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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 22, 1997
Registration No. 333-___________
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-2
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CAPITAL CORP OF THE WEST
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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California 6022 77-0405791
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(State or other jurisdiction (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Classification Code Number) Identification No.)
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1160 West Olive Avenue, Suite A, Merced, California 95348 (209) 725-2200
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(Address, including ZIP code, and telephone number, including area code,
of registrant's principal executive offices)
Thomas T. Hawker
Capital Corp of the West
1160 West Olive Avenue, Suite A
Merced, California 95348
(209) 725-2200
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(Name, address, including ZIP code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
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Copies of communications to:
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Thomas G. Reddy Henry M. Fields
James M. Rockett Kristian E. Wiggert
McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, LLP Morrison & Foerster LLP
Three Embarcadero Center 555 West Fifth Street, Suite 3500
San Francisco, California 94111 Los Angeles, California 90013
Fax: 415-393-2286 Fax: 213-892-5454
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities
to the public: August 26, 1997
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, check the following box. / /
If the Registrant elects to deliver its latest annual report to security
holders, or a complete and legible facsimile thereof, pursuant to Item 11(a)(1)
of this Form, check the following box. / /
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant
to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list
the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering. /X/ File No. 333-31193
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under
the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. / /
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. / /
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Proposed
Amount Maximum Maximum
Title of each Class of to be Offering Price Aggregate Amount of
Securities to be Registered Registered (1) Per Share (2) Offering Price (1),(2) Registration Fee
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Common Stock, no par value 125,000 shares $11.50 $1,437,500 $435.61
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(1) Includes 16,837 shares that the Underwriters have the option to purchase
to cover over-allotments, if any.
(2) Based upon the offering price of the securities to the public.
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EXPLANATION AND INCORPORATION
OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(b)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to register an additional 125,000
shares of common stock, no par value, of Capital Corp of the West ("Capital
Corp"). The information in the Registration Statement on Form S-2,
(File No. 333-31193), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by
Capital Corp on July 14, 1997 and amended on August 8, 1997, including the
exhibits thereto, is incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-2 and has caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Merced, State of California, on August 21, 1997.
CAPITAL CORP OF THE WEST
(Registrant)
By /s/ Thomas T. Hawker
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Thomas T. Hawker
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf
of the registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Date Signature Title
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August 21, 1997 /s/ Thomas T. Hawker President and Chief Executive
------------------------- Officer and Director
Thomas T. Hawker (Principal Executive Officer)
August 21, 1997 /s/ Janey E. Boyce Senior Vice President and
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Janey E. Boyce (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
August 21, 1997 /s/ Lloyd H. Ahlem Director
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Lloyd H. Ahlem
August 21, 1997 /s/ Dorothy L. Bizzini Director
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Dorothy L. Bizzini
August 21, 1997 /s/ Jerry E. Callister Director
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Jerry E. Callister
August 21, 1997 /s/ Jack F. Cauwels Director
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Jack F. Cauwels
August 21, 1997 /s/ John Fawcett Director
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John Fawcett
August 21, 1997 /s/ Robert E. Holl Director
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Robert E. Holl
August 21, 1997 /s/ Bertyl W. Johnson Director
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Bertyl W. Johnson
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SIGNATURES (CONTINUED)
Date Signature Title
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August 21, 1997 /s/ Tapan Munroe Director
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Tapan Munroe
August 21, 1997 /s/ James W. Tolladay Director
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James W. Tolladay
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibits Description of Exhibits
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5 Form of opinion of McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, LLP.
23.1 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.
23.2 Consent of McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, LLP (included
in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5).
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Exhibit 5
[Letterhead of McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen LLP]
August 22, 1997 Direct: (415) 393-2188
[email protected]
Capital Corp of the West
1160 W. Olive Avenue, Suite A
Merced, CA 95348-3198
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-2
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for Capital Corp of the West, a California
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the Registration Statement on
Form S-2 (the "Registration Statement") filed by the Company on the
date hereof under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to register an
additional 125,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, no par value, in
addition to those shares registered on the Company's registration statement on
Form S-2 (File No. 333-31193) as filed on July 14, 1997 and amended on August
8, 1997 (the "Previous Registration Statement"). The Registration Statement
incorporates by reference the Previous Registration Statement in its entirety.
We are of the opinion that the foregoing securities have been duly
authorized and, when sold pursuant to the terms described in the Registration
Statement will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the
Registration Statement. We also consent to the use of our name under the caption
"Legal Matters" in the Previous Registration Statement and to the
incorporation by reference of the information in the Previous Registration
Statement into the Resistration Statement.
Very truly yours,
McCUTCHEN, DOYLE, BROWN & ENERSEN, LLP
By /s/ Thomas G. Reddy
A Member of the Firm
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Exhibit 23.1
[Letterhead of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP]
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
Capital Corp of the West
We consent to the use of our reports incorporated by reference herein and the
reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus. The
report on the 1995 financial statements reflects the adoption of the
Financial Accounting Standards Board's Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 114, ACCOUNTING BY CREDITORS FOR IMPAIRMENT OF A LOAN, as
amended by Statement No. 118, ACCOUNTING BY CREDITORS FOR IMPAIRMENT OF A
LOAN-INCOME RECOGNITION AND DISCLOSURES.
/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Sacramento, California
August 22, 1997
