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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
     
þ   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2009
or
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Transition Period From ___________________ To ___________________
Commission File Number: 000-30421
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
     
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
(213) 382-2200
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
     
Title of Each Class   Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $0.001 Par Value   NASDAQ “Global Select Market”
     
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
 
(Title of Class)
     Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o    No þ
     Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o    No þ
     Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ   No o
     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes o   No o
     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o
     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 definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
             
Large Accelerated Filer o   Accelerated Filer þ   Non-Accelerated Filer o   Smaller Reporting Company o
        (Do Not Check if a Smaller Reporting Company)    
     Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes o   No þ
     As of June 30, 2009, the aggregate market value of the common stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant was approximately $80,729,000. For purposes of the foregoing calculation only, in addition to affiliated companies, all directors and officers of the Registrant have been deemed affiliates.
     Number of shares of common stock of the Registrant outstanding as of March 1, 2010 was 51,182,390 shares.
     Documents Incorporated By Reference Herein: Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be filed within 120 days of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, is incorporated by reference into Part III of this report.
 
 

 


 

HANMI FINANCIAL CORPORATION
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
             
        Page
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements     1  
 
           
 
  PART I        
 
           
  Business     2  
  Risk Factors     31  
  Unresolved Staff Comments     41  
  Properties     41  
  Legal Proceedings     42  
  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders     42  
 
           
 
  PART II        
 
           
  Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities     42  
  Selected Financial Data     44  
  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations     47  
  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk     76  
  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data     76  
  Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure     76  
  Controls and Procedures     76  
  Other Information     81  
 
           
 
  PART III        
 
           
  Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance     81  
  Executive Compensation     81  
  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters     81  
  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence     82  
  Principal Accounting Fees and Services     82  
 
           
 
  PART IV        
 
           
  Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules     82  
 
  Index to Consolidated Financial Statements     83  
 
  Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm     84  
 
  Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2009 and 2008     85  
 
  Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007     86  
 
  Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income for the Years Ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007     87  
 
  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007     88  
 
  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements     89  
 
           
Signatures     143  
 
           
Exhibit Index     144  
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 EX-31.1
 EX-31.2
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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
     Some of the statements under “Item 1. Business,” “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and elsewhere in this Form 10-K constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “expects,” “plans,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “continue,” or the negative of such terms and other comparable terminology. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statement because of:
    failure to continue as a going concern;
    failure to maintain adequate levels of capital and liquidity to support our operations;
    a significant number of our customers failing to perform under their loans and other terms of credit agreements;
    the effect of regulatory orders we have entered into and potential future supervisory action against us or Hanmi Bank;
    fluctuations in interest rates and a decline in the level of our interest rate spread;
    failure to attract or retain deposits;
    sources of liquidity available to us and to Hanmi Bank becoming limited or our potential inability to access sufficient sources of liquidity when needed or the requirement that we obtain government waivers to do so;
    adverse changes in domestic or global financial markets, economic conditions or business conditions;
    regulatory restrictions on Hanmi Bank’s ability to pay dividends to us and on our ability to make payments on our obligations;
    significant reliance on loans secured by real estate and the associated vulnerability to downturns in the local real estate market, natural disasters and other variables impacting the value of real estate;
    failure to attract or retain our key employees;
    failure to maintain our status as a financial holding company;
    adequacy of our allowance for loan losses;
    credit quality and the effect of credit quality on our provision for credit losses and allowance for loan losses;
    volatility and disruption in financial, credit and securities markets, and the price of our common stock;
    deterioration in the financial markets that may result in other-than-temporary impairment charges relating to our securities portfolio;
    competition in our primary market areas;
    demographic changes in our primary market areas; and
    significant government regulations, legislation and potential changes thereto.
     For additional information concerning risks we face, see “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Interest Rate Risk Management” and "— Capital Resources and Liquidity.” We undertake no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date on which such statements were made, except as required by law.

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PART I
ITEM 1.   BUSINESS
Written Agreement and Final Order
     On November 2, 2009, the members of the Board of Directors of Hanmi Bank (the “Bank”) consented to the issuance of a Final Order (the “Order”) from the California Department of Financial Institutions (the “DFI”). On the same date, Hanmi Financial and the Bank entered into a Written Agreement (the “Agreement”) with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (the “FRB”). The Order and the Agreement contain substantially similar provisions.
     The Order and the Agreement require the Board of Directors of the Bank to prepare and submit written plans to the DFI and the FRB that address the following items: (i) strengthening board oversight of the management and operation of the Bank; (ii) strengthening credit risk management practices; (iii) improving credit administration policies and procedures; (iv) improving the Bank’s position with respect to problem assets; (v) maintaining adequate reserves for loan and lease losses; (vi) improving the capital position of the Bank and, with respect to the Agreement, of Hanmi; (vii) improving the Bank’s earnings through a strategic plan and a budget for 2010; (viii) improving the Bank’s liquidity position and funds management practices; and (ix) contingency funding. In addition, the Order and the Agreement place restrictions on the Bank’s lending to borrowers who have adversely classified loans with the Bank and requires the Bank to charge off or collect certain problem loans. The Order and the Agreement also require the Bank to review and revise its allowance for loan and lease losses consistent with relevant supervisory guidance. The Bank is also prohibited from paying dividends, incurring, increasing or guaranteeing any debt, or making certain changes to its business without prior approval from the DFI, and the Bank and Hanmi must obtain prior approval from the FRB prior to declaring and paying dividends.
     Under the Order, the Bank is also required to increase its capital and maintain certain regulatory capital ratios prior to certain dates specified in the Order. By July 31, 2010, the Bank will be required to increase its contributed equity capital by not less than an additional $100 million. The Bank will be required to maintain a ratio of tangible shareholder’s equity to total tangible assets as follows:
     
    Ratio of Tangible Shareholder’s
Date   Equity to Total Tangible Assets
By December 31, 2009   Not Less Than 7.0 Percent
By July 31, 2010   Not Less Than 9.0 Percent
From December 31, 2010 and Until the Order is Terminated   Not Less Than 9.5 Percent
     If the Bank is not able to maintain the capital ratios identified in the Order, it must notify the DFI, and Hanmi and the Bank are required to notify the FRB if their respective capital ratios fall below those set forth in the capital plan to be submitted to the FRB. As of December 31, 2009, the Bank had a Tier 1 leverage ratio of 6.69 percent and tangible stockholder’s equity to total tangible assets ratio of 7.13 percent. As of December 31, 2008, the Bank had a Tier 1 leverage ratio of 8.85 percent and tangible stockholder’s equity to total tangible assets ratio of 8.68 percent. See “Note 15 — Regulatory Matters” for further details regarding the Order and Agreement.
Going Concern
     As previously mentioned, we are required by federal regulatory authorities to maintain adequate levels of capital to support our operations. As part of the recently issued DFI Final Order, the Bank is also required to increase its capital and maintain certain regulatory capital ratios prior to certain dates specified in the Order. By July 31, 2010, the Bank will be required to increase its contributed equity capital by not less than an additional $100 million.
     We have also committed to the FRB to adopt a consolidated capital plan to augment and maintain a sufficient capital position. Our existing capital resources may not satisfy our capital requirements for the foreseeable future and may not be sufficient to offset any problem assets. Further, should our asset quality erode and require significant additional provision for credit losses, resulting in consistent net operating losses at the Bank, our capital levels will decline and we will need to raise capital to satisfy our agreements with the Regulators.
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outside our control, and on our financial performance. Accordingly, we cannot be certain of our ability to raise additional capital on terms acceptable to us. Our inability to raise additional capital or comply with the terms of the Order and the Agreement raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
General
     Hanmi Financial Corporation (“Hanmi Financial,” “we,” “us” or “our”) is a Delaware corporation incorporated on March 14, 2000 to be the holding company for the Bank. Hanmi Financial became the holding company for the Bank in June 2000 and is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (“BHCA”). Hanmi Financial also elected financial holding company status under the BHCA in 2000. Our principal office is located at 3660 Wilshire Boulevard, Penthouse Suite A, Los Angeles, California 90010, and our telephone number is (213) 382-2200.
     The Bank, our primary subsidiary, is a state chartered bank incorporated under the laws of the State of California on August 24, 1981, and licensed by the DFI on December 15, 1982. The Bank’s deposit accounts are insured under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (“FDI Act”) up to applicable limits thereof, and the Bank is a member of the Federal Reserve System. The Bank’s headquarters is located at 3660 Wilshire Boulevard, Penthouse Suite A, Los Angeles, California 90010.
     The Bank is a community bank conducting general business banking, with its primary market encompassing the Korean-American community as well as other communities in the multi-ethnic populations of Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, the San Francisco Bay area, and the Silicon Valley area in Santa Clara County. The Bank’s full-service offices are located in business areas where many of the businesses are run by immigrants and other minority groups. The Bank’s client base reflects the multi-ethnic composition of these communities. At December 31, 2009, the Bank maintained a branch network of 27 full-service branch offices in California and two loan production offices (“LPOs”) in Virginia and Washington.
     Our other subsidiaries are Chun-Ha Insurance Services, Inc. (“Chun-Ha”) and All World Insurance Services, Inc. (“All World”), which were acquired in January 2007. Founded in 1989, Chun-Ha and All World are insurance agencies that offer a complete line of insurance products, including life, commercial, automobile, health, and property and casualty.
     The Bank’s revenues are derived primarily from interest and fees on our loans, interest and dividends on our securities portfolio, and service charges on deposit accounts. A summary of revenues for the periods indicated follows:
                                                 
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2009     2008     2007  
                    (Dollars in Thousands)                  
Interest and Fees on Loans
  $ 173,318       80.1 %   $ 223,942       82.6 %   $ 261,992       81.6 %
Interest and Dividends on Investments
    8,634       4.0 %     14,022       5.2 %     17,867       5.6 %
Other Interest Income
    2,195       1.0 %     219       0.1 %     1,037       0.3 %
Service Charges on Deposit Accounts
    17,054       7.9 %     18,463       6.8 %     18,061       5.6 %
Other Non-Interest Income
    15,056       7.0 %     14,391       5.3 %     21,945       6.9 %
 
                                   
 
                                               
Total Revenues
  $ 216,257       100.0 %   $ 271,037       100.0 %   $ 320,902       100.0 %
 
                                   
Market Area
     The Bank historically has provided its banking services through its branch network to a wide variety of small- to medium-sized businesses. Throughout the Bank’s service areas, competition is intense for both loans and deposits. While the market for banking services is dominated by a few nationwide banks with many offices operating over a wide geographic areas, the Bank’s primary competitors are relatively smaller community banks that focus their marketing efforts on Korean-American businesses in the Bank’s service areas. Substantially all of our assets are located in, and substantially all of our revenues are derived from clients located within California.

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Lending Activities
     The Bank originates loans for its own portfolio and for sale in the secondary market. Lending activities include real estate loans (commercial property, construction and residential property), commercial and industrial loans (commercial term loans, commercial lines of credit, SBA loans and international trade finance), and consumer loans.
     Real Estate Loans
     Real estate lending involves risks associated with the potential decline in the value of the underlying real estate collateral and the cash flow from income-producing properties. Declines in real estate values and cash flows can be caused by a number of factors, including adversity in general economic conditions, rising interest rates, changes in tax and other laws and regulations affecting the holding of real estate, environmental conditions, governmental and other use restrictions, development of competitive properties and increasing vacancy rates. When real estate values decline, the Bank’s real estate dependence increases the risk of loss both in the Bank’s loan portfolio and any holdings of other real estate owned because of foreclosures on loans.
     Commercial Property
     The Bank offers commercial real estate loans. These loans are generally collateralized by first deeds of trust. For these commercial real estate loans, the Bank generally obtains formal appraisals in accordance with applicable regulations to support the value of the real estate collateral. All appraisal reports on commercial mortgage loans are reviewed by an Appraisal Review Officer. The review generally covers an examination of the appraiser’s assumptions and methods that were used to derive a value for the property, as well as compliance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (the “USPAP”). The Bank first looks to cash flow from the borrower to repay the loan and then to cash flow from other sources. The majority of the properties securing these loans are located in Los Angeles County and Orange County.
     The Bank’s commercial real estate loans are principally secured by investor-owned commercial buildings and owner-occupied commercial and industrial buildings. Generally, these types of loans are made for a period of up to seven years based on a longer amortization period. These loans usually have a loan-to-value ratio at time of origination of 65 percent or less, using an adjustable rate indexed to the prime rate appearing in the West Coast edition of The Wall Street Journal (“WSJ Prime Rate”) or the Bank’s prime rate (“Bank Prime Rate”), as adjusted from time to time. The Bank also offers fixed-rate commercial real estate loans, including hybrid-fixed rate loans that are fixed for one to five years and convert to adjustable rate loans for the remaining term. Amortization schedules for commercial real estate loans generally do not exceed 25 years.
     Payments on loans secured by investor-owned and owner-occupied properties are often dependent upon successful operation or management of the properties. Repayment of such loans may be subject to a greater extent to the risk of adverse conditions in the real estate market or the economy. The Bank seeks to minimize these risks in a variety of ways, including limiting the size of such loans in relation to the market value of the property and strictly scrutinizing the property securing the loan. The Bank manages these risks in a variety of ways, including vacancy and interest rate hike sensitivity analysis at the time of loan origination and quarterly risk assessment of the total commercial real estate secured loan portfolio that includes most recent industry trends. When possible, the Bank also obtains corporate or individual guarantees from financially capable parties. Representatives of the Bank visit all of the properties securing the Bank’s real estate loans before the loans are approved. The Bank requires title insurance insuring the status of its lien on all of the real estate secured loans when a trust deed on the real estate is taken as collateral. The Bank also requires the borrower to maintain fire insurance, extended coverage casualty insurance and, if the property is in a flood zone, flood insurance, in an amount equal to the outstanding loan balance, subject to applicable laws that may limit the amount of hazard insurance a lender can require to replace such improvements. We cannot assure that these procedures will protect against losses on loans secured by real property.

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     Construction
     The Bank finances the construction of multifamily, low-income housing, commercial and industrial properties within its market area. The future condition of the local economy could negatively affect the collateral values of such loans. The Bank’s construction loans typically have the following characteristics:
    maturities of two years or less;
    a floating rate of interest based on the Bank Prime Rate or the WSJ Prime Rate;
    minimum cash equity of 35 percent of project cost;
    reserve of anticipated interest costs during construction or advance of fees;
    first lien position on the underlying real estate;
    loan-to-value ratios at time of origination generally not exceeding 65 percent; and
    recourse against the borrower or a guarantor in the event of default.
     The Bank does, on a case-by-case basis, commit to making permanent loans on the property with loan conditions that command strong project stability and debt service coverage. Construction loans involve additional risks compared to loans secured by existing improved real property. These include the following:
    the uncertain value of the project prior to completion;
    the inherent uncertainty in estimating construction costs, which are often beyond the borrower’s control;
    construction delays and cost overruns;
    possible difficulties encountered in connection with municipal or other governmental regulations during construction; and
    the difficulty in accurately evaluating the market value of the completed project.
     Because of these uncertainties, construction lending often involves the disbursement of substantial funds with repayment dependent, in part, on the success of the ultimate project rather than the ability of the borrower or guarantor to repay principal and interest. If the Bank is forced to foreclose on a project prior to or at completion due to a default, there can be no assurance that the Bank will be able to recover all of the unpaid balance of, or accrued interest on, the loans as well as the related foreclosure and holding costs. In addition, the Bank may be required to fund additional amounts to complete a project and may have to hold the property for an indeterminable period. The Bank has underwriting procedures designed to identify what it believes to be acceptable levels of risk in construction lending. Among other things, qualified and bonded third parties are engaged to provide progress reports and recommendations for construction disbursements. No assurance can be given that these procedures will prevent losses arising from the risks described above.
     Residential Property
     The Bank originates fixed-rate and variable-rate mortgage loans secured by one- to four-family properties with amortization schedules of 15 to 30 years and maturities of up to 30 years. The loan fees charged, interest rates and other provisions of the Bank’s residential loans are determined by an analysis of the Bank’s cost of funds, cost of origination, cost of servicing, risk factors and portfolio needs. The Bank may sell some of the mortgage loans that it originates to secondary market participants. The typical turn-around time from origination to sale is between 30 and 90 days. The interest rate and the price of the loan are typically agreed to prior to the loan origination.
     Commercial and Industrial Loans
     The Bank offers commercial loans for intermediate and short-term credit. Commercial loans may be unsecured, partially secured or fully secured. The majority of the origination of commercial loans is in Los Angeles County and Orange County, and loan maturities are normally 12 to 60 months. The Bank requires a credit underwriting before considering any extension of credit. The Bank finances primarily small and middle market businesses in a wide spectrum of industries. Commercial and industrial loans consist of credit lines for operating needs, loans for equipment purchases and working capital, and various other business purposes.

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     As compared to consumer lending, commercial lending entails significant additional risks. These loans typically involve larger loan balances, are generally dependent on the cash flow of the business and may be subject to adverse conditions in the general economy or in a specific industry. Short-term business loans generally are intended to finance current operations and typically provide for principal payment at maturity, with interest payable monthly. Term loans normally provide for floating interest rates, with monthly payments of both principal and interest.
     In general, it is the intent of the Bank to take collateral whenever possible, regardless of the loan purpose(s). Collateral may include liens on inventory, accounts receivable, fixtures and equipment, leasehold improvements and real estate. When real estate is the primary collateral, the Bank obtains formal appraisals in accordance with applicable regulations to support the value of the real estate collateral. Typically, the Bank requires all principals of a business to be co-obligors on all loan instruments and all significant stockholders of corporations to execute a specific debt guaranty. All borrowers must demonstrate the ability to service and repay not only their obligations to the Bank debt, but also all outstanding business debt, without liquidating the collateral, based on historical earnings or reliable projections.
     Commercial Term Loans
     The Bank finances small and middle-market businesses in a wide spectrum of industries throughout California. The Bank offers term loans for a variety of needs, including loans for working capital, purchases of equipment, machinery or inventory, business acquisitions, renovation of facilities, and refinancing of existing business-related debts. These loans have repayment terms of up to seven years.
     Commercial Lines of Credit
     The Bank offers lines of credit for a variety of short-term needs, including lines of credit for working capital, account receivable and inventory financing, and other purposes related to business operations. Commercial lines of credit usually have a term of 12 months or less.
     SBA Loans
     The Bank originates loans qualifying for guarantees issued by the U.S. SBA, an independent agency of the Federal Government. The SBA guarantees on such loans currently range from 75 percent to 90 percent of the principal. The Bank typically requires that SBA loans be secured by business assets and by a first or second deed of trust on any available real property. When the loan is secured by a first deed of trust on real property, the Bank generally obtains appraisals in accordance with applicable regulations. SBA loans have terms ranging from 5 to 20 years depending on the use of the proceeds. To qualify for a SBA loan, a borrower must demonstrate the capacity to service and repay the loan, without liquidating the collateral, based on historical earnings or reliable projections.
     The Bank normally sells to unrelated third parties a substantial amount of the guaranteed portion of the SBA loans that it originates. When the Bank sells a SBA loan, it has a right to repurchase the loan if the loan defaults. If the Bank repurchases a loan, the Bank will make a demand for guarantee purchase to the SBA. The Bank retains the right to service the SBA loans, for which it receives servicing fees. The unsold portions of the SBA loans that remain owned by the Bank are included in loans receivable on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of December 31, 2009, the Bank had $139.5 million of SBA loans in its portfolio, and was servicing $233.1 million of SBA loans sold to investors.
     International Trade Finance
     The Bank offers a variety of international finance and trade services and products, including letters of credit, import financing (trust receipt financing and bankers’ acceptances) and export financing. Although most of our trade finance activities are related to trade with Asian countries, all of our loans are made to companies domiciled in the United States. A substantial portion of this business involves California-based customers engaged in import activities.

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     Consumer Loans
     Consumer loans are extended for a variety of purposes, including automobile loans, secured and unsecured personal loans, home improvement loans, home equity lines of credit, overdraft protection loans, unsecured lines of credit and credit cards. Management assesses the borrower’s creditworthiness and ability to repay the debt through a review of credit history and ratings, verification of employment and other income, review of debt-to-income ratios and other measures of repayment ability. Although creditworthiness of the applicant is of primary importance, the underwriting process also includes a comparison of the value of the collateral, if any, to the proposed loan amount. Most of the Bank’s loans to individuals are repayable on an installment basis.
     Any repossessed collateral for a defaulted consumer loan may not provide an adequate source of repayment of the outstanding loan balance, because the collateral is more likely to suffer damage or depreciation. The remaining deficiency often does not warrant further collection efforts against the borrower beyond obtaining a deficiency judgment. In addition, the collection of loans to individuals is dependent on the borrower’s continuing financial stability, and thus is more likely to be adversely affected by job loss, divorce, illness or personal bankruptcy. Furthermore, various federal and state laws, including bankruptcy and insolvency laws, often limit the amount that the lender can recover on loans to individuals. Loans to individuals may also give rise to claims and defenses by a consumer borrower against the lender on these loans, and a borrower may be able to assert against any assignee of the note these claims and defenses that the borrower has against the seller of the underlying collateral.
Off-Balance Sheet Commitments
     As part of its service to its small- to medium-sized business customers, the Bank from time to time issues formal commitments and lines of credit. These commitments can be either secured or unsecured. They may be in the form of revolving lines of credit for seasonal working capital needs or may take the form of commercial letters of credit or standby letters of credit. Commercial letters of credit facilitate import trade. Standby letters of credit are conditional commitments issued by the Bank to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party.
Lending Procedures and Loan Limits
     Loan applications may be approved by the Board of Directors’ Loan Committee, or by the Bank’s management or lending officers to the extent of their lending authority. Individual lending authority is granted to the Chief Credit Officer and certain additional officers, including District Leaders. Loans for which direct and indirect borrower liability exceeds an individual’s lending authority are referred to the Bank’s Management Credit Committee and, for those in excess of the Management Credit Committee’s approval limits, to the Board of Directors’ Loan Committee.
     Legal lending limits are calculated in conformance with the California Financial Code, which prohibits a bank from lending to any one individual or entity or its related interests on an unsecured basis any amount that exceeds 15 percent of the sum of stockholders’ equity plus the allowance for loan losses, capital notes and any debentures, plus an additional 10 percent on a secured basis. At December 31, 2009, the Bank’s authorized legal lending limits for loans to one borrower were $55.9 million for unsecured loans plus an additional $37.3 million for specific secured loans. However, the Bank has established internal loan limits that are lower than the legal lending limits.
     The Bank seeks to mitigate the risks inherent in its loan portfolio by adhering to certain underwriting practices. The review of each loan application includes analysis of the applicant’s experience, prior credit history, income level, cash flow, financial condition, tax returns, cash flow projections, and the value of any collateral to secure the loan, based upon reports of independent appraisers and/or audits of accounts receivable or inventory pledged as security. In the case of real estate loans over a specified amount, the review of collateral value includes an appraisal report prepared by an independent Bank-approved appraiser. All appraisal reports on commercial real property secured loans are reviewed by an Appraisal Review Officer. The review generally covers an examination of the appraiser’s assumptions and methods that were used to derive a value for the property, as well as compliance with the USPAP.

