LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First PacTrust Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: BANC) announced today that its corporate name will be changed to Banc of California, Inc. effective upon the filing of an amendment to its charter on July 16, 2013. The new name is intended to reflect the Company’s emergence as the leading community bank serving businesses and families in California and the West through the Company’s subsidiary banks, Pacific Trust Bank and The Private Bank of California. Banc of California Inc.’s trading symbol on NASDAQ will remain BANC.
About Banc of California, Inc.
Since 1941, Banc of California, Inc. (NASDAQ:BANC) through its banking subsidiaries Pacific Trust Bank and The Private Bank of California, has provided banking services and home loans to businesses and families in California and the West. Today, Banc of California, Inc. has over $3 billion in consolidated assets and more than 60 banking locations.
Forward-Looking Statements
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