UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) April 7, 2010

 

City National Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

 

(213) 673-7700

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Section 1 — Registrant’s Business & Operations

 

Item 8.01.  Other Events

 

City National Corporation today repurchased the warrant to purchase 1,128,668 shares of the company’s common stock issued to the United States Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) pursuant to the Capital Purchase Program.  City National paid a repurchase price of $18.5 million for all outstanding warrants held by Treasury.

 

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.

 

	CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION
April 7, 2010	/s/ Michael B. Cahill
	Michael B. Cahill
	Executive Vice President and
	General Counsel

 

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