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Allowance for Loan Losses, Allowance for Off-Balance Sheet Items and Provision for Credit Losses
     The Bank maintains an allowance for loan losses at a level considered by management to be adequate to cover the inherent risks of loss associated with its loan portfolio under prevailing economic conditions. In addition, the Bank maintains an allowance for off-balance sheet items associated with unfunded commitments and letters of credit, which is included in other liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
     The Bank follows the “Interagency Policy Statement on the Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses” and analyzes the allowance for loan losses on a quarterly basis. In addition, as an integral part of the quarterly credit review process of the Bank, the allowance for loan losses and allowance for off-balance sheet items are reviewed for adequacy. The DFI and/or the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”) may require the Bank to recognize additions to the allowance for loan losses through a provision for credit losses based upon their assessment of the information available to them at the time of their examinations.
Deposits
     The Bank raises funds primarily through its network of branches and broker deposits. The Bank attracts deposits by offering a wide variety of transaction and term accounts and personalized customer service. Accounts offered include business and personal checking accounts, savings accounts, negotiable order of withdrawal (“NOW”) accounts, money market accounts and certificates of deposit.
Website
     We maintain an Internet website at www.hanmi.com. We make available free of charge on the website our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and any amendments thereto, as soon as reasonably practicable after we file such reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). None of the information on or hyperlinked from our website is incorporated into this Annual Report on Form 10-K (“Report”). These reports and other information on file can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington D.C., 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains a website that contains the reports, proxy and information statements and other information we file with them. The address of the site is www.sec.gov.
Employees
     As of December 31, 2009, the Bank had 454 full-time employees and 19 part-time employees and Chun-Ha and All World had 36 full-time employees. Our employees are not represented by a union or covered by a collective bargaining agreement. We believe that our employee relations are satisfactory.
Insurance
     We maintain financial institution bond and commercial insurance at levels deemed adequate by management to protect Hanmi Financial from certain litigation and other losses.
Competition
     The banking and financial services industry in California generally, and in the Bank’s market areas specifically, are highly competitive. The increasingly competitive environment faced by banks is primarily the result of changes in laws and regulation, changes in technology and product delivery systems, new competitors in the market, and the accelerating pace of consolidation among financial service providers. We compete for loans, deposits and customers with other commercial banks, savings institutions, securities and brokerage companies, mortgage companies, real estate investment trusts, insurance companies, finance companies, money market funds, credit unions and other non-bank financial service providers. Some of these competitors are larger in total assets and capitalization, have greater access to capital markets, including foreign-ownership, and/or offer a broader range of financial services.

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     Among the advantages that the major banks have over the Bank is their ability to finance extensive advertising campaigns and to allocate their investment assets to the regions with the highest yield and demand. Many of the major commercial banks operating in the Bank’s service areas offer specific services (for instance, trust services) that are not offered directly by the Bank. By virtue of their greater total capitalization, these banks also have substantially higher lending limits.
     The recent trend has been for other institutions, including brokerage firms, credit card companies and retail establishments, to offer banking services to consumers, including money market funds with check access and cash advances on credit card accounts. In addition, other entities (both public and private) seeking to raise capital through the issuance and sale of debt or equity securities compete with banks for the acquisition of deposits.
     The Bank’s major competitors are relatively smaller community banks that focus their marketing efforts on Korean-American businesses in the Bank’s service areas. These banks compete for loans primarily through the interest rates and fees they charge and the convenience and quality of service they provide to borrowers. The competition for deposits is primarily based on the interest rate paid and the convenience and quality of service.
     In order to compete with other financial institutions in its service area, the Bank relies principally upon local promotional activity, including advertising in the local media, personal contacts, direct mail and specialized services. The Bank’s promotional activities emphasize the advantages of dealing with a locally owned and headquartered institution attuned to the particular needs of the community.
Economic Developments, Legislation and Regulatory Initiatives
     Future profitability, like that of most financial institutions, is primarily dependent on interest rate differentials and credit quality. In general, the difference between the interest rates paid by us on interest-bearing liabilities, such as deposits and other borrowings, and the interest rates received by us on our interest-earning assets, such as loans extended to our customers and securities held in our investment portfolio, will comprise the major portion of our earnings. These rates are highly sensitive to many factors that are beyond our control, such as inflation, recession and unemployment, and the impact that future changes in domestic and foreign economic conditions might have on us cannot be predicted.
     Our business is also influenced by the monetary and fiscal policies of the Federal Government and the policies of regulatory agencies, particularly the FRB. The FRB implements national monetary policies (with objectives such as curbing inflation and combating recession) through its open-market operations in U.S. Government securities, by adjusting the required level of reserves for depository institutions subject to its reserve requirements, and by varying the target federal funds and discount rates applicable to borrowings by depository institutions. The actions of the FRB in these areas influence the growth of bank loans, investments and deposits and affect interest earned on interest-earning assets and interest paid on interest-bearing liabilities. The nature and impact on us of any future changes in monetary and fiscal policies cannot be predicted.
     From time to time, federal and state legislation is enacted that may have the effect of materially increasing the cost of doing business, limiting or expanding permissible activities, or affecting the competitive balance between banks and other financial services providers, such as recent federal legislation permitting affiliations among commercial banks, insurance companies and securities firms. We cannot predict whether or when any potential legislation will be enacted, and if enacted, the effect that it, or any implementing regulations, would have on our financial condition or results of operations. In addition, the outcome of any investigations initiated by state authorities or litigation raising issues may result in necessary changes in our operations, additional regulation and increased compliance costs.

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     Negative developments beginning in the latter half of 2007 in the sub-prime mortgage market and the securitization markets for such loans and other factors have resulted in uncertainty in the financial markets in general and a related general economic downturn, which continued through 2008 and are anticipated to continue throughout 2010. Dramatic declines in the housing market, with decreasing home prices and increasing delinquencies and foreclosures, have negatively impacted the credit performance of mortgage and residential construction loans and resulted in significant write-downs of assets by many financial institutions. In addition, the values of real estate collateral supporting many commercial as well as residential loans have declined and may continue to decline. General downward economic trends, reduced availability of commercial credit and increasing unemployment have negatively impacted the credit performance of commercial and consumer credit, resulting in additional write-downs. Concerns over the stability of the financial markets and the economy have resulted in decreased lending by financial institutions to their customers and to each other. This market turmoil and tightening of credit has led to increased commercial and consumer delinquencies, lack of customer confidence, increased market volatility and widespread reduction in general business activity. Competition among depository institutions for deposits has increased significantly. Bank and bank holding company stock prices have been significantly negatively affected, as has the ability of banks and bank holding companies to raise capital or borrow in the debt markets compared to recent years. The bank regulatory agencies have been very aggressive in responding to concerns and trends identified in examinations, and this has resulted in the increased issuance of formal and informal enforcement orders and other supervisory actions requiring that institutions take action to address credit quality, liquidity and risk management, and capital adequacy, as well as other safety and soundness concerns.
     On November 2, 2009, the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank consented to the issuance of the Order from the DFI. On the same date, Hanmi Financial and the Bank entered into the Agreement with the FRB. The Order and the Agreement contain substantially similar provisions. The Order and the Agreement require the Board of Directors of the Bank to prepare and submit written plans to the DFI and the FRB that address the following items: (i) strengthening board oversight of the management and operation of the Bank; (ii) strengthening credit risk management practices; (iii) improving credit administration policies and procedures; (iv) improving the Bank’s position with respect to problem assets; (v) maintaining adequate reserves for loan and lease losses; (vi) improving the capital position of the Bank and, with respect to the Agreement, of Hanmi; (vii) improving the Bank’s earnings through a strategic plan and a budget for 2010; (viii) improving the Bank’s liquidity position and funds management practices; and (ix) contingency funding. In addition, the Order and the Agreement place restrictions on the Bank’s lending to borrowers who have adversely classified loans with the Bank and requires the Bank to charge off or collect certain problem loans. The Order and the Agreement also require the Bank to review and revise its allowance for loan and lease losses consistent with relevant supervisory guidance. The Bank is also prohibited from paying dividends, incurring, increasing or guaranteeing any debt, or making certain changes to its business without prior approval from the DFI, and the Bank and Hanmi must obtain prior approval from the FRB prior to declaring and paying dividends.
     Under the Order, the Bank is also required to increase its capital and maintain certain regulatory capital ratios prior to certain dates specified in the Order. By July 31, 2010, the Bank will be required to increase its contributed equity capital by not less than an additional $100 million. The Bank will be required to maintain a ratio of tangible shareholder’s equity to total tangible assets as follows:
     
    Ratio of Tangible Shareholder’s
Date   Equity to Total Tangible Assets
By December 31, 2009
  Not Less Than 7.0 Percent
By July 31, 2010   Not Less Than 9.0 Percent
From December 31, 2010 and Until the Order is Terminated   Not Less Than 9.5 Percent
     If the Bank is not able to maintain the capital ratios identified in the Order, it must notify the DFI, and Hanmi and the Bank are required to notify the FRB if their respective capital ratios fall below those set forth in the capital plan to be submitted to the FRB. Our inability to comply with the capital ratios identified in the Order raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
     On February 17, 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”) was signed into law by President Obama. The ARRA includes a wide variety of programs intended to stimulate the economy and provide for extensive infrastructure, energy, health and education needs. In addition, the ARRA imposes certain new executive compensation and corporate expenditure limits on all current and future TARP recipients until the institution has repaid the Treasury, which is now permitted under the ARRA without penalty and without the need to

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raise new capital, subject to the Treasury’s consultation with the recipient’s appropriate regulatory agency.
     The executive compensation standards are more stringent than those currently in effect under the TARP CPP or those previously proposed by the Treasury. The new standards include (but are not limited to): (i) prohibitions on bonuses, retention awards and other incentive compensation, other than restricted stock grants which do not fully vest during the TARP period up to one-third of an employee’s total annual compensation; (ii) prohibitions on golden parachute payments for departure from a company; (iii) an expanded clawback of bonuses, retention awards and incentive compensation if payment is based on materially inaccurate statements of earnings, revenues, gains or other criteria; (iv) prohibitions on compensation plans that encourage manipulation of reported earnings; (v) retroactive review of bonuses, retention awards and other compensation previously provided by TARP recipients if found by the Treasury to be inconsistent with the purposes of the TARP or otherwise contrary to public interest; (vi) required establishment of a company-wide policy regarding “excessive or luxury expenditures;” and (vii) inclusion in a participant’s proxy statements for annual shareholder meetings of a non-binding “Say on Pay” shareholder vote on the compensation of executives.
     On February 25, 2009, the first day the CAP program was initiated, the Treasury released the actual terms of the program, stating that the purpose of the CAP is to restore confidence throughout the financial system that the nation’s largest banking institutions have a sufficient capital cushion against larger than expected future losses, should they occur due to severe economic environment, and to support lending to creditworthy borrowers. Under the CAP terms, eligible U.S. banking institutions with assets in excess of $100 billion on a consolidated basis are required to participate in coordinated supervisory assessments, which are forward-looking “stress test” assessments to evaluate the capital needs of the institution under a more challenging economic environment. Should this assessment indicate the need for the bank to establish an additional capital buffer to withstand more stressful conditions, these larger institutions may access the CAP immediately as a means to establish any necessary additional buffer or they may delay the CAP funding for six months to raise the capital privately. Eligible U.S. banking institutions with assets below $100 billion may also obtain capital from the CAP. The CAP program does not replace the TARP CPP, but is an additional program to the TARP CPP, and is open to eligible institutions regardless of whether they participated in the TARP CPP. The deadline to apply to the CAP is May 25, 2009. Recipients of capital under the CAP will be subject to the same executive compensation requirements as if they had received the TARP CPP.
     We applied to participate in the TARP CPP for an investment of up to $105 million from the Federal Government in December 2008, but we withdrew our application in June 2009.
     The EESA also increased Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) deposit insurance on most accounts from $100,000 to $250,000 through the end of 2013. In addition, the FDIC has implemented two temporary liquidity programs to: (i) provide deposit insurance for the full amount of most noninterest-bearing transaction accounts (the “Transaction Account Guarantee”) through the end of 2013; and (ii) guarantee certain unsecured debt of financial institutions and their holding companies through June 2012 under a temporary liquidity guarantee program (the “Debt Guarantee Program” and together the “TLGP”).
     Hanmi Financial and the Bank did not elect to opt out of the Debt Guarantee Program. The FDIC charges “systemic risk special assessments” to depository institutions that participate in the TLGP. The FDIC has recently proposed that Congress give the FDIC expanded authority to charge fees to those holding companies that benefit directly and indirectly from the FDIC guarantees.
Supervision and Regulation
     General
     We are extensively regulated under both federal and certain state laws. Regulation and supervision by the federal and state banking agencies is intended primarily for the protection of depositors and the Deposit Insurance Fund (“DIF”) administered by the FDIC, and not for the benefit of stockholders. Set forth below is a summary description of the key laws and regulations that relate to our operations. These descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to the applicable laws and regulations.

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     From time to time, federal and state legislation is enacted that may have the effect of materially increasing the cost of doing business, limiting or expanding permissible activities, or affecting the competitive balance between banks and other financial services providers. Several proposals for legislation that could substantially intensify the regulation of the financial services industry (including a possible comprehensive overhaul of the financial institutions regulatory system) are expected to be introduced and possibly enacted in the new Congress in response to the current economic downturn and financial industry instability. Other legislative and regulatory initiatives that could affect us and the Bank and the banking industry in general are pending, and additional initiatives may be proposed or introduced, before the Congress, the California legislature and other governmental bodies in the future. Such proposals, if enacted, may further alter the structure, regulation and competitive relationship among financial institutions, and may subject us and the Bank to increased regulation, disclosure and reporting requirements. In addition, the various bank regulatory agencies often adopt new rules, regulations and policies to implement and enforce existing legislation. It cannot be predicted whether, or in what form, any such legislation or regulations or changes in policies may be enacted or the extent to which the business of the Bank would be affected thereby.
     Hanmi Financial
     As a bank and financial holding company, we are subject to regulation and examination by the FRB under the BHCA. Accordingly, we are subject to the FRB’s authority to:
    require periodic reports and such additional information as the FRB may require.
    require us to maintain certain levels of capital. See “Capital Standards.”
    require that bank holding companies serve as a source of financial and managerial strength to subsidiary banks and commit resources as necessary to support each subsidiary bank. A bank holding company’s failure to meet its obligations to serve as a source of strength to its subsidiary banks will generally be considered by the FRB to be an unsafe and unsound banking practice or a violation of FRB regulations, or both.
    terminate an activity or terminate control of or liquidate or divest certain subsidiaries, affiliates or investments if the FRB believes the activity or the control of the subsidiary or affiliate constitutes a significant risk to the financial safety, soundness or stability of any bank subsidiary.
    take formal or informal enforcement action or issue other supervisory directives and assess civil money penalties for non-compliance under certain circumstances.
    regulate provisions of certain bank holding company debt, including the authority to impose interest ceilings and reserve requirements on such debt and require prior approval to purchase or redeem our securities in certain situations.
    limit or prohibit and require FRB prior approval of the payment of dividends.
    require financial holding companies to divest non-banking activities or subsidiary banks if they fail to meet certain financial holding company standards.
    approve acquisitions and mergers with other banks or savings institutions and consider certain competitive, management, financial and other factors in granting these approvals. Similar California and other state banking agency approvals may also be required.
     A bank holding company is required to file with the FRB annual reports and other information regarding its business operations and those of its non-banking subsidiaries. It is also subject to supervision and examination by the FRB. Examinations are designed to inform the FRB of the financial condition and nature of the operations of the bank holding company and its subsidiaries and to monitor compliance with the BHCA and other laws affecting the operations of bank holding companies. To determine whether potential weaknesses in the condition or operations of bank holding companies might pose a risk to the safety and soundness of their subsidiary banks, examinations focus on whether a bank holding company has adequate systems and internal controls in place to manage the risks inherent in its business, including credit risk, interest rate risk, market risk (for example, from changes in value of portfolio instruments and foreign currency), liquidity risk, operational risk, legal risk and reputation risk.

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     Bank holding companies may be subject to potential enforcement actions by the FRB for unsafe or unsound practices in conducting their businesses or for violations of any law, rule, regulation or any condition imposed in writing by the FRB. Enforcement actions may include the issuance of cease and desist orders, the imposition of civil money penalties, the requirement to meet and maintain specific capital levels for any capital measure, the issuance of directives to increase capital, formal and informal agreements, or removal and prohibition orders against officers or directors and other “institution-affiliated” parties.
     Regulatory Restrictions on Dividends; Source of Strength
     Hanmi Financial is regarded as a legal entity separate and distinct from its other subsidiaries. The principal source of our revenue is dividends received from the Bank. Various federal and state statutory provisions limit the amount of dividends the Bank can pay to Hanmi Financial without regulatory approval. It is the policy of the Federal Reserve Board that bank holding companies should pay cash dividends on common stock only out of income available over the past year and only if prospective earnings retention is consistent with the organization’s expected future needs and financial condition. The policy provides that bank holding companies should not maintain a level of cash dividends that undermines the bank holding company’s ability to serve as a source of strength to its banking subsidiaries.
     Under Federal Reserve Board policy, a bank holding company is expected to act as a source of financial strength to each of its banking subsidiaries and commit resources to their support. Such support may be required at times when, absent this Federal Reserve Board policy, a holding company may not be inclined to provide it. As discussed below, a bank holding company, in certain circumstances, could be required to guarantee the capital plan of an undercapitalized banking subsidiary.
     In the event of a bank holding company’s bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, the trustee will be deemed to have assumed, and is required to cure immediately, any deficit under any commitment by the debtor holding company to any of the federal banking agencies to maintain the capital of an insured depository institution, and any claim for breach of such obligation will generally have priority over most other unsecured claims.
     Activities “Closely Related” to Banking
     The Bank Holding Company Act prohibits a bank holding company, with certain limited exceptions, from acquiring direct or indirect ownership or control of any voting shares of any company which is not a bank or from engaging in any activities other than those of banking, managing or controlling banks and certain other subsidiaries, or furnishing services to or performing services for its subsidiaries. One principal exception to these prohibitions allows the acquisition of interests in companies whose activities are found by the Federal Reserve Board, by order or regulation, to be so closely related to banking or managing or controlling banks, as to be a proper incident thereto. These activities include, among other things, numerous services and functions performed in connection with lending, investing, and financial counseling and tax planning. In approving acquisitions by bank holding companies of companies engaged in banking-related activities, the Federal Reserve Board considers a number of factors, and weighs the expected benefits to the public (such as greater convenience and increased competition or gains in efficiency) against the risks of possible adverse effects (such as undue concentration of resources, decreased or unfair competition, conflicts of interest, or unsound banking practices). The Federal Reserve Board is also empowered to differentiate between activities commenced de novo and activities commenced through acquisition of a going concern.

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          Gramm-Leach Bliley Act; Financial Holding Companies
     The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Modernization Act of 1999, revised and expanded the provisions of the Bank Holding Company Act by including a new section that permits a bank holding company to elect to become a financial holding company to engage in a full range of activities that are “financial in nature.” The qualification requirements and the process for a bank holding company that elects to be treated as a financial holding company require that all of the subsidiary banks controlled by the bank holding company at the time of election to become a financial holding company must be and remain at all times “well-capitalized” and “well managed.” Hanmi Financial has previously elected to be a financial holding company.
     The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act further requires that, in the event that the bank holding company elects to become a financial holding company, the election must be made by filing a written declaration with the appropriate Federal Reserve Bank that:
    states that the bank holding company elects to become a financial holding company;
    provides the name and head office address of the bank holding company and each depository institution controlled by the bank holding company;
    certifies that each depository institution controlled by the bank holding company is “well-capitalized” as of the date the bank holding company submits its declaration;
    provides the capital ratios for all relevant capital measures as of the close of the previous quarter for each depository institution controlled by the bank holding company; and
    certifies that each depository institution controlled by the bank holding company is “well managed” as of the date the bank holding company submits its declaration.
     The bank holding company must have also achieved at least a rating of “satisfactory record of meeting community credit needs” under the Community Reinvestment Act during the institution’s most recent examination.
     Financial holding companies may engage, directly or indirectly, in any activity that is determined to be:
    financial in nature;
    incidental to such financial activity; or
 
    complementary to a financial activity provided it “does not pose a substantial risk to the safety and soundness of depository institutions or the financial system generally.”
     The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act specifically provides that the following activities have been determined to be “financial in nature”: lending, trust and other banking activities; insurance activities; financial or economic advisory services; securitization of assets; securities underwriting and dealing; existing bank holding company domestic activities; existing bank holding company foreign activities and merchant banking activities. In addition, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act specifically gives the Federal Reserve Board the authority, by regulation or order, to expand the list of “financial” or “incidental” activities, but requires consultation with the United States Treasury Department, and gives the Federal Reserve Board authority to allow a financial holding company to engage in any activity that is “complementary” to a financial activity and does not “pose a substantial risk to the safety and soundness of depository institutions or the financial system generally.”
     Pursuant to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Chun-Ha and All World qualify as financial subsidiaries. Under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, in order to elect and retain financial holding company status, all depository institution subsidiaries of a bank holding company must be well capitalized, well managed, and, except in limited circumstances, be in satisfactory compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”). Failure to sustain compliance with these requirements or correct any non-compliance within a fixed time period could lead to divestiture of subsidiary banks or require all activities to conform to those permissible for a bank holding company. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement with the FRB, we have agreed to take certain corrective action pursuant to these Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act requirements.

