Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. The 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Hope Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") was held on May 19, 2022 solely online via a live webcast in a virtual meeting format. At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders voted on the following proposals:

1.election of directors;

2.ratification of the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022; and

3.nonbinding advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to the Company's "Named Executive Officers" as described in the Company's Proxy Statement, dated April 22, 2022.

A total of 110,172,742 shares of the Company's common stock were represented and voted at the Annual Meeting, constituting 91.56% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.

The final results of the stockholder votes were as follows:

1. Election of directors of the Company:



                        Votes Cast For       Votes Withheld        Broker Non-Votes
Donald D. Byun            97,536,343            2,442,213             10,193,170
Jinho Doo                 97,556,018            2,422,538             10,193,170
Daisy Y. Ha               99,223,297             755,259              10,193,170
Joon Kyung Kim            97,562,069            2,416,487             10,193,170
Kevin S. Kim              96,701,179            3,277,377             10,193,170
Steven S. Koh             99,141,416             837,140              10,193,170
William J. Lewis          99,114,958             863,598              10,193,170
David P. Malone           99,041,077             937,479              10,193,170
Lisa K. Pai               99,265,654             712,902              10,193,170
Mary E. Thigpen           99,737,966             240,590              10,193,170
Scott Yoon-Suk Whang      95,432,381            4,546,175             10,193,170
Dale S. Zuehls            96,745,470            3,233,086             10,193,170

Each of the nominees noted above was re-elected to serve as members of the board of directors of the Company until the Company's next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

2. Ratification of the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022.



                      Total Shares
For:                  110,019,337
Against:                134,450
Abstain:                 18,955
Broker Non-Votes:          -

This proposal was approved by the stockholders with the number of shares voting "for" constituting approximately 99.86% of the total number of shares represented and voting at the Annual Meeting.

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3. Nonbinding advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to the Company's "Named Executive Officers" as described in the Company's Proxy Statement dated April 22, 2022.



                      Total Shares
For:                   97,262,485
Against:               2,593,282
Abstain:                123,805
Broker Non-Votes:      10,193,170

This proposal was approved by the stockholders with the number of shares voting "for" constituting approximately 97.29% of the total number of shares represented and voting at the Annual Meeting.

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