secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HOPE BANCORP INC (HOPE)
CIK:        0001128361
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001128361-26-000014
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hope Bancorp directors Malone and Pai to retire at 2026 annual meeting
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- David P. Malone and Lisa K. Pai notified board of retirement effective at 2026 Annual Meeting.
- Malone will step down as director and Board Risk Committee chair; Pai leaves Risk and Executive committees.
- Both will continue serving until their terms end at the annual meeting.
- Retirements not due to any disagreement with company operations or policies.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836126000014/0001128361-26-000014-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836126000014/hope-20260319.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001128361-26-000014

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