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<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></FONT></P>

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>FORM S-8<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>EAST WEST BANCORP,&nbsp;INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>95-4703316</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>415 Huntington Drive<BR>
San Marino, California<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>91108<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Zip Code)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>EAST WEST BANK<BR>
EMPLOYEES 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full title of the plan) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Mr.&nbsp;Douglas P. Krause<BR>
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel<BR>
East West Bancorp,&nbsp;Inc.<BR>
415 Huntington Drive<BR>
San Marino, California 91108<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name and address of agent for service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(626)&nbsp;583-3587<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Copies to:<BR>
Gordon Bava, Esq.<BR>
Manatt, Phelps&nbsp;&amp; Phillips, LLP<BR>
11355 West Olympic Blvd.<BR>
Los Angeles, CA 90064<BR>
(310)&nbsp;312-4000<BR>
Fax: (310)&nbsp;312-4224  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE  </B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="31%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of Securities to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(3)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock, .001 par value</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>500,000 shares (1)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$32.81 (2)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$16,405,000.00 (2)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$1,509.26</FONT></TD>
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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>1</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Consists
of up to 500,000 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant purchased on the open market from time to time at market prices for participants in the East West Bank Employees
401(k) Savings Plan (the "Plan"). In addition, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests
to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan. Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)(2) under the Securities Act, no separate registration fee is required with respect to the plan interests being registered
hereby. Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416, there are also registered hereby an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as may become issuable under the Plan through the operation of
anti-dilution provisions.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>2</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c) based upon the average of the high and low prices of the common stock of East West
Bancorp,&nbsp;Inc. as reported on the NASDAQ National Market System on Monday, June&nbsp;24, 2002. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II<BR>  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents heretofore filed by us with the Commission are incorporated herein by reference: </FONT></P>

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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Our
Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Our
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2002;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>3)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Our
Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;29, 2002 provided to stockholders in connection with the Annual Meeting of Stockholders
held on May&nbsp;15, 2002.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>4)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
description of our Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed on October&nbsp;2, 1998 together with
any amendment or report filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating such description. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents subsequently filed pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is part hereof from the date of filing such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
subsequently filed document which
also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supercedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superceded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superceded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You
may request a copy of any filings referred to above (excluding exhibits) at no cost by contacting us at the following address: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>East
West Bancorp,&nbsp;Inc.<BR>
415 Huntington Drive<BR>
San Marino, CA 91108<BR></FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 4. Description of Securities.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law (the "GCL") of Delaware empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or
is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. Depending
on the character of the proceeding, a corporation may indemnify against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person identified acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best </FONT></P>

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interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. In the case of an action by or in the right of the
corporation, no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that
the court in
which such action or suit was brought shall determine that despite the adjudication of liability such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses that the court shall deem
proper. Section&nbsp;145 further provides that to the extent a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to
above or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter herein, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection
therewith. The statute provides that indemnification pursuant to its provisions is not exclusive of other rights of indemnification to which a person may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote
of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, provide, in effect, that to the full extent and under the circumstances permitted by Section&nbsp;145 of the GCL, we shall indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding of the type described above by reason of the fact that he or she is or was our executive officer or
serves or served at our request as a director, officer, employee, partner, or trustee of another corporation, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our
Certificate of Incorporation relieves its directors from monetary damages to us or our stockholders for breach of such director's fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent
permitted by the GCL. Under Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the GCL, a corporation may relieve its directors from personal liability to such corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any
breach of their fiduciary duty as directors except (i)&nbsp;for a breach of the duty of loyalty, (ii)&nbsp;for failure to act in good faith, (iii)&nbsp;for intentional misconduct or knowing
violation of law, (iv)&nbsp;for willful or negligent violation of certain provisions of the GCL imposing certain requirements with respect to stock purchases, redemptions and dividends or
(v)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 8. Exhibits.  </B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="89%"><FONT SIZE=2>East West Bank Employees 401(k) Savings Plan Document (Basic Prototype Plan and Trust).</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="89%"><FONT SIZE=2>The registrant hereby undertakes that it has submitted the Plan to the Internal Revenue Service and has qualified the Plan in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Internal Revenue Service. Registrant further
undertakes that it will submit amendments to the Plan to the Internal Revenue Service as required and will make all changes required by the Internal Revenue Service in order to maintain the qualification of the Plan.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 9. Undertakings.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></P>

