---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001069157-26-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EWBC"
cik: "0001069157"
company_name: "EAST WEST BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-19T20:05:14+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T21:37:15.071759+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# All 11 director nominees elected; say-on-pay and stock plans approved

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected with strong majority; Paul Irving received highest against votes (5.6M) but still above 95% of votes cast.
- Say-on-pay resolution passed with 95.18% support (110.8M votes for).
- Amendment and restatement of 2021 Stock Incentive Plan approved with 98.29% of votes cast.
- New 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan adopted with 99.92% of votes cast (116.4M for).
- Ratification of KPMG as independent auditor for FY2026 passed with 98.70% support (122.8M for).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001069157-26-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EWBC
- cik: 0001069157
- company_name: EAST WEST BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-19T20:05:14+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069157/000106915726000022/0001069157-26-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069157/000106915726000022/ewbc-20260518.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  EAST WEST BANCORP INC shareholders approved Approval of the Adoption of the East West Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan at the 2026-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-18
  source text: The Company’s stockholders voted to approve and adopt the East West Bancorp, Inc. 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan by the vote set forth in the table below
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069157/000106915726000022/0001069157-26-000022-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EAST WEST BANCORP INC shareholders approved Ratification of Auditors (KPMG LLP) for fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 at the 2026-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-18
  source text: The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 by the vote set forth in the table below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069157/000106915726000022/0001069157-26-000022-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EAST WEST BANCORP INC shareholders approved Approval of the Amendment and Restatement of the East West Bancorp, Inc. 2021 Stock Incentive Plan at the 2026-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-18
  source text: The Company’s stockholders voted to approve the amendment and restatement of the East West Bancorp, Inc. 2021 Stock Incentive Plan by the vote set forth in the table below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069157/000106915726000022/0001069157-26-000022-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EAST WEST BANCORP INC shareholders approved Election of eleven director nominees for a one-year term at the 2026-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-18
  source text: The Company’s stockholders elected the eleven director nominees named in the 2026 Proxy Statement for a one-year term until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and to serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069157/000106915726000022/0001069157-26-000022-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EAST WEST BANCORP INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation (say-on-pay) for 2025 at the 2026-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-18
  source text: The advisory vote to approve the Company’s executive compensation (“say-on-pay”) for 2025 was approved by the Company’s stockholders by the vote set forth in the table below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069157/000106915726000022/0001069157-26-000022-index.htm

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