310) 712-6600
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount to
be registered
Proposed maximum offering price per unit(1)
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price(1)
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock, no par value
1,220,000
$30.32
$36,990,400
$3,403.12
(1)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h) and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on the
average of the high and low prices of the common stock, no par value, of First Community Bancorp ("First Community") as reported on the NASDAQ National Market on October 29, 2002.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents setting forth the information specified in Part I (Items 1 and 2) of this Form S-8 will be sent or given to
employees eligible to participate in the First Community Bancorp Stock Incentive Plan as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and
are made a part hereof:
(a)  First
Community's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, filed with the Commission on March 29, 2002;
(b)  First
Community's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2002 and June 30, 2002, filed with the Commission on
May 15, 2002 and August 14, 2002, respectively;
(c)  First
Community's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 15, 2002 (as amended on March 27, 2002),
March 21, 2002 (as amended on May 14, 2002), June 10, 2002 (as amended on July 3, 2002), July 23, 2002, and September 18, 2002; and
(d)  The
description of First Community's common stock, no par value, incorporated by reference into First Community's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
filed with the Commission on June 2, 2000, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating this description.
(e)  All
other documents filed by First Community pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, since December 31,
2001 to the date of this filing.
All
documents subsequently filed by First Community pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part hereof.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Article Five of First Community's articles of incorporation provides that First Community shall eliminate the liability of its directors for monetary damages to
the fullest extent permissible under California law. Section 7.5 of First Community's by-laws provides that First Community shall indemnify
each of its directors and officers for expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts incurred in connection with any proceeding arising by reason of the fact that such person was an
"agent" of First Community to the fullest extent permissible under California law. First Community's articles of incorporation and by-laws also provide that First Community is authorized
to provide indemnification for its agents to the extent permissible under California law. In both cases, indemnification for breach of duty may be in excess of that expressly permitted by
Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law. Section 317 sets forth the provisions pertaining to the indemnification of corporate "agents." For purposes of this law, an agent
is any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or other agent of a corporation, or is or was serving at the request of a corporation in such capacity with respect to any other corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. Section 317 mandates indemnification of an agent for expenses where the agent's defense is successful on the merits. In other cases,
Section 317 allows a corporation to indemnify an agent for expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred if the agent acted in good faith and in a
manner the agent believed to be in the best interests of the corporation and its shareholders. Such indemnification must be authorized by (1) a majority vote of a quorum of the board of
directors consisting of directors who are not parties to the proceedings, (2) approval of the shareholders, with the shares owned by the person to be indemnified not being entitled to vote
thereon or (3) the court in which the proceeding is or was pending upon application by designated parties. Under certain circumstances, a corporation can indemnify an agent even when the agent
is found liable. Section 317 also allows a corporation to advance expenses to an agent for certain actions upon receiving an undertaking by the agent that he or she will reimburse the
corporation if it is later determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified. First Community has executed indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers
pursuant to which First Community has agreed to indemnify each of them to the fullest extent permissible by law. The indemnification agreements provide that First Community may in certain
circumstances advance expenses to its directors and executive officers for the purpose of defending against threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings arising out of the director's
or executive officer's service as an agent of First Community.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See the attached Exhibit Index that follows the signature page.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)  The
registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)  To
file, during any period in which offers or sells are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.
(2)  That,
for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment shall be treated as a new registration
statement of the securities offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(3)  To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
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(b)  The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)  Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Santa Monica, State of California, on this 5th day of November, 2002.
FIRST COMMUNITY BANCORP
By
/s/
JARED M. WOLFF
Name:
Jared M. Wolff
Title:
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Matthew P. Wagner and Jared M. Wolff, and each of
them, each with full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
JOHN M. EGGEMEYER, III
John M. Eggemeyer, III
Director and Chairman of the Board
October 30, 2002
/s/
MATTHEW P. WAGNER
Matthew P. Wagner
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
October 30, 2002
/s/
LYNN M. HOPKINS
Lynn M. Hopkins
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
October 30, 2002
/s/
TIMOTHY L. BLIXSETH
Timothy L. Blixseth
Director
October 30, 2002
/s/
HAROLD W. CLARK
Harold W. Clark
Director
October 30, 2002
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/s/
STEPHEN M. DUNN
Stephen M. Dunn
Director
October 30, 2002
/s/
BARRY C. FITZPATRICK
Barry C. Fitzpatrick
Director
October 30, 2002
/s/
ROBERT E. HERRMANN
Robert E. Herrmann
Director
October 30, 2002
/s/
TIMOTHY B. MATZ
Timothy B. Matz
Director
October 30, 2002
/s/
ROBERT A. STINE
Robert A. Stine
Director
October 30, 2002
/s/
DAVID S. WILLIAMS
David S. Williams
Director
October 30, 2002
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation of First Community Bancorp, dated September 6, 2002.
4.2
Articles of Incorporation of First Community Bancorp (Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-A filed on June 2, 2000, and incorporated herein by this reference).
4.3
Bylaws of First Community Bancorp (Exhibit 4.2 to Form S-3 filed on June 11, 2002, and incorporated herein by this reference).
4.4
First Community Bancorp Stock Incentive Plan (Exhibit 10.4 to Form S-8 filed on August 9, 2000, and incorporated herein by this reference).
5.1
Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell as to the validity of the Common Stock.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP (independent auditors for First Community Bancorp).
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP (independent auditors for First National Bank).
23.3
Consent of Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co., LLP (independent auditors for Pacific Western National Bank).
23.4
Consent of Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co., LLP (independent auditors for W.H.E.C., Inc.).
23.5
Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
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Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT INDEX