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          Privacy Policies
     Under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, all financial institutions are required to adopt privacy policies, restrict the sharing of nonpublic customer data with nonaffiliated parties and establish procedures and practices to protect customer data from unauthorized access. Hanmi Financial and its subsidiaries have established policies and procedures to assure our compliance with all privacy provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
          Safe and Sound Banking Practices
     Bank holding companies are not permitted to engage in unsafe and unsound banking practices. The Federal Reserve Board’s Regulation Y, for example, generally requires a holding company to give the Federal Reserve Board prior notice of any redemption or repurchase of its own equity securities, if the consideration to be paid, together with the consideration paid for any repurchases or redemptions in the preceding year, is equal to 10% or more of the company’s consolidated net worth. The Federal Reserve Board may oppose the transaction if it believes that the transaction would constitute an unsafe or unsound practice or would violate any law or regulation. Depending upon the circumstances, the Federal Reserve Board could take the position that paying a dividend would constitute an unsafe or unsound banking practice.
     The Federal Reserve Board has broad authority to prohibit activities of bank holding companies and their nonbanking subsidiaries which represent unsafe and unsound banking practices or which constitute violations of laws or regulations, and can assess civil money penalties for certain activities conducted on a knowing and reckless basis, if those activities caused a substantial loss to a depository institution. The penalties can be as high as $1 million for each day the activity continues.
          Annual Reporting; Examinations
     We are required to file annual reports with the Federal Reserve Board, and such additional information as the Federal Reserve Board may require pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act. The Federal Reserve Board may examine a bank holding company or any of its subsidiaries, and charge the company for the cost of such the examination.
          Capital Adequacy Requirements
     The Federal Reserve Board has adopted a system using risk-based capital guidelines to evaluate the capital adequacy of certain large bank holding companies. Prior to March 30, 2006, these capital guidelines were applicable to all bank holding companies having $150 million or more in assets on a consolidated basis. However, effective March 30, 2006, the Federal Reserve Board amended the asset size threshold to $500 million for purposes of determining whether a bank holding company is subject to the capital adequacy guidelines. Hanmi Financial currently has consolidated assets in excess of $500 million and is therefore subject to the Federal Reserve Board’s capital adequacy guidelines.
     Under the guidelines, specific categories of assets are assigned different risk weights, based generally on the perceived credit risk of the asset. These risk weights are multiplied by corresponding asset balances to determine a “risk-weighted” asset base. The guidelines require a minimum total risk-based capital ratio of 8.0% (of which at least 4.0% is required to consist of Tier 1 capital elements). Total capital is the sum of Tier 1 and Tier 2 capital. To be considered “well-capitalized,” a bank holding company must maintain, on a consolidated basis, (i) a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of at least 6.0%, and (ii) a total risk-based capital ratio of 10.0% or greater. As of December 31, 2009, our Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio was 6.76% and our total risk-based capital ratio was 9.12%. Accordingly, we and the Bank both qualified as “adequately capitalized” as of December 31, 2009.
     In addition to the risk-based capital guidelines, the Federal Reserve Board uses a leverage ratio as an additional tool to evaluate the capital adequacy of bank holding companies. The leverage ratio is a company’s Tier 1 capital divided by its average total consolidated assets. Certain highly-rated bank holding companies may maintain a minimum leverage ratio of 3.0%, but other bank holding companies are required to maintain a leverage ratio of at least 4.0%. As of December 31, 2009, our leverage ratio was 5.82%.

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     The federal banking agencies’ risk-based and leverage ratios are minimum supervisory ratios generally applicable to banking organizations that meet certain specified criteria. The federal bank regulatory agencies may set capital requirements for a particular banking organization that are higher than the minimum ratios when circumstances warrant. Federal Reserve Board guidelines also provide that banking organizations experiencing internal growth or making acquisitions will be expected to maintain strong capital positions, substantially above the minimum supervisory levels, without significant reliance on intangible assets.
     As described previously, the Bank is also required to increase its capital and maintain certain regulatory capital ratios prior to certain dates specified in the Order. By July 31, 2010, the Bank will be required to increase its contributed equity capital by not less than an additional $100 million. The Bank will be required to maintain a ratio of tangible shareholder’s equity to total tangible assets as follows:
     
    Ratio of Tangible Shareholder’s
Date   Equity to Total Tangible Assets
By December 31, 2009   Not Less Than 7.0 Percent
By July 31, 2010   Not Less Than 9.0 Percent
From December 31, 2010 and Until the Order is Terminated   Not Less Than 9.5 Percent
     If the Bank is not able to maintain the capital ratios identified in the Order, it must notify the DFI, and Hanmi and the Bank are required to notify the FRB if their respective capital ratios fall below those set forth in the capital plan to be submitted to the FRB. Our inability to comply with the capital ratios identified in the Order raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. As of December 31, 2009, the Bank had a Tier 1 leverage ratio of 6.69 percent and tangible stockholder’s equity to total tangible assets ratio of 7.13 percent.
          Imposition of Liability for Undercapitalized Subsidiaries
     Bank regulators are required to take “prompt corrective action” to resolve problems associated with insured depository institutions whose capital declines below certain levels. In the event an institution becomes “undercapitalized,” it must submit a capital restoration plan. The capital restoration plan will not be accepted by the regulators unless each company having control of the undercapitalized institution guarantees the subsidiary’s compliance with the capital restoration plan up to a certain specified amount. Any such guarantee from a depository institution’s holding company is entitled to a priority of payment in bankruptcy.
     The aggregate liability of the holding company of an undercapitalized bank is limited to the lesser of 5% of the institution’s assets at the time it became undercapitalized or the amount necessary to cause the institution to be “adequately capitalized.” The bank regulators have greater power in situations where an institution becomes “significantly” or “critically” undercapitalized or fails to submit a capital restoration plan. For example, a bank holding company controlling such an institution can be required to obtain prior Federal Reserve Board approval of proposed dividends, or might be required to consent to a consolidation or to divest the troubled institution or other affiliates.
          Acquisitions by Bank Holding Companies
     The Bank Holding Company Act requires every bank holding company to obtain the prior approval of the Federal Reserve Board before it may acquire all, or substantially all, of the assets of any bank, or ownership or control of any voting shares of any bank, if after such acquisition it would own or control, directly or indirectly, more than 5% of the voting shares of such bank. In approving bank acquisitions by bank holding companies, the Federal Reserve Board is required to consider the financial and managerial resources and future prospects of the bank holding company and the banks concerned, the convenience and needs of the communities to be served, and various competitive factors.
          Control Acquisitions
     The Change in Bank Control Act prohibits a person or group of persons from acquiring “control” of a bank holding company unless the Federal Reserve Board has been notified and has not objected to the transaction. Under a rebuttable presumption established by the Federal Reserve Board, the acquisition of 10% or more of a class of voting stock of a bank holding company with a class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act would, under the circumstances set forth in the presumption, constitute acquisition of control.

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     In addition, any company is required to obtain the approval of the Federal Reserve Board under the Bank Holding Company Act before acquiring 25% (5% in the case of an acquirer that is a bank holding company) or more of the outstanding common stock of the company, or otherwise obtaining control or a “controlling influence” over the company.
          Cross-guarantees
     Under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, or FDIA, a depository institution (which definition includes both banks and savings associations), the deposits of which are insured by the FDIC, can be held liable for any loss incurred by, or reasonably expected to be incurred by, the FDIC in connection with (1) the default of a commonly controlled FDIC-insured depository institution or (2) any assistance provided by the FDIC to any commonly controlled FDIC-insured depository institution “in danger of default.” “Default” is defined generally as the appointment of a conservator or a receiver and “in danger of default” is defined generally as the existence of certain conditions indicating that default is likely to occur in the absence of regulatory assistance. In some circumstances (depending upon the amount of the loss or anticipated loss suffered by the FDIC), cross-guarantee liability may result in the ultimate failure or insolvency of one or more insured depository institutions in a holding company structure. Any obligation or liability owed by a subsidiary bank to its parent company is subordinated to the subsidiary bank’s cross-guarantee liability with respect to commonly controlled insured depository institutions. The Bank is currently the only FDIC-insured depository institution subsidiary of Hanmi Financial.
     Because Hanmi Financial is a legal entity separate and distinct from the Bank, its right to participate in the distribution of assets of any subsidiary upon the subsidiary’s liquidation or reorganization will be subject to the prior claims of the subsidiary’s creditors. In the event of a liquidation or other resolution of the Bank, the claims of depositors and other general or subordinated creditors of the Bank would be entitled to a priority of payment over the claims of holders of any obligation of the Bank to its shareholders, including any depository institution holding company (such as Hanmi Financial) or any shareholder or creditor of such holding company.
          Anti-Terrorism Legislation
     In the wake of the tragic events of September 11th, on October 26, 2001, the President signed into law the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001. Also known as the “Patriot Act,” the law enhances the powers of the federal government and law enforcement organizations to combat terrorism, organized crime, and money laundering. The Patriot Act significantly amends and expands the application of the Bank Secrecy Act, including enhanced measures regarding customer identity, new suspicious activity reporting rules, and enhanced anti-money laundering programs.
     Under the Patriot Act, financial institutions are subject to prohibitions against specified financial transactions and account relationships as well as enhanced due diligence and “know your customer” standards in their dealings with foreign financial institutions and customers. For example, the enhanced due diligence policies, procedures, and controls generally require financial institutions to take reasonable steps:
    to conduct enhanced scrutiny of account relationships to guard against money laundering and report any suspicious transaction;
    to ascertain the identity of the nominal and beneficial owners of, and the source of funds deposited into, each account as needed to guard against money laundering and report any suspicious transactions;
    to ascertain for any foreign bank, the shares of which are not publicly traded, the identity of the owners of the foreign bank, and the nature and extent of the ownership interest of each such owner; and
 
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     Under the Patriot Act, financial institutions must also establish anti-money laundering programs. The Patriot Act sets forth minimum standards for these programs, including: (i) the development of internal policies, procedures and controls; (ii) the designation of a compliance officer; (iii) an ongoing employee training program; and (iv) an independent audit function to test the adequacy of such programs.
     In addition, the Patriot Act requires bank regulatory agencies to consider the record of a bank in combating money laundering activities in their evaluation of bank and bank holding company merger or acquisition transactions. Regulations proposed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to effect certain provisions of the Patriot Act provide that all transaction or other correspondent accounts held by a U.S. financial institution on behalf of any foreign bank must be closed within 90 days after the final regulations are issued, unless the foreign bank has provided the U.S. financial institution with a means of verification that the institution is not a “shell bank.” Proposed regulations interpreting other provisions of the Patriot Act continue to be issued.
     Under the authority of the Patriot Act, the Secretary of the Treasury adopted rules on September 26, 2002 increasing the cooperation and information sharing among financial institutions, regulators, and law enforcement authorities regarding individuals, entities and organizations engaged in, or reasonably suspected based on credible evidence of engaging in, terrorist acts or money laundering activities. Under those rules, a financial institution is required to:
    expeditiously search its records to determine whether it maintains or has maintained accounts, or engaged in transactions with individuals or entities, listed in a request submitted by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”);
    notify FinCEN if an account or transaction is identified;
    designate a contact person to receive information requests;
 
    limit use of information provided by FinCEN to (i) reporting to FinCEN, (ii) determining whether to establish or maintain an account or engage in a transaction, and (iii) assisting the financial institution in complying with the Bank Secrecy Act; and
 
    maintain adequate procedures to protect the security and confidentiality of FinCEN requests.
     Under the new rules, a financial institution may also share information regarding individuals, entities, organizations, and countries for purposes of identifying and, as appropriate, reporting activities that it suspects may involve possible terrorist activity or money laundering. Such information-sharing is protected under a safe harbor if the financial institution: (i) notifies FinCEN of its intention to share information, even when sharing with an affiliated financial institution; (ii) takes reasonable steps to verify that, prior to sharing, the financial institution or association of financial institutions with which it intends to share information has submitted a notice to FinCEN; (iii) limits the use of shared information to identifying and reporting on money laundering or terrorist activities, determining whether to establish or maintain an account or engage in a transaction, or assisting it in complying with the Bank Security Act; and (iv) maintains adequate procedures to protect the security and confidentiality of the information. Any financial institution complying with these rules will not be deemed to have violated the privacy requirements discussed above.
     The Secretary of the Treasury also adopted a rule on September 26, 2002 intended to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing through correspondent accounts maintained by U.S. financial institutions on behalf of foreign banks. Under the rule, financial institutions: (i) are prohibited from providing correspondent accounts to foreign shell banks; (ii) are required to obtain a certification from foreign banks for which they maintain a correspondent account stating the foreign bank is not a shell bank and that it will not permit a foreign shell bank to have access to the U.S. account; (iii) must maintain records identifying the owner of the foreign bank for which they may maintain a correspondent account and its agent in the United States designated to accept services of legal process; and (iv) must terminate correspondent accounts of foreign banks that fail to comply with or fail to contest a lawful request of the Secretary of the Treasury or the Attorney General of the United States, after being notified by the Secretary or Attorney General.

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     Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     In July 2002, President Bush signed into law the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which implemented legislative reforms intended to address corporate and accounting fraud. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act contains reforms of various business practices and numerous aspects of corporate governance. Most of these requirements have been implemented pursuant to regulations issued by the SEC. The following is a summary of certain key provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
     In addition to the establishment of a new accounting oversight board that enforces auditing, quality control and independence standards and is funded by fees from all registered public accounting firms and publicly traded companies, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act places restrictions on the scope of services that may be provided by accounting firms to their public company audit clients. Any non-audit services being provided to a public company audit client requires pre-approval by the client’s audit committee. Also, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act makes certain changes to the requirements for partner rotation after a period of time. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires chief executive officers and chief financial officers, or their equivalent, to certify to the accuracy of periodic reports filed with the SEC, subject to civil and criminal penalties if they knowingly or willingly violate this certification requirement. Furthermore, counsel is required to report evidence of a material violation of securities laws or a breach of fiduciary duties to the company’s chief executive officer or its chief legal officer, and, if such officer does not appropriately respond, to report such evidence to the audit committee or other similar committee of the board of directors or the board itself.
     Under this law, longer prison terms apply to corporate executives who violate federal securities laws; the period during which certain types of suits can be brought against a company or its officers is extended and bonuses issued to top executives prior to restatement of a company’s financial statements are now subject to disgorgement if such restatement was due to corporate misconduct. Executives are also prohibited from insider trading during retirement plan “blackout” periods, and loans to company executives (other than loans by financial institutions permitted by federal rules or regulations) are restricted. In addition, the legislation accelerates the time frame for disclosures by public companies, as they must immediately disclose any material changes in their financial condition or operations. Directors and executive officers required to report changes in ownership in a company’s securities must now report any such change within two business days of the change.
     The Sarbanes-Oxley Act increases responsibilities and codifies certain requirements relating to audit committees of public companies and how they interact with the company’s registered public accounting firm. Audit committee members must be independent and are barred from accepting consulting, advisory or other compensatory fees from the company. In addition, companies are required to disclose whether at least one member of the committee is a “financial expert” (as such term is defined by the SEC) and if not, why not. A company’s registered public accounting firm is prohibited from performing statutorily mandated audit services for a company if the company’s chief executive officer, chief financial officer, controller, chief accounting officer or any person serving in equivalent positions had been employed by such firm and participated in the audit of such company during the one-year period preceding the audit initiation date. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act also prohibits any officer or director of a company or any other person acting under their direction from taking any action to fraudulently influence, coerce, manipulate or mislead any independent public or certified accountant engaged in the audit of the company’s financial statements for the purpose of rendering the financial statements materially misleading. Furthermore, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act increases the protection for employees of publicly traded companies who provide evidence of fraud, by increasing relief for compensatory damages in civil cases and penalties in criminal cases.

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     The Sarbanes-Oxley Act also has provisions relating to inclusion of certain internal control reports and assessments by management in the annual report to stockholders. Hanmi Financial is required to include an internal control report containing management’s assertions regarding the effectiveness of its internal control structure and procedures over financial reporting. The internal control report must include statements regarding management’s responsibility for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting; management’s assessment as to the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting, based on management’s evaluation of it as of year-end; and of the framework used as criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting. The law also requires the company’s registered public accounting firm that issues the audit report to attest to, and report on the company’s internal controls over financial reporting in accordance with standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
     Securities Registration
     Our securities are registered with the SEC under the Exchange Act. As such, we are subject to the information, proxy solicitation, insider trading, corporate governance, and other requirements and restrictions of the Exchange Act.
     The Bank
     As a California commercial bank whose deposits are insured by the FDIC, the Bank is subject to regulation, supervision and regular examination by the DFI and by the FRB. As a member bank, the Bank is a stockholder of the FRBof San Francisco. Specific federal and state laws and regulations that are applicable to banks regulate, among other things, the scope of their business, their investments, their reserves against deposits, the timing of the availability of deposited funds, their activities relating to dividends, investments, loans, the nature and amount of and collateral for certain loans, borrowings, capital requirements, certain check-clearing activities, branching, and mergers and acquisitions. Supervision, examination and enforcement actions by these agencies are generally intended to protect depositors, creditors, borrowers and the DIF and generally is not intended for the protection of stockholders.
     If, as a result of an examination, the DFI or the FRB should determine that the financial condition, capital resources, asset quality, earnings prospects, management, liquidity or other aspects of the Bank’s operations are unsatisfactory or that the Bank or its management is violating or has violated any law or regulation, the DFI and the FRB, and separately the FDIC as insurer of the Bank’s deposits, have residual authority to:
    require affirmative action to correct any conditions resulting from any violation or practice;
    direct an increase in capital or establish specific minimum capital ratios;
    restrict the Bank’s growth geographically, by products and services or by mergers and acquisitions;
    enter into informal non-public or formal public memoranda of understanding or written agreements; enjoin unsafe and unsound practices and issue cease and desist orders to take corrective action;
    remove officers and directors and assess civil monetary penalties; and
    take possession and close and liquidate the Bank.
     As discussed above, on October 8, 2008, the Bank entered into a MOU with the Regulators to address certain issues raised in the Bank’s most recent regulatory examination by the DFI on March 10, 2008. The MOU has been superseded by the Order issued by the DFI, and the Agreement with the FRB, each of which were issued effective as of November 2, 2009.

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     Permissible Activities and Subsidiaries
     Under the California Financial Code, California banks have all the powers of a California corporation, subject to the general limitation of state bank powers under the FDI Act to those permissible for national banks. California banks may engage in the “commercial banking business,” which generally encompasses lending, deposit-taking and all other kinds of banking business in which banks, including national banks, customarily engage in the United States. Further, California banks may form subsidiaries to engage in the many so-called “closely related to banking” or “non-banking” activities commonly conducted by national banks in operating subsidiaries. Federal law prohibits the Bank and its subsidiaries from engaging in any banking activities in which a national bank cannot engage, unless the activity is found by the FDIC not to pose a significant risk to the DIF. This prohibition does not extend to those activities in which the Bank (or a subsidiary of the Bank) is authorized under state law to engage as agent, advisor, custodian, administrator or trustee for its customer.
     In addition, under the GLBA, the Bank may engage in expanded financial activities through specially qualified “financial subsidiaries” to the same extent as a national bank. In order to form a financial subsidiary, the Bank must be and remain well-capitalized and well-managed and in satisfactory compliance with the CRA, and would be subject to the same capital deduction, risk management and affiliate transaction rules that apply to financial subsidiaries of national banks. Generally, a financial subsidiary is permitted to engage in activities, as may a financial holding company, that are “financial in nature” or incidental thereto, even though they are not permissible for the national bank to conduct directly within the bank. However, a bank financial subsidiary may not engage as principal in underwriting insurance (other than credit life insurance), issue annuities, or engage in real estate development or investment or merchant banking. Presently, the Bank has no financial subsidiaries.
     In September 2007, the SEC and the FRB finalized joint rules required by the Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006 to implement exceptions provided in the GLBA for securities activities that banks may conduct without registering with the SEC as a securities broker or moving such activities to a broker-dealer affiliate. The FRB’s final Regulation R provides exceptions for networking arrangements with third party broker-dealers and authorizes compensation for bank employees who refer and assist retail and high net worth bank customers with their securities, including sweep accounts to money market funds, and with related trust, fiduciary, custodial and safekeeping needs. The final rules, which became effective in 2009, are not expected to have a material effect on the current securities activities that the Bank currently conducts for customers.
     Brokered deposits
     Under FDICIA, banks may be restricted in their ability to accept brokered deposits, depending on their capital classification. “Well-capitalized” banks are permitted to accept brokered deposits, but all banks that are not well-capitalized could be restricted to accept such deposits. The FDIC may, on a case-by-case basis, permit banks that are adequately capitalized to accept brokered deposits if the FDIC determines that acceptance of such deposits would not constitute an unsafe or unsound banking practice with respect to the bank. Deposits obtained from financial intermediaries, so-called “brokered deposits,” represented approximately 7.40 percent of the Bank’s total deposits as of December 31, 2009. As previously mentioned, the Bank is not currently well-capitalized and therefore is restricted from accepting brokered deposits. As of December 31, 2009, brokered deposits were $203.5 million. All brokered deposits are currently scheduled to mature on or prior to June 30, 2010.