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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(i)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>to
include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
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reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(iii)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>to
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in the Registration Statement. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Provided
however that paragraphs (1)(i)&nbsp;and 1(ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the information to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. </FONT></P>

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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>that
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>bona
fide</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> offering thereof;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(3)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>to
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering; and
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(4)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>that
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>bona fide</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> offering thereof. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the registration in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of it counsel, the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and had duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San
Marino, State of California, on the 28<SUP>th</SUP> day of June, 2002. </FONT></P>

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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DOUGLAS P. KRAUSE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Douglas P. Krause<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>Executive Vice President, Secretary<BR>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated. Each of the directors and/or officers of East West Bancorp,&nbsp;Inc. whose signature appears below hereby appoints Julia Gouw and Douglas Krause, and each of them severally, as his
or her attorney-in-fact to sign in his or her name and behalf, in any and all capacities stated below and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all
amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, making such changes in the Registration Statement as appropriate, and
generally to do all such things in their behalf in their capacities as directors and/or officers to enable East West Bancorp,&nbsp;Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933,
and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="40%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DOMINIC NG</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Dominic Ng</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="37%"><FONT SIZE=2>Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>June&nbsp;28, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JULIA GOUW</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Julia Gouw</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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June&nbsp;28, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JACK C. LIU</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Jack C. Liu</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
June&nbsp;28, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>HERMAN LI</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Herman Li</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
June&nbsp;28, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JAMES MISCOLL</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> James Miscoll</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
June&nbsp;28, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>KEITH RENKEN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Keith Renken</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
June&nbsp;28, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JULIA S. GOUW</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Julia S. Gouw<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>Executive Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer and Plan
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4.2</FONT></TD>
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East West Bank Employees 401(k) Savings Plan Non-Standardized Adoption Agreement.</FONT></TD>
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23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche, LLP.</FONT></TD>
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24.1</FONT></TD>
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Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
EAST WEST BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
95-4703316
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
415 Huntington Drive
San Marino, California
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
91108
(Zip Code)
EAST WEST BANK
EMPLOYEES 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Mr. Douglas P. Krause
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
East West Bancorp, Inc.
415 Huntington Drive
San Marino, California 91108
(Name and address of agent for service)
(626) 583-3587
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Gordon Bava, Esq.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
11355 West Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90064
(310) 312-4000
Fax: (310) 312-4224
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be Registered
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(3)
Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock, .001 par value
500,000 shares (1)
$32.81 (2)
$16,405,000.00 (2)
$1,509.26
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Consists
of up to 500,000 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant purchased on the open market from time to time at market prices for participants in the East West Bank Employees
401(k) Savings Plan (the "Plan"). In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests
to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan. Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(2) under the Securities Act, no separate registration fee is required with respect to the plan interests being registered
hereby. Pursuant to Rule 416, there are also registered hereby an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as may become issuable under the Plan through the operation of
anti-dilution provisions.
2
Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) based upon the average of the high and low prices of the common stock of East West
Bancorp, Inc. as reported on the NASDAQ National Market System on Monday, June 24, 2002.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents heretofore filed by us with the Commission are incorporated herein by reference:
1)
Our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001;
2)
Our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002;
3)
Our
Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on March 29, 2002 provided to stockholders in connection with the Annual Meeting of Stockholders
held on May 15, 2002.
4)
The
