---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001128361-22-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOPE"
cik: "0001128361"
company_name: "HOPE BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2022-03-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T15:44:59.634988+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hope Bancorp signs amended CEO employment agreement with Kevin S. Kim; base salary $1,050,000

## Summary
- Base salary of $1,050,000/year; initial term through March 31, 2027, with possible one-year renewals not beyond March 31, 2029.
- Annual target bonus of 100% of base salary; annual equity awards with grant date fair value of 150% of base salary (50% time-vesting, 50% performance-based).
- Severance: 150% of base salary for termination without cause or for good reason; 250% if within one year after a change in control.
- Benefits include company car, club memberships (California Club, Wilshire Country Club), and executive health program.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001128361-22-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOPE
- cik: 0001128361
- company_name: HOPE BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2022-03-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836122000014/0001128361-22-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836122000014/hope-20220328.htm

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