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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 as of the close of business on March 31, 2025, which is the record date for our Annual Meeting (the “Record Date”) and, therefore, pursuant to applicable law and the Company’s bylaws (the “Bylaws”), you are entitled to receive notice of and to vote your shares of common stock at the Annual Meeting. We will begin mailing a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials and voting instructions to our stockholders of record who are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting on or about April 17, 2025, informing them of the availability online of our Proxy Statement and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 (the “Annual Report”). YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT. WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THIS PROXY STATEMENT AND PROVIDE US WITH YOUR PROXY OR VOTING INSTRUCTIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. How Many Votes Do I Have? Each share of common stock outstanding at the close of business on the Record Date is entitled to one vote on each of the matters to be voted on at the Annual Meeting. On the Record Date, a total of 82,386,071 shares of common stock were entitled to vote. We have no other class of stock outstanding that is entitled to vote on the matters at the Annual Meeting. Who Is Soliciting My Vote? The Board, on behalf of the Company, is soliciting your proxy to vote your shares of our common stock on all matters scheduled to come before the Annual Meeting, whether or not you attend in person. By submitting your proxy and voting instructions over the Internet, by telephone, or by completing, signing, dating and returning the proxy card, you are authorizing the persons named as proxies to vote your shares of common stock at the Annual Meeting as you have instructed. How Can I Vote My Shares? If you were a stockholder of record on March 31, 2025, you may vote by any of the following methods: Voting over the Internet or by Telephone . You may vote your shares over the Internet by following the instructions provided at www.proxyvote.com. Alternatively, you may vote your shares by telephone by calling, toll-free, 1-800-690-6903 . Internet and telephone voting are available 24 hours a day until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on May 28, 2025. Our Internet and telephone voting procedures are designed to