First PacTrust Bancorp, Inc. (Form: 8-K)  

 

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

     
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):   June 22, 2011

First PacTrust Bancorp, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Maryland 000-49806 04-3639825
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
(Commission 		______________
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
610 Bay Boulevard, Chula Vista, California   91910
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (619) 691-1519

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On June 22, 2011, First PacTrust Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") announced the commencement of an underwritten public offering of 1,583,641 shares of its voting common stock. The Company intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 237,546 shares sold in the underwritten public offering to cover over-allotments, if any.

Additionally, pursuant to existing contractual rights and subject to completion of the underwritten public offering, St. Cloud Capital Partners II, L.P. and TCW Shared Opportunities Fund V, L.P., each an existing shareholder of the Company (the "Existing Investors"), have agreed to purchase from the Company in a separate registered offering made directly to them by the Company, an aggregate of 207,360 shares of the Company’s voting common stock. If and to the extent the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option, the Existing Investors have agreed to purchase from the Company an aggregate of up to 31,104 additional shares of the Company’s voting common stock, with the percentage of such additional shares to be purchased by them equal to the same percentage of the over-allotment option exercised by the underwriters.

A copy of the press release issued by the Company announcing the commencement of the offerings is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.





Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(d)
Exhibits:

99.1 Press release dated June 22, 2011





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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 PacTrust Bancorp, Inc.
          
June 22, 2011   By:   /s/ James P. Sheehy
       
        Name: James P. Sheehy
        Title: Executive Vice President- Secretary

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Exhibit Index


     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
99.1
  Press release dated June 22, 2011