OP Bancorp Announces Additional Stock Repurchase Program

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- OP Bancorp (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: OPBK), the holding company of Open Bank (the “Bank”), announced today that its Board of Directors approved a new stock repurchase program that authorizes the Company to repurchase up to 500,000 shares of its common stock.

“We believe that the Company’s stock is undervalued relative to our solid fundamentals, and this additional repurchase program will demonstrate the Company’s confidence in the stock to the market,” said Min Kim, President and Chief Executive Officer of OP Bancorp and Open Bank.

On May 1, 2020, the Company completed its recent stock repurchase program that was announced in February 2020 with purchases of 500,000 shares at an average price of $7.77 per share. Since the Company announced its first stock repurchase program in January 2019, the company has repurchased a total of 1.37 million shares at an average price of $8.84 per share.

Shares may be purchased in open market transactions, through block trades, in privately negotiated transactions, or by other trading plans as determined by OP Bancorp’s management and in accordance with the Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The repurchase program may be suspended, terminated, or modified at any time. The time of purchases and amount of share repurchase may be affected by variety factors including market conditions, price, trading volume and regulatory requirements.

About OP Bancorp

OP Bancorp, the holding company for Open Bank (the “Bank”), is a California corporation whose common stock is quoted on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol, “OPBK.” The Bank is engaged in the general commercial banking business in Los Angeles, Orange, and Santa Clara Counties, California and Carrollton, Texas and is focused on serving the banking needs of small- and medium-sized businesses, professionals, and residents with a particular emphasis on Korean and other ethnic minority communities. The Bank currently operates with nine full branch offices in Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles Fashion District, Los Angeles Koreatown, Gardena, Buena Park, and Santa Clara, California, and Carrollton, Texas. The Bank also has four loan production offices in Atlanta, Georgia, Aurora, Colorado, and Lynnwood and Seattle, Washington. The Bank commenced its operations on June 10, 2005 as First Standard Bank and changed its name to Open Bank in October 2010. Its headquarters is located at 1000 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Los Angeles, California 90017. Phone 213.892.9999; www.myopenbank.com Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender.

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Investor Relations
OP Bancorp
Christine Oh
EVP & CFO
213.892.1192
[email protected]

Source: OP Bancorp

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