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

 

March 12, 2008

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

 

FIRST COMMUNITY BANCORP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

401 West “A” Street

San Diego, California 92101

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

 

(619) 233-5588

(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):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Item 7.01     Regulation FD Disclosure.*

 

Matthew P. Wagner, chief executive officer, and Victor Santoro, chief financial officer, of First Community Bancorp, will make a presentation to current and potential investors on March 13, 2008 in Los Angeles, California at a meeting arranged by Sandler O’Neill + Partners L.P.  A copy of the presentation materials is attached as Exhibit 99.1 of this Form 8-K.  The presentation will also be available on First Community’s website at www.firstcommunitybancorp.com under the section entitled “Presentations”.

 

Item 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits.*

 

(d)  Exhibits.

 

The following exhibit is being furnished herewith:

 

99.1       Copy of presentation First Community Bancorp intends to provide to current and prospective investors on March 13, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.

 

*The information furnished under Item 7.01 and Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any registration statement or other filings of First Community Bancorp under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

				FIRST COMMUNITY BANCORP
Date: March 12, 2008				By:		/s/ Jared M. Wolff
				Name:		Jared M. Wolff
				Title:		Executive Vice President,
				General Counsel and Secretary

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
Number		Description
99.1		Copy of presentation First Community Bancorp intends to provide to current and prospective investors on March 13, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.

 

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