description of our Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on October 2, 1998 together with
any amendment or report filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating such description.
All
documents subsequently filed pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is part hereof from the date of filing such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
subsequently filed document which
also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supercedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superceded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superceded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
You
may request a copy of any filings referred to above (excluding exhibits) at no cost by contacting us at the following address:
East
West Bancorp, Inc.
415 Huntington Drive
San Marino, CA 91108
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law (the "GCL") of Delaware empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or
is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. Depending
on the character of the proceeding, a corporation may indemnify against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person identified acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
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interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. In the case of an action by or in the right of the
corporation, no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that
the court in
which such action or suit was brought shall determine that despite the adjudication of liability such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses that the court shall deem
proper. Section 145 further provides that to the extent a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to
above or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter herein, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection
therewith. The statute provides that indemnification pursuant to its provisions is not exclusive of other rights of indemnification to which a person may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote
of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Our
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, provide, in effect, that to the full extent and under the circumstances permitted by Section 145 of the GCL, we shall indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding of the type described above by reason of the fact that he or she is or was our executive officer or
serves or served at our request as a director, officer, employee, partner, or trustee of another corporation, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
Our
Certificate of Incorporation relieves its directors from monetary damages to us or our stockholders for breach of such director's fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent
permitted by the GCL. Under Section 102(b)(7) of the GCL, a corporation may relieve its directors from personal liability to such corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any
breach of their fiduciary duty as directors except (i) for a breach of the duty of loyalty, (ii) for failure to act in good faith, (iii) for intentional misconduct or knowing
violation of law, (iv) for willful or negligent violation of certain provisions of the GCL imposing certain requirements with respect to stock purchases, redemptions and dividends or
(v) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
East West Bank Employees 401(k) Savings Plan Document (Basic Prototype Plan and Trust).
4.2
East West Bank Employees 401(k) Savings Plan Non-Standardized Adoption Agreement.
5.1
Not applicable.
The registrant hereby undertakes that it has submitted the Plan to the Internal Revenue Service and has qualified the Plan in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Internal Revenue Service. Registrant further
undertakes that it will submit amendments to the Plan to the Internal Revenue Service as required and will make all changes required by the Internal Revenue Service in order to maintain the qualification of the Plan.
23.1
Consent of Independent Public Accountants.
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature pages).
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Item 9. Undertakings.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
to
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
to
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
to
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement;
(iii)
to
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in the Registration Statement.
Provided
however that paragraphs (1)(i) and 1(ii) do not apply if the information to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)
that
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
fide
offering thereof;
(3)
to
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering; and
(4)
that
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the registration in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of it counsel, the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and had duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San
Marino, State of California, on the 28
th
day of June, 2002.
EAST WEST BANCORP, INC.
By:
/s/
DOUGLAS P. KRAUSE
Douglas P. Krause
Executive Vice President, Secretary
and General Counsel
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated. Each of the directors and/or officers of East West Bancorp, Inc. whose signature appears below hereby appoints Julia Gouw and Douglas Krause, and each of them severally, as his
or her attorney-in-fact to sign in his or her name and behalf, in any and all capacities stated below and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all
amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, making such changes in the Registration Statement as appropriate, and
generally to do all such things in their behalf in their capacities as directors and/or officers to enable East West Bancorp, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933,
and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Name
Title
Date
/s/
DOMINIC NG
Dominic Ng
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
June 28, 2002
/s/
JULIA GOUW
Julia Gouw
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
June 28, 2002
/s/
JACK C. LIU
Jack C. Liu
Director
June 28, 2002
/s/
HERMAN LI
Herman Li
Director
June 28, 2002
/s/
JAMES MISCOLL
James Miscoll
Director
June 28, 2002
/s/
KEITH RENKEN
Keith Renken
Director
June 28, 2002
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the trustee (or other person who administers the East West Bank Employees 401(k) Savings Plan) has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed in its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Marino, State of California on the 28
th
day of June,
2002.
EAST WEST BANK EMPLOYEES 401(
k
) SAVINGS PLAN
By:
/s/
JULIA S. GOUW
Julia S. Gouw
Executive Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer and Plan
Administrator
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
East West Bank Employees 401(k) Savings Plan Document (Basic Prototype Plan and Trust)
4.2
East West Bank Employees 401(k) Savings Plan Non-Standardized Adoption Agreement.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche, LLP.
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature pages).
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