0001104659-14-001104.txt : 20140324 0001104659-14-001104.hdr.sgml : 20140324 20140108143241 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-14-001104 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140108 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HERITAGE OAKS BANCORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000921547 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 770388249 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 545 12TH ST CITY: PASO ROBLES STATE: CA ZIP: 93446 BUSINESS PHONE: 8052395200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 2: 545 12TH ST CITY: PASO ROBLES STATE: CA ZIP: 93446 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

 

Heritage Oaks Bancorp
1222 Vine Street
Paso Robles, California 93446

 

January 8, 2014

 

VIA EDGAR

 

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F. St., N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Re:                             Heritage Oaks Bancorp

Registration Statement on Form S-4

Filed November 20, 2013

File No. 333-192421

 

Dear Sir or Madam:

 

Pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), Heritage Oaks Bancorp (the “Company”) hereby requests that the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended, be accelerated so that the Registration Statement may become effective on January 10, 2014, at 1:00 p.m. (Washington, D.C. time), or as soon thereafter as may be practicable.

 

The Company acknowledges that:

 

·                  should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;

 

·                  the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

 

·                  the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of the effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

 

The Company confirms that it is aware of its responsibilities under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as they relate to the proposed offering of the securities specified in the above-referenced Registration Statement.

 

We request that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Jordan Hamburger of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP at (310) 312-4331.

 

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

HERITAGE OAKS BANCORP

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ WILLIAM RAVER

 

By:

William Raver

 

Title:

General Counsel

 

cc: Jordan Hamburger