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     Community Reinvestment Act
     Under the Community Reinvestment Act, or CRA, as implemented by the Congress in 1977, a financial institution has a continuing and affirmative obligation, consistent with its safe and sound operation, to help meet the credit needs of its entire community, including low and moderate income neighborhoods. The CRA does not establish specific lending requirements or programs for financial institutions nor does it limit an institution’s discretion to develop the types of products and services that it believes are best suited to its particular community, consistent with the CRA. The CRA requires federal examiners, in connection with the examination of a financial institution, to assess the institution’s record of meeting the credit needs of its community and to take such record into account in its evaluation of certain applications by such institution. The CRA also requires all institutions to make public disclosure of their CRA ratings. Hanmi Financial has a Compliance Committee, which oversees the planning of products, and services offered to the community, especially those aimed to serve low and moderate income communities. The Federal Reserve rated the Bank as “outstanding” in meeting community credit needs under the CRA at its most recent examination for CRA performance.
     Interstate Banking and Branching
     Under the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branch Efficiency Act of 1994, bank holding companies and banks generally have the ability to acquire or merge with banks in other states, and, subject to certain state restrictions, banks may also acquire or establish new branches outside their home states. Interstate branches are subject to certain laws of the states in which they are located. The Bank presently has no interstate branches.
     Federal Home Loan Bank System
     The Bank is a member and stockholder of the capital stock of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco. Among other benefits, each Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) serves as a reserve or central bank for its members within its assigned region and makes available loans or advances to its members. Each FHLB is financed primarily from the sale of consolidated obligations of the FHLB system. Each FHLB makes available loans or advances to its members in compliance with the policies and procedures established by the Board of Directors of the individual FHLB. Each member of the FHLB of San Francisco is required to own stock in an amount equal to the greater of (i) a membership stock requirement with an initial cap of $25 million (100 percent of “membership asset value” as defined), or (ii) an activity based stock requirement (based on percentage of outstanding advances). At December 31, 2009, the Bank was in compliance with the FHLB’s stock ownership requirement and our investment in FHLB capital stock totaled $30.7 million. The total borrowing capacity available based on pledged collateral and the remaining available borrowing capacity as of December 31, 2009 were $571.2 million and $415.9 million, respectively.
     Federal Reserve System
     The FRB requires all depository institutions to maintain noninterest-bearing reserves at specified levels against their transaction accounts (primarily checking and non-personal time deposits). At December 31, 2009, the Bank was in compliance with these requirements.

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     Capital Standards
     At December 31, 2009, Hanmi Financial and the Bank’s capital ratios exceed the minimum percentage requirements to be deemed “adequately capitalized” institutions. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 15 — Regulatory Matters.”
     Hanmi Financial and the Bank are subject to capital adequacy guidelines that incorporate both risk-based and leverage capital requirements. These capital adequacy guidelines define capital in terms of “core capital elements,” or Tier 1 capital, and “supplemental capital elements,” or Tier 2 capital. Tier 1 capital is generally defined as the sum of the core capital elements less goodwill and certain other deductions, notably the unrealized net gains or losses (after tax adjustments) on available-for-sale investment securities carried at fair value. The following items are included as core capital elements: (i) common shareholders’ equity; (ii) qualifying non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock and related surplus, including trust preferred securities (but not in excess of 25 percent of Tier 1 capital); and (iii) minority interests in the equity accounts of consolidated subsidiaries. Supplementary capital elements include: (i) allowance for loan and lease losses (but not more than 1.25 percent of an institution’s risk-weighted assets); (ii) perpetual preferred stock and related surplus not qualifying as core capital; (iii) hybrid capital instruments, perpetual debt and mandatory convertible debt instruments; and (iv) term subordinated debt and intermediate-term preferred stock and related surplus. The maximum amount of supplemental capital elements that qualifies as Tier 2 capital is limited to 100 percent of Tier 1 capital.
     The minimum required ratio of qualifying total capital to total risk-weighted assets, or the total risk-based capital ratio, is 8.0 percent, at least one-half of which must be in the form of Tier 1 capital, and the minimum required ratio of Tier 1 capital to total risk-weighted assets, or the Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio, is 4.0 percent. Risk-based capital ratios are calculated to provide a measure of capital that reflects the degree of risk associated with a banking organization’s operations for both transactions reported on the balance sheet as assets, and transactions, such as letters of credit and recourse arrangements, which are recorded as off-balance sheet items. Under the risk-based capital guidelines, the nominal dollar amounts of assets and credit-equivalent amounts of off-balance sheet items are multiplied by one of several risk adjustment percentages, which range from 0 percent for assets with low credit risk, such as certain U.S. Treasury securities, to 100 percent for assets with relatively high credit risk, such as business loans.
     The risk-based capital requirements also take into account concentrations of credit (i.e., relatively large proportions of loans involving one borrower, industry, location, collateral or loan type) and the risks of “non-traditional” activities (those that have not customarily been part of the banking business). The regulations require institutions with high or inordinate levels of risk to operate with higher minimum capital standards and authorize the regulators to review an institution’s management of such risks in assessing an institution’s capital adequacy. The risk-based capital regulations also include exposure to interest rate risk as a factor that the regulators will consider in evaluating a bank’s capital adequacy. Interest rate risk is the exposure of a bank’s current and future earnings and equity capital arising from adverse movements in interest rates. While interest rate risk is inherent in a bank’s role as financial intermediary, it introduces volatility to bank earnings and to the economic value of the institution. Bank holding companies and banks engaged in significant trading activity (trading assets constituting 10 percent or more of total assets, or $1 billion or more) may also be subject to the market risk capital guidelines and be required to incorporate additional market and interest rate risk components into their risk-based capital standards. Neither Hanmi Financial nor the Bank is currently subject to the market risk capital rules.
     Hanmi Financial and the Bank are also required to maintain a leverage capital ratio designed to supplement the risk-based capital guidelines. Banks and bank holding companies that have received the highest rating of the five categories used by regulators to rate banks and that are not anticipating or experiencing any significant growth must maintain a ratio of Tier 1 capital (net of all intangibles) to adjusted average total assets of at least 3.0 percent. All other institutions are required to maintain a leverage ratio of at least 100 to 200 basis points above the 3.0 percent minimum, for a minimum of 4.0 percent to 5.0 percent. Pursuant to federal regulations, banks must maintain capital levels commensurate with the level of risk to which they are exposed, including the volume and severity of problem loans. Federal regulators may, however, set higher capital requirements when a bank’s particular circumstances warrant. As of December 31, 2009, the Bank’s leverage capital ratio was 6.69 percent, and Hanmi Financial’s leverage capital ratio was 5.82 percent, both ratios exceeding regulatory minimums.

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     As of December 31, 2009, the regulatory capital guidelines and the actual capital ratios for Hanmi Financial and the Bank were as follows:
                                 
    Regulatory Capital Guidelines     Actual  
    Adequately     Well     Hanmi     Hanmi  
    Capitalized     Capitalized     Bank     Financial  
Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio
    8.00 %     10.00 %     9.07 %     9.12 %
Tier 1 Risk-Based Capital Ratio
    4.00 %     6.00 %     7.77 %     6.76 %
Tier 1 Leverage Ratio
    4.00 %     5.00 %     6.69 %     5.82 %
     The current risk-based capital guidelines that apply to Hanmi Financial and the Bank are based upon the 1988 capital accord of the International Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, a committee of central banks and bank supervisors/regulators from the major industrialized countries that develops broad policy guidelines for use by each country’s supervisors in determining the supervisory policies they apply. A new international accord, referred to as Basel II, which emphasizes internal assessment of credit, market and operational risk, supervisory assessment and market discipline in determining minimum capital requirements, became mandatory for large or “core” international banks outside the United States in 2008 (total assets of $250 billion or more or consolidated foreign exposures of $10 billion or more); is optional for others, and if adopted, must first be complied with in a “parallel run” for two years along with the existing Basel I standards. In January 2009, the Basel Committee proposed to reconsider regulatory capital standards, supervisory and risk-management requirements and additional disclosures in the final new accord in response to recent worldwide developments.
     As previously mentioned, by July 31, 2010, the Bank will be required to increase its contributed equity capital by not less than an additional $100 million. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 15 — Regulatory Matters” for further details.
     Prompt Corrective Action Regulations
     Federal law requires each federal banking agency to take prompt corrective action when a bank falls below one or more prescribed minimum capital ratios. The federal banking agencies have, by regulation, defined the following five capital categories:
    “Well Capitalized” – Total risk-based capital ratio of 10.0 percent, Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 6.0 percent, and leverage capital ratio of 5.0 percent, and not subject to any order or written directive by any regulatory authority to meet and maintain a specific capital level for any capital measure;
    “Adequately Capitalized” – Total risk-based capital ratio of 8.0 percent, Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 4.0 percent, and leverage capital ratio of 4.0 percent (or 3.0 percent if the institution receives the highest rating from its primary regulator);
    “Undercapitalized” – Total risk-based capital ratio of less than 8.0 percent, Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of less than 4.0 percent, or leverage capital ratio of less than 4.0 percent (or 3.0 percent if the institution receives the highest rating from its primary regulator);
    “Significantly Undercapitalized” – Total risk-based capital ratio of less than 6.0 percent, Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of less than 3.0 percent, or leverage capital ratio of less than 3.0 percent; and
    “Critically Undercapitalized” – Tangible equity to total assets of less than 2.0 percent.
     A bank may be treated as though it were in the next lower capital category if, after notice and the opportunity for a hearing, the appropriate federal agency finds an unsafe or unsound condition or practice so warrants, but no bank may be treated as “critically undercapitalized” unless its actual capital ratio warrants such treatment.
     Undercapitalized banks are required to submit capital restoration plans and, during any period of capital inadequacy, may not pay dividends or make other capital distributions, are subject to asset growth and expansion restrictions and may not be able to accept brokered deposits. At each successively lower capital category, banks are subject to increased restrictions on operations.

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     The federal banking agencies have also adopted non-capital safety and soundness standards to assist examiners in identifying and addressing potential safety and soundness concerns before capital becomes impaired. The guidelines set forth operational and managerial standards relating to: (i) internal controls, information systems and internal audit systems, (ii) loan documentation, (iii) credit underwriting, (iv) asset quality and growth, (v) earnings, (vi) risk management, and (vii) compensation and benefits. In general, the standards are designed to assist the federal banking agencies in identifying and addressing problems at insured depository institutions before capital becomes impaired. If an institution fails to meet safety and soundness standards, the appropriate federal banking agency may require the institution to submit a compliance plan and institute enforcement proceedings if an acceptable compliance plan is not submitted or the deficiency is not corrected.
     Under the Order, the Bank is required to increase its capital and maintain certain regulatory capital ratios prior to certain dates specified in the Order. By July 31, 2010, the Bank will be required to increase its contributed equity capital by not less than an additional $100 million. See “Note 15 — Regulatory Matters” for further details.
     FDIC Deposit Insurance
     The FDIC is an independent federal agency that insures deposits, up to prescribed statutory limits, of federally insured banks and savings institutions and safeguards the safety and soundness of the banking and savings industries. The FDIC insures our customer deposits through the DIF up to prescribed limits for each depositor. Pursuant to the EESA, the maximum deposit insurance amount has been increased from $100,000 to $250,000 through the end of 2013. The amount of FDIC assessments paid by each DIF member institution is based on its relative risk of default as measured by regulatory capital ratios and other supervisory factors. Pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005, the FDIC is authorized to set the reserve ratio for the DIF annually at between 1.15 percent and 1.50 percent of estimated insured deposits. The FDIC may increase or decrease the assessment rate schedule on a semi-annual basis. In an effort to restore capitalization levels and to ensure the DIF will adequately cover projected losses from future bank failures, the FDIC, in October 2008, proposed a rule to alter the way in which it differentiates for risk in the risk-based assessment system and to revise deposit insurance assessment rates, including base assessment rates.
     On February 27, 2009, the FDIC adopted a final rule modifying the risk-based assessment system and setting initial base assessment rates beginning April 1, 2009, at 12 to 45 basis points and due to extraordinary circumstances, extended the time within which the reserve ratio must by returned to 1.15 percent from five to seven years.
     On May 22, 2009, the FDIC adopted a final rule imposing a 5 basis point special assessment on each insured depository institution’s assets minus Tier 1 capital as of June 30, 2009. The amount of the special assessment for any institution was limited to 10 basis points times the institution’s assessment base for the second quarter 2009. The special assessment was collected on September 30, 2009.
     Additionally, by participating in the transaction account guarantee program under the TLGP, banks temporarily become subject to an additional assessment on deposits in excess of $250,000 in certain transaction accounts and additionally for assessments from 50 basis points to 100 basis points per annum depending on the initial maturity of the debt. Further, all FDIC-insured institutions are required to pay assessments to the FDIC to fund interest payments on bonds issued by the Financing Corporation (“FICO”), an agency of the Federal Government established to recapitalize the predecessor to the DIF. The FICO assessment rates, which are determined quarterly, averaged 0.0113 percent of insured deposits in fiscal 2008. These assessments will continue until the FICO bonds mature in 2017.
     The FDIC may terminate a depository institution’s deposit insurance upon a finding that the institution’s financial condition is unsafe or unsound or that the institution has engaged in unsafe or unsound practices that pose a risk to the DIF or that may prejudice the interest of the bank’s depositors. The termination of deposit insurance for a bank would also result in the revocation of the bank’s charter by the DFI.

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     Loans-to-One-Borrower
     With certain limited exceptions, the maximum amount that a California bank may lend to any borrower at any one time (including the obligations to the bank of certain related entities of the borrower) may not exceed 25 percent (and unsecured loans may not exceed 15 percent) of the bank’s stockholders’ equity, allowance for loan losses, and any capital notes and debentures of the bank.
     Extensions of Credit to Insiders and Transactions with Affiliates
     The Federal Reserve Act and FRB Regulation O place limitations and conditions on loans or extensions of credit to:
    a bank or bank holding company’s executive officers, directors and principal stockholders (i.e., in most cases, those persons who own, control or have power to vote more than 10 percent of any class of voting securities);
    any company controlled by any such executive officer, director or stockholder; or
    any political or campaign committee controlled by such executive officer, director or principal stockholder.
     Such loans and leases:
    must comply with loan-to-one-borrower limits;
    require prior full board approval when aggregate extensions of credit to the person exceed specified amounts;
    must be made on substantially the same terms (including interest rates and collateral) and follow credit-underwriting procedures no less stringent than those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with non-insiders;
    must not involve more than the normal risk of repayment or present other unfavorable features; and
    in the aggregate limit not exceed the bank’s unimpaired capital and unimpaired surplus.
     California has laws and the DFI has regulations that adopt and apply Regulation O to the Bank.
     The Bank also is subject to certain restrictions imposed by Federal Reserve Act Sections 23A and 23B and FRB Regulation W on any extensions of credit to, or the issuance of a guarantee or letter of credit on behalf of, any affiliates, the purchase of, or investments in, stock or other securities thereof, the taking of such securities as collateral for loans, and the purchase of assets of any affiliates. Affiliates include parent holding companies, sister banks, sponsored and advised companies, financial subsidiaries and investment companies where the Bank’s affiliate serves as investment advisor. Sections 23A and 23B and Regulation W generally:
    prevent any affiliates from borrowing from the Bank unless the loans are secured by marketable obligations of designated amounts;
    limit such loans and investments to or in any affiliate individually to 10 percent of the Bank’s capital and surplus;
    limit such loans and investments to all affiliates in the aggregate to 20 percent of the Bank’s capital and surplus; and
    require such loans and investments to or in any affiliate to be on terms and under conditions substantially the same or at least as favorable to the Bank as those prevailing for comparable transactions with non-affiliated parties.
     Additional restrictions on transactions with affiliates may be imposed on the Bank under the FDI Act’s prompt corrective action regulations and the supervisory authority of the federal and state banking agencies discussed above.

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     Dividends
     Holders of Hanmi Financial common stock and preferred stock are entitled to receive dividends as and when declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefore under the laws of the State of Delaware. Delaware corporations such as Hanmi Financial may make distributions to their stockholders out of their surplus, or out of their net profits for the fiscal year in which the dividend is declared and for the preceding fiscal year. However, dividends may not be paid out of a corporation’s net profits if, after the payment of the dividend, the corporation’s capital would be less than the capital represented by the issued and outstanding stock of all classes having a preference upon the distribution of assets.
     The FRB has advised bank holding companies that it believes that payment of cash dividends in excess of current earnings from operations is inappropriate and may be cause for supervisory action. As a result of this policy, banks and their holding companies may find it difficult to pay dividends out of retained earnings from historical periods prior to the most recent fiscal year or to take advantage of earnings generated by extraordinary items such as sales of buildings or other large assets in order to generate profits to enable payment of future dividends. In a February 2009 guidance letter, the FRB directed that a bank holding company should inform the FRB if it is planning to pay a dividend that exceeds earnings for a given quarter or that could affect the bank’s capital position in an adverse way. Further, the FRB’s position that holding companies are expected to provide a source of managerial and financial strength to their subsidiary banks potentially restricts a bank holding company’s ability to pay dividends. Hanmi Financial has agreed with the FRB that it will not declare or pay any dividends or make any payments on its trust preferred securities or any other capital distributions without the prior written consent of the FRB.
     The Bank is a legal entity that is separate and distinct from its holding company. Hanmi Financial receives income through dividends paid by the Bank. Subject to the regulatory restrictions described below, future cash dividends by the Bank will depend upon management’s assessment of future capital requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors.
     The powers of the Board of Directors of the Bank to declare a cash dividend to its holding company is subject to California law, which restricts the amount available for cash dividends to the lesser of a bank’s retained earnings or net income for its last three fiscal years (less any distributions to shareholders made during such period). Where the above test is not met, cash dividends may still be paid, with the prior approval of the DFI, in an amount not exceeding the greatest of: 1) retained earnings of the bank; 2) the net income of the bank for its last fiscal year; or 3) the net income of the bank for its current fiscal year. Due to the Bank’s retained deficit of $53.5 million as of December 31, 2008 and a net loss for years ended 2008 and 2009, the Bank is restricted under California law from making dividends to Hanmi Financial without the prior approval of the DFI. See “Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities — Dividends” for a further discussion of restrictions on the Bank’s ability to pay dividends to Hanmi Financial.
     Under the terms of its FRB Written Agreement and DFI Final Order, the Bank is also prohibited from paying dividends, incurring, increasing or guaranteeing any debt, or making certain changes to its business without prior approval from the FRB and DFI, and the Bank and Hanmi must obtain prior approval from the FRB and DFI prior to declaring and paying dividends.
     Bank regulators also have authority to prohibit a bank from engaging in business practices considered to be unsafe or unsound. It is possible, depending upon the financial condition of a bank and other factors, that regulators could assert that the payment of dividends or other payments might, under certain circumstances, be an unsafe or unsound practice, even if technically permissible.

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     Bank Secrecy Act and USA PATRIOT Act
     The Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) is a disclosure law that forms the basis of the Federal Government’s framework to prevent and detect money laundering and to deter other criminal enterprises. Under the BSA, financial institutions such as the Bank are required to maintain certain records and file certain reports regarding domestic currency transactions and cross-border transportations of currency. Among other requirements, the BSA requires financial institutions to report imports and exports of currency in the amount of $10,000 or more and, in general, all cash transactions of $10,000 or more. The Bank has established a BSA compliance policy under which, among other precautions, the Bank keeps currency transaction reports to document cash transactions in excess of $10,000 or in multiples totaling more than $10,000 during one business day, monitors certain potentially suspicious transactions such as the exchange of a large number of small denomination bills for large denomination bills, and scrutinizes electronic funds transfers for BSA compliance. The BSA also requires that financial institutions report to relevant law enforcement agencies any suspicious transactions potentially involving violations of law.
     The USA PATRIOT Act and its implementing regulations significantly expanded the anti-money laundering and financial transparency laws in response to the terrorist attacks in September 2001. The Bank has adopted additional comprehensive policies and procedures to address the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act. Material deficiencies in anti-money laundering compliance can result in public enforcement actions by the banking agencies, including the imposition of civil money penalties and supervisory restrictions on growth and expansion. Such enforcement actions could also have serious reputation consequences for us and the Bank.

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     Consumer Laws
     The Bank and Hanmi Financial are subject to many federal and state consumer protection laws and regulations prohibiting unfair or fraudulent business practices, untrue or misleading advertising and unfair competition, including:
    The Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 requires extra disclosures and consumer protections to borrowers from certain lending practices, such as practices deemed to be “predatory lending.”
    Privacy policies are required by federal and state banking laws and regulations that limit the ability of banks and other financial institutions to disclose non-public information about consumers to non-affiliated third parties. The federal bank regulatory agencies have adopted customer information security guidelines for safeguarding confidential, personal customer information. The guidelines require each financial institution, under the supervision and ongoing oversight of its Board of Directors or an appropriate committee thereof, to create, implement and maintain a comprehensive written information security program designed to ensure the security and confidentiality of customer information, protect against any anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of such information, and protect against unauthorized access or use of such information that could result in substantial harm or inconvenience to any customer.
    The Fair Credit Reporting Act, as amended by the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, requires financial firms to help deter identity theft, including developing appropriate fraud response programs, and gives consumers more control of their credit data.
    The Equal Credit Opportunity Act generally prohibits discrimination in any credit transaction, whether for consumer or business purposes, on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age (except in limited circumstances), receipt of income from public assistance programs, or good faith exercise of any rights under the Consumer Credit Protection Act.
    The Truth in Lending Act requires that credit terms be disclosed in a meaningful and consistent way so that consumers may compare credit terms more readily and knowledgeably.
    The Fair Housing Act regulates many lending practices, including making it unlawful for any lender to discriminate in its housing-related lending activities against any person because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, handicap or familial status.
    The CRA requires insured depository institutions, while operating safely and soundly, to help meet the credit needs of their communities; directs the federal regulatory agencies, in examining insured depository institutions, to assess a bank’s record of helping meet the credit needs of its entire community, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, consistent with safe and sound banking practices and further requires the agencies to take a financial institution’s record of meeting its community credit needs into account when evaluating applications for, among other things, domestic branches, mergers or acquisitions, or holding company formations. In its most recently released public reports, from September 2008, the Bank received an “outstanding” rating.
    The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act includes a “fair lending” aspect that requires the collection and disclosure of data about applicant and borrower characteristics as a way of identifying possible discriminatory lending patterns and enforcing anti-discrimination statutes.
    The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act requires lenders to provide borrowers with disclosures regarding the nature and cost of real estate settlements and prohibits certain abusive practices, such as kickbacks.
    The National Flood Insurance Act requires homes in flood-prone areas with mortgages from a federally regulated lender to have flood insurance.
    The Americans with Disabilities Act, in conjunction with similar California legislation, requires employers with 15 or more employees and all businesses operating “commercial facilities” or “public accommodations” to accommodate disabled employees and customers.

