Current Report Filing (8-k)
January 05 2022 - 05:04PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
January 1, 2022
EAST WEST BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
000-24939
(Commission File Number)
95-4703316
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
135 N 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)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant
under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Act:
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Common Stock, $0.001 Par Value |
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EWBC |
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The Nasdaq Global Select Market |
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth
company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933
(§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
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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.
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
Arrangement of Certain Officers.
On January 1, 2022, the Board of Directors of East West Bancorp,
Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Manuel P. Alvarez as a director of
the Company. Mr. Alvarez was also appointed to the Board of
Directors of the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, East West Bank.
The appointment is effective immediately. Mr. Alvarez will be a
member of the Risk Oversight Committee of both the Company and East
West Bank. With this appointment, the Company will have nine
directors, eight of whom are independent, including Mr. Alvarez.
Mr. Alvarez will receive cash and equity compensation in accordance
with the Company’s non-employee director compensation program
described in the definitive proxy statement for the Company’s 2021
Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2021, the amount of
which will be prorated from the date of his
appointment.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Alvarez and
any other person pursuant to which Mr. Alvarez was selected as a
director, and there are no transactions in which the Company is a
party and in which Mr. Alvarez has a material interest subject to
disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
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Date: January 5, 2022 |
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EAST WEST BANCORP, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Lisa L. Kim |
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Lisa L. Kim |
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Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate
Secretary |
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