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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001171843-18-006304
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180828
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180829
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180829

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HANMI FINANCIAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001109242
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				954788120
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-30421
		FILM NUMBER:		181043049

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3660 WILSHIRE BLVD SUITE PH-A
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90010
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2133822200
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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; margin: 0">UNITED STATES</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; text-align: center">FORM 8-K</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0">PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0">THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): <U>August 28, 2018</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0"><B><U>HANMI FINANCIAL CORPORATION</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 32%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>000-30421</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 1%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 33%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>95-4788120</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0">(State or Other Jurisdiction</P>
        <P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0">of Incorporation)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Commission File No.)</FONT></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0">(I.R.S. Employer</P>
        <P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0">Identification No.)</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 66%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>3660 Wilshire Boulevard, PH-a, Los Angeles, California</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 1%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 33%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>90010</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0">Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including area code:&#9;<U>(213) 382-2200</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0"><U>Not Applicable</U></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0">(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; margin: 0">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.
below):</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0pt; margin: 0 0 0 27pt">[ ]&#9;Written communications pursuant to
Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0pt; margin: 0 0 0 27pt">[ ]&#9;Soliciting material pursuant to Rule
14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0pt; margin: 0 0 0 27pt">[ ]&#9;Pre-commencement communications pursuant
to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -27pt; margin: 0 0 0 27pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0pt; margin: 0 0 0 27pt">[ ]&#9;Pre-commencement communications pursuant
to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; color: #231F20">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company
as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&sect;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (&sect;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; color: #231F20; text-indent: 4in">Emerging growth company [ ]</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; color: #231F20">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has
elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided
pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [ ]</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0">On August 28, 2018, SWNB Bancorp, Inc. failed to
obtain the requisite vote of its shareholders to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated May 18, 2018, between Hanmi Financial
Corp. and SWNB Bancorp, Inc. pursuant to which SWNB Bancorp, Inc. would merge with and into Hanmi Financial Corp. While more than
a majority of the outstanding shares of SWNB Bancorp, Inc. voted in favor of the merger, the merger agreement required that at
least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of SWNB Bancorp, Inc. common stock to vote in favor of the merger.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0">The parties are currently assessing their options
with regard to the merger and will make further disclosure at such time as further determinations have been made.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; margin: 0"><B>Forward-Looking Statements</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0">This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include,
but are not limited to, statements about (1) the benefits of the merger between Hanmi and SWNB, including anticipated future results,
cost savings and accretion to reported earnings that may be realized from the merger; (2) Hanmi and SWNB&rsquo;s plans, objectives,
expectations and intentions and other statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts; and (3) other statements
identified by words such as &ldquo;expects,&rdquo; &ldquo;anticipates,&rdquo; &ldquo;intends,&rdquo; &ldquo;plans,&rdquo; &ldquo;believes,&rdquo;
&ldquo;seeks,&rdquo; &ldquo;estimates&rdquo; or words of similar meaning.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0">Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties
that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in such statements. The following factors, among others, could cause
actual results to differ materially from the anticipated results expressed in the forward-looking statements: the businesses of
Hanmi and SWNB may not be combined successfully, or such combination may take longer than expected; the cost savings from the merger
may not be fully realized or may take longer than expected; operating costs, customer loss and business disruption following the
merger may be greater than expected; the stockholders of SWNB may fail to approve the merger; credit and interest rate risks associated
with Hanmi&rsquo;s and SWNB&rsquo;s respective businesses; and difficulties associated with achieving expected future financial
results. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements
are discussed in Hanmi&rsquo;s reports (such as the Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports
on Form 8-K) filed with the SEC and available at the SEC&rsquo;s Internet website (www.sec.gov).
All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning the proposed transaction or other matters attributable to
Hanmi or SWNB or any person acting on their behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements above.
Except as required by law, Hanmi and SWNB do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect circumstances
or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statement is made.</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

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        <P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; margin: 0"><B>HANMI FINANCIAL CORPORATION </B></P>
        <P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">DATE: August 29, 2018</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ C. G. Kum</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">C. G. Kum</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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