FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: December 31, 2014 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * KIM JASON K (Last) (First) (Middle) 3200 WILSHIRE BLVD. STE. 1400 (Street) LOS ANGELES CA 90010 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HOPE BANCORP INC [ HOPE ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) SEVP, Chief Bus. Bnking Ofcr
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/14/2026
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	04/14/2026		A		10,313 (1)	A	$ 10.84	86,853	D
Common Stock								4,677	I	By Wife

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Incentive Stock Option (right to buy)	$ 17.18							(2)	09/01/2026	Common Stock	30,000		30,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Total 10,313 Restricted Stock Units ("RSU") were granted on April 14, 2026 pursuant to the Hope Bancorp, Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan ("2024 EIP"). Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of Hope common stock. Installments of 3,437 shares will vest on April 14, 2027, and 3,438 shares each will vest on March 21, 2028 and March 21, 2029.

2. Non-qualified stock options granted on September 1, 2016 pursuant to the 2016 Incentive Compensation Plan. These options were fully vested as of September 1, 2021.

	/s/Claire Hur as attorney-in-fact for Jason Kim	04/16/2026
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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