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 Peter (EVP & CHIEF CREDIT OFFICER)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-07-29	Common Stock	A	44213	—	Acquired	44213	Direct
2016-07-29	Common Stock (Restricted Stock)	A	7689	—	Acquired	7689	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-07-29	Stock Option (Right To Buy)	$7.53	A	14068	Acquired	2017-06-27	Common Stock (14068)	Direct
2016-07-29	Stock Option (Right To Buy)	$14.95	A	7034	Acquired	2020-09-30	Common Stock (7034)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Received in exchange for 62,858 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 10,933 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 20,000 shares of Wilshire common stock

F4: Vesting schedule: 25% on 09/30/15, 25% on 09/30/16 25% on 09/30/17, and 25% on 09/30/18

F5: Received in the Merger in exchange for a stock option to acquire 10,000 shares of Wilshire common stock