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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2008
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CVB FINANCIAL CORP.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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California
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95-3629339 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
701 N. Haven Avenue, Suite 350
Ontario, CA 91764
(909) 980-4030
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code of registrants principal executive offices)
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR CHRIS MYERS
(Full Title of the Plan)
Edward J. Biebrich, Jr.
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
701 N. Haven Avenue, Suite 350
Ontario, CA 91764
(909) 980-4030
(Name, address, including zip code, telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
William T. Quicksilver, Esq.
Craig D. Miller, Esq.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
11355 West Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90064
(310) 312-4000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer þ | Accelerated filer o | Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company o |
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Maximum |
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Proposed Maximum |
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Title of Securities |
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Amount to be |
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Offering Price |
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Aggregate |
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Amount of |
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to be Registered |
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Registered(1) |
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per Share(2) |
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Offering Price(2) |
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Registration Fee |
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Deferred
Compensation
Obligations |
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$7,500,000 |
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N/A |
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$7,500,000 |
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$294.75 |
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The deferred compensation obligations are unsecured obligations of the
Registrant to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance
with the terms of the Registrants Deferred Compensation Plan for
Chris Myers. |
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This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, based on the estimated amount of compensation
that may be deferred under the plan. Estimated for purposes of
calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(o) under
the Securities Act of 1933. |
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
CVB Financial Corp. (the Registrant) hereby files this Registration Statement on Form S-8
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) relating to $7,500,000 of unsecured
obligations of the Registrant to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the
terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan for Chris Myers, effective as of January 1, 2007 (the
Plan).
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated herein by
reference:
(a) Annual Report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), containing audited financial statements for
Registrants fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, filed with the Commission on February 29, 2008
and amended on March 6, 2008.
(b) The Registrants Current Reports on 8-K filed with the Commission on January 22, 2008,
March 24, 2008, and March 25, 2008.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be
part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this registration statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
The securities being registered represent obligations of the Registrant under the Plan (the
Obligations) to pay to Christopher D. Myers, the Registrants President and Chief Executive
Officer, the value of his deferred compensation in the future.
Under the Plan, Mr. Myers may elect to defer a minimum of $2,000 and a maximum of 75% of his
base salary and 100% of his bonus for each calendar year in which the Plan is effective. Interest
shall be credited to Mr. Myers account balance at a fixed rate of at least 6% plus a bonus rate
equal to the sum, if any, of the Treasury Bond Rate and 2%, less 6%. In addition, the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors (the Committee) has the discretion to make available to Mr.
Myers one or more measurement funds, based on certain mutual funds, for the purpose of crediting or
debiting additional amounts to Mr. Myers deferrals. The amount to be credited to or debited from
Mr. Myers account balance by the Registrant is determined assuming Mr. Myers account balance had
been hypothetically allocated among the measurement funds.
In connection with each deferral, Mr. Myers may irrevocably elect to receive a scheduled
distribution, in the form of a lump sum payment, from the Plan with respect to all or a portion of
(i) his annual deferral amount, and (ii) the Registrants contribution amount. The scheduled
distribution shall be a lump sum payment in an amount that is equal to the vested portion of the
annual deferral amount and Registrants contribution amount, plus amounts credited or debited based
upon the performance of the measurement funds. Each scheduled distribution elected shall be paid
out during a sixty day period beginning immediately after the first day of any Plan year designated
by Mr. Myers. The Plan year designated by Mr. Myers must be at least three Plan years after the
end of the Plan year to which Mr. Myers deferral election relates, unless otherwise determined by
the Committee.
