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Form 8-K

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8-K — BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC.

Accession: 0001628280-26-032941

Filed: 2026-05-08

Period: 2026-05-08

CIK: 0001169770

SIC: 6021 (NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS)

Item: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 8, 2026

Commission File Number 001-35522

BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland 04-3639825

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

11611 San Vicente Boulevard, Suite 500

Los Angeles, CA 90049

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

(855) 361-2262

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class Trading Symbol(s) Name of Exchange on Which Registered

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share BANC New York Stock Exchange

Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/40th interest

in a share of 7.75% fixed rate reset non-cumulative

perpetual preferred stock, Series F BANC/PF New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters of a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 6, 2026, Banc of California, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2026 Annual Meeting”). As of March 13, 2026, the record date for the 2026 Annual Meeting, there were 153,778,367 shares of the Company’s voting common stock outstanding. At the 2026 Annual Meeting, stockholders voted on the matters disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2026 (the “Proxy Statement”). The results of the items voted on at the 2026 Annual Meeting are as follows:

Proposal I. Election of the ten director nominees:

The Company’s directors were each elected by a majority of the votes cast. Accordingly, the following ten director nominees were elected, each for a term of one year expiring at the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders:

Nominee

For

Against

Abstentions

Non-Votes

James A. “Conan” Barker 116,750,933 799,009 61,440 N/A

Paul R. Burke 116,405,677 1,123,230 82,475 N/A

Mary A. Curran 116,451,893 1,083,943 75,546 N/A

John M. Eggemeyer 116,220,115 1,225,967 165,300 N/A

Shannon F. Eusey 116,322,604 1,198,215 90,563 N/A

Susan E. Lester 116,704,750 813,333 93,299 N/A

Joseph J. Rice 116,762,079 787,759 61,544 N/A

Vania E. Schlogel 116,321,555 1,198,686 91,141 N/A

Andrew Thau 115,517,996 2,044,971 48,415 N/A

Jared M. Wolff 116,196,466 1,375,265 39,651 N/A

Proposal II. Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026:

The vote required to approve this proposal was the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the proposal. Accordingly, this proposal was approved with the following vote:

For

Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

129,027,721 263,457 54,203 N/A

Proposal III. Approval, on an advisory and non-binding basis, of the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement (Say-on-Pay):

The vote required to approve this proposal was the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the proposal. Accordingly, this proposal was approved with the following vote:

For

Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Vote

94,559,017 22,541,537 510,828

N/A

Proposal IV. Approval of the Company's Second Amended and Restated 2018 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan:

The vote required to approve this proposal was the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the proposal. Accordingly, this proposal was approved with the following vote:

For

Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Vote

115,167,771 2,216,600 227,011

N/A

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC.

/s/ IDO DOTAN

Ido Dotan

Executive Vice President, General Counsel

and Corporate Secretary

Date: May 8, 2026

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