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United States
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): January 31, 2003

CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware   1-10521   95-2568550
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
file number)
  (IRS employer
identification no.)

City National Center
400 North Roxbury Drive
Beverly Hills, California

 

90210
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (310) 888-6000

Not applicable
(former name or former address, if changed since last report)





Item 5. OTHER EVENTS.

        On January 31, 2003, City National Corporation issued a press release announcing a definitive agreement to acquire Covergent Capital Management LLC, a privately held Chicago-based company and substantially all of its asset management holdings, including its ownership interest in 10 asset management firms.


Item 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(c)
Exhibits.

99.1
Press release dated January 31, 2003 announcing City National Corporation entering into a definitive agreement to acquire Covergent Capital Management LLC, a privately held Chicago-based company and substantially all of its asset management holdings, including its ownership interest in 10 asset management firms.


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

January 31, 2003

 

/s/ Frank P. Pekny

Frank P. Pekny
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer
(Authorized Officer and
Principal Financial Officer)



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