Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. The 2023 annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Hope Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") was held on May 18, 2023 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, 2023; 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 April 5, 2023.

A total of 105,894,184 shares of the Company's common stock were represented and voted at the Annual Meeting, constituting 88.47% 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            97,958,501            1,971,709             5,963,752
Jinho Doo                 97,941,493            1,988,717             5,963,752
Daisy Y. Ha               98,145,746            1,784,464             5,963,752
Joon Kyung Kim            97,843,397            2,086,813             5,963,752
Kevin S. Kim              97,074,668            2,855,542             5,963,752
Steven S. Koh             98,702,700            1,227,510             5,963,752
William J. Lewis          98,126,931            1,803,279             5,963,752
David P. Malone           96,777,355            3,152,855             5,963,752
Lisa K. Pai               98,746,685            1,183,525             5,963,752
Mary E. Thigpen           98,465,172            1,465,038             5,963,752
Scott Yoon-Suk Whang      79,243,908           20,686,302             5,963,752
Dale S. Zuehls            96,328,545            3,601,665             5,963,752

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, 2023.



                      Total Shares
For:                  105,747,276
Against:                137,617
Abstain:                 9,290
Broker Non-Votes:          -

This proposal was approved by the stockholders with the number of shares voting "for" constituting approximately 99.86% 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 April 5, 2023.



                      Total Shares
For:                   51,340,820
Against:               48,481,737
Abstain:                107,874
Broker Non-Votes:      5,963,752

This proposal was approved by the stockholders with the number of shares voting "for" constituting approximately 51.37% of the total number of shares represented and voting at the Annual Meeting.

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