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EX-10.17B

 Exhibit 10.17B 

BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC. 

2018 OMNIBUS STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN 

INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT 

(PERFORMANCE-BASED) 
 ISO NO.
              
 This Option is granted pursuant to this Incentive Stock
Option Agreement (the “Agreement”) on                 , 20     (the “Grant Date”) by Banc of California, Inc., a
Maryland corporation (the “Company”), to              (the “Optionee”), in accordance with the following terms and conditions: 

1.    Option Grant and Exercise Period. The Company hereby grants to the Optionee an Incentive Stock Option
(“Option”) to purchase, pursuant to the Banc of California, Inc. 2018 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Plan”), and upon the terms and conditions therein and hereinafter set forth,
an aggregate of              Shares (the “Option Shares”) of Common Stock at the price of $         per Share (the
“Exercise Price”). A copy of the Plan, as currently in effect, is incorporated herein by reference and is attached to this Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein which are not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to
such terms in the Plan. 
 This Option shall vest and become exercisable only during the period (the “Exercise Period”) commencing
at the time[s] as provided in Section 2 below, and ending at 5:00 p.m., Pacific time, on the date 10 years after the Grant Date, (the “Expiration Date”) subject to earlier vesting and/or earlier expiration pursuant to Sections 6 and 9
below. 
 2.    Vesting of this Option. The Option Shares shall become vested and exercisable during the Exercise
Period based on the level of achievement of the performance goal[s] specified in Annex A hereto (the “Performance Goal[s]”) during the performance period[s] specified in Annex A hereto (the “Performance Period[s]”). As soon as
practicable following the end of the applicable Performance Period, the Committee shall determine (a) whether, and to what extent, the Performance Goal[s] for the Performance Period [has/have] been achieved, and (b) the extent to which the
Option Shares have accordingly become vested and exercisable. Such determination shall be final, conclusive and binding on the Optionee and on all other persons. 

This Option is subject to forfeiture until it vests. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Option will vest and become non-forfeitable on the date[s] the Committee certifies the achievement of the Performance Goal[s] in accordance with this Section 2, subject to (a) determination by the Committee of the achievement of the
minimum threshold Performance Goal[s] for vesting set forth in Annex A hereto, and (b) the Optionee not experiencing a Termination of Employment prior to the date that the Committee certifies the achievement of the Performance
Goal[s].     
 3.    Method of Exercise of this Option. To the extent vested, this Option
may be exercised by giving written notice to the Company, as hereinafter provided, specifying the number of Option Shares to be purchased. The notice of exercise of this Option shall be in the 

 
form prescribed by the Committee and directed to the address set forth in Section 12 below. The date of exercise is the date on which such notice is received by the Company. Such notice
shall be accompanied by payment in full of the aggregate Exercise Price for the Option Shares to be purchased upon such exercise. Payment shall be made (i) by certified or bank check or such other instrument as the Company may accept,
(ii) by tendering previously acquired unrestricted Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value at the time of exercise equal to the aggregate Exercise Price, (iii) to the extent permitted by applicable law, by delivering a properly
executed notice of exercise to the Company, together with a copy of irrevocable instructions to a broker to deliver promptly to the Company the amount of sale or loan proceeds necessary to pay the aggregate Exercise Price, and, if requested, the
amount of any federal, state, local or foreign withholding taxes, (iv) by instructing the Company to withhold a number of Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value (based on the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of exercise) equal
to the product of (A) the Exercise Price and (B) the number of Option Shares in respect of which this Option shall have been exercised, or (v) by any combination of (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv). Promptly after such payment, subject to
Section 4 below, the Company shall issue and deliver to the Optionee or other person exercising this Option a certificate or certificates representing the Shares so purchased, registered in the name of the Optionee (or such other person), or,
upon request, in the name of the Optionee (or such other person) and in the name of another in such form of joint ownership as requested by the Optionee (or such other person) pursuant to applicable state law. In lieu of issuing a certificate or
certificates representing the Shares so purchased, the Company may cause such Shares to be credited to a book entry account maintained by the Company (or its transfer agent or other designee) for the benefit of the Optionee or other person
exercising this Option, including any joint owner as provided in the immediately preceding sentence. For the avoidance of doubt, a fractional Share shall not be issuable hereunder, and when any provision hereof may entitle the Optionee to a
fractional share, such fraction shall (unless the Committee determines otherwise) be disregarded. 
 4.    Delivery
and Registration of Shares. The Company’s obligation to deliver Shares hereunder shall, if the Committee so requests, be conditioned upon the receipt of a representation that the Optionee or any other person to whom such Shares are to be
delivered is acquiring the Shares without a view to the distribution thereof. In requesting any such representation, it may be provided that such representation requirement shall become inoperative upon a registration of such Shares or other action
eliminating the necessity of such representation under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or other securities law or regulation. The Company shall not be required to deliver any Shares upon exercise of this Option prior to (i) the listing
or approval for listing upon notice of issuance of the Shares on the Applicable Exchange, (ii) any registration or other qualification of such Shares under any state or federal law, rule or regulation, or the maintaining in effect of any such
registration or other qualification which the Committee shall, in its absolute discretion upon the advice of counsel, determine necessary or advisable, and (iii) obtaining any other consent, approval, or permit from any state or federal
governmental agency which the Committee shall, in its absolute discretion after receiving the advice of counsel, determine to be necessary or advisable. This Option and the obligation of the Company to deliver the Shares hereunder shall be subject
to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any government or regulatory agency as may be required. 

