---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-020231"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CWBC"
cik: "0001127371"
company_name: "Community West Bancshares"
filed_at: "2026-03-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T09:27:04.943975+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Two shareholder lawsuits filed challenging CWBC-UBFO merger; supplemental disclosures issued

## Summary
- Two lawsuits filed Mar 4-5, 2026 in NY Supreme Court; demand letters allege disclosure deficiencies in merger proxy.
- Company and USB deny allegations but voluntarily supplement proxy statement to moot claims and avoid delay.
- Supplemental disclosures add updated financial tables, DCF assumptions, and Janney/Piper Sandler analyses.
- Shareholder special meetings for both companies remain scheduled for March 30, 2026.
- No assurances that additional lawsuits will not be filed against either company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-020231
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CWBC
- cik: 0001127371
- company_name: Community West Bancshares
- filed_at: 2026-03-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1127371/000162828026020231/0001628280-26-020231-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1127371/000162828026020231/cvcy-20260320.htm

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