Microsoft Strikes Landmark Soil Carbon Credit Deal With Indigo Carbon to Boost Carbon-Negative Goal 
Federal Judge Clears Way for Jury Trial in Elon Musk’s Fraud Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Microsoft 
xAI Restricts Grok Image Editing After Sexualized AI Images Trigger Global Scrutiny 
Sanofi Gains China Approval for Myqorzo and Redemplo, Strengthening Rare Disease Portfolio 
TikTok Expands AI Age-Detection Technology Across Europe Amid Rising Regulatory Pressure 
Publishers Seek to Join Lawsuit Against Google Over Alleged AI Copyright Infringement 
TSMC Shares Hit Record High as AI Chip Demand Fuels Strong Q4 Earnings 
U.S. Transportation Board Sends Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern Merger Back for Revision 
Anthropic Appoints Former Microsoft Executive Irina Ghose to Lead India Expansion 
Rio Tinto and BHP Agree to Explore Major Iron Ore Collaboration in Pilbara 
Toyota Industries Buyout Faces Resistance as Elliott Rejects Higher Offer 
U.S. Moves to Expand Chevron License and Control Venezuelan Oil Sales 
BYD Shares Rise in Hong Kong on Reports of Battery Supply Talks With Ford 
Boeing Reaches Tentative Settlement With Canadian Victim’s Family in 737 MAX Crash Lawsuits 
Taiwan Issues Arrest Warrant for OnePlus CEO Over Alleged Illegal Recruitment Activities 
China Considers New Rules to Limit Purchases of Foreign AI Chips Amid Growing Demand 
China Halts Shipments of Nvidia H200 AI Chips, Forcing Suppliers to Pause Production 
LOS ANGELES, April 17, 2017 -- Hope Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ:HOPE), the holding company of Bank of Hope (the “Bank”), today announced that it has rescheduled the release of its financial results and conference call to discuss the 2017 first quarter financial results. The Company now plans to announce financial results for its 2017 first quarter after the markets close on Thursday, April 27, 2017, and host its quarterly conference call on Friday, April 28, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. Pacific Time / 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
The change in the timing of the Company’s 2017 first quarter financial results release and conference call is being driven by the completion of the audit for the year ended December 31, 2016. As previously stated, the Company currently does not expect to report any material changes to its financial results in its Annual Report on Form 10-K from those previously reported in the press release for its financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2016.
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 at Hope Bancorp’s investor relations website at www.ir-hopebancorp.com. After the live webcast, the archived webcast will remain available in 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 May 5, 2017, replay access code 10104107.
About Hope Bancorp, Inc.
Hope Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company of Bank of Hope, the first and only super regional Korean-American bank in the United States with $13.4 billion in total assets as of December 31, 2016. Formed through the merger of BBCN Bank and Wilshire Bank, the top two commercial lenders in the market, Bank of Hope is headquartered in Los Angeles and serves a multi-ethnic population of customers across the nation. Bank of Hope operates 67 full-service branches in California, Washington, Texas, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia and Alabama. The Bank also operates SBA loan production offices in Seattle, Denver, Dallas, Atlanta, and Portland, Oregon; a commercial loan production office in Fremont, California; residential mortgage loan production offices in California; and a representative office in Seoul, Korea. Bank of Hope specializes in core business banking products for small and medium-sized businesses, with an emphasis in commercial real estate and commercial lending, SBA lending and international trade financing. 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 bankofhope.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections and management assumptions about the future performance of the Company, the businesses and markets in which the Company operates and is expected to operate, as well as the timing and substance of certain public disclosures regarding the Company’s financial condition and results of operations. These statements constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to assess and are not guarantees of future performance. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Readers should carefully review the risk factors and the information that could materially affect the Company’s financial results and business described in documents the Company files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Reports on Form 10-K, and particularly the discussions of business considerations and certain factors that may affect results of operations and stock price set forth therein. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements.
Contact: Angie Yang SVP, Director of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications 213-251-2219 [email protected]
