Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.

Appointment of New Directors



On May 26, 2022, following the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual
Meeting") of East West Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") described in Item 5.07
below, the Company's Board of Directors appointed Serge Dumont and Dr. Sabrina
Kay as directors of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Dumont and Dr. Kay
were also appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company's wholly owned
subsidiary, East West Bank. Mr. Dumont and Dr. Kay will initially be assigned to
the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee and the Compensation and
Management Development Committee, respectively, of the Company's Board of
Directors. Mr. Dumont and Dr. Kay will receive cash and equity compensation in
accordance with the Company's non-employee director compensation program
described in the Company's definitive proxy statement (the "2022 Proxy
Statement") for the Annual Meeting, which was filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 13, 2022.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Dumont or Dr. Kay and
any other person pursuant to which Mr. Dumont or Dr. Kay were selected as
directors, and there are no transactions in which the Company is a party and in
which Mr. Dumont or Dr. Kay has a material interest that would be subject to
disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Retirement of Director



On May 26, 2022, following her election to the Company's Board of Directors, as
set forth in Item 5.07 below, Iris S. Chan notified the Company of her decision
to retire from the Company's Board of Directors, effective immediately. Ms.
Chan's decision to retire is not the result of any disagreement with the
Company. The Company and the Board of Directors are deeply grateful for Ms.
Chan's dedication and contributions to the Company during her tenure as
director.

With the appointments of Mr. Dumont and Dr. Kay and the retirement of Ms. Chan,
the Company will have ten directors, nine of whom are independent, including Mr.
Dumont and Dr. Kay.

Item 5.03 Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On May 26, 2022, the Company's Board of Directors adopted and approved, effective as of such date, amended and restated bylaws of the Company (as amended and restated, the "Bylaws"). The Bylaws supersede the previously existing Amended and Restated Bylaws, which took effect on January 29, 2013.



The Bylaws include, among other things, (i) additional procedural and
information requirements for stockholders to request a special meeting of the
stockholders or to submit director nominations or stockholder proposals,
including that advance notice of stockholder nominations and proposals be
provided no earlier than 120 days and no later than 90 days prior to the
anniversary of the previous year's annual meeting, (ii) modifications with
respect to the conduct of stockholder and director meetings, (iii) an updated
voting standard, for matters other than the election of directors, providing
that abstentions will not have any effect on the outcome of votes, and to
expressly provide that votes may be cast "against" the election of directors,
(iv) a forum selection provision designating the Court of Chancery of the State
of Delaware (or, if such court does not have jurisdiction, the Superior Court of
the State of Delaware or, if the Superior Court of the State of Delaware does
not have jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the State of
Delaware) as the exclusive forum for certain actions and claims, and designating
federal district courts as the exclusive forum for complaints asserting a cause
of action under the Securities Act of 1933 and (v) clerical, conforming and
clarifying changes.

The description of the Bylaws is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
full text of the Bylaws, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and
incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.



The Company held its Annual Meeting on May 26, 2022. At the Annual Meeting, the
Company's stockholders considered three proposals, each of which was described
in more detail in the 2022 Proxy Statement. There were 123,618,952 shares of
common stock represented at the Annual Meeting in person or by valid proxies,
which was approximately 86.90% of the shares of common stock entitled to vote at
the Annual Meeting. The final results of the voting for each matter submitted to
a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are as set forth below.




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Proposal 1: Election of Directors



The Company's stockholders elected the nine director nominees named in the 2022
Proxy Statement for a one-year term until the 2023 annual meeting of
stockholders and to serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
The voting results were as follows:

                                       Votes Cast For                 Votes Against                 Votes Abstained                 Broker Non-Votes
Manuel P. Alvarez                       117,791,727                      110,889                        351,319                        5,365,017
Molly Campbell                          116,623,912                     1,288,432                       341,591                        5,365,017
Iris S. Chan                            116,872,829                     1,196,447                       184,659                        5,365,017
Archana Deskus                          116,922,300                      990,063                        341,572                        5,365,017
Rudolph I. Estrada                      115,534,165                     2,477,713                       242,057                        5,365,017
Paul H. Irving                          114,095,546                     3,746,378                       412,011                        5,365,017
Jack C. Liu                             114,334,895                     3,680,425                       238,615                        5,365,017
Dominic Ng                              112,817,017                     5,177,265                       259,653                        5,365,017
Lester M. Sussman                       117,545,299                      522,174                        186,462                        5,365,017

Proposal 2: Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation



The advisory vote to approve the Company's executive compensation for 2021 was
approved by the Company's stockholders by the vote set forth in the table below.

       Votes Cast For              Votes Against       Votes Abstained       Broker Non-Votes
         115,238,060                 2,825,788             190,087              5,365,017
 (97.45% of the votes cast)

Proposal 3: Ratification of Auditors

The Company's stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 by the vote set forth in the table below.



       Votes Cast For              Votes Against       Votes Abstained       Broker Non-Votes
         123,055,138                  406,123              157,691                  -
 (99.54% of the votes cast)

No other matters were submitted for stockholder action.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d) Exhibits

Exhibit                                                Description
  3.1                   Amended and Restated Bylaws of East West Bancorp, Inc.
104                   Cover Page Interactive Data (embedded within the

Inline XBRL document).

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