5.    Nontransferability of this Option. Except as otherwise permitted by the Code or the regulations thereunder,
this Option may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or 

  
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otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than, for no value or consideration by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. This Option shall be exercisable, subject to the terms of the
Plan, only by the Optionee, the guardian or legal representative of such Optionee, or any person to whom such Option is permissibly transferred pursuant to this Section 5, it being understood that the term “Optionee” includes such
guardian, legal representative and other transferee; provided, however, that the term “Termination of Employment” shall continue to refer to the Termination of Employment of the original Optionee. 

The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto, the successors and assigns of the
Company and any person acting with the legal authority of the Optionee or to whom this Option is transferred in accordance with this Section 5. 

6.    Termination of Employment. [The treatment of this Option upon and following a Termination of Employment of
the Optionee shall be as and to the extent provided in Section 5(j) of the Plan. In no event shall this Option be exercisable following the Expiration Date.] 

7.    Notice of Sale. The Optionee or any person to whom this Option or the Option Shares shall have been
transferred pursuant to Section 5 promptly shall give notice to the Company in the event of the sale or other disposition of Option Shares within the later of (i) two years from the Grant Date or (ii) one year from the date of
exercise of this Option. Such notice shall specify the number of Option Shares sold or otherwise disposed of and be directed to the address set forth in Section 12 below. 

8.    Adjustments. In the event of a Corporate Transaction or Share Change, this Option shall be adjusted as and to
the extent provided in Section 3(d) of the Plan. 
 9.    Effect of Change in Control. [The treatment of
this Option upon and following a Change in Control shall be as and to the extent provided in Section 10 of the Plan.] Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Option shall not become exercisable to the extent that it has previously been exercised or
otherwise terminated. 
 10.    Stockholder Rights not Granted by this Option. The Optionee is not entitled by
virtue hereof to any rights of a stockholder of the Company or to notice of meetings of stockholders or to notice of any other proceedings of the Company. The Optionee shall have all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company holding the class or
series of Common Stock that is subject to this Option (including, if applicable, the right to vote the applicable Shares and the right to receive dividends) when the Optionee (i) has given written notice of exercise, (ii) if requested, has
given the representation described in Section 14(a) of the Plan and Section 4 hereof, and (iii) has paid in full for such Shares. 

11.    Withholding Tax. The Company shall have the power and the right to deduct or withhold, or require the
Optionee to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state and local taxes (including the Optionee’s FICA obligation) required by law to be withheld with respect to this Option. 

12.    Notices. All notices hereunder to the Company shall be delivered or mailed to it addressed to the Secretary
of Banc of California, Inc., 3 MacArthur Place, Santa Ana, California 

  
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92707. Any notices hereunder to the Optionee shall be delivered personally or mailed to the Optionee’s current address according to the Company’s personnel files. Such addresses for the
service of notices may be changed at any time, provided written notice of the change is furnished in advance to the Company or to the Optionee, as the case may be. 

