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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · CVB Financial (CVBF)

CVB Financial agrees to acquire Heritage Commerce in deal valued at about $811 million

Neutral Impact 5 of 5 m&a Written later

CVB Financial Corp. signed an agreement on December 17, 2025 to merge with Heritage Commerce Corp, with CVB as the surviving company. Heritage shareholders would receive 0.65 CVB shares for each Heritage share, an implied value of about $811 million, or about $13.00 per Heritage share, based on CVB's December 16, 2025 closing price. The deal requires regulatory and shareholder approvals and has an outside date of January 15, 2027.

Key points

  • Exchange ratio: 0.65 CVBF common share for each Heritage common share; implied value about $811 million, or about $13.00 per Heritage share
  • Heritage Chief Executive Robertson "Clay" Jones to become President of CVB and Citizens Business Bank; David A. Brager remains Chief Executive Officer
  • Termination fee of $32,450,000 payable by either party in certain circumstances; outside date January 15, 2027
  • Closing requires regulatory approvals, shareholder approvals from both companies, and Nasdaq listing approval for the new shares

The filing

CompanyCVB Financial (CVBF)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECDec 23, 2025, 4:38 PM ET
Accession number0001193125-25-331051

Items reported: 1.01 Material Definitive Agreement5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:01 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on December 23, 2025.

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