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     These laws and regulations mandate certain disclosure requirements and regulate the manner in which financial institutions must deal with customers when taking deposits, making loans, collecting loans and providing other services. Failure to comply with these laws and regulations can subject the Bank to various penalties, including, but not limited to, enforcement actions, injunctions, fines or criminal penalties, punitive damages to consumers, and the loss of certain contractual rights.
     Regulation of Subsidiaries
     Non-bank subsidiaries are subject to additional or separate regulation and supervision by other state, federal and self-regulatory bodies. Chun-Ha and All World are subject to the licensing and supervisory authority of the California Commissioner of Insurance.

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
     Together with the other information on the risks we face and our management of risk contained in this Report or in our other SEC filings, the following presents significant risks that may affect us. Events or circumstances arising from one or more of these risks could adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results and prospects and the value and price of our common stock could decline. The risks identified below are not intended to be a comprehensive list of all risks we face and additional risks that we may currently view as not material may also adversely impact our financial condition, business operations and results of operations.
     Our independent registered public accounting firm has expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our independent registered public accounting firm in their audit report for fiscal year 2009 has expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Continued operations may depend on our ability to comply with the terms of the Order and the financing or other capital required to do so may not be available or may not be available on acceptable terms. Our audited financial statements were prepared under the assumption that we will continue our operations on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the discharge of liabilities in the normal course of business. Our financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if we are unable to continue as a going concern. If we cannot continue as a going concern, our shareholders will lose some or all of their investment in Hanmi Financial.
     We, and our independent registered public accounting firm, have identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. Management and our independent registered public accountants have identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting related to the allowance for loan losses. The identified deficiency that was considered a material weakness related to management’s policies and procedures for the monitoring and timely evaluation of and revision to management’s approach for assessing credit risk inherent in the Company’s loan portfolio to reflect changes in the economic environment.
     While we are taking steps to address the identified material weakness and prevent additional material weaknesses from occurring, there is no guarantee that these steps will be sufficient to remediate the identified material weakness or prevent additional material weaknesses from occurring. If we fail to remediate the material weakness, or if additional material weaknesses are discovered in the future, we may fail to meet our future reporting obligations and our financial statements may contain material misstatements. Any such failure could also adversely affect the results of the periodic management evaluations and annual auditor attestation reports regarding the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting.
     Our operations may require us to raise additional capital in the future, but that capital may not be available or may not be on terms acceptable to us when it is needed. We are required by federal regulatory authorities to maintain adequate levels of capital to support our operations. As part of the recently issued DFI Final Order, the Bank is also required to increase its capital and maintain certain regulatory capital ratios prior to certain dates specified in the Order. By July 31, 2010, the Bank will be required to increase its contributed equity capital by not less than an additional $100 million. The Bank will be required to maintain a ratio of tangible shareholder’s equity to total tangible assets as follows:
     
    Ratio of Tangible Shareholder’s
Date   Equity to Total Tangible Assets
By December 31, 2009
  Not Less Than 7.0 Percent
By July 31, 2010
  Not Less Than 9.0 Percent
From December 31, 2010 and Until the Order is Terminated
  Not Less Than 9.5 Percent
     We have also committed to the FRB to adopt a consolidated capital plan to augment and maintain a sufficient capital position. Our existing capital resources may not satisfy our capital requirements for the foreseeable future and may not be sufficient to offset any problem assets. Further, should our asset quality erode and require significant additional provision for credit losses, resulting in consistent net operating losses at the Bank, our capital levels will decline and we will need to raise capital to satisfy our agreements with the Regulators.

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     Our ability to raise additional capital will depend on conditions in the capital markets at that time, which are outside our control, and on our financial performance. Accordingly, we cannot be certain of our ability to raise additional capital on terms acceptable to us. Inability to raise additional capital when needed, raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
     On June 12, 2009, and subsequently amended on July 31, 2009 and September 28, 2009, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Leading Investment & Securities Co., Ltd., a Korean securities broker-dealer (“LIS”), providing for the sale of 8,079,612 unregistered shares of Hanmi Financial common stock to LIS at a purchase price of $1.37 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of $11.1 million. The initial phase of this transaction was completed on September 4, 2009, resulting in an initial investment by LIS of $6.8 million. It is not expected that the remainder of this transaction will be completed. Inability to raise additional capital through other sources when needed, raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. In addition, if we were to raise additional capital through the issuance of additional shares, our stock price could be adversely affected, depending on the terms of any shares we were to issue.
     We are restricted from accepting brokered deposits and offering interest rates on deposits that are substantially higher than the prevailing rates in our market. Due to the Bank’s total risk-based capital ratio that was 9.07 percent as of December 31, 2009 coupled with the regulatory enforcement action with specific capital provisions, the Bank is considered to be “adequately capitalized” under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. Section 29 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (“FDIA”) limits the use of brokered deposits by institutions that are less than “well-capitalized” and allows the FDIC to place restrictions on interest rates that institutions may pay. Accordingly, we are restricted from accepting brokered deposits and offering interest rates on deposits that are significantly higher than the prevailing rates in our market. Our financial flexibility could be severely constrained if we are unable to renew our wholesale funding or if adequate financing is not available in the future at acceptable rates of interest. We may not have sufficient liquidity to continue to fund new loan originations, and we may need to liquidate loans or other assets unexpectedly in order to repay obligations as they mature.
     The Bank is subject to additional regulatory oversight as a result of a formal regulatory enforcement action issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the California Department of Financial Institutions. The Bank was subject to an informal supervisory agreement (a MOU) with the FRB of San Francisco and the California Department of Financial Institutions to address certain issues raised in the Bank’s regulatory examination by the DFI on March 10, 2008. The material terms of the MOU are discussed in “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 15 - - Regulatory Matters.” As a result of the Bank’s recently completed examination by the FRB and DFI, on November 2, 2009, the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank consented to the issuance of the Order from the DFI. On the same date, Hanmi Financial and the Bank entered into the Agreement with the FRB. The Order and the Agreement contain substantially similar provisions which are described in greater detail in this “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 15 — Regulatory Matters.” Under the terms of the Order and Agreement, which were issued and became effective on November 2, 2009, the Bank is required to implement certain corrective and remedial measures under strict time frames and we can offer no assurance that the Bank will be able to meet the deadlines imposed by the regulatory orders. The Order and Agreement will remain in effect until modified, terminated, suspended or set aside by the FRB and DFI, as applicable.
     These regulatory actions will remain in effect until modified, terminated, suspended or set aside by the FRB or the DFI, as applicable. Failure to comply with the terms of these regulatory actions within the applicable time frames provided could result in additional orders or penalties from the FRB and the DFI, which could include further restrictions on our business, assessment of civil money penalties on us and the Bank, as well as our respective directors, officers and other affiliated parties, termination of deposit insurance, removal of one or more officers and/or directors, the liquidation or other closure of the Bank and our ability to continue as a going concern. Generally, these enforcement actions will be lifted only after subsequent examinations substantiate complete correction of the underlying issues.
     We may become subject to additional regulatory restrictions in the event that our regulatory capital levels continue to decline. Although we and the Bank both qualified as “adequately capitalized” under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action as of December 31, 2009, the additional regulatory restrictions resulting from the decline in our capital category, or any further decline, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and/or future prospects and our ability to continue as a going concern.

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     If a state member bank is classified as undercapitalized, the bank is required to submit a capital restoration plan to the Federal Reserve. Pursuant to FDICIA, an undercapitalized bank is prohibited from increasing its assets, engaging in a new line of business, acquiring any interest in any company or insured depository institution, or opening or acquiring a new branch office, except under certain circumstances, including the acceptance by the Federal Reserve of a capital restoration plan for the bank. Furthermore, if a state non-member bank is classified as undercapitalized, the FDIC may take certain actions to correct the capital position of the bank; if a bank is classified as significantly undercapitalized or critically undercapitalized, the Federal Reserve would be required to take one or more prompt corrective actions. These actions would include, among other things, requiring sales of new securities to bolster capital; improvements in management; limits on interest rates paid; prohibitions on transactions with affiliates; termination of certain risky activities and restrictions on compensation paid to executive officers. If a bank is classified as critically undercapitalized, FDICIA requires the bank to be placed into conservatorship or receivership within 90 days, unless the Federal Reserve determines that other action would better achieve the purposes of FDICIA regarding prompt corrective action with respect to undercapitalized banks.
     Under FDICIA, banks may be restricted in their ability to accept broker deposits, depending on their capital classification. “Well-capitalized” banks are permitted to accept broker deposits, but all banks that are not well-capitalized could be restricted to accept such deposits. The FDIC may, on a case-by-case basis, permit banks that are adequately capitalized, such as the Bank, to accept broker deposits if the FDIC determines that acceptance of such deposits would not constitute an unsafe or unsound banking practice with respect to the bank. These restrictions could materially and adversely affect our ability to access lower costs funds and thereby decrease our future earnings capacity.
     Our financial flexibility could be severely constrained if we are unable to renew our wholesale funding or if adequate financing is not available in the future at acceptable rates of interest. We may not have sufficient liquidity to continue to fund new loan originations, and we may need to liquidate loans or other assets unexpectedly in order to repay obligations as they mature. Our inability to obtain regulatory consent to accept or renew brokered deposits could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and/or future prospects and our ability to continue as a going concern.
     Finally, the capital classification of a bank affects the frequency of examinations of the bank, the deposit insurance premiums paid by such bank, and the ability of the bank to engage in certain activities, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and/or future prospects and our ability to continue as a going concern. Under FDICIA, the FDIC is required to conduct a full-scope, on-site examination of every bank at least once every twelve months. An exception to this rule is made, however, that provides that banks (i) with assets of less than $100.0 million, (ii) are categorized as “well-capitalized,” (iii) were found to be well managed and its composite rating was outstanding and (iv) has not been subject to a change in control during the last twelve months, need only be examined by the FDIC once every 18 months.
     We may elect or be compelled to seek additional capital in the future, but capital may not be available when it is needed. We are required by federal and state regulatory authorities to maintain adequate levels of capital to support our operations. In that regard, a number of financial institutions have recently raised considerable amounts of capital as a result of deterioration in their results of operations and financial condition arising from the turmoil in the mortgage loan market, deteriorating economic conditions, declines in real estate values and other factors, which may diminish our ability to raise additional capital.

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     Our ability to raise additional capital, if needed, will depend on conditions in the capital markets, economic conditions and a number of other factors, many of which are outside our control, and on our financial performance. Accordingly, we cannot be assured of our ability to raise additional capital if needed or on terms acceptable to us. Inability to raise additional capital when needed, raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
     Liquidity risk could impair our ability to fund operations and jeopardize our financial condition. Liquidity is essential to our business. An inability to raise funds through deposits, borrowings, the sale of loans and other sources could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity. Our access to funding sources in amounts adequate to finance our activities could be impaired by factors that affect us specifically or the financial services industry in general. Factors that could detrimentally impact our access to liquidity sources include a decrease in the level of our business activity due to a market downturn or adverse regulatory action against us. Our ability to acquire deposits or borrow could also be impaired by factors that are not specific to us, such as a severe disruption of the financial markets or negative views and expectations about the prospects for the financial services industry as a whole as the recent turmoil faced by banking organizations in the domestic and worldwide credit markets deteriorates.
     Difficult economic and market conditions have adversely affected our industry. Dramatic declines in the housing market, with decreasing home prices and increasing delinquencies and foreclosures, have negatively impacted the credit performance of mortgage and construction loans and resulted in significant write-downs of assets by many financial institutions. General downward economic trends, reduced availability of commercial credit and increasing unemployment have negatively impacted the credit performance of commercial and consumer credit, resulting in additional write-downs. Concerns over the stability of the financial markets and the economy have resulted in decreased lending by financial institutions to their customers and to each other. This market turmoil and tightening of credit has led to increased commercial and consumer deficiencies, lack of customer confidence, increased market volatility and widespread reduction in general business activity. Financial institutions have experienced decreased access to deposits and borrowings. The resulting economic pressure on consumers and businesses and the lack of confidence in the financial markets may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and stock price. We do not expect that the difficult conditions in the financial markets are likely to improve in the near future. A worsening of these conditions would likely exacerbate the adverse effects of these difficult market conditions on us and others in the financial institutions industry. In particular, we may face the following risks in connection with these events:
    We potentially face increased regulation of our industry. Compliance with such regulation may increase our costs and limit our ability to pursue business opportunities.
 
    The process we use to estimate losses inherent in our credit exposure requires difficult, subjective and complex judgments, including forecasts of economic conditions and how these economic conditions might impair the ability of our borrowers to repay their loans. The level of uncertainty concerning economic conditions may adversely affect the accuracy of our estimates, which may, in turn, impact the reliability of the process.
 
    We may be required to pay significantly higher FDIC premiums because market developments have significantly depleted the insurance fund of the FDIC and reduced the ratio of reserves to insured deposits.
 
    Our liquidity could be negatively impacted by an inability to access the capital markets, unforeseen or extraordinary demands on cash, or regulatory restrictions, which could, among other things, materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition and our ability to continue as a going concern.

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     If current levels of market disruption and volatility continue or worsen, there can be no assurance that we will not experience an adverse effect, which may be material, on our ability to access capital and on our business, financial condition and results of operations and prospects as a going concern. Recent legislative and regulatory initiatives to address difficult market and economic conditions may not stabilize the U.S. banking system. On October 3, 2008, President Bush signed into law the EESA and on February 17, 2009, President Obama signed the ARRA in response to the current crisis in the financial sector. The Treasury and banking regulators are implementing a number of programs under this legislation to address capital and liquidity issues in the banking system. There can be no assurance, however, as to the actual impact that the EESA and the ARRA will have on the financial markets, including the extreme levels of volatility and limited credit availability currently being experienced. The failure of the EESA and the ARRA to help stabilize the financial markets and a continuation or worsening of current financial market conditions could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, access to capital and credit or the value of our securities.
     U.S. and international financial markets and economic conditions could adversely affect our liquidity, results of operations and financial condition. Global capital markets and economic conditions continue to be adversely affected and the resulting disruption has been particularly acute in the financial sector. Our capital ratios have been adversely affected and the cost and availability of funds may be adversely affected by illiquid credit markets and the demand for our products and services may decline as our borrowers and customers realize the impact of an economic slowdown and recession. In addition, the severity and duration of these adverse conditions is unknown and may exacerbate our exposure to credit risk and adversely affect the ability of borrowers to perform under the terms of their lending arrangements with us. Accordingly, continued turbulence in the U.S. and international markets and economy may adversely affect our liquidity, financial condition, results of operations and profitability.
     We have recently experienced an unexpected loss in our key management. Our Chief Credit Officer passed away in October 2009. Our success depends in large part on our ability to attract key people who are qualified and have knowledge and experience in the banking industry in our markets and to retain those people to successfully implement our business objectives. The unexpected loss of services of one or more of our key personnel or the inability to maintain consistent personnel in management could have a material adverse impact on our business and results of operations.
     We may be required to make additional provisions for credit losses and charge off additional loans in the future, which could adversely affect our results of operations and capital levels. During the year ended December 31, 2009, we recorded a $196.4 million provision for credit losses and charged off $125.4 million in loans, net of $2.8 million in recoveries. There has been a general slowdown in the economy and in particular, in the housing market in areas of Southern California where a majority of our loan customers are based. This slowdown reflects declining prices and excess inventories of homes to be sold, which has contributed to a financial strain on homebuilders and suppliers, as well as an overall decrease in the collateral value of real estate securing loans. As of December 31, 2009, we had $1.0 billion in commercial real estate, construction and residential property loans. Continuing deterioration in the real estate market generally and in the residential property and construction segment in particular could result in additional loan charge-offs and provisions for credit losses in the future, which could have an adverse effect on our net income and capital levels.
     Our allowance for loan losses may not be adequate to cover actual losses. A significant source of risk arises from the possibility that we could sustain losses because borrowers, guarantors and related parties may fail to perform in accordance with the terms of their loans. The underwriting and credit monitoring policies and procedures that we have adopted to address this risk may not prevent unexpected losses that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. We maintain an allowance for loan losses to provide for loan defaults and non-performance. The allowance is also appropriately increased for new loan growth. While we believe that our allowance for loan losses is adequate to cover inherent losses, we cannot assure you that we will not increase the allowance for loan losses further or that our regulators will not require us to increase this allowance.

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     Changes in economic conditions could materially hurt our business. Our business is directly affected by changes in economic conditions, including finance, legislative and regulatory changes and changes in government monetary and fiscal policies and inflation, all of which are beyond our control. In 2009, the economic conditions in the markets in which our borrowers operate deteriorated and the levels of loan delinquency and defaults that we experienced were substantially higher than historical levels. If economic conditions continue to deteriorate, it may exacerbate the following consequences:
    problem assets and foreclosures may increase;
 
    demand for our products and services may decline;
 
    low cost or non-interest bearing deposits may decrease; and
 
    collateral for loans made by us, especially real estate, may decline in value.
     Our Southern California business focus and economic conditions in Southern California could adversely affect our operations. The Bank’s operations are located primarily in Los Angeles and Orange counties. Because of this geographic concentration, our results depend largely upon economic conditions in these areas. The continued deterioration in economic conditions in the Bank’s market areas, or a significant natural or man-made disaster in these market areas, could have a material adverse effect on the quality of the Bank’s loan portfolio, the demand for its products and services and on its overall financial condition and results of operations.
     Our concentration in commercial real estate loans located primarily in Southern California could have adverse effects on credit quality. As of December 31, 2009, the Bank’s loan portfolio included commercial real estate and construction loans, primarily in Southern California, totaling $965.9 million, or 34.2 percent of total gross loans. Because of this concentration, a continued deterioration of the Southern California commercial real estate market could exacerbate adverse consequences for the Bank. Among the factors that could contribute to such a continued decline are general economic conditions in Southern California, interest rates and local market construction and sales activity.
     Our concentration in commercial and industrial loans could have adverse effects on credit quality. As of December 31, 2009, the Bank’s loan portfolio included commercial and industrial loans, primarily in Southern California, totaling $1.71 billion, or 60.8 percent of total gross loans. Because of this concentration, a continued deterioration of the Southern California economy could affect the ability of borrowers, guarantors and related parties to perform in accordance with the terms of their loans, which could have adverse consequences for the Bank.
     Our concentrations of loans in certain industries could have adverse effects on credit quality. As of December 31, 2009, the Bank’s loan portfolio included loans to: 1) lessors of non-residential buildings totaling $417.3 million, or 14.8 percent of total gross loans; 2) borrowers in the accommodation industry totaling $413.4 million, or 14.7 percent of total gross loans; and 3) gas stations totaling $343.1 million, or 12.2 percent of total gross loans. Most of these loans are in Southern California. Because of these concentrations of loans in specific industries, a continued deterioration of the Southern California economy overall, and specifically within these industries, could affect the ability of borrowers, guarantors and related parties to perform in accordance with the terms of their loans, which could have adverse consequences for the Bank.
     If a significant number of borrowers, guarantors or related parties fail to perform as required by the terms of their loans, we could sustain losses. A significant source of risk arises from the possibility that losses will be sustained because borrowers, guarantors or related parties may fail to perform in accordance with the terms of their loans. We have adopted underwriting and credit monitoring procedures and credit policies, including the establishment and review of the allowance for loan losses, that management believes are appropriate to limit this risk by assessing the likelihood of non-performance, tracking loan performance and diversifying our credit portfolio. These policies and procedures, however, may not prevent unexpected losses that could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. As described herein, the Bank substantially increased its provision for credit losses in 2009, 2008 and 2007, as compared to previous years, as a result of increases in historical loss factors, increased charge-offs and migration of more loans into more adverse risk categories.

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     Our loan portfolio is predominantly secured by real estate and thus we have a higher degree of risk from a downturn in our real estate markets. A downturn in our real estate markets could hurt our business because many of our loans are secured by real estate. Real estate values and real estate markets are generally affected by changes in national, regional or local economic conditions, fluctuations in interest rates and the availability of loans to potential purchasers, changes in tax laws and other governmental statutes, regulations and policies and acts of nature, such as earthquakes and national disasters particular to California. Substantially all of our real estate collateral is located in California. If real estate values continue to further decline, the value of real estate collateral securing our loans could be significantly reduced. Our ability to recover on defaulted loans by foreclosing and selling the real estate collateral would then be diminished and we would be more likely to suffer losses on defaulted loans.
     We are exposed to risk of environmental liabilities with respect to properties to which we take title. In the course of our business, we may foreclose and take title to real estate, and could be subject to environmental liabilities with respect to these properties. We may be held liable to a governmental entity or to third parties for property damage, personal injury, investigation and clean-up costs incurred by these parties in connection with environmental contamination, or may be required to investigate or clean-up hazardous or toxic substances, or chemical releases at a property. The costs associated with investigation or remediation activities could be substantial. In addition, if we are the owner or former owner of a contaminated site, we may be subject to common law claims by third parties based on damages and costs resulting from environmental contamination emanating from the property. If we become subject to significant environmental liabilities, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects could be adversely affected.
     Our earnings are affected by changing interest rates. Changes in interest rates affect the level of loans, deposits and investments, the credit profile of existing loans, the rates received on loans and securities and the rates paid on deposits and borrowings. Significant fluctuations in interest rates may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. The current historically low interest rate environment resulted by the response to the financial market crisis and the global economic recession in 2008 may affect our operating earnings negatively.
     We must manage our funding resources to enable us to meet our ongoing operations costs and our deposit and borrowing obligations as they come due. Liquidity is essential to our business and any inability to raise funds could have a substantial negative effect on our liquidity. Sources of funds to meet our operating needs and obligations include deposits; interest and fee income on loans and other products and services; earnings on our investment securities portfolio; revenue from the sale or securitization of loans; new capital infusions and borrowings, such as from the FHLB. Adverse regulatory developments or a decline in our financial condition or a decline in financial market conditions generally, such as the recent turmoil faced by depository financial institutions in the domestic and worldwide credit markets, or a decline in the financial condition of the FHLB, could have a significant impact on our ability to meet our liquidity needs, including our ability to attract deposits in an increasingly competitive environment. We cannot forecast if or when market liquidity conditions will improve from current stresses, although it is our expectation that the existing turmoil in the financial and credit markets may continue to affect its performance at least throughout 2010.
     The short-term and long-term impact of the new Basel II capital standards and the forthcoming new capital rules to be proposed for non-Basel II U.S. banks is uncertain. As a result of the recent deterioration in the global credit markets and the potential impact of increased liquidity risk and interest rate risk, it is unclear what the short-term impact of the implementation of Basel II may be or what impact a pending alternative standardized approach to the Basel II option for non-Basel II U.S. banks may have on the cost and availability of different types of credit and the potential compliance costs of implementing the new capital standards.
     We are subject to government regulations that could limit or restrict our activities, which in turn could adversely affect our operations. The financial services industry is subject to extensive federal and state supervision and regulation. Significant new laws, changes in existing laws, or repeals of existing laws may cause our results to differ materially. Further, federal monetary policy, particularly as implemented through the Federal Reserve System, significantly affects credit conditions and a material change in these conditions could have a material adverse affect on our financial condition and results of operations.

