Company: BANC-PF
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001169770-25-000015
Chunk: 4

Company: BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 4
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46 Elements of our Compensation Decision Making 47 Role of Peer Group for 2024 Compensation Decisions 48 2024 Compensation Components and Pay Decisions 48 Base Salary 49 Incentive (Performance) Based Compensation (Annual and Long-Term) 54 Other Benefits; Compensation Policies, and Practices

57 Report of the CNG Committee

58 Summary Compensation Table

62 2024 Grants of Plan-Based Awards

63 Outstanding Equity Awards at December 31, 2024

64 Stock Awards Vested

65 Employment Agreements

66 Summary of Benefits and Potential Payments Upon Termination of Employment or Change in Control 68 Potential Payments Upon Termination of Employment or Change in Control as of December 31, 2024

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71 Chief Executive Officer Pay Ratio

72 Pay-Versus-Performance 74 Relationship Analysis Between "Compensation Actually Paid" and Performance Measures 75 Financial Performance Measures

76 Report of the Audit Committee

77 Proposal II 77 Ratification of the Selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Year Ending December 31, 2025 77 Changes in Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 78 Fees Paid to Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms During the Years Ended December 31, 2024 and 2023

80 Proposal III 80 Approval, on an Advisory and Non-Binding Basis, of the Compensation Paid to our NEOs

81 Proposal IV 81 Approval, on an Advisory and Non-Binding Basis, of the Frequency of Future Non-Binding Votes to Approve the Compensation Paid to our NEOs

82 Transactions with Related Persons 82 General 82 Related Party Transaction Policy 83 Outside Business Activity Policy 83 Certain Transactions with Related Persons

85 Information About the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders 85 General 86 How to Vote Your Shares 86 Revoking Your Proxy 87 Board of Directors Voting Recommendations 87 How Shares are Treated When no Voting Instructions are Provided 87 Vote Required for Each Proposal and Treatment and Effect of Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes 88 Inspector of Election 88 Proxy Solicitation Costs 88 Attending the Annual Meeting 89 Director Nominees Unable to Stand for Election 89 Other Matters

90 Stockholder Proposals and Other Information Regarding the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be Held in 2026

91 Appendix - Non-GAAP Measures

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