WIBC Wilshire Bancorp, Inc. (MM)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 15

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER
SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION
OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number: 000-50923

Wilshire Bancorp, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

3200 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90010

(213) 387-3200

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Common Stock, no par value

(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

None

(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: None

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Hope Bancorp, Inc., as successor by merger to Wilshire Bancorp, Inc., has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.