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Issuer:     HOPE BANCORP INC (HOPE)
CIK:        0001128361
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001128361-26-000005
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 3.03, 5.03, 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hope Bancorp director Scott Whang to retire; board size to reduce to 9
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- Scott Yoon-Suk Whang will not stand for re-election at the 2026 Annual Meeting, retiring after serving since 2007.
- Board size will be reduced from current count to 9 directors upon his retirement.
- Bylaws amended to adopt majority voting standard in uncontested elections and update stockholder nomination procedures.
- Corporate governance guidelines updated to strengthen Lead Independent Director role and add CEO succession planning provisions.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836126000005/0001128361-26-000005-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836126000005/hope-20260113.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001128361-26-000005

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