13.    Clawback. Any Shares or cash proceeds received in respect of the Option granted pursuant to this Agreement
shall be subject to any clawback, recoupment or forfeiture provisions (i) required by law or regulation and applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates as in effect from time to time or (ii) set forth in any policies
adopted or maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates as in effect from time to time, including, without limitation, the Company’s Incentive Compensation Recoupment Policy, if applicable to the Optionee. 

14.    Plan and Plan Interpretations as Controlling. This Option and the terms and conditions herein set forth are
subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the Plan, which are controlling. All determinations and interpretations made in the discretion of the Committee shall be final and conclusive upon the Optionee or the Optionee’s legal
representatives with regard to any question arising hereunder or under the Plan. 
 15.    Optionee Service.
Nothing in this Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate to terminate the Optionee’s employment or service at any time, nor confer upon the Optionee any right to continue in the
employ or service of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate. 
 16.    Loss of Incentive Stock Option Status.
If any portion of this Option shall fail, for any reason, to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code (or any successor provision), it shall be treated as a Nonqualified Option under the Plan. The Optionee
acknowledges that this Option will lose such qualification if: (a) this Option is exercised by the Optionee more than three months after the Optionee’s Termination of Employment (if and to the extent this Option is still then exercisable);
or (b) the Option Shares acquired upon exercise of this Option are sold or otherwise disposed of within one of the time periods described in Section 7. 

17.    Severability. The various provisions of this Agreement are severable in their entirety. Any judicial or
legal determination of invalidity or unenforceability of any one provision shall have no effect on the continuing force and effect of the remaining provisions. 

18.    Governing Law; Headings. This Agreement and actions taken hereunder shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect. 

19.    Amendment. This Agreement may be amended or modified by the Committee at any time; provided,
that, no amendment or modification that materially impairs the rights of the Optionee as provided by this Agreement shall be effective unless set forth in writing signed by the parties hereto, except such an amendment made to cause the terms
of this Agreement or the Option granted hereunder to comply with applicable law (including tax law), Applicable 

  
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Exchange listing standards or accounting rules. The waiver by either party of compliance with any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other provision
of this Agreement, or of any subsequent breach by such party of a provision of this Agreement. 
 20.    Optionee
Acceptance; Counterparts. The Optionee shall signify his acceptance of the terms and conditions of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below and returning a signed copy hereof to the Company at the address set forth in
Section 12 above. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The parties hereto agree to execute such further instruments
and to take such further action as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement. 
 [Signature page
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the
date first above written. 
  

			
		 	BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
		
	By:  	 	  

		
		 	ACCEPTED
		
		 	  

		
		 	  

		 	(Street Address)
		
		 	  

		 	(City, State and Zip Code)

  

 ANNEX A – PERFORMANCE-BASED VESTING SCHEDULEEX-10.17C

 Exhibit 10.17C 

BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC. 

2018 OMNIBUS STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN 

NONQUALIFIED OPTION AGREEMENT 
 NQSO
NO.              
 This Option is granted pursuant to this Nonqualified
Option Agreement (the “Agreement”) on                 , 20     (the “Grant Date”) by Banc of California, Inc., a
Maryland corporation (the “Company”), to                  (the “Optionee”), in accordance with the following terms and conditions: 

1.        Option Grant and Exercise Period. The Company hereby grants to the Optionee a Nonqualified Option
(“Option”) to purchase, pursuant to the Banc of California, Inc. 2018 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Plan”), and upon the terms and conditions therein and hereinafter set forth,
an aggregate of              Shares (the “Option Shares”) of Common Stock at the price of $            
per Share (the “Exercise Price”). A copy of the Plan, as currently in effect, is incorporated herein by reference and is attached to this Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein which are not defined in this Agreement shall have the
meanings ascribed to such terms in the Plan. 
 This Option shall vest and become exercisable only during the period (the “Exercise
Period”) commencing on the date(s) set forth in Section 2 below, and ending at 5:00 p.m., Pacific time, on the date 10 years after the Grant Date (the “Expiration Date”) subject to earlier vesting and/or earlier expiration
pursuant to Sections 6 and 8 below. 
 2.        Vesting of this Option. The Option Shares shall become
vested and exercisable during the Exercise Period with respect to not more than the cumulative number of Option Shares set forth below on or after the date(s) indicated: 
  

