secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HOPE BANCORP INC (HOPE)
CIK:        0001128361
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-12-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001128361-21-000049
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hope Bancorp appoints Lisa Pai to board; Malone retires, Koh promoted to COO
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- Lisa K. Pai, former EVP & General Counsel, appointed to board effective Dec 7, 2021, increasing board to 12 members.
- David P. Malone retires as President & COO of Bank of Hope effective Dec 31, 2021; will consult through Mar 2022 at $46,396/month.
- Peter Koh promoted to Senior EVP & COO of Bank of Hope effective Jan 1, 2022; salary increased to $400,000/year.
- Kevin S. Kim re-assumes role of President of Bank of Hope effective Jan 1, 2022, in addition to his CEO roles.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836121000049/0001128361-21-000049-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836121000049/hope-20211202.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001128361-21-000049

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