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: Jeon Lawrence Seokho (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-07-29	Common Stock	A	61828	—	Acquired	61828	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-07-29	Stock Option (Right To Buy)	$5.02	A	35170	Acquired	2022-01-28	Common Stock (35170)	Direct
2016-07-29	Stock Option (Right To Buy)	$14.65	A	4404	Acquired	2025-08-25	Common Stock (4404)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Received in exchange for 87,900 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 the Merger in exchange for a stock option to acquire 50,000 shares of Wilshire's common stock

F3: Received in the Merger in exchange for a stock option to acquire 6,262 shares of Wilshire's common stock