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| ITEM 7.01 | REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE |
Western Alliance Bancorporation (the “Company”) announced today that a series of fixed income investor calls will be arranged. An SEC-registered offering of callable subordinated holding company notes may follow, subject to market conditions.
During the investor calls, the Company intends to discuss the information contained in the presentation attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein. To the extent updates are made to this presentation, these updates will be made available on the Company’s investor relations page of its website at www.westernalliancebancorporation.com.
The information in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed subject to the requirements of amended Item 10 of Regulation S-K, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing. The furnishing of this information hereby shall not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any such information.
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements that relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. The forward-looking statements contained herein reflect the Company’s current views about future events and financial performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions and changes in circumstances that may cause actual results to differ significantly from historical results and those expressed in any forward-looking statement. In addition to factors previously disclosed in Western Alliance Bancorporation’s reports filed with the SEC, some factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical or expected results include: our ability to successfully integrate and operate AmeriHome Mortgage Company, LLC (“AmeriHome”) and any potential impact on our results of operations due to our acquisition of AmeriHome, the adverse effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and any governmental or societal responses thereto; the length of the COVID-19 pandemic and the severity of its impact on key macro-economic indicators such as unemployment and GDP; changes in management’s estimate of the adequacy of the allowance for credit losses; legislative or regulatory changes including in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; and market conditions and other factors that may influence whether any offering is commenced or completed.
We do not intend and disclaim any duty or obligation to update or revise any industry information or forward-looking statements set forth in this press release to reflect new information, future events or otherwise.
| ITEM 9.01 | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS |
(d) Exhibits.
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Description | |
| 99.1 | Investor Presentation | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| /s/ Dale M. Gibbons | ||
| Dale M. Gibbons | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
Date: June 1, 2021