Hanmi Financial Corporation Common Stock

Hanmi Financial Corp. is a bank holding company, which engages in the provision of commercial banking and financial services. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California and currently employs 606 full-time employees. The Bank serves multi-ethnic communities through its network of approximately 32 full-service branches, five loan production offices and three loan centers in California, Texas, Illinois, Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Colorado, Washington and Georgia. The Bank is a California state-chartered financial institution. The company specializes in real estate, commercial, small business administration (SBA) and trade finance lending to small and middle market businesses. The Bank originates loans for its own portfolio and for sale in the secondary market. Its lending activities include real estate loans (commercial property, construction, and residential property), commercial and industrial loans (commercial term, commercial lines of credit and international), equipment lease financing and SBA loans. The company maintains a small construction portfolio of multifamily and commercial and industrial properties within its market areas.