Company: FFWM
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-036041
Chunk: 102

Company: First Foundation Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 102
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, every two years, or every three years. After careful consideration, our Board and our Compensation Committee believe that submitting executive compensation to an advisory vote by our stockholders on an annual basis is appropriate for the Company and its stockholders at this time. We view the advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers as an additional (although not the only) opportunity for our stockholders to communicate with us regarding their views on compensation of our named executive officers. Stockholders may vote for “one year,” “two years” or “three years,” or may abstain from voting, with respect to this proposal. The time interval that receives the highest number of votes cast on this proposal will be considered our stockholder’s preference for the frequency of the stockholders’ non-binding advisory vote concerning executive compensation. This vote is advisory and not binding on the Company, our Board or our Compensation Committee. Our Board and our Compensation Committee will take into account the outcome of the vote, however, when considering the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers. Notwithstanding the Board’s recommendation and the outcome of the stockholder vote, the Board may decide in the future to conduct advisory votes on a more or less frequent basis and may vary its practice in this regard based on factors such as discussions with our stockholders and the adoption of material changes to our compensation programs for our named executive officers. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE TO CONDUCT FUTURE ADVISORY VOTES ON THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS EVERY YEAR. 67 TABLE OF CONTENTS STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS AND DIRECTOR NOMINATIONS Under Rule 14a-8 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act, any stockholder desiring to submit a proposal for inclusion in our proxy materials for our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2026 Annual Meeting”) must provide us with a written copy of that proposal, addressed to the principal executive office of the Company, at 200 Crescent Court, Suite 1400, Dallas, Texas 75201, on or before December 18, 2025, which is 120 days prior to the anniversary of the date of the Company’s proxy statement for the Annual Meeting was first released to stockholders. However, if the date of our 2026 Annual Meeting changes by more than thirty days from the date of the annual meeting in 2025, then the deadline would be a reasonable time