HOPE BANCORP INC — Director's Dealing 2018

Feb 15, 2018

SEC Form 5 — Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: HOPE BANCORP INC (HOPE)
CIK: 0001128361
Period of Report: 2017-12-31

Reporting Person: Whang Scott Yoon-suk (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2017-09-01	Common Stock	A	4500	$0.00	Acquired	45202	Indirect
2017-12-15	Common Stock	G	4500	$0.00	Disposed	45202	Direct
2017-12-15	Common Stock	G	4500	$0.00	Acquired	11700	Indirect
2017-12-18	Common Stock	G	4500	$0.00	Disposed	45202	Direct
2017-12-18	Common Stock	G	4500	$0.00	Acquired	11700	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Total 13,500 restricted stock units were granted on September 1, 2016 pursuant to the BBCN Bancorp, Inc. 2016 Incentive Compensation Plan. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of HOPE Bancorp, Inc. common stock. 1/3 of the award vested immediately on the grant date, 1/3 vested on September 1, 2017, and remaining 1/3 will vest on September 1, 2018.

F2: Amended from previously filed Form 5, which corrects the ownership form as "Indirect" to reflect ownership held in reporting person's trust.

F3: Transfer from the Scott Whang & Lydia Whang Trust Under Agreement 07/19/2001 S&O Revocable Trust to reporting person's wife as custodian of three of six grandchildren under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act. On 12/15/2017, reporting person gifted to three of six grandchildren common stock in the amount of 1,500 shares each.

F4: Transfer from the Scott Whang & Lydia Whang Trust Under Agreement 07/19/2001 S&O Revocable Trust to reporting person as custodian of three of six grandchildren under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act. On 12/18/2017 reporting person gifted to three of six grandchildren common stock in the amount of 1,500 shares each.