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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;21, 2008</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-_____</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>HANMI FINANCIAL CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV><I>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>95-4788120</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>3660 Wilshire Boulevard, Penthouse Suite&nbsp;A<BR>
Los Angeles, California 90010<BR>
(213)&nbsp;382-2200</B>
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Including Area Code, of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Offices)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Hanmi Financial Corporation 2007 Equity Compensation Plan</B><BR>
<DIV style="width: 60%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV><I>(Full Title of Plan)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Chung Hoon Youk<BR>
Hanmi Financial Corporation<BR>
3660 Wilshire Boulevard, Penthouse Suite&nbsp;A<BR>
Los Angeles, California 90010<BR>
(213)&nbsp;382-2200</B><BR>
<DIV style="width: 60%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV><I>(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,<BR>
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>Copies to:</I><BR>
<B>Craig D. Miller, Esq.<BR>
Manatt, Phelps &#038; Phillips, LLP<BR>
1001 Page Mill Road, Building 2<BR>
Palo Alto, California 94304-1008<BR>
Telephone: (650)&nbsp;812-1300</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in
Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#120;</FONT>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities to</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Be Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B><I>(1)(2)</I></B></SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B><I>(2) (3)</I></B></SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registration Fee</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B><I>(1) (3)</I></B></SUP></TD>
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                      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $0.001
Par Value Per Share
<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><I>(1)</I></SUP></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">3,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">22,455,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&#151;</TD>
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    <TD><I>This registration statement is a new registration statement. The 3,000,000 shares
being registered hereby includes 737,508 shares issuable under the Hanmi Financial Corporation
2007 Equity Compensation Plan and 2,262,492 carried over from the Hanmi Financial Corporation
2000 Stock Option Plan (the &#147;Prior Plan&#148;) previously registered for sale by Registration
Statement No.&nbsp;333-44090 (the &#147;Prior Registration Statement&#148;).</I></TD>
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    <TD><I>In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement also covers such indeterminate number of shares as may become available
as a result of the adjustment provisions thereof.</I></TD>
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    <TD><I>Based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Company&#146;s Common Stock on
March&nbsp;19, 2008 as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(c)
of the Securities Act of 1933, the price per share is $7.485 and the aggregate offering price
is $22,455,000.</I></TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;8. EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>STATEMENT PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION TO FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>PART II.<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Hanmi Financial Corporation has filed this registration statement to register under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the offer and sale of 3,000,000 shares of common stock issuable pursuant
to the Company&#146;s 2007 Equity Compensation Plan. The 2007 Equity Compensation Plan was approved and
adopted at the Company&#146;s 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May&nbsp;23, 2007. The number of
shares issuable under the 2007 Equity Compensation Plan is comprised of:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">2,262,492 shares remaining available for grant under the Prior Plan; and<BR>
737,508 additional shares.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company desires to carry over to this registration statement an aggregate of 2,262,492 shares
registered pursuant to the Prior Registration Statement and for which a registration fee has
previously been paid. Following the filing of this registration statement, the 2,262,492 shares
carried over from the Prior Registration Statement will no longer be available for new awards under
the Prior Plan, which plan was terminated as to future grants on May&nbsp;23, 2007.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Consequently, (i)&nbsp;the Company is carrying over from the Prior Registration Statement and
registering the offer and sale of 3,000,000 shares of common stock under the 2007 Equity
Compensation Plan pursuant to this registration statement; and (ii)&nbsp;the Prior Registration
Statement is being amended on a post-effective basis to reflect the transfer of an aggregate of
2,262,492 shares to this registration statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Hanmi Financial Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) files this Registration Statement
on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) to register 3,000,000
shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Company&#146;s 2007 Equity
Compensation Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;), and such indeterminate number of shares as may become available
under the Plan as a result of the adjustment provisions thereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company hereby incorporates by reference the following documents which have previously
been filed with the Commission (File No.&nbsp;000-30421):
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007, including all
material incorporated by reference therein;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;Current report on Form 8-K filed on February&nbsp;12, 2008.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The description of the classes of securities offered hereby which is contained in a
Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated April&nbsp;21, 2000, setting forth a description of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock, filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed
for the purpose of updating such descriptions.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All other documents filed (not furnished) by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold
or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement made in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which is also
incorporated or deemed to be
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporated by reference. See Item 3(c) above.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the shares of common stock to be issued under the terms of the Hanmi Financial
Corporation 2007 Equity Compensation Plan as amended, will be passed upon for the Registrant by
Judith Kim, Associate General Counsel of the Registrant. As of the date of this document, Ms.&nbsp;Kim
does not own shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock or hold options to purchase shares of such
stock and is an eligible participant under the Plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Hanmi Financial Corporation
contain provisions covering indemnification of corporate directors and officers against certain
liabilities and expenses incurred as a result of proceedings involving such persons in their
capacities as directors and officers. The Registrant has authorized the entering into of indemnity
contracts and provided insurance pursuant to which officers and directors are indemnified or
insured against liability or loss under certain circumstances, which may include liability or
related loss under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Judith Kim, Associate General Counsel of Hanmi Financial Corporation</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Hanmi Financial Corporation 2007 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated herein by this
reference as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;26, 2007)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Judith Kim (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">A power of attorney is set forth on the signature page of the Registration Statement</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Company hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;);
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no greater than
a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information
in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) herein do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bonafide offering thereof; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to the directors, officers, and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefor, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or
controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements of filing
of Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of California on March
21, 2008.
