Item 8.01 Other Events

On October 9, 2009, Manhattan Bancorp (the "Company") was notified by the United States Department of the Treasury (the "Treasury") of the Treasury's acceptance of the Company's offer to repurchase the outstanding Warrant (the "Warrant") for 29,480 shares of the Company's common stock at a total price of $63,363,90. The repurchase of the Warrant occurred on October 14, 2009.

The Warrant was originally issued in conjunction with its Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A (the "Preferred Stock). Details concerning the repurchase of the Company's Preferred Stock was included in a Current Report pm Form 8-K filed on September 16, 2009.