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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Seabold Jeffrey T   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC. [BANC] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC., 18500 VON KARMAN AVE, SUITE 1100 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/30/2016 (Street) IRVINE, CA 92612 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Class B Non-Voting Stock 09/30/2016   X(1)   80,000 A $ 8.8 (2) 241,841 D   Class B Non-Voting Stock 09/30/2016   S(1)(3)   39,919 D $ 17.63 201,992 D   Common Stock               165,409 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Warrant to purchase Class B Non-Voting Common Stock

$ 8.8 (2)

09/30/2016

X(1)

80,000

(4)

(4)

Class B Non-Voting Common Stock

80,000

$ 0

0

D

Stock Option (Right to Purchase)

$ 15.81

06/27/2012

06/27/2021

Common Stock

16,713

16,713

D

Stock Option

$ 13.1

(5)

05/13/2023

Common Stock

100,000

100,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Seabold Jeffrey T C/O BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC. 18500 VON KARMAN AVE, SUITE 1100 IRVINE, CA 92612			EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Signatures

/s/ James J. McKinney , Attorney-in-Fact		10/04/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The exercise of the Reporting Person's warrant to purchase shares of the Issuer's Class B Non-Voting Stock reported herein was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b-5 trading plan, adopted by the Reporting Person on August 10, 2016.
(2)	The exercise price of this warrant is subject to certain automatic adjustments in accordance with the terms of the warrant. Based on these automatic adjustments to the original $11.00 exercise price, it has been determined that the exercise price for these warrants was $8.80 per share as of September 30, 2016.
(3)	Warrants exercised on a cashless basis, resulting in the Issuer withholding 39,919 of the warrant shares to pay the exercise price, and issuing to the Reporting Person the remaining 40,081 shares.
(4)	Warrants became exercisable on October 1, 2011, and was exercisable for a period of five years thereafter.
(5)	Options will vest according to the following schedule: 20% increments on each of May 13, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.

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