---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001128361-25-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOPE"
cik: "0001128361"
company_name: "HOPE BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T16:54:36.521054+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hope Bancorp receives all regulatory approvals for Territorial Bancorp merger; expected completion April 2025

## Summary
- Joint press release March 3, 2025 confirms receipt of all required regulatory approvals for merger with Territorial Bancorp.
- Territorial Savings will operate as a division of Bank of Hope, preserving its brand and 100-plus year legacy.
- Combined company to become largest regional bank serving multi-cultural customers across mainland U.S. and Hawaii.
- Transaction adds stable low-cost deposit base and high-quality residential mortgage portfolio; closing in early April 2025.
- Merger remains subject to customary closing conditions; shareholders of both companies previously approved.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001128361-25-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOPE
- cik: 0001128361
- company_name: HOPE BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836125000012/0001128361-25-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836125000012/hope-20250228.htm

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