Company: FFWM
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-036041
Chunk: 18

Company: First Foundation Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 18
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 within ten days prior to the meeting for election of directors with reasonable documentary evidence that the stockholder has complied with the representations and undertakings made in such notice. Stockholders are advised to carefully review our Bylaws, which contain a description of the information required to be submitted, as well as the advance notice and other requirements that apply to nominations by stockholders of candidates for election to the Board. Any stockholder nomination at any annual meeting that does not comply with the requirements set forth in our Bylaws will be ineffective and disregarded. 10

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT Set forth below is information regarding the beneficial ownership, as of March 31, 2025, of the Company’s common stock by (i) each person who we knew owned, beneficially, more than 5% of the Company’s outstanding shares, (ii) each of the Company’s current directors and each nominee standing for election to the Board at the Annual Meeting, (iii) each of the executive officers of the Company who are named in the Summary Compensation Table below, and (iv) all of the directors and executive officers as a group. As of March 31, 2025, a total of 82,386,071 shares of our common stock were issued and outstanding.

| ​                                                                                                       | ​ | ​ | As of March 31, 2025(1)          |   |               |   |   |   |                 |   |      |   | ​ |
| Name and Title                                                                                          | ​ | ​ | Number ofSharesBeneficiallyOwned |   |               |   | ​ | ​ | Percent ofClass |   |      |   | ​ |
| Canyon Capital Advisors LLC                                                                             | ​ | ​ | ​                                | ​ |  8,152,392(2) | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​               | ​ | 9.9% | ​ | ​ |
| FMR LLC                                                                                                 | ​ | ​ | ​                                | ​ |  7,404,580(3) | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​               | ​ | 9.0% | ​ | ​ |
| Strategic Value Bank Partners LLC                                                                       | ​ | ​ | ​                                | ​ |  6,768,343(4) | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​               | ​ | 8.2% | ​ | ​ |
| BlackRock Inc.                                                                                          | ​ | ​