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     Competition may adversely affect our performance. The banking and financial services businesses in our market areas are highly competitive. We face competition in attracting deposits, making loans, and attracting and retaining employees. The increasingly competitive environment is a result of changes in regulation, changes in technology and product delivery systems, new competitors in the market, and the pace of consolidation among financial services providers. Our results in the future may differ depending upon the nature and level of competition.
     The Bank is currently restricted from paying dividends to Hanmi Financial and Hanmi Financial is restricted from paying dividends to stockholders and from making any payments on its trust preferred securities. The primary source of Hanmi Financial’s income from which we pay Hanmi Financial obligations and distribute dividends to our stockholders is from the receipt of dividends from the Bank. The availability of dividends from the Bank is limited by various statutes and regulations. The Bank currently has deficit retained earnings and has suffered net losses in 2009 and 2008, largely caused by provision for credit losses and goodwill impairments. As a result, the California Financial Code does not provide authority for the Bank to declare a dividend to Hanmi Financial, with or without Commissioner approval. In addition, the Bank is prohibited from paying dividends to Hanmi Financial unless it receives prior regulatory approval. See “Item 7 — Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. Capital Resources and Liquidity.” Furthermore, Hanmi Financial has agreed that it will not pay any dividends or make any payments on our outstanding $82.4 million of trust preferred securities or any other capital distributions without the prior written consent of the FRB. We began to defer interest payment on our trust preferred securities commencing with the interest payment that was due on January 15, 2009. If we defer interest payments for more than 20 consecutive quarters under any of our outstanding trust preferred instruments, then we would be in default under such trust preferred arrangements and the amounts due under the agreements pursuant to which we issued our trust preferred securities would be immediately due and payable. See “Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities” for a further discussion of restrictions on the Bank’s ability to pay dividends to Hanmi Financial.
     We continually encounter technological change, and we may have fewer resources than many of our competitors to continue to invest in technological improvements. The financial services industry is undergoing rapid technological changes, with frequent introductions of new technology-driven products and services. The effective use of technology increases efficiency and enables financial institutions to better serve customers and to reduce costs. Our future success will depend, in part, upon our ability to address the needs of our clients by using technology to provide products and services that will satisfy client demands for convenience, as well as to create additional efficiencies in our operations. Many of our competitors have substantially greater resources to invest in technological improvements. We may not be able to effectively implement new technology-driven products and services or be successful in marketing these products and services to our customers.
     We rely on communications, information, operating and financial control systems technology from third-party service providers, and we may suffer an interruption in those systems. We rely heavily on third-party service providers for much of our communications, information, operating and financial control systems technology, including our internet banking services and data processing systems. Any failure or interruption of these services or systems or breaches in security of these systems could result in failures or interruptions in our customer relationship management, general ledger, deposit, servicing and/or loan origination systems. The occurrence of any failures or interruptions may require us to identify alternative sources of such services, and we cannot assure you that we could negotiate terms that are as favorable to us, or could obtain services with similar functionality as found in our existing systems without the need to expend substantial resources, if at all.
     Negative publicity could damage our reputation. Reputation risk, or the risk to our earnings and capital from negative publicity or public opinion, is inherent in our business. Negative publicity or public opinion could adversely affect our ability to keep and attract customers and expose us to adverse legal and regulatory consequences. Negative public opinion could result from our actual or perceived conduct in any number of activities, including lending practices, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and disclosure, sharing or inadequate protection of customer information, and from actions taken by government regulators and community organizations in response to that conduct.

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     The price of our common stock may be volatile or may decline. The trading price of our common stock may fluctuate widely because of a number of factors, many of which are outside our control. In addition, the stock market is subject to fluctuations in the share prices and trading volumes that affect the market prices of the shares of many companies. These broad market fluctuations could adversely affect the market price of our common stock. Among the factors that could affect our stock price are:
    actual or anticipated quarterly fluctuations in our operating results and financial condition;
 
    changes in revenue or earnings estimates or publication of research reports and recommendations by financial analysts;
 
    failure to meet analysts’ revenue or earnings estimates;
 
    speculation in the press or investment community;
 
    strategic actions by us or our competitors, such as acquisitions or restructurings;
 
    actions by institutional stockholders;
 
    fluctuations in the stock price and operating results of our competitors;
 
    general market conditions and, in particular, developments related to market conditions for the financial services industry;
 
    proposed or adopted legislative or regulatory changes or developments;
 
    anticipated or pending investigations, proceedings or litigation that involve or affect us; or
 
    domestic and international economic factors unrelated to our performance.
     The stock market and, in particular, the market for financial institution stocks, has experienced significant volatility recently. As a result, the market price of our common stock may be volatile. In addition, the trading volume in our common stock may fluctuate more than usual and cause significant price variations to occur. The trading price of the shares of our common stock and the value of our other securities will depend on many factors, which may change from time to time, including, without limitation, our financial condition, performance, creditworthiness and prospects, future sales of our equity or equity-related securities, and other factors identified above in “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” Current levels of market volatility are unprecedented. The capital and credit markets have been experiencing volatility and disruption for more than a year. In recent months, the volatility and disruption has reached unprecedented levels. In some cases, the markets have produced downward pressure on stock prices and credit availability for certain issuers without regard to those issuers’ underlying financial strength. A significant decline in our stock price could result in substantial losses for individual stockholders and could lead to costly and disruptive securities litigation and potential delisting from The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (“Nasdaq”).
     Your share ownership may be diluted by the issuance of additional shares of our common stock in the future. Your share ownership may be diluted by the issuance of additional shares of our common stock in the future. First, we have adopted a stock option plan that provides for the granting of stock options to our directors, executive officers and other employees. As of December 31, 2009, 743,958 shares of our common stock were issuable under options granted in connection with our stock option plans. In addition, 3,000,000 shares of our common stock are reserved for future issuance to directors, officers and employees under our stock option plan. It is probable that the stock options will be exercised during their respective terms if the fair market value of our common stock exceeds the exercise price of the particular option. If the stock options are exercised, your share ownership will be diluted.
     In addition, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 200,000,000 shares of common stock, but does not provide for preemptive rights to the holders of our common stock. Any authorized but unissued shares are available for issuance by our Board of Directors. As a result, if we issue additional shares of common stock to raise additional capital or for other corporate purposes, you may be unable to maintain your pro rata ownership in Hanmi Financial.

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     Future sales of common stock by existing stockholders may have an adverse impact on the market price of our common stock. Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that large sales could occur, could cause the market price of our common stock to decline or limit our future ability to raise capital through an offering of equity securities. As of December 31, 2009, there were 51,182,390 shares of our common stock outstanding, which are freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the federal securities laws unless purchased or sold by our “affiliates” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
     Holders of our junior subordinated debentures have rights that are senior to those of our stockholders. As of December 31, 2009, we had outstanding $82.4 million of trust preferred securities issued by our subsidiary trusts. Payments of the principal and interest on the trust preferred securities are conditionally guaranteed by us. The junior subordinated debentures underlying the trust preferred securities are senior to our shares of common stock. As a result, we must make payments on the junior subordinated debentures before any dividends can be paid on our common stock and, in the event of our bankruptcy, dissolution or liquidation, the holders of the junior subordinated debentures must be satisfied before any distributions can be made on our common stock. We have the right to defer distributions on the junior subordinated debentures (and the related trust preferred securities) for up to five years, during which time no dividends may be paid on our common stock.
     Anti-takeover provisions and state and federal law may limit the ability of another party to acquire us, which could cause our stock price to decline. Various provisions of our certificate of incorporation and by-laws could delay or prevent a third-party from acquiring us, even if doing so might be beneficial to our stockholders. These provisions provide for, among other things, a classified board of directors, supermajority voting approval for certain actions, limitation on large stockholders taking certain actions and the authorization to issue “blank check” preferred stock by action of the Board of Directors acting alone, thus without obtaining stockholder approval. The Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and the Change in Bank Control Act of 1978, as amended, together with federal regulations, require that, depending on the particular circumstances, either FRB approval must be obtained or notice must be furnished to the FRB and not disapproved prior to any person or entity acquiring “control” of a state member bank, such as the Bank. These provisions may prevent a merger or acquisition that would be attractive to stockholders and could limit the price investors would be willing to pay in the future for our common stock.
     We may face other risks. From time to time, we detail other risks with respect to our business and/or financial results in our filings with the SEC.

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ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
     None.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
     Hanmi Financial’s principal office is located at 3660 Wilshire Boulevard, Penthouse Suite A, Los Angeles, California. The office is leased pursuant to a five-year term, which expires on November 30, 2013.
     The following table sets forth information about our offices as of December 31, 2009:
             
            Owned/
Office   Address   City/State   Leased
Corporate Headquarters (1)
  3660 Wilshire Boulevard, Penthouse Suite A   Los Angeles, CA   Leased
 
           
Branches:
           
Beverly Hills Branch
  9300 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 101   Beverly Hills, CA   Leased
Cerritos – Artesia Branch
  11754 East Artesia Boulevard   Artesia, CA   Leased
Cerritos – South Branch
  11900 South Street, Suite 109   Cerritos, CA   Leased
Downtown – Los Angeles Branch
  950 South Los Angeles Street   Los Angeles, CA   Leased
Fashion District Branch
  726 East 12th Street, Suite 211   Los Angeles, CA   Leased
Fullerton – Beach Branch
  5245 Beach Boulevard   Buena Park, CA   Leased
Garden Grove – Brookhurst Branch
  9820 Garden Grove Boulevard   Garden Grove, CA   Owned
Garden Grove – Magnolia Branch
  9122 Garden Grove Boulevard   Garden Grove, CA   Owned
Gardena Branch
  2001 West Redondo Beach Boulevard   Gardena, CA   Leased
Irvine Branch
  14474 Culver Drive, Suite D   Irvine, CA   Leased
Koreatown Galleria Branch
  3250 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 200   Los Angeles, CA   Leased
Koreatown Plaza Branch
  928 South Western Avenue, Suite 260   Los Angeles, CA   Leased
Northridge Branch
  10180 Reseda Boulevard   Northridge, CA   Leased
Olympic Branch (2)
  3737 West Olympic Boulevard   Los Angeles, CA   Owned
Olympic – Kingsley Branch
  3099 West Olympic Boulevard   Los Angeles, CA   Owned
Rancho Cucamonga Branch
  9759 Baseline Road   Rancho Cucamonga, CA   Leased
Rowland Heights Branch
  18720 East Colima Road   Rowland Heights, CA   Leased
San Diego Branch
  4637 Convoy Street, Suite 101   San Diego, CA   Leased
San Francisco Branch
  1469 Webster Street   San Francisco, CA   Leased
Silicon Valley Branch
  2765 El Camino Real   Santa Clara, CA   Leased
Torrance – Crenshaw Branch
  2370 Crenshaw Boulevard, Suite H   Torrance, CA   Leased
Torrance – Del Amo Mall Branch
  21838 Hawthorne Boulevard   Torrance, CA   Leased
Van Nuys Branch
  14427 Sherman Way   Van Nuys, CA   Leased
Vermont Branch (3)
  933 South Vermont Avenue   Los Angeles, CA   Owned
Western Branch
  120 South Western Avenue   Los Angeles, CA   Leased
Wilshire – Hobart Branch
  3660 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 103   Los Angeles, CA   Leased
 
           
Departments:
           
Commercial Loan Department (1)
  3660 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1050   Los Angeles, CA   Leased
Consumer Loan Center (1)
  3660 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 424   Los Angeles, CA   Leased
Insurance & Wealth Management Department (1)
  3660 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 424   Los Angeles, CA   Leased
International Finance Department (1)
  933 South Vermont Avenue, 2nd Floor   Los Angeles, CA   Leased
SBA Loan Center (1)
  3660 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 116   Los Angeles, CA   Leased
 
           
LPOs and Subsidiaries:
           
Northwest Region LPO (1)
  33110 Pacific Hwy South, Suite 4   Federal Way, WA   Leased
Virginia LPO (1)
  7535 Little River Turnpike, Suite 200B   Annandale, VA   Leased
Chun-Ha/All World (1)
  12912 Brookhurst Street, Suite 480   Garden Grove, CA   Leased
Chun-Ha (1)
  3225 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1806   Los Angeles, CA   Leased
 
(1)   Deposits are not accepted at this facility.
 
(2)   Training Facility is also located at this facility.
 
(3)   Administrative offices are also located at this facility.
     As of December 31, 2009, our consolidated investment in premises and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization, totaled $18.7 million. Our total occupancy expense, exclusive of furniture and equipment expense, was $5.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2009. Hanmi Financial and its subsidiaries consider their present facilities to be sufficient for their current operations.

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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
     From time to time, Hanmi Financial and its subsidiaries are parties to litigation that arises in the ordinary course of business, such as claims to enforce liens, claims involving the origination and servicing of loans, and other issues related to the business of Hanmi Financial and its subsidiaries. In the opinion of management and in consultation with external legal counsel, the resolution of any such issues would not have a material adverse impact on the financial condition, results of operations, or liquidity of Hanmi Financial or its subsidiaries.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
     During the fourth quarter of 2009, no matters were submitted to stockholders for a vote.
PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Market Information
     The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low trading prices of Hanmi Financial’s common stock for the last two years as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “HAFC”:
                         
    High     Low     Cash Dividend  
2009:
                       
Fourth Quarter
  $ 1.86     $ 1.10        
Third Quarter
  $ 1.92     $ 1.22        
Second Quarter
  $ 2.65     $ 1.21        
First Quarter
  $ 3.00     $ 0.75        
 
                       
2008:
                       
Fourth Quarter
  $ 5.19     $ 1.65        
Third Quarter
  $ 6.77     $ 4.65        
Second Quarter
  $ 7.79     $ 5.20     $0.03 Per Share
First Quarter
  $ 9.82     $ 6.80     $0.06 Per Share
Holders
     Hanmi Financial had 324 registered stockholders of record as of February 1, 2010.
Dividends
     Hanmi Financial has agreed with the FRB that it will not pay any cash dividends to its stockholders without prior consent of the FRB. The Bank is also required to seek prior approval from the Regulators to pay cash dividends to Hanmi Financial. The ability of Hanmi Financial to pay dividends to its stockholders is also directly dependent on the ability of the Bank to pay dividends to us. Section 642 of the California Financial Code provides that neither a California state-chartered bank nor a majority-owned subsidiary of a bank can pay dividends to its stockholders in an amount which exceeds the lesser of (a) the retained earnings of the bank or (b) the net income of the bank for its last three fiscal years, in each case less the amount of any previous distributions made during such period.
     As a result of the net loss incurred by the Bank in recent years, the Bank is currently not able to pay dividends to Hanmi Financial under Section 642. However, Financial Code Section 643 provides, alternatively, that, notwithstanding the foregoing restriction, dividends in an amount not exceeding the greatest of (a) the retained earnings of the bank; (b) the net income of the bank for its last fiscal year or (c) the net income of the bank for its current fiscal year may be declared with the prior approval of the California Commissioner of Financial Institutions. The Bank had a retained deficit of $171.7 million as of December 31, 2009.

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     Due to the net losses for 2009 and 2008, FRB approval is required for payment of bank dividends to Hanmi Financial in 2009. FRB Regulation H Section 208.5 provides that the Bank must obtain FRB approval to declare and pay a dividend if the total of all dividends declared during the calendar year, including the proposed dividend, exceeds the sum of the Bank’s net income during the current calendar year and the retained net income of the prior two calendar years. On August 29, 2008, we announced the suspension of our quarterly cash dividend. As a result of our existing regulatory agreements, we are required to obtain regulatory approval prior to the Bank or Hanmi Financial declaring any dividends to its respective shareholders.
Performance Graph
     The following graph shows a comparison of stockholder return on Hanmi Financial’s common stock with the cumulative total returns for: 1) the Nasdaq Composite® (U.S.) Index; 2) the Standard and Poor’s (“S&P”) 500 Financials Index; and 3) the SNL Bank $1B-$5B Index, which was compiled by SNL Financial LC of Charlottesville, Virginia. The graph assumes an initial investment of $100 and reinvestment of dividends. The graph is historical only and may not be indicative of possible future performance. The performance graph shall not be deemed incorporated by reference to any general statement incorporating by reference this Report into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or under the Exchange Act, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate this information by reference, and shall not otherwise be deemed filed under such Acts.
(PERFORMANCE GRAPH)
                                                     
        December 31,  
Index   Symbol   2004     2005     2006     2007     2008     2009  
Hanmi Financial   HAFC   $ 100.00     $ 100.50     $ 128.13     $ 50.39     $ 12.57     $ 7.32  
Nasdaq Composite   ^IXIC   $ 100.00     $ 101.37     $ 111.02     $ 121.91     $ 72.49     $ 104.30  
S&P 500 Financials   S5FINL   $ 100.00     $ 106.30     $ 126.41     $ 103.47     $ 47.36     $ 55.27  
SNL Bank $1B-$5B     $ 100.00     $ 98.29     $ 113.74     $ 82.85     $ 68.77     $ 49.26  
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
     During the fourth quarter of 2009, there were no purchases of equity securities by Hanmi Financial or its affiliates. As of December 31, 2009, there was no current plan authorizing purchases of equity securities by Hanmi Financial or its affiliates.

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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
     The following table presents selected historical financial information, including per share information as adjusted for the stock dividends and stock splits declared by us. This selected historical financial data should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Report and the information contained in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” The selected historical financial data as of and for each of the years in the five years ended December 31, 2009 is derived from our audited financial statements. In the opinion of management, the information presented reflects all adjustments, including normal and recurring accruals, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results of such periods.
                                         
    As of and for the Year Ended December 31,  
    2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
    (Dollars in Thousands, Except for Per Share Data)  
SUMMARY STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS:
                                       
Interest and Dividend Income
  $ 184,147     $ 238,183     $ 280,896     $ 260,189     $ 200,941  
Interest Expense
    82,918       103,782       129,110       106,946       62,850  
 
                             
Net Interest Income Before Provision for Credit Losses
    101,229       134,401       151,786       153,243       138,091  
Provision for Credit Losses
    196,387       75,676       38,323       7,173       5,395  
Non-Interest Income
    32,110       32,854       40,006       36,963       31,450  
Non-Interest Expense
    90,354       195,027       189,929       77,313       70,201  
 
                             
Income (Loss) Before Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes
    (153,402 )     (103,448 )     (36,460 )     105,720       93,945  
Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes
    (31,125 )     (1,355 )     24,302       40,370       36,144  
 
                             
NET INCOME (LOSS)
  $ (122,277 )   $ (102,093 )   $ (60,762 )   $ 65,350     $ 57,801  
 
                             
 
                                       
SUMMARY BALANCE SHEETS:
                                       
Cash and Cash Equivalents
  $ 154,110     $ 215,947     $ 122,398     $ 138,501     $ 163,477  
Total Investment Securities
    133,289       197,117       350,457       391,579       443,912  
Net Loans (1)
    2,674,064       3,291,125       3,241,097       2,837,390       2,469,080  
Total Assets
    3,162,706       3,875,816       3,983,657       3,725,243       3,414,252  
Total Deposits
    2,749,327       3,070,080       3,001,699       2,944,715       2,826,114  
Total Liabilities
    3,012,962       3,611,901       3,613,101       3,238,873       2,987,923  
Total Stockholders’ Equity
    149,744       263,915       370,556       486,370       426,329  
Tangible Equity
    146,362       258,965       256,548       272,412       208,580  
Average Net Loans (1)
    3,044,395       3,276,142       3,049,775       2,721,229       2,359,439  
Average Investment Securities
    188,325       271,802       368,144       414,672       418,750  
Average Interest-Earning Assets
    3,611,009       3,653,720       3,494,758       3,214,761       2,871,564  
Average Total Assets
    3,717,179       3,866,856       3,882,891       3,602,181       3,249,190  
Average Deposits
    3,109,322       2,913,171       2,989,806       2,881,448       2,632,254  
Average Borrowings
    341,514       591,930       355,819       221,347       165,482  
Average Interest-Bearing Liabilities
    2,909,014       2,874,470       2,643,296       2,367,389       2,046,227  
Average Stockholders’ Equity
    225,708       323,462       492,637       458,227       417,813  
Average Tangible Equity
    221,537       264,490       275,036       242,362       198,527  
 
                                       
PER SHARE DATA:
                                       
Earnings (Loss) Per Share – Basic
  $ (2.57 )   $ (2.23 )   $ (1.27 )   $ 1.34     $ 1.18  
Earnings (Loss) Per Share – Diluted
  $ (2.57 )   $ (2.23 )   $ (1.27 )   $ 1.32     $ 1.16  
Book Value Per Share (2)
  $ 2.93     $ 5.75     $ 8.08     $ 9.91     $ 8.76  
Tangible Book Value Per Share (3)
  $ 2.86     $ 5.64     $ 5.59     $ 5.55     $ 4.29  
Cash Dividends Per Share
        $ 0.09     $ 0.24     $ 0.24     $ 0.20  
Common Shares Outstanding (4)
    51,182,390       45,905,549       45,860,941       49,076,613       48,658,798  
 
(1)   Loans receivable, net of allowance for loan losses and deferred loan fees.
 
(2)   Total stockholders’ equity divided by common shares outstanding.
 
(3)   Tangible equity divided by common shares outstanding.
 
(4)   On January 20, 2005, our Board of Director declared a two-for-one stock split and new shares were distributed on February 15, 2005.

