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STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
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ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March&nbsp;3, 2009 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P
STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>Nara Bancorp, Inc.
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;
Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On February&nbsp;25, 2009, the Board of Directors (&#147;Board&#148;) of Nara Bancorp, Inc. (the
&#147;Company&#148;), the holding company of Nara Bank (the &#147;Bank&#148;), elected Dr.&nbsp;Chong-Moon Lee, the former Chairman of the Board of the Company and the Bank, as the Chairman of the Board of the Company and as a new independent
director of the Bank, effective immediately. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For his services as Chairman and director, Dr.&nbsp;Lee will receive compensation under the Company and the
Bank&#146;s standard director compensation arrangement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dr.&nbsp;Lee will serve as a member of the Executive Committee of the Company. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following
Exhibit is furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">99.1 Press Release dated March&nbsp;3, 2009. </FONT></P> <P
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P> <P
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STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CONTACT INFORMATION: </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Investors and
Financial Media: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Tony Rossi </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Financial Relations Board </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">213-486-6545 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>DR. CHONG-MOON LEE RETURNS TO </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>CHAIRMANSHIP OF NARA BANCORP </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">LOS ANGELES, CA &#150; March 3, 2009 &#150; Nara Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NARA) (&#147;Nara Bancorp&#148;), the holding company of Nara Bank, announced today that Dr.
Chong-Moon Lee was elected by the Board of Directors of Nara Bancorp to return as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nara Bancorp. Dr. Lee will also serve as a member of the Board of Nara Bank. Dr. Lee had stepped down as Chairman of Nara Bancorp
in May 2008 as a result of his extensive international travel, and in order to devote more time to his humanitarian and philanthropic activities. Dr. Lee succeeds Ki Suh Park, who currently serves as Chairman of both Nara Bancorp and Nara Bank. Mr.
Park will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board of Nara Bank and also as a member of the Board of Nara Bancorp. Mr. Park is pleased to welcome Dr. Lee back to Nara Bancorp. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;I am very pleased to return to Nara Bancorp&#148; said Dr. Lee. &#147;I continue to support my previous activities. However, I have significantly reduced my service obligations to the organizations with which I
have been involved. This has provided more time for me to devote to Nara Bancorp and has enabled me to return to my role as Chairman of the Board. We are grateful for the leadership that Ki Suh Park provided during his time as Chairman and we
appreciate his continued contributions as a member of the Board. I look forward to working closely with the members of the Board of Directors and the management team to enhance the value of our franchise in the future,&#148; said Dr. Lee.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dr. Lee is Nara Bancorp&#146;s single largest shareholder.<B> </B>Dr. Lee served as Chairman of Nara Bancorp, from September 2003 through May 2008, and
Chairman of Nara Bank, from September 2003 to August 2006. Dr. Lee also serves on the Board of Trustees of Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art &amp; Culture), Asia Society, New York City, and Center for Strategic
&amp; International Studies (CSIS), Washington, D.C., one of the most active and influential think tanks in America. </FONT></P>

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SIZE="2">Nara Bancorp, Inc. is the parent company of Nara Bank, which was founded in 1989. Nara Bank is a full-service community bank headquartered in Los Angeles, with 21 branches and 5 loan production offices in the United States. Nara Bank
operates full-service branches in California, New York and New Jersey, with loan production offices in California, Nevada, Texas, Georgia, and New Jersey. Nara Bank was founded specifically to serve the needs of Korean-Americans, one of the
fastest-growing Asian ethnic communities over the past decade. Presently, Nara Bank serves a diverse group of customers mirroring its communities. Nara Bank specializes in core business banking products for small and medium-sized companies, with
emphasis in commercial real estate and business lending, SBA lending and international trade financing. Nara Bank is a member of the FDIC and is an Equal Opportunity Lender. For more information on Nara Bank, visit our website at www.narabank.com.
Nara Bancorp, Inc. stock is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol &#147;NARA.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Forward-Looking Statements </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements about future operations and management, that are subject to risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, economic, competitive, governmental and technological factors affecting Nara Bancorp&#146;s
operations, markets, products, services and pricing. Readers should carefully review the risk factors and the information that could materially affect Nara Bancorp&#146;s financial results and business described in documents the Company files from
time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Reports on Form 10-K, and particularly the discussion of business considerations and risk factors that may affect results of operations
and stock price set forth therein. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Nara Bancorp undertakes no obligation to revise or publicly release the
results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">### </FONT></P>
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