Dominic Ng - 04 Mar 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for EAST WEST BANCORP INC (EWBC)

Role: Chief Executive Officer, Director
Signature: /s/ Louisa Wang, as Attorney-in-fact
Issuer symbol: EWBC
Transactions as of: 04 Mar 2025
Net transactions value: -$4,352,550
Form type: 4
Filing time: 06 Mar 2025, 18:39:39 UTC
Previous filing: 04 Feb 2025
Next filing: 07 Mar 2025
SEC: View on sec.gov

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	EWBC	Common Stock	Award	$0	+100,560	+11%	$0.000000	1,056,515	04 Mar 2025	Direct	F1
transaction	EWBC	Common Stock	Tax liability	$4,352,550	-48,201	-4.6%	$90.30	1,008,314	04 Mar 2025	Direct	F2
holding	EWBC	Common Stock						7,586	04 Mar 2025	401 (k) Plan

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

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units granted on March 4, 2022 fully vest in three years. Number of vested units depends on meeting pre-established performance criteria. As of March 4, 2025, 172.8% of the units granted on March 4, 2022 were earned and vested. On the settlement date, for each vested Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit, the reporting person received one share of Common Stock.
F2	Shares withheld for payment of tax liability in connection with the vesting of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units. The number of shares withheld was based on the closing price of the issuer's common stock on March 4, 2025.

Content

Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units granted on March 4, 2022 fully vest in three years. Number of vested units depends on meeting pre-established performance criteria. As of March 4, 2025, 172.8% of the units granted on March 4, 2022 were earned and vested. On the settlement date, for each vested Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit, the reporting person received one share of Common Stock.

Shares withheld for payment of tax liability in connection with the vesting of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units. The number of shares withheld was based on the closing price of the issuer's common stock on March 4, 2025.