Company: BANC-PF
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001169770-25-000015
Chunk: 102

Company: BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 102
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 advisory and non-binding basis, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement (Say-on-Pay).          |     | Affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast. Abstentions and broker non-votes do not count as votes cast and will not have an effect on Proposal II.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| IV.  |     | Approve, on an advisory and non-binding basis, the frequency of future Say-on-Pay votes (Say-on-Frequency).                                                 |     | Affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast. In the event that no option receives a majority of the votes cast, our Board will consider the option that receives the most votes at the Annual Meeting as the recommended choice of the Company’s stockholders. Abstentions and broker non-votes do not count as votes cast and will not have an effect on Proposal IV. |

For quorum purposes, proxies received but marked as abstentions and broker non-votes will be included in the calculation of the number of shares considered to be present at the Annual Meeting.

Actions Required if any Director Nominee Does Not Receive Required Majority Vote. If a nominee for director who is an incumbent director is not elected by a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting, then the Company’s bylaws provide that the following sequence of events shall occur:

#### 87Banc of CaliforniaAnnual Proxy Statement2025
| Information About the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders |

• the director shall promptly tender his or her resignation to the Board of Directors;

• the CNG Committee shall make a recommendation to the Board of Directors as to whether to accept or reject the tendered resignation, or whether other action should be taken; and

• the Board of Directors shall act on the tendered resignation, taking into account the CNG Committee’s recommendation, and publicly disclose (by a press release, a filing with the SEC or other broadly disseminated means of communication) its decision regarding the tendered resignation within 90 days from the date of the certification of the election results.

The CNG Committee, in making its recommendation, and the Board of Directors, in making its decision, may each consider any factors or other information that it considers appropriate and relevant. The director who tenders his or her resignation may not participate in the recommendation of the CNG Committee or the decision of the Board of Directors with respect to his or her resignation.

If an incumbent director’s resignation is not accepted by the Board of Directors and/or the director is