---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-21-013789"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BANC"
cik: "0001169770"
company_name: "BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC."
filed_at: "2021-07-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T05:37:35.772966+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Banc of California CAO Michael A. Smith resigns; last day August 6, 2021

## Summary
- Michael A. Smith notified resignation as Chief Accounting Officer of Banc of California and its bank subsidiary on July 7, 2021.
- His last day with the company is expected to be August 6, 2021.
- No replacement or interim CAO has been announced in the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-21-013789
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BANC
- cik: 0001169770
- company_name: BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-07-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1169770/000162828021013789/0001628280-21-013789-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1169770/000162828021013789/banc-20210707.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-21-013789.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael A. Smith resigned as Chief Accounting Officer at BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On July 7, 2021, Michael A. Smith notified Banc of California, Inc. (the “Company”) and Banc of California, N.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Bank”), of his decision to resign as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company and the Bank.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1169770/000162828021013789/0001628280-21-013789-index.htm

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