Company: FFWM
Filing Date: 2025-07-08
Form Type: S-8
Source: 0001104659-25-066425
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Company: First Foundation Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-08
Form: S-8
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 the above indemnification provision or otherwise as a matter of law.

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Insofar as indemnification
for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to the registrant’s directors, officers or controlling
persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Company has been informed that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In addition, indemnification for
violations of state securities laws may be limited by applicable laws.

Item 8. Exhibits.

The following documents are filed as exhibits to this Registration
Statement:

| Exhibit 
 4.1     
 4.2     |     | Description                                                                                                                                                                                       
 Certificate of Incorporation of First Foundation Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October 29, 2015).                          
 Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October 3, 2024).         |
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| 4.3     |     | Certificate of Designations for Series A Noncumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on July 9, 2024). |
| 4.4     |     | Certificate of Designations for Series B Noncumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on July 9, 2024). |
| 4.5     |     | Certificate of Designations for Series C NVCE Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on July 9, 2024).                                |
| 4.6     |     | Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 27, 2024).                                                         |
| 5.1     |     | Opinion of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP.