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On May 23, 2023, East West Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The Company’s stockholders considered four proposals at the Annual Meeting, each of which was described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement (the “2023 Proxy Statement”) for the Annual Meeting, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10, 2023. There were 127,269,364 shares of common stock represented at the Annual Meeting in person or by valid proxies, which was approximately 90.01% of the shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The final results of the voting for each matter submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are as set forth below.

The Company’s stockholders elected the ten director nominees named in the 2023 Proxy Statement for a one-year term until the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and to serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The voting results were as follows:

The advisory vote to approve the Company’s executive compensation (“say-on-pay”) for 2022 was approved by the Company’s stockholders by the vote set forth in the table below.

The advisory vote regarding the frequency of future say-on-pay votes was in favor of annual say-on-pay votes by the vote set forth in the table below:

Based on the voting results for this proposal approving an annual advisory vote on say-on-pay, the Company’s Board of Directors affirmed its recommendation and elected at this time to hold future say-on-pay votes on an annual basis, until the next shareholder vote on the frequency of future say-on-pay votes.

The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 by the vote set forth in the table below.

No other matters were submitted for stockholder action.

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.