HOPE BANCORP INC — Director's Dealing 2016

Aug 3, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: HOPE BANCORP INC (HOPE)
CIK: 0001128361
Period of Report: 2016-07-29

Reporting Person: DIDION STEVEN J (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-07-29	Common Stock	A	49238	—	Acquired	49238	Indirect
2016-07-29	Common Stock (Restricted Stock)	A	1309	—	Acquired	1309	Direct
2016-07-29	Common Stock	A	426	—	Acquired	426	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-07-29	Stock Option (Right To Buy)	$15.23	A	28136	Acquired	2023-12-29	Common Stock (28136)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Received in exchange for 70,000 shares of Wilshire Bancorp, Inc. ("Wilshire") common stock in connection with merger of Wilshire Bancorp, Inc. into HOPE Bancorp, Inc. (former BBCN Bancorp, Inc.)(the "Merger"). On the effective date of the Merger, the closing price of Wilshire's common stock was $10.74 per share, and the closing price of HOPE Bancorp, Inc. was $15.37 per share.

F2: Received in exchange for 1,861 shares of Wilshire common stock (Restricted Stock) in connection with the Merger

F3: Received in the Merger in exchange for a stock option to acquire 40,000 shares of Wilshire common stock

F4: Received in exchange for 607 shares of Wilshire Bancorp, Inc. ("Wilshire") common stock in connection with merger of Wilshire Bancorp, Inc. into HOPE Bancorp, Inc. (former BBCN Bancorp, Inc.)(the "Merger"). On the effective date of the Merger, the closing price of Wilshire's common stock was $10.74 per share, and the closing price of HOPE Bancorp, Inc. was $15.37 per share.