Zuehls Dale S. 4
4 · HOPE BANCORP INC · Filed May 22, 2026
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HOPE Bancorp (HOPE) Director Dale Zuehls Receives RSU Award
What Happened Dale S. Zuehls, a director of HOPE Bancorp, was granted 7,373 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) on May 21, 2026. The grant is reported at an acquisition value of $12.45 per share, totaling $91,794. This is a compensatory award (not an open-market purchase or sale).
Key Details
- Transaction date: 2026-05-21; reported on Form 4 filed 2026-05-22.
- Grant: 7,373 RSUs @ $12.45 each; total reported value $91,794.
- Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the provided filing.
- Footnote F1: The 7,373 RSUs were granted under the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan; each RSU converts to one share upon vesting. Vesting occurs on the one-year anniversary of the grant or the next HOPE stockholders meeting, whichever is earlier.
- Footnote F2: The filing also notes older non-qualified options from 2016 that fully vested in 2018 (unrelated to this RSU grant).
- No late filing flag was indicated in the information provided.
Context RSUs are a form of compensation: they represent a contingent right to receive shares in the future once vesting conditions are met. This grant increases potential future insider ownership if the RSUs vest and are converted to shares, but it is not an immediate purchase or sale of stock.
Insider Transaction Report
Form 4
HOPE BANCORP INCHOPE
Zuehls Dale S.
Director
Transactions
- Award
Common Stock
[F1]2026-05-21$12.45/sh+7,373$91,794→ 67,716 total
Holdings
- 20,000
Non-qualified stock option (right to buy)
[F2]Exercise: $17.18Exp: 2026-09-01→ Common Stock (20,000 underlying)
Footnotes (2)
- [F1]Total 7,373 Restricted Stock Units ("RSU") were granted on May 21, 2026 pursuant to the Hope Bancorp, Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan. Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of Hope common stock. 7,373 shares will vest either on the one-year anniversary of grant date or the date of the next Hope Bancorp stockholders meeting, whichever is earlier.
- [F2]Non-qualified stock options were granted on September 1, 2016 pursuant to the BBCN Bancorp, Inc. 2016 Incentive Compensation Plan. These options were fully vested as of September 1, 2018.
Signature
/s/Claire Hur as attorney-in-fact for Dale Zuehls|2026-05-22