Company: FFWM
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-036041
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Company: First Foundation Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
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 You will be able to vote your shares over the Internet, by telephone, or by completing, signing and returning by mail a proxy or voting instruction card. Please review the instructions with respect to your voting options described in the accompanying Proxy Statement and on your proxy or voting instruction card. Thank you for your ongoing support. We look forward to seeing you at our Annual Meeting. Sincerely, Max A. Briggs, CFP
Chairman of the Board Thomas C. Shafer
Chief Executive Officer 200 Crescent Court, Suite 1400, Dallas, Texas 75201 (469) 638-9636 TABLE OF CONTENTS FIRST FOUNDATION INC.
200 Crescent Court, Suite 1400
Dallas, Texas 75201 NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS To Be Held May 29, 2025 NOTICE TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF FIRST FOUNDATION INC.: The 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of First Foundation Inc. (the “Company”) will be held on May 29, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time, at 18101 Von Karman Avenue, 2 nd Floor, Irvine, California 92612, for the following purposes: 1. To elect ten members to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), each to hold office for a term of one year or until his or her respective successor is duly elected and qualified (Proposal No. 1); 2. To approve the First Foundation Inc. Amended and Restated 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (Proposal No. 2); 3. To ratify the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 (Proposal No. 3); 4. To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2024 (Proposal No. 4); and 5. To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (Proposal No. 5). The foregoing items of business are more fully described in the Proxy Statement accompanying this Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Board recommends a vote “ FOR ” each of the ten director nominees named in the accompanying Proxy Statement, a vote “ FOR ” each of Proposals 2, 3 and