			
	
Option Shares Exercisable
	 	Date Exercisable
	    	 	 
	    	 	 
	    	 	 
	    	 	 

 3.        Method of Exercise of this Option. To the extent vested, this Option
may be exercised by giving written notice to the Company, as hereinafter provided, specifying the number of Option Shares to be purchased. The notice of exercise of this Option shall be in the form prescribed by the Committee and directed to the
address set forth in Section 11 below. The date of exercise is the date on which such notice is received by the Company. Such notice shall be accompanied by payment in full of the aggregate Exercise Price for the Option Shares to be purchased
upon such exercise. Payment shall be made (i) by certified or bank check or such other instrument as the Company may accept, (ii) by tendering previously acquired unrestricted Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value at the time of
exercise equal to the aggregate Exercise Price, (iii) to 

 
the extent permitted by applicable law, by delivering a properly executed notice of exercise to the Company, together with a copy of irrevocable instructions to a broker to deliver promptly to
the Company the amount of sale or loan proceeds necessary to pay the aggregate Exercise Price, and, if requested, the amount of any federal, state, local or foreign withholding taxes, (iv) by instructing the Company to withhold a number of
Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value (based on the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of exercise) equal to the product of (A) the Exercise Price and (B) the number of Option Shares in respect of which this Option shall
have been exercised, or (v) by any combination of (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv). Promptly after such payment, subject to Section 4 below, the Company shall issue and deliver to the Optionee or other person exercising this Option a certificate
or certificates representing the Shares so purchased, registered in the name of the Optionee (or such other person), or, upon request, in the name of the Optionee (or such other person) and in the name of another in such form of joint ownership as
requested by the Optionee (or such other person) pursuant to applicable state law. In lieu of issuing a certificate or certificates representing the Shares so purchased, the Company may cause such Shares to be credited to a book entry account
maintained by the Company (or its transfer agent or other designee) for the benefit of the Optionee or other person exercising this Option, including any joint owner as provided in the immediately preceding sentence. For the avoidance of doubt, a
fractional Share shall not be issuable hereunder, and when any provision hereof may entitle the Optionee to a fractional share, such fraction shall (unless the Committee determines otherwise) be disregarded. 

4.        Delivery and Registration of Shares. The Company’s obligation to deliver Shares
hereunder shall, if the Committee so requests, be conditioned upon the receipt of a representation that the Optionee or any other person to whom such Shares are to be delivered is acquiring the Shares without a view to the distribution thereof. In
requesting any such representation, it may be provided that such representation requirement shall become inoperative upon a registration of such Shares or other action eliminating the necessity of such representation under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or other securities law or regulation. The Company shall not be required to deliver any Shares upon exercise of this Option prior to (i) the listing or approval for listing upon notice of issuance of the Shares on the
Applicable Exchange, (ii) any registration or other qualification of such Shares under any state or federal law, rule or regulation, or the maintaining in effect of any such registration or other qualification which the Committee shall, in its
absolute discretion upon the advice of counsel, determine necessary or advisable, and (iii) obtaining any other consent, approval, or permit from any state or federal governmental agency which the Committee shall, in its absolute discretion
after receiving the advice of counsel, determine to be necessary or advisable. This Option and the obligation of the Company to deliver the Shares hereunder shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any
government or regulatory agency as may be required. 
 5.        Nontransferability of this
Option. This Option may not be sold, transferred, pledged assigned or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than, for no value or consideration: (i) by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, or (ii) as otherwise
expressly permitted by the Committee including, if so permitted, pursuant to a transfer to the Optionee’s family members, whether directly or indirectly or by means of a trust or partnership or otherwise (unless otherwise determined by the
Committee, “family member” shall have the meaning given to such term in General Instructions A.1(a)(5) to Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as

  
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amended, and any successor thereto). This Option shall be exercisable, subject to the terms of the Plan, only by the Optionee, the guardian or legal representative of such Optionee, or any person
to whom such Option is permissibly transferred pursuant to this Section 5, it being understood that the term “Optionee” includes such guardian, legal representative and other transferee; provided, however, that the term
“Termination of Employment” shall continue to refer to the Termination of Employment of the original Optionee. 
 The provisions
of this Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto, the successors and assigns of the Company and any person acting with the legal authority of the Optionee or to whom this Option is transferred
in accordance with this Section 5. 
 6.        Termination of Employment. The treatment
of this Option upon and following a Termination of Employment of the Optionee shall be as and to the extent provided in Section 5(j) of the Plan. In no event shall this Option be exercisable following the Expiration Date. 

