secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     EAST WEST BANCORP INC (EWBC)
CIK:        0001069157
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-19T20:05:14+00:00
Accession:  0001069157-26-000022
Event type: other
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069157/000106915726000022/0001069157-26-000022-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069157/000106915726000022/ewbc-20260518.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001069157-26-000022

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