HOPE BANCORP INC

Management is not aware of any material changes to the risk factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A, of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. In addition to the other information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the risk factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A, of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, which could materially and adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations, and stock price. The risks described in the Annual Report on Form 10-K and this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are not the only risks facing the Company. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to management, or that management presently believes not to be material, may also result in material and adverse effects on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations, and stock price.

The Company did not have any unregistered sales of equity securities during the three months ended September 30, 2026.

In January 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program that authorized the Company to repurchase up to $50.0 million of its common stock. The stock repurchase authorization does not have an expiration date and may be modified, amended, suspended, or discontinued at the Company’s discretion at any time without notice. The Board of Directors reaffirmed this repurchase program in December 2025.

The following table summarizes stock repurchase activities during the three months ended September 30, 2026:

None.

Not Applicable.

During the three months ended September 30, 2026, no director or officer of the Company adopted orterminated a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement, as defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K.