Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2020 annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Hope Bancorp,
Inc. (the "Company") was held on June 9, 2020 solely online via a live webcast
in a virtual meeting format. At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders voted on
the following proposals:
1.election of directors;
2.ratification of the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company's independent
registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2020; and
3.nonbinding advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to the Company's
"Named Executive Officers" as described in the Company's Proxy Statement, dated
May 14, 2020.
A total of 109,286,091 shares of the Company's common stock were represented and
voted at the Annual Meeting, constituting 88.73% of the issued and outstanding
shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.
The final results of the stockholder votes were as follows:

1. Election of directors of the Company:



                        Votes Cast For       Votes Withheld        Broker Non-Votes
Donald D. Byun            98,046,742            2,335,464             8,903,885
Jinho Doo                 97,777,506            2,604,700             8,903,885
Daisy Y. Ha               99,519,286             862,920              8,903,885
James U. Hwang            97,919,653            2,462,553             8,903,885
Jin Chul Jhung            99,505,434             876,772              8,903,885
Joon K. Kim               99,930,695             451,511              8,903,885
Kevin S. Kim              96,691,529            3,690,677             8,903,885
Steven S. Koh             99,955,012             427,194              8,903,885
Chung Hyun Lee            99,933,380             448,826              8,903,885
William J. Lewis          99,504,116             878,090              8,903,885
David P. Malone           97,651,812            2,730,394             8,903,885
John R. Taylor            99,951,340             430,866              8,903,885
Scott Yoon-Suk Whang      93,291,074            7,091,132             8,903,885
Dale S. Zuehls            96,994,168            3,388,038             8,903,885


Each of the nominees noted above was re-elected to serve as members of the board of directors of the Company until the Company's next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. 2. Ratification of the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2020.


                      Total Shares
For:                  108,986,509
Against:                294,593
Abstain:                 4,989
Broker Non-Votes:          -


This proposal was approved by the stockholders with the number of shares voting "for" constituting approximately 99.73% of the total number of shares represented and voting at the Annual Meeting.

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3. Nonbinding advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to the Company's "Named Executive Officers" as described in the Company's Proxy Statement dated May 14, 2020.


                      Total Shares
For:                   97,858,306
Against:               2,147,431
Abstain:                376,469
Broker Non-Votes:      8,903,885



This proposal was approved by the stockholders with the number of shares voting "for" constituting approximately 97.48% of the total number of shares represented and voting at the Annual Meeting.

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