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FIRST FOUNDATION INC.

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

DRIVER MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC

DRIVER OPPORTUNITY PARTNERS I LP

J. ABBOTT R. COOPER

ALLISON BALL

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Driver Management Company LLC (“Driver Management”), together with the other participants named herein (collectively, “Driver”), has filed a definitive proxy statement and accompanying WHITE universal proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to be used to solicit votes for the election of its highly-qualified director nominee at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders of First Foundation, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

On May 23, 2023, Driver Management posted certain of the following material, which was previously filed with the SEC, to www.saratogaproxy.com/driverFFWM: