---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001128361-25-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOPE"
cik: "0001128361"
company_name: "HOPE BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T17:33:57.046478+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hope Bancorp stockholders elect all 11 director nominees and ratify auditor at 2025 annual meeting

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected with 96.3%-99.7% of votes cast (excluding broker non-votes).
- Ratification of Crowe LLP as auditor approved with 99.29% of votes cast.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote passed with 94.72% of votes cast.
- Total shares voted: 108,599,847 (89.70% of outstanding shares).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001128361-25-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOPE
- cik: 0001128361
- company_name: HOPE BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/1128361/000112836125000028/0001128361-25-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836125000028/hope-20250522.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001128361-25-000028.txt

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