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Issuer:     HOPE BANCORP INC (HOPE)
CIK:        0001128361
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001128361-25-000039
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hope Bancorp Honorary Chairman Steven S. Koh to retire effective Dec. 31, 2025
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- Steven S. Koh, 80, will retire as Honorary Chairman and board member of Hope Bancorp and Bank of Hope on Dec. 31, 2025.
- Koh served as first Chairman of Hope Bancorp following the 2016 merger of BBCN and Wilshire; on board since 1986 via legacy Wilshire.
- Retirement is a long-planned non-disagreement departure; board size expected to remain at 10 directors after his departure.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836125000039/0001128361-25-000039-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836125000039/hope-20250826.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001128361-25-000039

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