{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001128361-25-000020","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"HOPE","cik":"0001128361","company_name":"HOPE BANCORP INC","filed_at":"2025-04-02T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:47.601139+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-23T23:12:11.113091+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","8.01","9.01"],"event_type":"m_and_a","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.65,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.65,"confidence":"high","headline":"Hope Bancorp completes Territorial Bancorp merger; exchange ratio 0.8048","bullets":["Merger effective April 2, 2025; Territorial shareholders receive 0.8048 Hope shares per Territorial share.","Territorial Savings Bank becomes Territorial Savings, a division of Bank of Hope, preserving its 100+ year brand.","Hope Bancorp claims position as largest regional bank serving multicultural customers across continental US and Hawaii.","Merger originally announced April 26, 2024; deal valued at approximately $260M based on Hope's closing price."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001128361-25-000020","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001128361-25-000020.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001128361-25-000020.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001128361-25-000020.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836125000020/0001128361-25-000020-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836125000020/hope-20250331.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-23T23:12:11.113091+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"a57c7b52e4","claim":"Kyu S. Kim changed role as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Relationship Banking Officer at HOPE BANCORP INC.","evidence_excerpt":"On March 31, 2025, Hope Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporate (the “ Company ” ), and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bank of Hope, approved a change in title and responsibilities for Kyu S. Kim, effective April 1, 2025.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836125000020/0001128361-25-000020-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"changed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Relationship Banking Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}