Company: BANC-PF
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001169770-25-000015
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Company: BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
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 accounting and advisory services, his service on numerous bank boards, his experience at PL Capital managing investments in the banking industry, and his perspective as an investor in the Company make him a valued member of the Board. Mr. Lashley is one of the Company’s Board-designated “audit committee financial experts.”                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Independent Director 
 Age:66               
 Director Since:2017  |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |

#### 13Banc of CaliforniaAnnual Proxy Statement2025

#### Proposal I
|                      |     | Joseph J. Rice                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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 Mr. Rice spent 30 years at Wells Fargo & Co., during which time he held executive leadership positions, including 14 years in senior credit risk management roles.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 Mr. Rice currently serves as the Executive Vice President of Operations for Nammi Therapeutics, Inc., a private biotechnology company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Prior to joining Nammi Therapeutics in 2022, Mr. Rice retired from Wells Fargo following a 30-year career where he served in numerous senior leadership roles, including as Chief Credit Officer and Chief Operational Risk Officer, and oversaw credit risk management for a number of Wells Fargo's commercial lending business units. During his tenure at Wells Fargo, Mr. Rice also led a series of special project teams, directing a variety of risk management, regulatory, and customer remediation efforts. Most recently, Mr. Rice led Wells Fargo’s commercial real estate and small business loan workout units. 
 Mr. Rice also serves on the boards of nonprofit organizations, including The Music Center of Los Angeles County, and the Painted Turtle, a camp for children with serious medical conditions. A lifelong resident of California, Mr. Rice received his Bachelor’s of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his Master’s of Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 Mr. Rice’s extensive background in commercial credit, operational risk management and banking, combined with his leadership roles, make him a valuable member of the Board. Mr. Rice is one of the Company’s Board-designated “audit committee financial experts.”                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Independent Director 
 Age:60               
 Director Since:2023  |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |

#### 14Banc of CaliforniaAnnual Proxy Statement2025

#### Proposal I
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