Company: FFWM
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-036041
Chunk: 60

Company: First Foundation Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 60
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 language in any such filing. Role and Responsibilities of Audit Committee Management is responsible for the preparation, presentation and integrity of the Company’s financial statements, internal controls and financial reporting process and the procedures designed to assure compliance with accounting standards and applicable laws and regulations. The Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, Crowe LLP, Certified Public Accountants, is responsible for auditing the Company’s consolidated financial statements and expressing an opinion as to the financial statements’ conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and annually attesting to management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. It is the Audit Committee’s responsibility to monitor and oversee these processes and procedures as part of its oversight role. It is not the duty of the Audit Committee to prepare the financial statements, to plan or conduct audits, or to determine that the financial statements are complete and accurate and were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The members of the Audit Committee may rely, and have relied, on the information provided to them and on the representations made by management and Crowe LLP. Report of the Audit Committee The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the Company’s 2024 audited consolidated financial statements with management and Crowe LLP. The Audit Committee has also discussed with Crowe LLP the matters required to be discussed pursuant to PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 1301 (Communications with Audit Committees). The Audit Committee also has reviewed and discussed with Crowe LLP its written disclosures and letter provided to the Audit Committee pursuant to the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding communications by Crowe LLP with the Audit Committee concerning independence and has considered the compatibility of any non-audit services performed for the Company by Crowe LLP on its independence. Based on these reviews and discussions, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that the audited financial statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. Respectfully Submitted, Jacob P. Sonenshine (Chairman)
Max A. Briggs
Henchy R. Enden
C. Allen Parker 37 TABLE OF CONTENTS ADVISORY VOTE ON THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY’S NAMED
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS (Proposal No. 4) We are asking our stockholders to approve, at this year’s Annual Meeting, an advisory resolution with respect to the compensation paid to our named executive officers for 2024. As described in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis