UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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)  July 27, 2015

 

City National Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-10521

 

95-2568550

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

City National Plaza

 

 

555 S. Flower Street, Los Angeles, California

 

90071

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (213) 673-7700

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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)

 

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Item 5.02.                                              Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On July 27, 2015, Olga Tsokova gave notice to City National Corporation (the “Company”) that she intends to resign as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer), effective August 19, 2015, to accept a similar position at another company.

 

Effective as of Ms. Tsokova’s departure, Christopher J. Carey, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will serve as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer as that position relates to the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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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.

 

 

CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

August 18, 2015

/s/ Michael B. Cahill

 

Michael B. Cahill

 

Executive Vice President and

 

General Counsel and

 

Corporate Secretary

 

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