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: Koh Steven (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-07-29	Common Stock	A	153270	—	Acquired	153270	Indirect
2016-07-29	Common Stock	A	3226092	—	Acquired	3226092	Indirect
2016-07-29	Common Stock	A	594928	—	Acquired	594928	Indirect
2016-07-29	Common Stock	A	805	—	Acquired	805	Indirect
2016-07-29	Common Stock	A	805	—	Acquired	805	Indirect

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-07-29	Stock Option (Right To Buy)	$5.02	A	105510	Acquired	2022-01-28	Common Stock (105510)	Direct
2016-07-29	Stock Option (Right To Buy)	$14.65	A	6167	Acquired	2025-08-25	Common Stock (6167)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Received in exchange for 217,900 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 4,586,426 shares of Wilshire common stock in connection with the Merger

F3: Received in exchange for 845,791 shares of Wilshire common stock in connection with the Merger

F4: Received in exchange for 1,145 shares of Wilshire common stock in connection with the Merger

F5: Received in exchange for 1,145 shares of Wilshire common stock in connection with the Merger

F6: Received in the Merger in exchange for a stock option to acquire 150,000 shares of Wilshire common stock

F7: Received in the Merger in exchange for a stock option to acquire 8,768 shares of Wilshire common stock