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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. 20549-1004</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the<BR>
Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): <B>December&nbsp;3, 2007</B>
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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">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</DIV>



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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>3660 Wilshire Boulevard <BR>
Los Angeles California</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Former name of former address, if changed since last report)
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the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General
Instruction A.2. below):
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5.02(e).&nbsp; Departure of Directors or Certain Officers, Election of Directors, Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">On December&nbsp;3, 2007, Hanmi Financial Cororation (the &#147;Company&#148;) announced the hiring of Mr.&nbsp;Brian
E. Cho as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hanmi Bank (the &#147;Bank&#148;).&nbsp; Mr.&nbsp;Cho, age 47, will also serve as Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of the
Company.&nbsp; Prior to joining the Company and the Bank, Mr.&nbsp;Cho served in various capacities at
Wilshire State Bank since 1992, including as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
between March, 1995 and October&nbsp;2007.&nbsp; Mr.&nbsp;Cho will begin work with the Company and the Bank on
December&nbsp;3, 2007.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Mr.&nbsp;Cho entered into an at-will employment offer letter (the &#147;Offer Letter&#148;) with Hanmi Bank on
November&nbsp;1, 2007.&nbsp; Pursuant to the Offer Letter, Mr.&nbsp;Cho will receive an annual starting salary of
$270,000, and be eligible to receive up to 50% of his annual salary in incentive cash compensation.&nbsp; Mr.&nbsp;Cho&#146;s incentive compensation for his first year of employment has been fixed at $100,000.&nbsp; In
addition, Mr.&nbsp;Cho will receive, on December&nbsp;3, 2007, a stock option grant for 30,000 shares of the
Company&#146;s common stock and a restricted stock grant of 5,000 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock.&nbsp;
Mr.&nbsp;Cho will also receive an auto allowance of $700 per month as well as a cell phone allowance of
$100 per month and a gas card.&nbsp; Mr.&nbsp;Cho will be eligible to participate in the Company&#146;s standard
employee benefits, including its 401(k) Plan.&nbsp; The foregoing discussion is qualified in its
entirety by Mr.&nbsp;Cho&#146;s Offer Letter, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 and
incorporated herein by reference.&nbsp; In addition, a copy of the press release announcing Mr.&nbsp;Cho&#146;s
appointment is attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">There are no transactions in which Mr.&nbsp;Cho has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a)
of Regulation&nbsp;S-K.
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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 Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">Date: December 3, 2007&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Hanmi Financial Corporation <BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ SUNG WON SOHN
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>HANMI BANK</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Corporate Headquarters</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">3660 Wilshire Boulevard<BR>
Penthouse A<BR>
Los Angeles, CA 90010<BR>
Tel. :&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(213) 382-2200<BR>
Tlx. :&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;188386 HANMI<BR>
Fax. :&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(213) 384-8608
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">October&nbsp;15,
2007
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Mr.&nbsp;Brian E. Cho <BR>
22566 E. Birdseye Drive<BR>
Diamond Bar, CA 91765

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Dear Mr.&nbsp;Cho:

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hanmi
Bank is pleased to extend an offer of employment to you as an <B>Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer, </B>on a full-time basis. In this position, you will be
classified as an exempt employee, and are not eligible for overtime. Your annual starting
salary will be <B>$270,000 </B>and you will receive the following incentives/ benefits:
</DIV>

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year only &#151; Set $100,000 incentive compensation)
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All benefits are subject to change at the Bank&#146;s sole discretion and also subject to
the terms and conditions contained in the Bank&#146;s employee&#146;s handbook. This offer is
conditional on you providing an acceptable evidence of your legal right to work and on the
Bank&#146;s review and approval of the results of a background and/or credit investigation as
well as Board notification.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We greatly look forward to having you join our Bank and become a member of our team.
However, we recognize that you retain the option, as does the Bank, of ending your
employment with the Bank at any time, with or without notice and with or without cause. As
such, your employment with the Bank is at-will and neither this letter nor any other oral
or written representations may be considered a contract for any specific period of time.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If you plan to accept this offer, please be sure to return a signed copy of this
letter to me or Human Resources Department by October&nbsp;19, 2007. We look forward to your
joining our team at Hanmi Bank.
</DIV>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
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President &#038; CEO</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">I accept the offer from Hanmi Bank.</DIV>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Brian E. Cho</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">11-1-07</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Brian E. Cho
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 18pt"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Hanmi Financial Corporation Names </FONT><BR>
<FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Brian E. Cho Chief Financial Officer</FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>LOS ANGELES &#151; December&nbsp;3, 2007 &#151; Hanmi Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: HAFC), </B>the holding
company of Hanmi Bank, announced that effective December&nbsp;3, 2007, Brian&nbsp;E. Cho has been named to
the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Prior to joining Hanmi, Mr.&nbsp;Cho spent fifteen years with Los Angeles-based Wilshire Bancorp, Inc.,
the holding company for Wilshire State Bank, most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer. Before joining Wilshire in 1992, Mr.&nbsp;Cho, a Certified Public Accountant, was a
Senior Auditor with Deloitte &#038; Touche. In January&nbsp;2007, Mr.&nbsp;Cho was ranked first among the
industry&#146;s top-10 chief financial officers by US Banker magazine.</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#147;I am pleased to welcome Brian to Hanmi,&#148; said Sung Won Sohn, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive
Officer. &#147;In addition to his twelve-years experience as Chief Financial Officer at one of our
worthy competitors, he brings to the bank a wealth of experience in understanding the sensibilities
and needs of the multi-ethnic Southern California marketplace. As part of the senior management
team, he will be a key participant as we work to ensure that Hanmi maintains its position as the
country&#146;s pre-eminent Korean-American bank.&#148;</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>About Hanmi Financial Corporation: </U>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">Headquartered in Los Angeles, Hanmi Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hanmi Financial Corporation,
provides services to the multi-ethnic communities of California, with 24 full-service offices in
Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, San Francisco, Santa Clara and San Diego counties, and nine
loan production offices in California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
Hanmi Bank specializes in commercial, SBA, trade finance and consumer lending, and is a recognized
community leader. Hanmi Bank&#146;s mission is to provide a full range of quality products and premier
services to its customers and to maximize shareholder value. Additional information is available at
<U><I>www.hanmifinancial.com</I></U>.</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Contact:<BR>
Stephanie Yoon<BR>
Investor Relations<BR>
213-351-9227

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