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>HANMI FINANCIAL CORPORATION</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Chung Hoon Youk
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chung Hoon Youk&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left"><I>Interim President and Chief Executive Officer</I>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Chung Hoon Youk and Brian E. Cho, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this Registration Statement, and
to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Chung Hoon Youk
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Chung Hoon Youk
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Interim
President and Chief Executive Officer<br>
<I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;21, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Brian E. Cho
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Brian E. Cho
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<br>
<I>(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</I>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;21, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ I Joon Ahn
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
I Joon Ahn
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;21, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ki Tae Hong
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ki Tae Hong
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;21, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard B. C. Lee
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard B. C. Lee
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;21, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joon Hyung Lee
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joon Hyung Lee
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;21, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Chung Kyu Park
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Chung Kyu Park
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;21, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mark K. Mason
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mark K. Mason
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;21, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joseph K. Rho
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joseph K. Rho
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;21, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Won R. Yoon
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Won R. Yoon
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;21, 2008</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Judith Kim, Associate General Counsel of Hanmi Financial Corporation</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Hanmi Financial Corporation 2007 Equity Compensation Plan (&#147;Plan&#148;) (incorporated herein by
this reference as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;26, 2007.)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Judith Kim (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">A power of attorney is set forth on the signature page of the Registration Statement</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 21, 2008
Registration No. 333-_____
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HANMI FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
95-4788120
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
3660 Wilshire Boulevard, Penthouse Suite A
Los Angeles, California 90010
(213) 382-2200
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
Hanmi Financial Corporation 2007 Equity Compensation Plan
(Full Title of Plan)
Chung Hoon Youk
Hanmi Financial Corporation
3660 Wilshire Boulevard, Penthouse Suite A
Los Angeles, California 90010
(213) 382-2200
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Craig D. Miller, Esq.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
1001 Page Mill Road, Building 2
Palo Alto, California 94304-1008
Telephone: (650) 812-1300
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Calculation of Registration Fee
Title of Securities to
Amount to be
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Amount of
Be Registered
Registered
(1)(2)
Offering Price Per Unit
Offering Price
(2) (3)
Registration Fee
(1) (3)
Common Stock, $0.001
Par Value Per Share
(1)
3,000,000
$
7.485
$
22,455,000
$
—
(1)
This registration statement is a new registration statement. The 3,000,000 shares
being registered hereby includes 737,508 shares issuable under the Hanmi Financial Corporation
2007 Equity Compensation Plan and 2,262,492 carried over from the Hanmi Financial Corporation
2000 Stock Option Plan (the "Prior Plan") previously registered for sale by Registration
Statement No. 333-44090 (the "Prior Registration Statement").
(2)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement also covers such indeterminate number of shares as may become available
as a result of the adjustment provisions thereof.
(3)
Based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Company's Common Stock on
March 19, 2008 as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market in accordance with Rule 457(c)
of the Securities Act of 1933, the price per share is $7.485 and the aggregate offering price
is $22,455,000.
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PART II.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
Item 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Item 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Item 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Item 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Item 8. EXHIBITS
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
SIGNATURES
Exhibit Index
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
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STATEMENT PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION TO FORM S-8
PART II.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Hanmi Financial Corporation has filed this registration statement to register under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the offer and sale of 3,000,000 shares of common stock issuable pursuant
to the Company's 2007 Equity Compensation Plan. The 2007 Equity Compensation Plan was approved and
adopted at the Company's 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 23, 2007. The number of
shares issuable under the 2007 Equity Compensation Plan is comprised of:
2,262,492 shares remaining available for grant under the Prior Plan; and
737,508 additional shares.
