Company: BANC-PF
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001169770-25-000015
Chunk: 104

Company: BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
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 proxy. The Inspector of Election for the Annual Meeting will have final authority to determine the validity of any proxy.

• Letter from Intermediary. A letter from the bank, broker or other nominee through which you hold your shares confirming your ownership as of the Record Date.

The Company may, in its sole discretion, permit other individuals to attend the Annual Meeting.

#### 88Banc of CaliforniaAnnual Proxy Statement2025
| Information About the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders |

#### Director Nominees Unable to Stand for Election
If a director nominee is unable to stand for election, the Board of Directors may either reduce the number of directors to be elected or select a substitute director nominee. If a substitute director nominee is selected, the persons named in the proxy will vote your shares for the substitute director nominee.

#### Other Matters
The Board of Directors knows of no other business that will be presented at the Annual Meeting. If any other matter properly comes before the stockholders for a vote at the Annual Meeting, the persons named in the proxy will vote the shares represented thereby in accordance with their best judgment.

#### 89Banc of CaliforniaAnnual Proxy Statement2025
Stockholder Proposals and Other Information Regarding the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be Held in 2026

If you intend to present a stockholder proposal at next year’s annual meeting of stockholders, your proposal must be received by the Company at its executive offices, located at 3 MacArthur Place, Santa Ana, California 92707, no later than November 27, 2025 to be eligible for inclusion in the Company’s proxy statement and form of proxy for that meeting, provided that if the date for next year’s annual meeting is changed by more than 30 days from the anniversary date of the Annual Meeting, then such proposal must be received by the Company at its executive offices at a reasonable time before the Company begins to print and send its proxy materials for next year’s annual meeting. Your proposal will be subject to the requirements of the proxy rules adopted under the Exchange Act and the Company’s charter and bylaws and Maryland law.

The Company’s bylaws contain additional notification requirements for stockholder proposals, regardless of whether they are submitted for inclusion in the Company’s proxy materials. For a stockholder proposal to be considered for presentation at next year’s annual meeting, written notice of the proposal containing the information set forth in Section 1.09 of the Company’s bylaws must be received by the Company no later than February 6, 2026