-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, H3mWecNVpqCmiiws96BfH5Jvm0p7liLoE2uDxDbdG+q7+Yw+qllI7Uw7xrOQb8FM 2IdyOlfSbWh4oo8eNle2cg== 0000311094-05-000016.txt : 20050922 0000311094-05-000016.hdr.sgml : 20050922 20050922172557 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000311094-05-000016 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20050922 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20050922 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050922 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000311094 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 942156203 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09383 FILM NUMBER: 051098760 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1108 FIFTH AVE CITY: SAN RAFAEL STATE: CA ZIP: 94901 BUSINESS PHONE: (707) 863-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4550 MANGELS BLVD STREET 2: A-2Y CITY: FAIRFIELD STATE: CA ZIP: 94585-1200 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: INDEPENDENT BANKSHARES CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19830801 8-K 1 sep8k05.txt WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION FORM 8-K FOR 09-22-2005 Page 1 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 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): September 22, 2005 ------------------ WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION -------------------------- (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) CALIFORNIA ---------- (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 001-9383 94-2156203 -------- ---------- (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.) 1108 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael, California 94901 ---------------------------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) (707) 863-6000 -------------- (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code) 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-4c)) Page 2 Item 5.02: Change in Principal Officers - ---------------------------------------- WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION REASSIGNS OFFICERS Effective September 22, 2005, Westamerica Bancorporation reassigned certain officers. Dennis R. Hansen has been appointed Senior Vice President and Manager, Operations and Systems Administration. Mr. Hansen, born in 1950, had been Senior Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) since 1978. Jennifer J. Finger has been appointed Senior Vice President and Treasurer, with responsibility for mergers and acquisitions and Redwood Merchant Services. Ms. Finger, born in 1954, had been Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 1997. Robert A. Thorson has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer). Mr. Thorson, born in 1960, joined Westamerica Bancorporation in 1989 and had been Senior Vice President and Treasurer since 2002, and Senior Vice President and Manager of Human Resources from 1995 until 2001. None of the above officers has an employment agreement or any family relationship with any director or other officer. Page 3 Signatures Pursuant to 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. Westamerica Bancorporation /s/ Robert A. Thorson - ------------------------------------------------ Robert A. Thorson Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer September 22, 2005 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----