SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 ----------------- FORM 8-A FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 HANMI FINANCIAL CORPORATION - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) DELAWARE 95-4788120 - -------------------------- ----------------------- (State of Incorporation (I.R.S. Employer or Organization) Identification No.) 3660 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90010 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) If this form relates to the If this form relates to the registration of a class of registration of a class of securities pursuant to securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. / / check the following box. /X/ Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-32770 --------------- (If applicable) Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: NAME OF EACH EXCHANGE TITLE OF EACH CLASS ON WHICH EACH CLASS IS TO BE SO REGISTERED TO BE REGISTERED ------------------- --------------------- None None Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: COMMON STOCK, $.001 PAR VALUE PER SHARE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Title of Class) ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED. A description of the Common Stock to be registered hereunder is contained in the section entitled "Hanmi Financial Stock" included in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 33-32770), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is incorporated herein by reference. ITEM 2. EXHIBITS. 2.1. Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended. (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-32770) and incorporated herein by reference.) 2.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws of the registrant. (Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-32770) and incorporated herein by reference.) SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized. Dated: April 21, 2000 HANMI FINANCIAL CORPORATION By: /s/ YONG KU CHOE -------------------------- Yong Ku Choe Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer