Table search / Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. / "Lead Independent Director"

Additionally, in 2023 the Company continued its formal stockholder outreach and investor engagement campaign, the majority of engagement calls conducted in fall 2023. The outreach campaign targeted Pacific Premier’s largest institutional stockholders, consisting of both active and passive investors. The 2023 stockholder outreach campaign included efforts to connect with holders of approximately 74% of our outstanding shares of common stock (as of September 30, 2023), and direct engagement calls were held with holders accounting for 56% of shares outstanding. Our Lead Independent Director, Board Chair and Chief ESG and Corporate Responsibility Officer participated in the engagement calls, with discussions covering a range of topics related to long-term stockholder value, including our environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) initiatives, corporate governance, data and security, and executive compensation.

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