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

 

March 25, 2010 
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

 

EAST WEST BANCORP, INC.

 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Commission file number 000-24939

 

 

135 N Los Robles Ave., 7th Floor, Pasadena, California 91101

(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

 

(626) 768-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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.):

 

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East West Bancorp, Inc.

Current Report of Form 8-K

 

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

 

East West Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) held a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) on March 25, 2010 in Pasadena, California.  At the Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved two proposals.  The proposals are described in detail in the Proxy Statement mailed to stockholders on or about February 24, 2010 (the “Proxy Statement”).

 

Proposal 1

 

The Company’s stockholders approved the issuance of shares of common stock upon the conversion of the Company’s recently issued 335,047 of Mandatorily Convertible Cumulative Non-Voting Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C, as contemplated by the investment agreements described in the Proxy Statement and for purposes of NASDAQ Stock Market Rule 5635 as set forth below:

 

 

Proposal 2

 

The Company’s stockholders approved the adjournment or postponement of the Special Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to solicit additional Proxies given prior to the time of the Special Meeting to constitute a quorum for purposes of the Special Meeting or to solicit additional Proxies in favor of the approval of the above proposal as set forth below:

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

 

Date: March 29, 2010	EAST WEST BANCORP, INC.
	By:	/s/ Douglas P. Krause
		Douglas P. Krause, Esq.
		Executive Vice President and General Counsel

 

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