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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * TESE VINCENT   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol FCB FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. [FCB] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Executive Chairman (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O FCB FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC., 2500 WESTON ROAD, SUITE 300 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/31/2017 (Street) WESTON, FL 33331 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Class A Common Stock, par value $.001 per share 12/31/2017   A   10,101 (1) A $ 0 606,018 D   Class A Common Stock, par value $.001 per share 12/31/2017   A   6,966 (2) A $ 0 612,984 D   Class A Common Stock, par value $.001 per share 12/31/2017   F   9,528 D $ 50.8 603,456 D   Class A Common Stock, par value $.001 per share               1,995 I By Bond Street Management, LLC (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
TESE VINCENT C/O FCB FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. 2500 WESTON ROAD, SUITE 300 WESTON, FL 33331	X		Executive Chairman

Signatures

/s/ Douglas Bates, as Attorney-in-Fact for Vincent Tese		01/03/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	On March 29, 2016, the reporting person was granted 30,303 restricted shares of Class A common stock of FCB Financial Holdings Inc. (the "Issuer"), one-third of which vest on each of December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018, provided the performance criteria set forth in the restricted stock award agreement between the Issuer and the reporting person are met and the reporting person is still an employee of the Issuer on the applicable vesting date.
(2)	On March 28, 2017, the reporting person was granted 20,898 restricted shares of Class A common stock of the Issuer, one-third of which vest on each of December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019, provided the performance criteria set forth in the restricted stock award agreement between the Issuer and the reporting person are met and the reporting person is still an employee of the Issuer on the applicable vesting date.
(3)	This includes 1,995 shares of Class A Common Stock beneficially owned by the reporting person through Bond Street Management, LLC.

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