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- ---------------- U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGED COMMISION ----------------------------
|F O R M 5| Washington, D.C. 20549 | OMB APPROVAL |
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Check this box if ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP |OMB Number 3235-0362|
[ ] no longer Subject |Expires: September 30,1998|
to Section 16. |Estimated ave. burden |
|hours per response.....1.0|
[ ] Form 3 Holdings Rep. Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchanged Act of 1934, ----------------------------
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
[ ] Form 4 Trans. Rep. Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act 1940
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|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |6.Relationship of Reporting Person to |
| | | Issuer (Check all Applicable) |
| Radke Lynda P. | Community West Bancshares - CWBC | |
| | | Director 10% Owner |
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|--- --- |
| (Last) (First) (MI)|3.IRS or Soc. Sec. No. |4.Statement for Month/ | X Officer Other |
| | of Reporting Person | Year |---(give title below) ---(Specify below)|
| 5638 Hollister Avenue | (Voluntary) | | |
| | | December 1998 | Senior Vice President, |
| | | | Chief Financial Officer |
|----------------------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| (Street) | |5.If Amendment, Date of |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing |
| | | Original (Month/Year) | (Check Applicable Line) |
| | | | |
| | | | X Form filed by One Reporting Person |
| Goleta CA 93117 | | December 1997 |--- |
| | | | Form filed by More than One |
| | | |--- Reporting Person |
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| (City) (State) (Zip) |
| TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of or Beneficially Owned |
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|1.Title of Security |2.Transac- |3.Trans. |4.Security Acquired (A) or |5.Amount of |6. |7.Nature of Indirect|
| (Instr. 3) | tion Date | Code | Disposed of (D) | Securities |Own.| Beneficial |
| |(Mon/Day/Yr)|(Instr.8)| (Instr. 3, 4 & 5) | Beneficially |Form| Ownership |
| | | | | Owned at End of|(D) | (Instr. 4) |
| | | |-------------------------------| Issuer's |or | |
| | | | |(A) | | Fiscal Year |(I) | |
| | | | Amount |(D) | Price | (Instr. 3 & 4) | | |
|-------------------------------|------------|---------|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|<S> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |
|-------------------------------|------------|---------|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
| Common Stock | 01/01/1998 | S | 100 | D | 12.00 | 200 | D | |
| | | | | | | | | |
|-------------------------------|------------|---------|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
| Common Stock | 01/01/1998 | S | 100 | D | 12.00 | 100 | D | |
| | | | | | | | | |
|-------------------------------|------------|---------|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
| Common Stock | 02/27/1998 | M | 100 | A | * | 200 | D | |
| | | | | | | | | |
|-------------------------------|------------|---------|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
| Common Stock | 05/05/1998 | M | 600 | A | 8.75 | 800 | D | |
| | | | | | | | | |
|-------------------------------|------------|---------|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
| Common Stock | 07/22/1998 | M | 1000 | A | 13.875 | 1800 | D | |
| | | | | | | | | |
|-------------------------------|------------|---------|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
| Common Stock | 07/22/1998 | S | 1000 | D | 13.875 | 800 | D | |
| | | | | | | | | |
|-------------------------------|------------|---------|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
| Common Stock | 12/20/1998 | P | 300 | A | 8.75 | 1300 | I | Marriage |
| | | | | | | | | |
|-------------------------------|------------|---------|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly. SEC 2270 (7-97)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
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FORM 5 (continued) TABLE II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible security)
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|1.Title of|2.Conver-|3. |4.Tran- |5.Number of |6.Date |7.Title and Amount |8.Price of|9.Number |10. |11.Nature |
|Derivative|sion or |Trans| saction| Derivative |Exercisable| of Underlying |Derivative| of |Own.| of |
|Security |Exercise |Date | Code | Securities |and | Securities |Security |Derivative|Form|Indirect |
|(Instr. 3)|Price of |(Mon/|(Instr.8)| Acquired (A) or |Expiration | (Instr. 3 & 4) |(Instr. 5)|Securities|of |Beneficial|
| |Deriva- | Day/| | Disposed of (D) |Date | | |Benefi- |Deri|Ownership |
| |tive |Year)| | (Instr. 3, 4 & 5) |(Month/Day/| | |cially |Sec.|(Instr. 4)|
| |Security | | | | Year) | | |Owned at |Dir.| |
| | | | | |-----------|---------------------| |End of |(D) | |
| | | | | | | | |Amount or | |Year |or | |
| | | | |---------------------|Date |Exp. | Title |Number of | |(Instr. 4)|Ind.| |
| | | | | (A) | (D) |Exbl.|Date | |Shares | | |(I) | |
|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|<S> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |
|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|*Warrants | 8.75 |02/27| M | 300 | |08/14|06/30| Common | 300 | 8.75 | 600 | D | |
| | |/1998| | | |/1996|/1998| Stock | | | | | |
|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Warrants | 8.75 |05/05| M | | 600 |08/14|06/30| Common | 600 | 8.75 | 0 | D | |
| | |/1998| | | |/1996|/1998| Stock | | | | | |
|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Options | 12.50 |01/23| M | 2000 | |01/23|01/23| Common | 2000 | 12.50 | 10000 | D | |
| | |/1998| | | |/1998|/2008| Stock | | | | | |
|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|*Options | 7.00 |02/27| M | 8000 | |03/05|03/05| Common | 8000 | 7.00 | 18000 | D | |
| | |/1998| | | |/1996|/2006| Stock | | | | | |
|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|*Options | 12.50 |02/27| M | 2000 | |01/23|01/23| Common | 2000 | 12.50 | 20000 | D | |
| | |/1998| | | |/1998|/2008| Stock | | | | | |
|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Options | 7.00 |07/27| M | | 1000 |03/05|03/05| Common | 1000 | 13.875 | 19000 | D | |
| | |/1998| | | |/1996|/2006| Stock | | | | | |
|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
Explanation of Responses:
* All items adjusted for the 2-for-1 stock split effective 02/27/1998
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal /s/ Aisha Bangs for Lynda P. Radke 02/12/1999
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ---------------------------------------- ----------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 2270 (7-97)
Potential persons who are to respond to the collections of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMD Number
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