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Any benefit payable under the Plan may be made to Mr. Myers or his beneficiary(ies) (as
applicable) upon the occurrence of the events listed below:
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Termination Benefit (Other than for
Retirement)
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A lump sum distribution if the
termination is prior to age 55 and,
if after age 55, a distribution over
a 15-year period in equal monthly
installments. |
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Retirement Benefit
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A lump sum distribution or annual
installments up to 15 years, at the
election of the participant. |
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Death
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A lump sum distribution if death is
prior to age 55 and, if after age
55, a distribution over a 15-year
period in equal monthly
installments. |
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Leave of Absence
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Participant continues to be eligible
for distributions pursuant to other
events of distributions; annual
deferral amounts may or may not
continue to be withheld depending on
whether the leave is paid or unpaid. |
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Change in Control
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If termination occurs in connection
with or within one year following a
change of control, a lump sum
distribution or a payout over a
15-year period in equal monthly
installments, at the election of the
participant. |
The Obligations are unfunded and unsecured general obligations of the Registrant and
rank pari passu with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Registrant. The
Obligations may not be sold, assigned, pledged, mortgaged, hypothecated, alienated, encumbered or
in any way transferred or conveyed in advance of receipt. Any attempt by any person to transfer or
assign benefits under the Plan other than a claim for benefits by Mr. Myers or his
beneficiary(ies), will be null and void. There is no trading market for the Obligations. The
Obligations are not convertible into any other security of the Registrant. No trustee has been
appointed having authority to take action with respect to such Obligations and Mr. Myers will be
responsible for acting independently with respect to, among other things, the giving of notices,
responding to any requests for consents, waivers or amendment pertaining to the Obligations,
enforcing covenants and taking actions upon default.
The Registrant, in its discretion, may terminate the Plan and distribute benefits to Mr.
Myers, subject to the following requirements: (a) all arrangements sponsored by the Registrant that
would be aggregated with the Plan are terminated, (b) no payments, other than payments that would
be payable under the terms of the Plan if the termination had not occurred, are made within 12
months of the termination date, (c) all benefits under the Plan are paid within 24 months of the
termination date, and (d) the Registrant does not adopt a new arrangement that would be aggregated
with the Plan providing for the deferral of compensation at any time within five years following
the date of termination of the Plan.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Registrant is incorporated under the California General Corporation Law. Section 317 of
the California General Corporation Law (Section 317) provides a statutory framework covering
indemnification of any officer or director who has been or is threatened to be made a party to any
legal proceeding by reason of his or her service on behalf of the Registrant. Section 317 provides
that indemnification against expenses actually and reasonably incurred shall be made to any officer
or director who has been successful on the merits with respect to the defense of any proceeding but
does not require indemnification in other circumstances.
Section 317 provides that a corporation may indemnify any agent of the Registrant including
officers and directors against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually
and reasonably incurred in a third party proceeding against such person by reason of that persons
service on behalf of the Registrant, provided the person acted in good faith and in a manner that
the person reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the Registrant.
Section 317 further provides that the Registrant may indemnify any agent who was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action by or in the
right of the Registrant
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against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the agent in connection with the defense
or settlement of such action, provided that the person acted in good faith and in a manner the
person believed to be in the best interests of the Registrant and its shareholders. However, in
actions brought by or in the right of the Registrant, indemnification is not available without
court approval for amounts paid in settling or otherwise disposing of a pending action or expenses
incurred in defending a pending action which is disposed of by settlement or otherwise. Further,
with respect to matters for which the agent shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
Registrant, indemnification for expenses is permissible only to the extent the court shall
determine that the agent is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification.
In addition, Section 317 provides that the indemnification provided by the statute is not
exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw,
agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, to the extent additional
rights are authorized in the Registrants Articles of Incorporation. Section 317 permits the
advancing of expenses incurred in defending any proceeding against an agent of the Registrant by
reason of that persons service on behalf of the Registrant upon the giving of an undertaking, or
promise, by the indemnified person to repay those sums in the event it is later determined that the
person is not entitled to be indemnified. Finally, Section 317 permits the Registrant to procure
insurance on behalf of its directors, officers, and other corporate agents against liability
asserted against or incurred by these individuals even if the Registrant would not otherwise have
the power under applicable law to indemnify them for their expenses. The Registrants Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws, as amended respectively, authorize the Registrant to indemnify its agents
to the fullest extent permitted under California law. The Registrant has also adopted
indemnification agreements in order to implement the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. The
Registrant also maintains directors and officers liability insurance.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
None.
Item 8. Exhibits
The following documents are filed as exhibits to this registration.
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Exhibit |
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5.1
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Opinion of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. |
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10.1
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Deferred Compensation Plan for Chris Myers (incorporated herein by reference as
Exhibit 10.23 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 1,
2007). |
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23.1
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Consent of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). |
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23.2
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Consent of KPMG, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. |
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23.3
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Consent of McGladrey & Pullen, LLC Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. |
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24.1
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Power of Attorney (included on the signature page). |
Item 9. Undertakings
(a) The Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the Securities Act);
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no greater than a 20% change in the
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maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in
the effective registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) herein do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement;
(2) That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bonafide offering thereof; and
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Registrants annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plans annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to the directors, officers, and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefor, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
will be governed by final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Ontario, State of California, on April
1, 2008.
