Steven Koh - Nov 20, 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for HOPE BANCORP INC (HOPE)

Role: Director
Signature: /s/Claire Hur as attorney-in-fact for Steven Koh
Stock symbol: HOPE
Transactions as of: Nov 20, 2024
Transactions value $: -$1,287,945
Form type: 4
Date filed: 11/22/2024, 03:31 PM
Previous filing: Jul 8, 2024

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	HOPE	Common Stock	Sale	-$1.29M	-96.6K	-2.96%	$13.33	3.17M	Nov 20, 2024	Various Trusts	F1
holding	HOPE	Common Stock						78.3K	Nov 20, 2024	Direct

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
holding	HOPE	Non-qualified stock option (right to buy)						30K	Nov 20, 2024	Common Stock	30K	$17.18	Direct	F2
holding	HOPE	Stock Option (right to buy)						6.17K	Nov 20, 2024	Common Stock	6.17K	$14.65	Direct

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Pursuant to the Irrevocable Election signed on May 23, 2024, the reporting person contributed shares of Hope Bancorp, Inc. common stock to an exchange fund in exchange for shares of the exchange fund, with the exchange transaction closing on November 20, 2024. The Hope Bancorp, Inc. common stock was valued at $13.33 per share for the purpose of determining the number of shares of the exchange fund issuable to the reporting person.
F2	Non-qualified stock options were granted on September 1, 2016 pursuant to the BBCN Bancorp, Inc. 2016 Incentive Compensation Plan. These options were fully vested as of September 1, 2018.

Content

Pursuant to the Irrevocable Election signed on May 23, 2024, the reporting person contributed shares of Hope Bancorp, Inc. common stock to an exchange fund in exchange for shares of the exchange fund, with the exchange transaction closing on November 20, 2024. The Hope Bancorp, Inc. common stock was valued at $13.33 per share for the purpose of determining the number of shares of the exchange fund issuable to the reporting person.

Non-qualified stock options were granted on September 1, 2016 pursuant to the BBCN Bancorp, Inc. 2016 Incentive Compensation Plan. These options were fully vested as of September 1, 2018.