The Company desires to carry over to this registration statement an aggregate of 2,262,492 shares
registered pursuant to the Prior Registration Statement and for which a registration fee has
previously been paid. Following the filing of this registration statement, the 2,262,492 shares
carried over from the Prior Registration Statement will no longer be available for new awards under
the Prior Plan, which plan was terminated as to future grants on May 23, 2007.
Consequently, (i) the Company is carrying over from the Prior Registration Statement and
registering the offer and sale of 3,000,000 shares of common stock under the 2007 Equity
Compensation Plan pursuant to this registration statement; and (ii) the Prior Registration
Statement is being amended on a post-effective basis to reflect the transfer of an aggregate of
2,262,492 shares to this registration statement.
Hanmi Financial Corporation (the "Registrant" or the "Company") files this Registration Statement
on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to register 3,000,000
shares of the Company's Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Company's 2007 Equity
Compensation Plan (the "Plan"), and such indeterminate number of shares as may become available
under the Plan as a result of the adjustment provisions thereof.
Item 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The Company hereby incorporates by reference the following documents which have previously
been filed with the Commission (File No. 000-30421):
(a) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, including all
material incorporated by reference therein;
(b) Current report on Form 8-K filed on February 12, 2008.
(c) The description of the classes of securities offered hereby which is contained in a
Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated April 21, 2000, setting forth a description of the
Registrant's common stock, filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed
for the purpose of updating such descriptions.
All other documents filed (not furnished) by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold
or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
Any statement made in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which is also
incorporated or deemed to be
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incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Incorporated by reference. See Item 3(c) above.
Item 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
The validity of the shares of common stock to be issued under the terms of the Hanmi Financial
Corporation 2007 Equity Compensation Plan as amended, will be passed upon for the Registrant by
Judith Kim, Associate General Counsel of the Registrant. As of the date of this document, Ms. Kim
does not own shares of the Registrant's common stock or hold options to purchase shares of such
stock and is an eligible participant under the Plan.
Item 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Hanmi Financial Corporation
contain provisions covering indemnification of corporate directors and officers against certain
liabilities and expenses incurred as a result of proceedings involving such persons in their
capacities as directors and officers. The Registrant has authorized the entering into of indemnity
contracts and provided insurance pursuant to which officers and directors are indemnified or
insured against liability or loss under certain circumstances, which may include liability or
related loss under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
Item 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not Applicable.
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Item 8. EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Judith Kim, Associate General Counsel of Hanmi Financial Corporation
10.1
Hanmi Financial Corporation 2007 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated herein by this
reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 26, 2007)
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Judith Kim (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
A power of attorney is set forth on the signature page of the Registration Statement
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ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
(a) The Company hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act");
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no greater than
a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information
in the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) herein do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement;
(2) That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bonafide offering thereof; and
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to the directors, officers, and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefor, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or
controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements of filing
of Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of California on March
21, 2008.
HANMI FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Chung Hoon Youk
Chung Hoon Youk
Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Chung Hoon Youk and Brian E. Cho, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this Registration Statement, and
to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Chung Hoon Youk
Chung Hoon Youk
Interim
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
March 21, 2008
/s/ Brian E. Cho
Brian E. Cho
Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
March 21, 2008
/s/ I Joon Ahn
I Joon Ahn
Director
March 21, 2008
/s/ Ki Tae Hong
Ki Tae Hong
Director
March 21, 2008
/s/ Richard B. C. Lee
Richard B. C. Lee
Director
March 21, 2008
/s/ Joon Hyung Lee
Joon Hyung Lee
Director
March 21, 2008
/s/ Chung Kyu Park
Chung Kyu Park
Director
March 21, 2008
/s/ Mark K. Mason
Mark K. Mason
Director
March 21, 2008
/s/ Joseph K. Rho
Joseph K. Rho
Director
March 21, 2008
/s/ Won R. Yoon
Won R. Yoon
Director
March 21, 2008
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Judith Kim, Associate General Counsel of Hanmi Financial Corporation
10.1
Hanmi Financial Corporation 2007 Equity Compensation Plan ("Plan") (incorporated herein by
this reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 26, 2007.)
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Judith Kim (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
A power of attorney is set forth on the signature page of the Registration Statement
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