7.        Adjustments. In the event of a Corporate Transaction or Share Change, the Option
shall be adjusted as and to the extent provided in Section 3(d) of the Plan. 

8.        Effect of Change in Control. The treatment of this Option upon and following a Change
in Control shall be as and to the extent provided in Section 10 of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Option shall not become exercisable to the extent that it has previously been exercised or otherwise terminated. 

9.        Stockholder Rights not Granted by this Option. The Optionee is not entitled by virtue
hereof to any rights of a stockholder of the Company or to notice of meetings of stockholders or to notice of any other proceedings of the Company. The Optionee shall have all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company holding the class or series
of Common Stock that is subject to this Option (including, if applicable, the right to vote the applicable Shares and the right to receive dividends) when the Optionee (i) has given written notice of exercise, (ii) if requested, has given
the representation described in Section 14(a) of the Plan and Section 4 hereof, and (iii) has paid in full for such Shares. 

10.        Withholding Tax. The Company shall have the power and the right to deduct or
withhold, or require the Optionee to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state and local taxes (including the Optionee’s FICA obligation) required by law to be withheld with respect to this Option. 

11.        Notices. All notices hereunder to the Company shall be delivered or mailed to it
addressed to the Secretary of Banc of California, Inc., 3 MacArthur Place, Santa Ana, California 92707. Any notices hereunder to the Optionee shall be delivered personally or mailed to the Optionee’s current address according to the
Company’s personnel files. Such addresses for the service of notices may be changed at any time, provided written notice of the change is furnished in advance to the Company or to the Optionee, as the case may be. 

  
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 12.        Clawback. Any Shares or cash
proceeds received in respect of the Option granted pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to any clawback, recoupment or forfeiture provisions (i) required by law or regulation and applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates as in effect from time to time or (ii) set forth in any policies adopted or maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates as in effect from time to time, including, without limitation, the Company’s
Incentive Compensation Recoupment Policy, if applicable to the Optionee. 
 13.        Plan and
Plan Interpretations as Controlling. This Option and the terms and conditions herein set forth are subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the Plan, which are controlling. All determinations and interpretations made in the
discretion of the Committee shall be final and conclusive upon the Optionee or the Optionee’s legal representatives with regard to any question arising hereunder or under the Plan. 

14.        Optionee Service. Nothing in this Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way
the right of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate to terminate the Optionee’s employment or service at any time, nor confer upon the Optionee any right to continue in the employ or service of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate.

 15.        Severability. The various provisions of this Agreement are severable in their
entirety. Any judicial or legal determination of invalidity or unenforceability of any one provision shall have no effect on the continuing force and effect of the remaining provisions. 

16.        Governing Law; Headings. This Agreement and actions taken hereunder shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect. 

17.        Amendment. This Agreement may be amended or modified by the Committee at any time;
provided, that, no amendment or modification that materially impairs the rights of the Optionee as provided by this Agreement shall be effective unless set forth in writing signed by the parties hereto, except such an amendment made to
cause the terms of this Agreement or the Option granted hereunder to comply with applicable law (including tax law), Applicable Exchange listing standards or accounting rules. The waiver by either party of compliance with any provision of this
Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other provision of this Agreement, or of any subsequent breach by such party of a provision of this Agreement. 

18.        Optionee Acceptance; Counterparts. The Optionee shall signify his acceptance of the
terms and conditions of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below and returning a signed copy hereof to the Company at the address set forth in Section 11 above. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The parties hereto agree to execute such further instruments and to take such further action as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes and
intent of this Agreement. 

  
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 [Signature page follows] 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the
date first above written. 
  

			
	BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
		
	By:     	 	  

		
		 	ACCEPTED
		
		 	  

		
		 	  

		 	(Street Address)
		
		 	  

		 	(City, State and Zip Code)

  
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