Company: FFWM
Filing Date: 2025-10-27
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001104659-25-102636
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Company: First Foundation Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-27
Form: 425
Chunk 1
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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |

An investor presentation related to the
transaction described in Item 8.01 is furnished as 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein (the
“Investor Presentation”). Page 45 of the Investor Presentation also contains preliminary earnings estimates for the
third quarter of 2025 for First Foundation Inc.

The information contained in Item 7.01 shall not
be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration statement
or other documents pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or into any filing or other
document pursuant to the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |

On October 27, 2025, First Foundation Inc. (“First
Foundation”) and FirstSun Capital Bancorp (“FirstSun”) issued a joint press release announcing the execution of an Agreement
and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of October 27, 2025, by and between First Foundation and FirstSun, pursuant
to which, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, First Foundation will merge with and into FirstSun, with FirstSun
continuing as the surviving entity (the “Corporate Merger”). Immediately following the Corporate Merger, First Foundation
Bank will merge with and into Sunflower Bank, National Association (“Sunflower Bank”), with Sunflower Bank continuing as the
surviving bank.

The transaction is expected to close early in
the second quarter of 2026, subject to the receipt of regulatory approvals, the approval of First Foundation’s and FirstSun’s
shareholders and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

A copy of the joint press release issued by First
Foundation and FirstSun is filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

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