Company: BANC-PF
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001169770-25-000015
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Company: BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
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 the authorities or responsibilities of the committee as it relates to compensation, other than the ability of the committee to form and delegate authority to subcommittees when appropriate. For information about the role of the Chief Executive Officer with respect to the CNG Committee, see the Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Elements of our Compensation Decision Making section in this proxy statement. Director compensation is determined by the full Board after considering the recommendations of the CNG Committee.

Additionally, the charter of the CNG Committee authorizes the committee to select and retain compensation consultants, legal counsel or other advisors to advise the committee in carrying out its duties. See the Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Elements of our Compensation Decision Making section in this proxy statement.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

None of the members of the CNG Committee during 2024 was a current or former officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. No executive officer of the Company during 2024 served as a member of the compensation committee (or other board committee performing equivalent functions) or as a director of any other entity that has an executive officer serving as a member of the CNG Committee or the Company’s Board of Directors.

#### Communications with the Board
Stockholders and other interested parties who wish to communicate with the Board or any specific director, including any committee of the Board, or with the Chair of any committee, may do so by writing to the address or e-mail below to the attention of the Corporate Secretary who will then sort the correspondence to ensure receipt by the appropriate director(s).

#### Banc of California, Inc.
Attn: Corporate Secretary

3 MacArthur Place

Santa Ana, California 92707

IR@bancofcal.com

#### 24Banc of CaliforniaAnnual Proxy Statement2025

#### Director Compensation

#### Overview
The CNG Committee is responsible for the periodic review of compensation paid to directors of the Company and the Bank and recommending changes to the Board, when the CNG Committee deems appropriate. The CNG Committee typically evaluates director compensation every two years.

The existing elements of the Company’s director compensation program are a combination of cash and stock-based incentives to attract and retain qualified candidates to serve on the Board of the Company or the Bank. In determining the components of non-employee director compensation, the CNG Committee considers the significant amount of time directors expend to fulfill their duties, the skill level required of Board members and the nature of the Company’s business objectives.

The current components of our director compensation program are summarized below. We do not provide non