-- Conference Call and Webcast to be Held on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 --

Hope Bancorp, Inc. ("the Company") (NASDAQ:HOPE) today announced that the Company will report financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025, before the markets open on Tuesday, January 27, 2026.

A conference call to discuss financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025, will be held on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. Pacific Time / 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. A presentation deck to accompany the earnings call will be available on Hope Bancorp's investor relations website located at www.ir-hopebancorp.com.

Institutional investors and analysts are invited to access the conference call by dialing 866-235-9917 (domestic) or 412-902-4103 (international) and asking for the "Hope Bancorp Call." Other interested parties are invited to participate via a live webcast of the call available on Hope Bancorp's investor relations website located at www.ir-hopebancorp.com.

After the live webcast, the archived webcast will remain available on Hope Bancorp's investor relations website for one year. A telephonic replay of the call will be available at 877-344-7529 (domestic) or 412-317-0088 (international) for one week through February 3, 2026, with the replay access code 3224067.

About Hope Bancorp, Inc.

Hope Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOPE) is the holding company for Bank of Hope, the only regional Korean American bank in the United States, with $18.51 billion in total assets as of September 30, 2025. Following the addition of Territorial Savings as a division of Bank of Hope, the Company became the largest regional bank serving multicultural customers across the continental United States and Hawaii. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Bank of Hope offers a comprehensive range of commercial, corporate and consumer banking products and services, including commercial and commercial real estate lending, SBA lending, residential mortgage and consumer lending, treasury management, foreign exchange solutions, interest rate derivatives, and international trade finance. Bank of Hope operates 45 full-service branches in California, New York, New Jersey, Washington, Texas, Illinois, Alabama and Georgia under the Bank of Hope banner, and 29 branches in Hawaii under the Territorial Savings banner. Bank of Hope also operates SBA loan production offices, commercial loan production offices, and residential mortgage loan production offices throughout the United States, and a representative office in Seoul, South Korea. Bank of Hope is a California-chartered bank, and its deposits are insured by the FDIC to the extent provided by law. Bank of Hope is an Equal Opportunity Lender. For additional information, please go to www.bankofhope.com for Bank of Hope and www.tsbhawaii.bank for Territorial Savings, a division of Bank of Hope. By including the foregoing website address links, the Company does not intend to and shall not be deemed to incorporate by reference any material contained or accessible therein.

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Julianna Balicka

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

213-235-3235

investorrelations@bankofhope.com

Hope Bancorp to Report Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year Ended December 31, 2025, on Tuesday, January 27, 2026