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    As of and for the Year Ended December 31,  
    2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
SELECTED PERFORMANCE RATIOS:
                                       
Return on Average Assets (4)
    (3.29 %)     (2.64 %)     (1.56 %)     1.81 %     1.78 %
Return on Average Stockholders’ Equity (5)
    (54.17 %)     (31.56 %)     (12.33 %)     14.26 %     13.83 %
Return on Average Tangible Equity (6)
    (55.19 %)     (38.60 %)     (22.09 %)     26.96 %     29.11 %
Net Interest Spread (7)
    2.28 %     2.95 %     3.20 %     3.65 %     4.02 %
Net Interest Margin (8)
    2.84 %     3.72 %     4.39 %     4.83 %     4.89 %
Efficiency Ratio (9)
    67.76 %     116.60 %     99.03 %     40.65 %     41.41 %
Dividend Payout Ratio (10)
          (4.05 %)     (18.11 %)     18.02 %     16.84 %
Average Stockholders’ Equity to Average Total Assets
    6.07 %     8.36 %     12.69 %     12.72 %     12.86 %
 
                                       
SELECTED CAPITAL RATIOS:
                                       
Total Capital to Total Risk-Weighted Assets:
                                       
Hanmi Financial
    9.12 %     10.79 %     10.65 %     12.55 %     12.04 %
Hanmi Bank
    9.07 %     10.70 %     10.59 %     12.28 %     11.98 %
Tier 1 Capital to Total Risk-Weighted Assets:
                                       
Hanmi Financial
    6.76 %     9.52 %     9.40 %     11.58 %     11.03 %
Hanmi Bank
    7.77 %     9.44 %     9.34 %     11.31 %     10.96 %
Tier 1 Capital to Average Total Assets:
                                       
Hanmi Financial
    5.82 %     8.93 %     8.52 %     10.08 %     9.11 %
Hanmi Bank
    6.69 %     8.85 %     8.47 %     9.85 %     9.06 %
 
                                       
SELECTED ASSET QUALITY RATIOS:
                                       
Non-Performing Loans to Total Gross Loans (11)
    7.77 %     3.62 %     1.66 %     0.50 %     0.41 %
Non-Performing Assets to Total Assets (12)
    7.76 %     3.17 %     1.37 %     0.38 %     0.30 %
Net Loan Charge-Offs to Average Total Gross Loans
    3.88 %     1.38 %     0.73 %     0.17 %     0.12 %
Allowance for Loan Losses to Total Gross Loans
    5.14 %     2.11 %     1.33 %     0.96 %     1.00 %
Allowance for Loan Losses to Non-Performing Loans
    66.19 %     58.23 %     80.05 %     193.86 %     246.40 %
 
(4)   Net income (loss) divided by average total assets.
 
(5)   Net income (loss) divided by average stockholders’ equity.
 
(6)   Net income (loss) divided by average tangible equity.
 
(7)   Average yield earned on interest-earning assets less average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities. Computed on a tax-equivalent basis using an effective marginal rate of 35 percent
 
(8)   Net interest income before provision for credit losses divided by average interest-earning assets. Computed on a tax-equivalent basis using an effective marginal rate of 35 percent
 
(9)   Total non-interest expense divided by the sum of net interest income before provision for credit losses and total non-interest income.
 
(10)   Dividends declared per share divided by basic earnings (loss) per share.
 
(11)   Non-performing loans consist of non-accrual loan and loans past due 90 days or more still accruing interest.
 
(12)   Non-performing assets consist of non-performing loans and other real estate owned.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
     Return on Average Tangible Equity
     Return on average tangible equity is supplemental financial information determined by a method other than in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). This non-GAAP measure is used by management in the analysis of Hanmi Financial’s performance. Average tangible equity is calculated by subtracting average goodwill and average other intangible assets from average stockholders’ equity. Banking and financial institution regulators also exclude goodwill and other intangible assets from stockholders’ equity when assessing the capital adequacy of a financial institution. Management believes the presentation of this financial measure excluding the impact of these items provides useful supplemental information that is essential to a proper understanding of the financial results of Hanmi Financial, as it provides a method to assess management’s success in utilizing tangible capital. This disclosure should not be viewed as a substitution for results determined in accordance with GAAP, nor is it necessarily comparable to non-GAAP performance measures that may be presented by other companies.

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     The following table reconciles this non-GAAP performance measure to the GAAP performance measure for the periods indicated:
                                         
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
    (Dollars in Thousands)  
Average Stockholders’ Equity
  $ 225,708     $ 323,462     $ 492,637     $ 458,227     $ 417,813  
Less Average Goodwill and Average Other Intangible Assets
    (4,171 )     (58,972 )     (217,601 )     (215,865 )     (219,286 )
 
                             
 
                                       
Average Tangible Equity
  $ 221,537     $ 264,490     $ 275,036     $ 242,362     $ 198,527  
 
                             
 
                                       
Return on Average Stockholders’ Equity
    (54.17 %)     (31.56 %)     (12.33 %)     14.26 %     13.83 %
Effect of Average Goodwill and Average Other Intangible Assets
    (1.02 %)     (7.04 %)     (9.76 %)     12.70 %     15.28 %
 
                             
 
                                       
Return on Average Tangible Equity
    (55.19 %)     (38.60 %)     (22.09 %)     26.96 %     29.11 %
 
                             
     Tangible Book Value Per Share
     Tangible book value per share is supplemental financial information determined by a method other than in accordance with GAAP. This non-GAAP measure is used by management in the analysis of Hanmi Financial’s performance. Tangible book value per share is calculated by subtracting goodwill and other intangible assets from total stockholders’ equity and dividing the difference by the number of shares of common stock outstanding. Management believes the presentation of this financial measure excluding the impact of these items provides useful supplemental information that is essential to a proper understanding of the financial results of Hanmi Financial, as it provides a method to assess management’s success in utilizing tangible capital. This disclosure should not be viewed as a substitution for results determined in accordance with GAAP, nor is it necessarily comparable to non-GAAP performance measures that may be presented by other companies.
     The following table reconciles this non-GAAP performance measure to the GAAP performance measure for the periods indicated:
                                         
    December 31,  
    2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
    (Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)  
Total Stockholders’ Equity
  $ 149,744     $ 263,915     $ 370,556     $ 486,370     $ 426,329  
Less Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
    (3,382 )     (4,950 )     (114,008 )     (213,958 )     (217,749 )
 
                             
 
                                       
Tangible Equity
  $ 146,362     $ 258,965     $ 256,548     $ 272,412     $ 208,580  
 
                             
 
                                       
Book Value Per Share
  $ 2.93     $ 5.75     $ 8.08     $ 9.91     $ 8.76  
Effect of Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
    (0.07 )     (0.11 )     (2.49 )     (4.36 )     (4.47 )
 
                             
 
                                       
Tangible Book Value Per Share
  $ 2.86     $ 5.64     $ 5.59     $ 5.55     $ 4.29  
 
                             

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
     This discussion presents management’s analysis of the financial condition and results of operations as of and for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007. This discussion should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and the Notes related thereto presented elsewhere in this Report. This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements because of certain factors discussed elsewhere in this Report. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors.”
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
     We have established various accounting policies that govern the application of GAAP in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. Our significant accounting policies are described in the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.” Certain accounting policies require us to make significant estimates and assumptions that have a material impact on the carrying value of certain assets and liabilities, and we consider these critical accounting policies. We use estimates and assumptions based on historical experience and other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ significantly from these estimates and assumptions, which could have a material impact on the carrying value of assets and liabilities at the balance sheet dates and our results of operations for the reporting periods. Management has discussed the development and selection of these critical accounting policies with the Audit Committee of Hanmi Financial’s Board of Directors.
     Allowance for Loan Losses
     We believe the allowance for loan losses and allowance for off-balance sheet items are critical accounting policies that require significant estimates and assumptions that are particularly susceptible to significant change in the preparation of our financial statements. Our allowance for loan loss methodologies incorporate a variety of risk considerations, both quantitative and qualitative, in establishing an allowance for loan loss that management believes is appropriate at each reporting date. Quantitative factors include our historical loss experiences on 9 segmented loan pools by risk rating, delinquency and charge-off trends, collateral values, changes in non-performing loans, and other factors. Qualitative factors include the general economic environment in our markets, delinquency and charge-off trends, and the change in non-performing loans. Concentration of credit, change of lending management and staff, quality of loan review system, and change in interest rate are other qualitative factors that are considered in our methodologies. See “Financial Condition — Allowance for Loan Losses and Allowance for Off-Balance Sheet Items,” “Results of Operations — Provision for Credit Losses” and “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” for additional information on methodologies used to determine the allowance for loan losses and allowance for off-balance sheet items.
     Loan Sales
     We normally sell SBA and residential mortgage loans to secondary market investors. When SBA guaranteed loans are sold, we generally retain the right to service these loans. We record a loan servicing asset when the benefits of servicing are expected to be more than adequate compensation to a servicer, which is determined by discounting all of the future net cash flows associated with the contractual rights and obligations of the servicing agreement. The expected future net cash flows are discounted at a rate equal to the return that would adequately compensate a substitute servicer for performing the servicing. In addition to the anticipated rate of loan prepayments and discount rates, other assumptions (such as the cost to service the underlying loans, foreclosure costs, ancillary income and float rates) are also used in determining the value of the loan servicing assets. Loan servicing assets are discussed in more detail in “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” and “Note 5 — Loans” presented elsewhere herein.

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     Investment Securities
     The classification and accounting for investment securities are discussed in more detail in “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” presented elsewhere herein. Under FASB ASC 320, “Investment,” investment securities generally must be classified as held-to-maturity, available-for-sale or trading. The appropriate classification is based partially on our ability to hold the securities to maturity and largely on management’s intentions with respect to either holding or selling the securities. The classification of investment securities is significant since it directly impacts the accounting for unrealized gains and losses on securities. Unrealized gains and losses on trading securities flow directly through earnings during the periods in which they arise. Investment securities that are classified as held-to-maturity are recorded at amortized cost. Unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities are recorded as a separate component of stockholders’ equity (accumulated other comprehensive income or loss) and do not affect earnings until realized or are deemed to be other-than-temporarily impaired.
     The fair values of investment securities are generally determined by reference to the average of at least two quoted market prices obtained from independent external brokers or independent external pricing service providers who have experience in valuing these securities. In obtaining such valuation information from third parties, we have evaluated the methodologies used to develop the resulting fair values. We perform a monthly analysis on the broker quotes received from third parties to ensure that the prices represent a reasonable estimate of the fair value. The procedures include, but are not limited to, initial and on-going review of third party pricing methodologies, review of pricing trends, and monitoring of trading volumes.
     We are obligated to assess, at each reporting date, whether there is an other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”) to our investment securities. Such impairment must be recognized in current earnings rather than in other comprehensive income. The determination of other-than-temporary impairment is a subjective process, requiring the use of judgments and assumptions. We examine all individual securities that are in an unrealized loss position at each reporting date for other-than-temporary impairment. Specific investment-related factors we examine to assess impairment include the nature of the investment, severity and duration of the loss, the probability that we will be unable to collect all amounts due, an analysis of the issuers of the securities and whether there has been any cause for default on the securities and any change in the rating of the securities by the various rating agencies. Additionally, we evaluate whether the creditworthiness of the issuer calls the realization of contractual cash flows into question. Our impairment assessment also takes into consideration factor that we do not intend to sell the security and it is more likely than not it will be required to sell the security prior to recovery of its amortized cost basis of the security. If the decline in fair value is judged to be other than temporary, the security is written down to fair value which becomes the new cost basis and an impairment loss is recognized.
     For debt securities, the classification of other-than-temporary impairment depends on whether we intend to sell the security or it more likely than not will be required to sell the security before recovery of its costs basis, and on the nature of the impairment. If we intend to sell a security or it is more likely than not it will be required to sell a security prior to recovery of its cost basis, the entire amount of impairment is recognized in earnings. If we do not intend to sell the security or it is more likely than not it will be required to sell the security prior to recovery of its cost basis, the credit loss component of impairment is recognized in earnings and impairment associated with non-credit factors, such as market liquidity, is recognized in other comprehensive income net of tax. A credit loss is the difference between the cost basis of the security and the present value of cash flows expected to be collected, discounted at the security’s effective interest rate at the date of acquisition. The cost basis of an other-than-temporarily impaired security is written down by the amount of impairment recognized in earnings. The new cost basis is not adjusted for subsequent recoveries in fair value. Management does not believe that there are any investment securities, other than those identified in the current and previous periods, that are deemed other-than-temporarily impaired as of December 31, 2009 and 2008. Investment securities are discussed in more detail in “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 4 — Securities” presented elsewhere herein.
     Income Taxes
     We provide for income taxes using the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.

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The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. As of December 2009, the Company established a valuation allowance of $45.2 million against its existing net deferred tax assets of $48.8 million. As of December 31, 2008 and 2007, no valuation allowance was required. Income taxes are discussed in more detail in “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” and “Note 12 — Income Taxes” presented elsewhere herein.

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EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW
     For the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, we recognized net losses of $122.3 million, $102.1 million and $60.8 million, respectively. The losses in 2009 were primarily due to provision for credit losses of $196.4 million. The losses in 2008 and 2007 were mainly caused by goodwill impairment charges of $107.4 million and $102.9 million, respectively, coupled with provisions for credit losses of $75.7 million and $38.3 million, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, our diluted loss per share was ($2.57), ($2.23) and ($1.27), respectively.
     In 2009, the economic conditions in the markets in which our borrowers operate continued to deteriorate and the levels of loan delinquency and defaults that we experienced were substantially higher than historical levels. Given the challenging credit environment, our priorities have been to manage the credit risk exposure through accelerating the resolution of problem loans and enhancing various credit quality management programs. Our proactive resolution of problem loans resulted in elevated charge-off levels especially during the second half of 2009. To proactively identify problem loans at their earliest stage and to effectively manage them until resolution, the notable changes we recently made to the credit department, among others, were to split review and monitoring functions with sufficient resources to handle problem loans in time effective fashion. Building on the changes that we implemented, we initiated additional programs, such as increased extent and frequency of independent loan review and collateral reappraisals, to further strengthen our loan grading systems and allowance for loan loss methodology. See “Financial Condition — Allowance for Loan Losses and Allowance for Off-Balance Sheet Items” for additional information on methodologies used to determine the allowance for loan losses. The combined impact of our proactive credit risk management actions resulted in a substantial increase in the loan loss provision in 2009.
          To prudently manage and maintain our capital levels, we deleveraged our balance sheet during the most part of 2009 as demonstrated by an 18.4 percent or $713.1 million decrease in total assets at December 31, 2009 relative to December 31, 2008. Our balance-sheet deleveraging strategy was primarily focused on a careful reduction of loans and rate-sensitive deposits without creating a liquidity risk. As a result of this strategy, total gross loans decreased by $542.8 million, or 16.1% to $2.82 billion at December 31, 2009 from $3.36 billion at December 31, 2008 mainly through natural amortization and payoffs. With sufficient liquidity generated from the reduction in loans and securities coupled with a strong surplus cash balance accumulated in the first half of 2009, we were able to reduce our rate-sensitive time deposits, which were mostly high-cost promotional time deposits that matured by the third quarter of 2009, brokered deposits and FHLB borrowings.
          In an effort to improve our net interest margin and core deposit base, we launched a series of core deposit campaigns throughout 2009, specifically enabling us to replace high-cost promotional time deposits with low-cost deposit products. As a result, our core deposits (defined as demand, money market and savings deposits) increased by $364.1 million, or 36.8% to $1.35 billion at December 31, 2009 from $989.2 million at December 31, 2008, while total deposits decreased by $320.8 million, or 10.4 percent, to $2.75 billion at December 31, 2009, compared to $3.07 billion at December 31, 2008. This decrease in deposits primarily resulted from a $670.7 million decrease in brokered deposits, partially offset by a $364.1 million increase in core deposits. Thanks to the successful deposit campaigns, our quarterly net interest margin notably improved from 2.50 percent in the first quarter of 2009 to 3.46 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009, exceeding the 3.38% quarterly net interest margin posted in the fourth quarter of 2008. Despite the ongoing economic challenges, we ended 2009 with a significant reduction in our reliance on wholesale funding and adequate levels of liquidity and quarterly net interest margin.
     Outlook for 2010
          The economic recession continued to deepen into the first half of 2009, but has shown some signs of improvement over the second half of 2009. Although the depth, breadth and duration of the economic recovery remain unclear into 2010, we are cautiously optimistic about further improvement in the economy and the real estate market during the second half of 2010.
     Our overall objective is to reclaim our place as the leading community bank in the Korean-American banking industry. We intend to continue to meet all regulatory orders imposed on us. Although this continues to be a difficult period for us, we intend to restore the financial soundness and safety of the Bank. To that end, we have identified the three strategic focus areas for 2010, which include raising capital, sustaining liquidity and improving credit quality.

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     In regards to the capital order mandated by our regulators, the minimum capital requirement to raise $100 million by July 31, 2010 is intended to bring the Bank’s tangible capital ratio to over 9%. With our solid franchise value driven by loyal customers and dedicated employees, we believe we will be able to raise a sufficient level of capital within the required timeframe. However, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in our efforts. While continuously making utmost efforts to raise capital from investors, we will shift our focus from capital ratio management to liquidity preservation.
     With this change, we will continue to deleverage our long-term assets until the capital is raised, while preserving our deposit base to maintain an adequate level of liquidity. Responding to the interest rate restriction recently amended by the FDIC, we have launched new deposit products with flexible and innovative features. We will also continue to deploy more products tailored to meet the ever-changing needs of customers. In addition to our innovative retail product orientation, we will continue to improve our customer service quality through various programs including “mystery shoppers” and customer surveys. With the new products coupled with enhanced customer service quality, we believe we will be able to preserve our deposit base and attract new customers without compromising our net interest margin.
     We expect our credit quality to remain a challenge for 2010 with elevated levels of problem assets, reserves and charges-offs. A number of initiatives have been implemented in an effort to minimize our continuously deteriorating credit quality. We will continue to refine our credit risk management system to meet the changing external and internal environments.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Net Interest Income, Net Interest Spread and Net Interest Margin
     Our earnings depend largely upon the difference between the interest income received from our loan portfolio and other interest-earning assets and the interest paid on deposits and borrowings. The difference is “net interest income.” The difference between the yield earned on interest-earning assets and the cost of interest-bearing liabilities is “net interest spread.” Net interest income, when expressed as a percentage of average total interest-earning assets, is referred to as the “net interest margin.”
     Net interest income is affected by the change in the level and mix of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, referred to as “volume changes.” Our net interest income also is affected by changes in the yields earned on interest-earning assets and rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities, referred to as “rate changes.” Interest rates charged on loans are affected principally by the demand for such loans, the supply of money available for lending purposes and competitive factors. Those factors are affected by general economic conditions and other factors beyond our control, such as federal economic policies, the general supply of money in the economy, income tax policies, governmental budgetary matters and the actions of the FRB.

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     The following table shows the average balances of assets, liabilities and stockholders’ equity; the amount of interest income and interest expense; the average yield or rate for each category of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities; and the net interest spread and the net interest margin for the periods indicated.
                                                                         
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2009     2008     2007  
            Interest     Average             Interest     Average             Interest     Average  
    Average     Income/     Yield/     Average     Income/     Yield/     Average     Income/     Yield/  
    Balance     Expense     Rate     Balance     Expense     Rate     Balance     Expense     Rate  
                            (Dollars in Thousands)                          
ASSETS
                                                                       
Interest-Earning Assets:
                                                                       
Gross Loans, Net (1)
  $ 3,157,133     $ 173,318       5.49 %   $ 3,332,133     $ 223,942       6.72 %   $ 3,080,544     $ 261,992       8.50 %
Municipal Securities (2)
    54,448       3,543       6.51 %     63,918       4,180       6.54 %     71,937       4,700       6.53 %
Obligations of Other U.S. Government Agencies
    24,417       1,108       4.54 %     65,440       2,813       4.30 %     116,701       4,963       4.25 %
Other Debt Securities
    109,460       4,568       4.17 %     142,444       6,574       4.62 %     179,506       8,436       4.70 %
Equity Securities
    41,399       656       1.58 %     38,516       1,918       4.98 %     26,228       1,413       5.39 %
Federal Funds Sold
    84,363       326       0.39 %     8,934       166       1.86 %     19,746       1,032       5.23 %
Term Federal Funds Sold
    95,822       1,718       1.79 %     1,913       43       2.25 %     96       5       5.21 %
Interest-Earning Deposits
    43,967       151       0.34 %     422       10       2.37 %                  
 
                                                           
Total Interest-Earning Assets
    3,611,009       185,388       5.13 %     3,653,720       239,646       6.56 %     3,494,758       282,541       8.08 %
 
                                                           
 
                                                                       
Noninterest-Earning Assets:
                                                                       
Cash and Cash Equivalents
    71,448                       88,679                       92,148                  
Allowance for Loan Losses
    (112,738 )                     (55,991 )                     (30,769 )                
Other Assets
    147,460                       180,448                       326,754                  
 
                                                                 
 
                                                                       
Total Noninterest-Earning Assets
    106,170                       213,136                       388,133                  
 
                                                                 
 
                                                                       
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 3,717,179                     $ 3,866,856                     $ 3,882,891                  
 
                                                                 
 
                                                                       
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
                                                                       
Interest-Bearing Liabilities:
                                                                       
Deposits:
                                                                       
Savings
  $ 91,089       2,328       2.56 %   $ 89,866       2,093       2.33 %   $ 97,173       2,004       2.06 %
Money Market Checking and NOW Accounts
    507,619       9,786       1.93 %     618,779       19,909       3.22 %     452,825       15,446       3.41 %
Time Deposits of $100,000 or More
    1,051,994       34,807       3.31 %     1,045,968       43,598       4.17 %     1,430,603       75,516       5.28 %
Other Time Deposits
    916,798       29,325       3.20 %     527,927       18,753       3.55 %     306,876       15,551       5.07 %
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances
    257,529       3,399       1.32 %     498,875       14,027       2.81 %     237,733       12,156       5.11 %
Other Borrowings
    1,579       2       0.13 %     10,649       346       3.25 %     35,680       1,793       5.03 %
Junior Subordinated Debentures
    82,406       3,271       3.97 %     82,406       5,056       6.14 %     82,406       6,644       8.06 %
 
                                                           
 
                                                                       
Total Interest-Bearing Liabilities
    2,909,014       82,918       2.85 %     2,874,470       103,782       3.61 %     2,643,296       129,110       4.88 %
 
                                                           
 
                                                                       
Noninterest-Bearing Liabilities:
                                                                       
Demand Deposits
    541,822                       630,631                       702,329                  
Other Liabilities
    40,635                       38,293                       44,629                  
 
                                                                 
 
                                                                       
Total Noninterest-Bearing Liabilities
    582,457                       668,924                       746,958                  
 
                                                                 
 
                                                                       
Total Liabilities
    3,491,471                       3,543,394                       3,390,254                  
Stockholders’ Equity
    225,708                       323,462                       492,637                  
 
                                                                 
 
                                                                       
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
  $ 3,717,179                     $ 3,866,856                     $ 3,882,891                  
 
                                                                 
Net Interest Income
          $ 102,470                     $ 135,864                     $ 153,431          
 
                                                                 
Net Interest Spread (3)
                    2.28 %                     2.95 %                     3.20 %
 
                                                           
Net Interest Margin (4)
                    2.84 %                     3.72 %                     4.39 %
 
                                                           
 
(1)   Average balances for loans include non-accrual loans and net of deferred fees and related direct costs. Loan fees have been included in the calculation of interest income. Loan fees were $2.3 million, $2.4 million and $2.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.
 
