---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-138245"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVBF"
cik: "0000354647"
company_name: "CVB FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-04-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T08:03:26.495037+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CVBF receives all regulatory approvals for HTBK merger; closing set for April 17

## Summary
- Federal Reserve issued Section 3 waiver and non-objection; OCC approved bank merger.
- CVBF and HTBK expect to close the all-stock merger on April 17, 2026.
- Heritage Bank of Commerce will merge into CVBF's subsidiary Citizens Business Bank.
- Customary closing conditions remain; deal was announced December 17, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-138245
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVBF
- cik: 0000354647
- company_name: CVB FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-04-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354647/000119312526138245/0001193125-26-138245-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354647/000119312526138245/cvbf-20260330.htm

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