UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): February 1, 2012

COMMUNITY WEST BANCSHARES

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

California

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


000-23575

77-0446957

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

445 Pine Avenue, Goleta, California

93117

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(805) 692-5821

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On February 1, 2012, Community West Bancorp (the “Company”) issued a press release disclosing consolidated financial results for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.  The press release also provides a summary of a regulatory agreement entered into by the Company’s wholly-owned bank subsidiary, Community West Bank, with its primary banking regulator, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.  The Company will file a separate Current Report on Form 8-K to disclose the material terms of the regulatory agreement and attach a copy of the regulatory agreement thereto within the time periods required by Form 8-K.  

A copy of the press release is included as exhibit 99.1 to this report.

The information in the preceding paragraph, as well as Exhibit 99.1 referenced therein, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

  (a) Not Applicable
(b) Not Applicable
(c) Not Applicable
(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press release dated February 1, 2012

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.

Date:

February 1, 2012

 

COMMUNITY WEST BANCSHARES

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles G. Baltuskonis

Charles G. Baltuskonis

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

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