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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-23-055328
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20231130
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20231130

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001169770
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				043639825
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35522
		FILM NUMBER:		231453970

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3 MACARTHUR PLACE
		CITY:			SANTA ANA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92707
		BUSINESS PHONE:		949-236-5211

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3 MACARTHUR PLACE
		CITY:			SANTA ANA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92707

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST PACTRUST BANCORP INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20020322
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">FORM 8-A</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;">Banc of California, Inc.</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">04-3639825</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(State of incorporation or organization)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">3 MacArthur Place, Santa Ana, California</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(Address of principal executive offices)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(Zip Code)</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Title of each class</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of 7.75% non-</div>
              <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">cumulative perpetual preferred stock, Series F</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The New York Stock</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. &#9746;</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. &#9744;</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. &#9744;</div>
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      <div>Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: <u>333-274245</u></div>
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      <div>Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: <u>None</u></div>
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              <div style="font-weight: bold;">Description of Registrant&#8217;s Securities to be Registered.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Banc of California, Inc., a Maryland corporation (&#8220;BANC&#8221;), PacWest Bancorp, a Delaware corporation (&#8220;PACW&#8221;), and Cal Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned
          subsidiary of BANC (&#8220;Merger Sub&#8221;), have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 25, 2023, </font>pursuant to which, on the&#160; terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, the<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
          Merger Sub will merge with and into PACW (the &#8220;first merger&#8221;), with PACW as the surviving entity, and immediately following the first merger, PACW will merge with and into BANC (the &#8220;second merger&#8221; and together with the first merger, the
          &#8220;mergers&#8221;) with BANC surviving.</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">The securities to be registered hereby are depositary shares (the &#8220;Depositary Shares&#8221;) of BANC, each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of BANC&#8217;s 7.75% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series F (the
        &#8220;Preferred Stock&#8221;), par value $0.01 per share, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (equivalent to $25 per Depositary Share). Shares of the Preferred Stock will be issued in connection with the consummation of the second merger.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">The description of the Preferred Stock as set forth under the caption &#8220;Description of BANC Capital Stock&#8212; Description of New BANC Preferred Stock&#8221; and the description of the Depositary Shares as set forth under the
        caption &#8220;&#8212;Description of the BANC Depositary Shares,&#8221; in each case in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-274245) of BANC filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 2023, as amended by the Pre-Effective
        Amendment No. 1, filed on September 29, 2023, Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2, filed on October 16, 2023 and Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3, filed on October 19, 2023.</div>
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              <div style="font-weight: bold;">Exhibits.</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Description</div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1169770/000119312518184577/d597365dex32.htm">3.1</a></div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify;">Second Restated Articles of Restatement of Banc of California, Inc., restated as of June 4, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Banc of California, Inc.&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
                June 5, 2018).</div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1169770/000116977023000048/bancofcalifornia-bylawsrev.htm">3.2</a></div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify;">Sixth Amended and Restated Bylaws of Banc of California, Inc., amended as of May 11, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Banc of California, Inc.&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 15,
                2023).</div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1169770/000114036123048892/ny20009876x8_s4a.htm#tAD">3.3</a></div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify;">Form of the Banc of California, Inc. Articles of Amendment (incorporated by reference to Annex D to the joint proxy statement/prospectus forming a part of the registration statement on Form S-4 filed on
                August 28, 2023).</div>
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              <div><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1169770/000114036123048892/ny20009876x8_s4a.htm#tAIN">3.4</a></div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify;">Form of Articles Supplementary of a new class of preferred stock of Banc of California, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Annex I to the joint proxy statement/prospectus forming a part of the registration
                statement on Form S-4 filed on August 28, 2023).</div>
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              <div><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1169770/000092708902000078/ex04-stkcrt.htm">4.1</a></div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify;">Specimen of certificate representing Banc of California, Inc.&#8217;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to Banc of California, Inc.&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1
                filed on March 28, 2002).</div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1169770/000114036123046059/ny20009876x2_ex4-2.htm">4.2</a></div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify;">Form of Deposit Agreement among Banc of California, Inc., Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., jointly acting as depositary, and the holders from time to time of the depositary receipts
                evidencing the depositary shares. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to registration statement on Form S-4, as amended, filed on September 29, 2023). </div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1169770/000114036123046059/ny20009876x2_ex4-2.htm">4.3</a></div>
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              <div>Form of Depositary Receipt (included as part of Exhibit 4.2 hereto).</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">SIGNATURE</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto
        duly authorized.</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Date: November 30, 2023</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Banc of California, Inc.</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">By:</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">/s/ Ido Dotan</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Name: Ido Dotan</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary</div>
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