First Pactrust Bancorp Announces Name Change to Banc of California

First PacTrust Bancorp, Inc. BANC announced today that its corporate name will be changed to Banc of California, Inc. effective upon the filing of an amendment to its charter on July 16, 2013. The new name is intended to reflect the Company's emergence as the leading community bank serving businesses and families in California and the West through the Company's subsidiary banks, Pacific Trust Bank and The Private Bank of California. Banc of California Inc.'s trading symbol on NASDAQ will remain BANC. See full press release