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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): March 10, 2005

WESTCORP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
California   33-13646   51-0308535
         
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

23 Pasteur, Irvine, California 92618-3804


(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (949) 727-1000

Not Applicable


(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:

     
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURE
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 99.1


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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

On March 10, 2005, Lee A. Whatcott voluntarily resigned as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer of Westcorp. On March 11, 2005, Mark K. Olson was named interim Chief Financial Officer of Westcorp. A copy of Westcorp and WFS Financial Inc’s press release announcing the resignation of Mr. Whatcott and appointment of Mr. Olson is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

         
 
  (a)   Not Applicable
  (b)   Not Applicable
  (c)   List of documents filed as part of this report:
      Exhibit 99.1 – Westcorp and WFS Financial Inc Press Release of March 11, 2005

 


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SIGNATURE

     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.

         
  WESTCORP,
a California corporation
 
 
March 11, 2005  By:   /s/ MARK K. OLSON    
    Mark K. Olson   
    Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer 
 
 

 


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EXHIBIT INDEX

     
EXHIBIT NO.   DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
99.1
  Westcorp Press Release of March 11, 2005