Benjamin Mackovak - May 29, 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for First Foundation Inc. (FFWM)

Role: Director
Signature: /s/ Paul Newton attorney in fact for Benjamin Mackovak
Stock symbol: FFWM
Transactions as of: May 29, 2025
Transactions value $: $0
Form type: 4
Date filed: 6/3/2025, 01:01 PM
Previous filing: Oct 4, 2024
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
MACKOVAK BENJAMIN	Director	5221 NORTH O'CONNOR BOULEVARD, STE 1375, IRVING	/s/ Paul Newton attorney in fact for Benjamin Mackovak	2025-06-03	0001697577

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	FFWM	Common Stock	Award	$0	+13.3K		$0.00	13.3K	May 29, 2025	Direct	F1
holding	FFWM	Common Stock						6.77M	May 29, 2025	Owned directly by Strategic Value Investors LP	F2

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

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	The reported transaction involved the reporting person's receipt of a grant of 13,308 restricted stock units under First Foundation Inc.'s 2024 Equity Incentive Plan. The total reported in Column 5 includes the 13,308 newly awarded restricted stock units and 0 shares of common stock.
F2	Owned directly by Strategic Value Investors LP. The reporting person, solely by virtue of his position as a managing member of Strategic Value Bank Partners LLC, which serves as the general partner of Strategic Value Investors LP, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares owned directly by Strategic Value Investors LP for purposes of Section 16. The reporting person expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

Content

The reported transaction involved the reporting person's receipt of a grant of 13,308 restricted stock units under First Foundation Inc.'s 2024 Equity Incentive Plan. The total reported in Column 5 includes the 13,308 newly awarded restricted stock units and 0 shares of common stock.

Owned directly by Strategic Value Investors LP. The reporting person, solely by virtue of his position as a managing member of Strategic Value Bank Partners LLC, which serves as the general partner of Strategic Value Investors LP, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares owned directly by Strategic Value Investors LP for purposes of Section 16. The reporting person expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.