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CVB FINANCIAL CORP.
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/s/ Edward J. Biebrich, Jr. |
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Edward J. Biebrich, Jr. |
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Executive Vice President and Chief Executive
Officer |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Christopher D. Myers and Edward J. Biebrich, Jr. and each of them acting individually, as
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and any amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in fact and agents or his substitute and substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signature |
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/s/ Christopher D. Myers
Christopher D. Myers |
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President and Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal Executive
Officer)
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April 1, 2008 |
/s/ Edward J. Biebrich, Jr.
Edward J. Biebrich, Jr. |
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Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
Financial Officer,
Principal Accounting
Officer)
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April 1, 2008 |
/s/ George A. Borba
George A. Borba |
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Director
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April 1, 2008 |
/s/ John A. Borba
John A. Borba |
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Director
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April 1, 2008 |
/s/ Ronald O. Kruse
Ronald O. Kruse |
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Director
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April 1, 2008 |
/s/ Robert M. Jacoby
Robert M. Jacoby |
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Director
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April 1, 2008 |
/s/ James C. Seley
James C. Seley |
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Director
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April 1, 2008 |
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Signature |
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/s/ San E. Vaccaro
San E. Vaccaro |
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Director
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April 1, 2008 |
/s/ D. Linn Wiley
D. Linn Wiley |
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Director
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April 1, 2008 |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit |
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Description |
5.1
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Opinion of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. |
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10.1
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Deferred Compensation Plan for Chris Myers (incorporated herein by reference as
Exhibit 10.23 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 1,
2007). |
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23.1
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Consent of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). |
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23.2
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Consent of KPMG, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. |
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23.3
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Consent of McGladrey & Pullen, LLC Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. |
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24.1
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Power of Attorney (included on the signature page). |
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exv5w1
Exhibit 5.1
April 1, 2008
CVB Financial Corp.
701 N. Haven Avenue, Suite 350
Ontario, CA 91764
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8
Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel in connection with the preparation and filing of that certain
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement) to be filed by CVB Financial
Corp., a California corporation (the Company), with the Securities and Exchange Commission under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with the registration of $7,500,000 worth of
deferred compensation obligations (the Deferred Compensation Obligations) of the Company, under
the Deferred Compensation Plan for Chris Myers (the Plan). As such counsel, we have examined the
proceedings taken in connection with the Plan and such other matters and documents as we have
deemed necessary or relevant as a basis for this opinion.
Based on these examinations, when the Deferred Compensation Obligations are issued in
conformity with the terms of the Plan and in accordance with the Registration Statement, such
Deferred Compensation Obligations will be duly authorized and validly issued.
We consent to the use of our opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.
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Very truly yours,
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/s/ Manatt, Phelps, & Phillips, LLP
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Manatt, Phelps, & Phillips, LLP |
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exv23w2
Exhibit 23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
CVB Financial Corp.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of CVB
Financial Corp. of our reports dated February 28, 2008, with respect to the consolidated balance
sheet of CVB Financial Corp. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007, and the related consolidated
statements of earnings, stockholders equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for the year
ended December 31, 2007 and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2007, which reports appear in the December 31, 2007 annual report on Form 10-K of CVB
Financial Corp. and subsidiaries.
KPMG, LLP
Costa Mesa, California
March 28, 2008
exv23w3
Exhibit 23.3
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
CVB Financial Corp.
Ontario, California
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8, pertaining
to the CVB
Financial Corp. Deferred Compensation Plan for Chris Myers, of our report, dated February 28, 2007,
except for (the seventh paragraph in) Note 1, as to which the date is February 28, 2008, relating
to our audit of the consolidated
financial statements of CVB Financial Corp., included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended
December 31, 2007, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Our report on the consolidated financial statements refers to changes in 2006 in CVB Financial
Corp.s method of
accounting for stock-based compensation and to the restatement for the correction of an immaterial
error related to
the accrual of FHLB stock dividend income and understated income tax expense.
/s/ MCGLADREY & PULLEN, LLP
McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
Pasadena, California
March 28, 2008