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0001004740-08-000003.txt : 20080130 0001004740-08-000003.hdr.sgml : 20080130 20080130154550 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001004740-08-000003 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080129 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20080130 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080130 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CAPITAL CORP OF THE WEST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001004740 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 770405791 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-27384 FILM NUMBER: 08561205 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 W MAIN STREET CITY: MERCED STATE: CA ZIP: 95340 BUSINESS PHONE: 2097252200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 W MAIN STREET CITY: MERCED STATE: CA ZIP: 95340 8-K 1 form8k.htm DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT form8k.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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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): January 29, 2008

CAPITAL CORP OF THE WEST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

California	0-27384	77-0147763
(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission File	(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)	Number)	Identification No.)

550 West Main Street, Merced, California 95340

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(209) 725-2200

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

□ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

□ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

□ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

□ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

ITEM 8.01 Other Events

On January 29, 2008, Capital Corp of the West (Nasdaq: CCOW) the holding company for County Bank, Central California’s Community Bank, announced its Board of Directors had declared a $0.11 cash dividend on the company’s common stock. The dividend is payable on March 5, 2008 to stockholders of record as of February 11, 2008. A copy of the press release related to this dividend announcement appears as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired.

Not Applicable

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.

Not Applicable

99.1 Copy of press release, dated January 29, 2008, issued by Capital Corp of the West.

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.

Capital Corp of the West

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(Registrant)

Dated: January 29, 2008	By/s/ David A. Heaberlin
	David A. Heaberlin
	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-99.1 2 ex99-1.htm PRESS RELEASE ex99-1.htm

PRESS RELEASE

Available for Immediate Publication: January 30, 2008

Contacts: Thomas T. Hawker, President / Chief Executive Officer (209) 725-2276

David Heaberlin, EVP / Chief Financial Officer (209) 725-7435

Web Site www.ccow.com

Capital Corp of the West Announces Cash Dividend

MERCED, Calif. – January 30, 2008 – Capital Corp of the West (NASDAQ:NMS: CCOW), the holding company for County Bank, Central California’s Community Bank, announced today that on January 29, 2008 its Board of Directors declared a $0.11 cash dividend on the company’s common stock. The dividend is payable on March 5, 2008 to stockholders of record as of February 11, 2008.

“This cash dividend of $0.11 per share marks Capital Corp of the West’s seventeenth consecutive quarter of cash dividends that began in the first quarter of 2004,” stated Tom Hawker, President and Chief Executive Officer of Capital Corp of the West. “This also marks the twelfth consecutive quarter that the Company has maintained, or increased, a cash dividend after its nine-for-five stock split in the second quarter of 2005. With the addition of the California offices of The Stockmen’s Bank and Bay View Funding, the Company now has 41 retail branches and eight corporate lending centers, allowing Capital Corp of the West to offer an even greater range of products and services to existing and new customers within the Central Valley and beyond,” continued Mr. Hawker.

Capital Corp of the West, a bank holding company established November 1, 1995, is the parent company of County Bank, which has over 30 years of service as “Central California’s Community Bank.” Currently, County Bank has forty-one branch offices serving the counties of Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, Tulare and Tuolumne. As of the latest FDIC data, County Bank has a 7.29% market share in the six Central California counties in which it has a significant retail branch presence, ranking County Bank fifth out of forty-one financial institutions in that market area. For further information about the Company’s financial performance, contact Tom Hawker, President and Chief Executive Officer, at (209) 725-2276, or David Heaberlin, Chief Financial Officer, at (209) 725-7435.