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

CVB Financial completes Heritage Commerce merger, issuing about 41 million shares

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 m&a Written later

CVB Financial Corp. completed its all-stock merger with Heritage Commerce Corp on April 17, 2026, with Heritage merging into CVBF and Heritage Bank of Commerce merging into Citizens Business Bank. The company said Citizens' total assets will exceed $20 billion, and it issued about 41 million CVBF shares to former Heritage shareholders, which dilutes existing holders.

Key points

  • Merger closed April 17, 2026; each Heritage share was converted into 0.65 CVBF shares.
  • About 41 million CVBF common shares were issued to former Heritage shareholders.
  • R. Clay Jones, formerly Heritage's CEO, was appointed President of CVBF and Citizens; David A. Brager remains CEO.
  • Jones' employment agreement includes a $700,000 annual base salary and a $1,800,000 cash retention award.

The filing

CompanyCVB Financial (CVBF)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECApr 21, 2026, 5:25 PM ET
Accession number0001193125-26-167264

Items reported: 2.01 Acquisition or Disposition Completed5.02 Director / Officer Change7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:01 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits 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 April 21, 2026.

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