---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001128361-22-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOPE"
cik: "0001128361"
company_name: "HOPE BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T08:06:07.643713+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hope Bancorp shareholders re-elect all 12 directors, ratify auditor, approve executive pay at annual meeting

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees re-elected; each received >95% of votes cast, with ~10.2M broker non-votes.
- Ratification of Crowe LLP as independent auditor for FY2022 passed with 99.86% of votes cast.
- Nonbinding advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved with 97.29% of votes cast.
- 91.56% of outstanding shares (110.2M shares) represented at the May 19, 2022 virtual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001128361-22-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOPE
- cik: 0001128361
- company_name: HOPE BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836122000026/0001128361-22-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836122000026/hope-20220519.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001128361-22-000026.txt

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