Company: FFWM
Filing Date: 2025-07-08
Form Type: S-8
Source: 0001104659-25-066425
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Company: First Foundation Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-08
Form: S-8
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 Securities Act. ¨

<div align='center'>Explanatory Note</div>

First Foundation Inc. (the “Company”)
previously filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-279965) registering the issuance of 1,500,000
shares of the Company’s common stock under the First Foundation Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2024 Plan”). On
May 29, 2025, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment and restatement of the 2024 Plan that, among other things, increased
the number of shares of the Company’s common stock that may be issued under the 2024 Plan by 2,500,000 shares.

Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being
filed by the Company for the purpose of registering the issuance of an additional 2,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock
under the 2024 Plan. The content contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-279965)
is hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E, except as supplemented by the information set forth below.

<div align='center'>Part I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</div>

Item 1. Plan Information.*

Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*

* The documents containing
the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities
Act. In accordance with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the
Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under
the Securities Act.

<div align='center'>Part II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents
filed by the Company with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

· The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on March 17, 2025, including