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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission file number 000-24939

 EAST WEST BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

95-4703316

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

135 North Los Robles Ave., 7th Floor, Pasadena, California, 91101

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(626) 768-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: 

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.001 Par Value

EWBC

Nasdaq Global Select Market

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☒  No ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐  No ☒

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒  No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒  No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

☒

Accelerated filer

☐

Smaller reporting company

☐

Non-accelerated filer

☐

Emerging growth company

☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐  No ☒

The aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates was approximately $5,090,501,829 (based on the June 30, 2020 closing price of Common Stock of $36.24 per share). As of January 31, 2021, 141,565,473 shares of East West Bancorp, Inc. Common Stock were outstanding.

DOCUMENT INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A relating to its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.

EAST WEST BANCORP, INC.

2020 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K

TABLE OF CONTENTS

									Page
PART I									3
			Forward-Looking Statements						3
			Item 1.			Business			5
			Item 1A.			Risk Factors			15
			Item 1B.			Unresolved Staff Comments			28
			Item 2.			Properties			28
			Item 3.			Legal Proceedings			28
			Item 4.			Mine Safety Disclosures			28
PART II									29
			Item 5.			Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities			29
			Item 6.			Selected Financial Data			30
			Item 7.			Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			31
			Item 7A.			Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk			89
			Item 8.			Financial Statements and Supplementary Data			90
			Item 9.			Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure			170
			Item 9A.			Controls and Procedures			170
			Item 9B.			Other Information			172
PART III									172
			Item 10.			Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance			172
			Item 11.			Executive Compensation			172
			Item 12.			Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters			173
			Item 13.			Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence			173
			Item 14.			Principal Accountant Fees and Services			173
PART IV									174
			Item 15.			Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules			174
			Item 16.			Form 10-K Summary			176
GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS									177
SIGNATURES									178