Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On November 5, 2012, City National Corporation (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that the Company priced a public offering of $175 million in 5.50 percent non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, and is incorporated by reference herein.

The information furnished in this Item 7.01 is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed or furnished pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such document.