Company: FFWM
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-036041
Chunk: 90

Company: First Foundation Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
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2) The amounts shown in compensation actually paid have been calculated in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K and do not reflect compensation actually earned, realized or received by the Company’s NEOs. These amounts reflect the summary compensation table total within certain adjustments as described below in footnote 3. (3) Compensation Actually Paid reflects the exclusions and inclusions of certain amounts for the PEO and non-PEO NEO’s as set forth below. Equity values are calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 and valuation assumptions do not differ materially from those disclosed as of the grant date of the equity awards. Amounts in the Exclusion of Stock Awards column are the totals from the Stock Awards columns set forth in the Summary Compensation Table. For all periods presented, equity values or awards only include stock awards as there were no stock options granted or outstanding during these periods. (4) The Peer Group TSR set forth in this table utilizes the KBW Nasdaq Regional Bank Index, which we also utilized in the stock performance graph required by Item 201(e) of regulation S-K in our Annual Report filed on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. The comparison assumes $100 invested for the period beginning December 31, 2020 through December 31, 2024 for the Company and the KBW Regional Bank Index, respectively. TSR shown in the table are not necessarily indicative of future stock performance. (5) We determined Return on Average Tangible Common Equity was the most important financial measure used to link Company performance to Compensation Actually Paid to our PEO and non-PEO NEOs. This performance measure may not have been the most important financial performance measure for prior years and we may determine a different financial performance measure to be the most important financial measure in future years.

| Year            | ​ | ​ | Summary CompensationTable Total for PEO ($) |   |           |   | ​ | ​ | Exclusion of StockAwards for PEO ($) |   |            |   | ​ | ​ | Inclusion of EquityValues for PEO ($) |   |           |   | ​ | ​ | Compensation ActuallyPaid to PEO ($) |   |           |   | ​ |
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