Company: FFWM
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-036041
Chunk: 3

Company: First Foundation Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
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TABLE OF CONTENTS FIRST FOUNDATION INC.
200 Crescent Court, Suite 1400
Dallas, Texas 75201 PROXY STATEMENT ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS To Be Held May 29, 2025 INTRODUCTION This Proxy Statement is being furnished to you in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of First Foundation Inc., a Delaware corporation, for its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders which will be held on May 29, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time, at 18101 Von Karman Avenue, 2 nd Floor, Irvine, California 92612. This Proxy Statement and the proxy card are first being made available to stockholders on or about April 17, 2025. As a matter of convenience, in this Proxy Statement we will refer to First Foundation Inc. as “FFI” or as the “Company” or “we,” “us” or “our” and our 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders as the “Annual Meeting.” All stockholders are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting in person. However, you do not need to attend the Annual Meeting to vote your shares. Instead, you may vote your shares over the Internet, by telephone, or by completing, signing and returning the enclosed proxy card by mail. We will begin mailing a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials and voting instructions to our stockholders on or about April 17, 2025, informing them of the availability online of our proxy statement and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT. WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THIS PROXY STATEMENT AND PROVIDE US WITH YOUR PROXY CARD OR VOTING INSTRUCTIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING Why Did You Send Me This Proxy Statement? The Board is soliciting your proxy and providing you this Proxy Statement because you were an owner of record of shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “common stock”),