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Issuer:     EAST WEST BANCORP INC (EWBC)
CIK:        0001069157
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001069157-25-000121
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.20
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

East West Bancorp appoints Peter Babej as director effective Dec 1, 2025
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- Peter Babej appointed to Board of Directors of East West Bancorp and East West Bank.
- Appointment effective December 1, 2025; also joins Risk Oversight Committee.
- Board now has 11 directors, 10 of whom are independent including Babej.
- Compensation per standard non-employee director program, prorated from appointment date.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069157/000106915725000121/0001069157-25-000121-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069157/000106915725000121/ewbc-20251201.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001069157-25-000121

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