Company: FFWM
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-036041
Chunk: 103

Company: First Foundation Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 103
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 before we begin to print and mail our proxy materials for our 2026 Annual Meeting. Matters pertaining to such proposals, including the number and length thereof, eligibility of persons entitled to have such proposals included and other aspects are governed by the Exchange Act, and the rules of the SEC thereunder and other laws and regulations to which interested stockholders should refer. In accordance with the advance notice requirements contained in Article II, Section 2.2 of our Bylaws, a stockholder who proposes to bring business before, or make nominations of persons for election to the Board at, the 2026 Annual Meeting but who does not desire to have the proposal or nomination included in the proxy materials we distribute must deliver written notice to, and such written notice must be received by, our secretary not earlier than December 18, 2025 and not later than January 17, 2026. A stockholder’s written notice must include certain information concerning the stockholder and each nominee or proposal, as specified in our Bylaws, and otherwise comply with the requirements of that Section. Additionally, any stockholder who intends to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the Company’s nominees for inclusion in a universal proxy card pursuant to Rule 14a-19 of the Exchange Act must provide written notice that sets forth the information required by our Bylaws and Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act not earlier than December 18, 2025 and not later than January 17, 2026. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that we change the date of the 2026 Annual Meeting to a date that is more than thirty days before or after the anniversary of our Annual Meeting, written notice by a stockholder must be received by our secretary not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth day following the day on which the public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is first made by the Company. Stockholder proposals or nominations for directors that do not meet the notice requirements set forth above and further described in our Bylaws and/or Rule 14a-19 will not be acted upon at the 2026 Annual Meeting. SOLICITATION OF PROXIES We will pay the costs of soliciting proxies from our stockholders, and plan on soliciting proxies by mail. In order to ensure adequate representation at the Annual Meeting, our directors, officers and employees and those of FFB may, without additional compensation therefor, communicate with stockholders, brokerage