(2)   Computed on a tax-equivalent basis using an effective marginal rate of 35 percent.
 
(3)   Represents the average yield earned on interest-earning assets less the average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities.
 
(4)   Represents net interest income as a percentage of average interest-earning assets.

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     The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the dollar amount of changes in interest earned and paid for interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities and the amount of change attributable to changes in average daily balances (volume) or changes in average daily interest rates (rate). The variances attributable to both the volume and rate changes have been allocated to volume and rate changes in proportion to the relationship of the absolute dollar amount of the changes in each.
                                                 
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2009 vs. 2008     2008 vs. 2007  
    Increase (Decrease)     Increase (Decrease)  
    Due to Change in     Due to Change in  
    Volume     Rate     Total     Volume     Rate     Total  
                    (In Thousands)                  
Interest and Dividend Income:
                                               
Gross Loans, Net
  $ (11,281 )   $ (39,343 )   $ (50,624 )   $ 20,139     $ (58,189 )   $ (38,050 )
Municipal Securities
    (616 )     (21 )     (637 )     (524 )     4       (520 )
Obligations of Other U.S. Government Agencies
    (1,854 )     149       (1,705 )     (2,202 )     52       (2,150 )
Other Debt Securities
    (1,419 )     (587 )     (2,006 )     (1,713 )     (149 )     (1,862 )
Equity Securities
    134       (1396 )     (1,262 )     619       (114 )     505  
Federal Funds Sold
    386       (226 )     160       (398 )     (468 )     (866 )
Term Federal Funds Sold
    1,686       (11 )     1,675       43       (5 )     38  
Interest-Earning Deposits
    158       (17 )     141       10             10  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Total Interest and Dividend Income
    (12,806 )     (41,452 )     (54,258 )     15,974       (58,869 )     (42,895 )
 
                                   
 
                                               
Interest Expense:
                                               
Savings
    28       207       235       (158 )     247       89  
Money Market Checking and NOW Accounts
    (3,133 )     (6,990 )     (10,123 )     5,382       (919 )     4,463  
Time Deposits of $100,000 or More
    250       (9,041 )     (8,791 )     (17,907 )     (14,011 )     (31,918 )
Other Time Deposits
    12,603       (2,031 )     10,572       8,835       (5,633 )     3,202  
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances and Other Borrowings
    (5,231 )     (5,741 )     (10,972 )     8,497       (8,073 )     424  
Junior Subordinated Debentures
          (1,785 )     (1,785 )           (1,588 )     (1,588 )
 
                                   
 
                                               
Total Interest Expense
    4,517       (25,381 )     (20,864 )     4,649       (29,977 )     (25,328 )
 
                                   
 
                                               
Change in Net Interest Income
  $ (17,323 )   $ (16,071 )   $ (33,394 )   $ 11,325     $ (28,892 )   $ (17,567 )
 
                                   
     For the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, net interest income before provision for credit losses on a tax-equivalent basis was $102.5 million, $135.9 million and $153.4 million, respectively. The net interest spread and net interest margin for the year ended December 31, 2009 were 2.28 percent and 2.84 percent, respectively, compared to 2.95 percent and 3.72 percent, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2008 and 3.20 percent and 4.39 percent, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2007. The decrease in net interest income in 2009 was primarily due to the steep decrease of 400 basis points in the federal funds target rate since December 2007 and the impact of a higher level of nonaccrual loans, partially offset by lower deposit costs.
     Average loans were $3.16 billion in 2009, as compared with $3.33 billion in 2008 and $3.08 billion in 2007, representing decrease of 5.3 percent and increase of 8.2 percent in 2009 and 2008, respectively. Average interest-earning assets were $3.61 billion in 2009, as compared with $3.65 billion in 2008 and $3.49 billion in 2007, representing decrease of 1.2 percent and increase of 4.5 percent in 2009 and 2008, respectively. The $42.7 million decrease in average interest earning assets in 2009 was attributable primarily to our preplanned deleveraging strategy. Consistent with this strategy, the combined total of average interest-bearing liabilities and demand deposits decreased by $54.3 million in 2009. In 2008, the majority of interest-earning assets growth was funded by a $236.1 million increase in FHLB advances and other borrowings. Total average interest-bearing liabilities grew by $34.5 million and $231.2 million, respectively, in 2009 and 2008.

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     The average yield on interest-earning assets decreased by 143 basis points to 5.13 percent in 2009, after 152 basis point decrease in 2008 to 6.56 percent from 8.08 percent in 2007, primarily due to a decrease in loan portfolio yields. The average loan yield decreased by 123 basis points to 5.49 percent in 2009, after 178 basis point decrease in 2008 to 6.72 percent from 8.50 percent in 2007, reflecting the impact of a decrease in federal funds target rate and an increase in our overall level of nonaccrual loans. The average cost on interest-bearing liabilities also decreased by 76 basis points to 2.85 percent in 2009, compared to a decrease of 127 basis points to 3.61 percent in 2008 from 4.88 percent in 2007. The decrease in 2009 was primarily due to the FRB’s lowering of rates and a continued shift in funding sources toward lower—cost funds. Total average core deposits, a low-cost source of funding, increased 10.18 percent to $2.06 billion in 2009 from $1.87 billion in 2008. As a result, interest income decreased 22.6 percent to $185.4 million for 2009 from $239.6 million in 2008 and interest expense decreased 20.1 percent to $82.9 million for 2009 from $103.8 million in 2008. In 2008, interest income decreased by 15.7 percent to $239.6 million from $282.5 million in 2007 and interest expense decreased 19.6 percent to $103.8 million from $129.1 million in 2007.
     In 2009, net interest income on a tax-equivalent basis decreased by 24.6 percent to $102.5 million, compared to $135.9 million in 2008, due to decreases in average interest-earning assets and interest earned, partially offset by a reduction in interest paid for interest-bearing liabilities. In 2008, net interest income decreased by 11.4 percent to $135.9 million from $153.4 million in 2007, due mainly to decreases in interest earned and paid for interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities.
Provision for Credit Losses
     For the year ended December 31, 2009, the provision for credit losses was $196.4 million, compared to $75.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. The increase in the provision for credit losses is attributable to increases in net charge-offs, non-performing loans and criticized and classified loans, reflecting a continued severe economic downturn. Net charge-offs increased $76.6 million, or 166.7 percent, from $46.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2008 to $122.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2009. Non-performing loans increased from $121.9 million, or 3.62 percent of total gross loans, as of December 31, 2008 to $219.1 million, or 7.77 percent of total gross loans, as of December 31, 2009. See “Non-Performing Assets” and “Allowance for Loan Losses and Allowance for Off-Balance Sheet Items” for further details.
     For the year ended December 31, 2008, the provision for credit losses was $75.7 million, compared to $38.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2007. The increase in the provision for credit losses is attributable to increases in the loan portfolio, net charge-offs, non-performing loans and criticized and classified loans. The gross loan portfolio increased $76.3 million, or 2.3 percent, from $3.29 billion at December 31, 2007 to $3.36 billion at December 31, 2008. Net charge-offs increased $23.3 million, or 103.1 percent, from $22.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2007 to $46.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. Non-performing loans increased from $54.5 million, or 1.66 percent of total gross loans, as of December 31, 2007 to $121.9 million, or 3.62 percent of total gross loans, as of December 31, 2008. See “Non-Performing Assets” and “Allowance for Loan Losses and Allowance for Off-Balance Sheet Items” for further details.

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Non-Interest Income
     The following table sets forth the various components of non-interest income for the years indicated:
                         
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2009     2008     2007  
    (In Thousands)  
Service Charges on Deposit Accounts
  $ 17,054     $ 18,463     $ 18,061  
Insurance Commissions
    4,492       5,067       4,954  
Remittance Fees
    2,109       2,194       2,049  
Trade Finance Fees
    1,956       3,088       4,493  
Other Service Charges and Fees
    1,810       2,365       2,527  
Net Gain on Sales of Loans
    1,220       765       5,452  
Bank-Owned Life Insurance Income
    932       952       933  
Net Gain on Sales of Investment Securities
    1,833       77        
Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Loss on Securities
          (2,410 )     (1,074 )
Other Operating Income
    704       2,293       2,611  
 
                 
Total Non-Interest Income
  $ 32,110     $ 32,854     $ 40,006  
 
                 
     We earn non-interest income from four major sources: service charges on deposit accounts, insurance commissions, fees generated from international trade finance and gain on sales of loans. For the year ended December 31, 2009, non-interest income was $32.1 million, a decrease of 2.3 percent from $32.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. The slight decrease in non-interest income for 2009 is primarily attributable to decreases in service charges on deposit accounts, trade finance fee, and other income, partially offset by a net gain on sales of investment securities and the absence of OTTI loss on securities recognized in 2008. For the year ended December 31, 2008, non-interest income was $32.9 million, a decrease of 17.8 percent from $40.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2007. The overall decrease in non-interest income for 2008 is primarily due to lower gain on sales of loans, and increase in OTTI loss on securities and lower trade finance fee income.
     Service charges on deposit accounts decreased $1.4 million, or 7.6 percent, in 2009 compared to 2008 and increased $402,000, or 2.2 percent, in 2008 compared to 2007. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in account analysis fees, reflecting a decrease in the number of accounts subject to account analysis fees, partially offset by an increase in account analysis fees started from March 2009. Service charge income on deposit accounts increased in 2008 primarily due to an increase of $1.2 million in NSF charges, partially offset by a decrease of $644,000 in account analysis fee income.
     Insurance commissions decreased $575,000, or 11.3 percent, in 2009 compared to 2008 and increased $113,000, or 2.3 percent, in 2008 compared to 2007. The decrease in 2009 was primarily attributable to a decreased demand for insurance products due to a sluggish economy.
     Remittance fees slightly decreased $85,000, or 3.9 percent, in 2009 compared to 2008 and increased $145,000, or 7.1 percent, in 2008 compared to 2007 due primarily to a decline in transaction volumes.
     Fees generated from international trade finance decreased by 36.7 percent from $3.1 million in 2008 to $2.0 million in 2009 and decreased by 31.3 percent from $4.5 million in 2007 to $3.1 million in 2008. The decreases in 2009 and 2008 were primarily attributable to a decline in export letter of credit volume due to the continuation of stressed conditions in the international trade market.
     Other service charges and fees decreased $555,000, or 23.5 percent, in 2009 compared to 2008 and decreased $162,000, or 6.4 percent, in 2008 compared to 2007. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in loan servicing income.
     Gain on sales of loans was $1.2 million in 2009, compared to $765,000 in 2008 and $5.5 million in 2007, representing an increase of 59.5 percent in 2009 and a decrease of 86.0 percent in 2008. In 2009, the increase in gain on sales of loans resulted from increased sales activity in SBA loans, reflecting a recovery in the SBA secondary market. In 2008, the lower gain on sales of loans was primarily due to a depressed secondary market for SBA loans and lower premiums, which decreased to 3.3 percent in 2008 compared to 4.3 percent in 2007. During 2009, there were $37.3 million of SBA loans sold, compared to $23.3 million in 2008 and $116.6 million in 2007.

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     Net gain on sales of investment securities increased $1.8 million in 2009 compared to 2008 and increased $77,000 in 2008 compared to 2007. There was no sale of investment securities in 2007. In 2009, we realized a $1.8 million net gain on sale of investment securities as part of our balance-sheet deleveraging plan as well as a repositioning of the investment portfolio to substantially reduce municipal bonds in response to our inability to realize tax benefits offered by the bonds in the near future. Proceeds from the sale of investment securities provided additional liquidity to reduce wholesale funds.
     We have periodically evaluated our investments for OTTI. We recorded no OTTI charge in 2009. However, in 2008, we recorded an OTTI charge of $2.4 million related to an impairment loss on a Lehman Brothers corporate bond. During 2007, we recorded an OTTI charge of $1.1 million to write down the value of an investment in CRA preferred securities to their estimated fair value.
     Other operating income decreased by $1.6 million, or 69.3 percent, from $2.3 million in 2008 to $704,000 in 2009. The decrease was attributable primarily to the absence of a $1.0 million refund of a previously paid legal and consulting fee to outside vendors and a decrease of $230,000 in income on sales of mutual fund. In 2007, other operating income included change in fair value of derivatives of $683,000 and gain on sale of other real estate owned of $226,000.
Non-Interest Expense
     The following table sets forth the breakdown of non-interest expense for the years indicated:
                         
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2009     2008     2007  
    (In Thousands)  
Salaries and Employee Benefits
  $ 33,101     $ 42,209     $ 47,036  
Occupancy and Equipment
    11,239       11,158       10,494  
Deposit Insurance Premiums and Regulatory Assessments
    10,418       3,713       587  
Data Processing
    6,297       5,799       6,390  
Other Real Estate Owned Expense
    5,890       390       8  
Professional Fees
    4,099       3,539       2,468  
Advertising and Promotion
    2,402       3,518       3,630  
Supplies and Communications
    2,352       2,518       2,592  
Loan-Related Expense
    1,947       790       674  
Amortization of Other Intangible Assets
    1,568       1,958       2,324  
Other Operating Expenses
    11,041       12,042       10,835  
Impairment Loss on Goodwill
          107,393       102,891  
 
                 
Total Non-Interest Expense
  $ 90,354     $ 195,027     $ 189,929  
 
                 
     For the year ended December 31, 2009, non-interest expense was $90.4 million, a decrease of $104.7 million, or 53.7 percent, from $195.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. The decrease in 2009 was primarily due to the absence of $107.4 million in impairment loss on goodwill recognized in 2008 and a decrease of $9.1 million in salaries and employee benefits, partially offset by an increase of $6.7 million in FDIC insurance assessments and an increase of $5.5 million in other real estate owned expense. For the year ended December 31, 2008, non-interest expense was $195.0 million, an increase of $5.1 million, or 2.7 percent, from $189.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2007. The increase in 2008 was primarily the result of an impairment loss on goodwill of $107.4 million, compared to $102.9 million in 2007. At December 31, 2009, we had no remaining goodwill recorded on our balance sheet.
     Salaries and employee benefits expense for 2009 decreased by $9.1 million, or 21.6 percent, to $33.1 million from $42.2 million for 2008, as the direct results of an employee reduction in August 2008 of approximately ten percent, lower incentive compensation, and the reversal of a $2.5 million previously accrued liability on a post-retirement death benefit through an amendment to the bank-owned life insurance policy in 2009. At December 31, 2009, the Company had a total of 509 employees, compared with 563 employees at December 31, 2008.

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     Deposit insurance premiums and regulatory assessments increased $6.7 million, or 180.6 percent, from $3.7 million in 2008 to $10.4 million in 2009. The increase was due to higher assessment rates for FDIC insurance on deposits beginning in the second quarter of 2009 and an increase in the basic limit of federal deposit insurance coverage from $100,000 to $250,000 per depositor and fully insured on all noninterest-bearing deposit accounts until December 31, 2013. In addition, there was a special one-time assessment of $1.8 million during the second quarter of 2009. The FDIC imposed a 5 basis point special assessment on each insured institution’s assets minus Tier 1 capital as of June 30, 2009 to maintain public confidence in the federal deposit insurance system.
     Other real estate owned expense increased $5.5 million from $390,000 in 2008 to $5.9 million in 2009. The increase was due primarily to $1.7 million expenses incurred for two foreclosed California properties (a condominium project in Oakland and a private golf course in Fallbrook), a $3.1 million provision for valuation allowance, and a $211,000 loss on the sale of other real estate owned.
     Loan-related expense increased $1.2 million, or 146.5 percent, from $790,000 in 2008 to $1.9 million in 2009. The increase was primarily due to an $850,000 expense related to a legal settlement on a loan and an increase of $190,000 in appraisal expense.
Income Taxes
     For the year ended December 31, 2009, a tax benefit of $31.1 million was recognized on pre-tax losses of $153.4 million, representing an effective tax benefit rate of 20.3 percent, compared to a tax benefit of $1.4 million recognized on pre-tax losses of $103.4 million, representing an effective tax benefit rate of 1.3 percent, for 2008, and income taxes of $24.3 million recognized on a pre-tax loss of $36.5 million, representing an effective tax rate of 66.7 percent, for 2007. The effective tax rates for 2008 and 2007 include impairment losses on goodwill of $107.4 million and $102.9 million, respectively, which are not deductible for tax purposes.
     During 2009, we made investments in various tax credit funds totaling $6.2 million and recognized $1.1 million of income tax credits earned from qualified low-income housing investments. We recognized an income tax credit of $908,000 for the tax year 2008 from $6.1 million in such investments and recognized an income tax credit of $775,000 for the tax year 2007 from $5.8 million in such investments. We intend to continue to make such investments as part of an effort to lower the effective tax rate and to meet our community reinvestment obligations under the CRA.
     As indicated in “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 12 — Income Taxes,” income taxes are the sum of two components: current tax expense and deferred tax expense (benefit). Current tax expense is the result of applying the current tax rate to taxable income. The deferred portion is intended to account for the fact that income on which taxes are paid differs from financial statement pretax income because certain items of income and expense are recognized in different years for income tax purposes than in the financial statements. These differences in the years that income and expenses are recognized cause “temporary differences.”
     Most of our temporary differences involve recognizing more expenses in our financial statements than we have been allowed to deduct for taxes, and therefore we normally have a net deferred tax asset. As of December 2009, we established a valuation allowance of $45.2 million against its existing net deferred tax assets of $48.8 million. The remaining net deferred tax asset of $3.6 million represents the amount of benefit we will receive in the future based on the carryback of future taxable losses against 2008 taxable income. At December 31, 2008 and 2007, we had net deferred tax assets of $29.5 million and $18.5 million, respectively.

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FINANCIAL CONDITION
Investment Portfolio
     The composition of our investment portfolio reflects our investment strategy of providing a relatively stable source of interest income while maintaining an appropriate level of liquidity. The investment portfolio also provides a source of liquidity by pledging as collateral or through repurchase agreement and collateral for certain public funds deposits.
     As of December 31, 2009, the investment portfolio was composed primarily of mortgage-backed securities, U.S. Government agency securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, asset-backed securities and municipal bonds. Investment securities available for sale were 99.3 percent, 99.5 percent and 99.7 percent of the total investment portfolio as of December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Most of the securities held carried fixed interest rates. Other than holdings of U.S. Government agency securities, there were no investments in securities of any one issuer exceeding 10 percent of stockholders’ equity as of December 31, 2009, 2008 or 2007.
     As of December 31, 2009, securities available for sale were $132.4 million, or 4.2 percent of total assets, compared to $196.2 million, or 5.1 percent of total assets, as of December 31, 2008. Securities available for sale decreased in 2009 as part of our balance-sheet deleveraging plan as well as a repositioning of the investment portfolio to substantially reduce municipal bonds in response to our inability to realize tax benefits offered by the bonds in the near future. Proceeds from the sale of investment securities provided additional liquidity to reduce wholesale funds. In 2009, 2008 and 2007, we purchased $89.4 million, $25.4 million and $45.0 million, respectively, of U.S. Government agency securities, corporate bonds and mortgage-backed securities to replenish the portfolio for principal repayments in the form of calls, prepayments and scheduled amortization and to maintain an asset mix consistent with our strategic direction.
     The following table summarizes the amortized cost, fair value and distribution of investment securities as of the dates indicated:
                                                 
    Investment Portfolio as of December 31,  
    2009     2008     2007  
    Amortized     Fair     Amortized     Fair     Amortized     Fair  
    Cost     Value     Cost     Value     Cost     Value  
    (In Thousands)  
Securities Held to Maturity:
                                               
Municipal Bonds
  $ 696     $ 696     $ 695     $ 695     $ 694     $ 694  
Mortgage-Backed Securities (1)
    173       175       215       215       246       247  
 
                                   
Total Securities Held to Maturity
  $ 869     $ 871     $ 910     $ 910     $ 940     $ 941  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Securities Available for Sale:
                                               
Mortgage-Backed Securities (1)
  $ 65,218     $ 66,332     $ 77,515     $ 78,860     $ 99,332     $ 99,198  
U.S. Government Agency Securities
    33,325       32,763       17,580       17,700       104,893       105,089  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (2)
    12,520       12,789       36,204       36,162       51,881       51,418  
Asset-Backed Securities
    8,127       8,188                          
Municipal Bonds
    7,369       7,359       58,987       58,313       69,907       71,751  
Other Securities
    3,925       4,195       4,684       4,958       3,925       3,835  
Equity Securities
    511       794       511       804              
Corporate Bonds (3)
                355       169       18,295       18,226  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Total Securities Available for Sale
  $ 130,995     $ 132,420     $ 195,836     $ 196,966     $ 348,233     $ 349,517  
 
                                   
 
(1)    Collateralized by residential mortgages and guaranteed by U.S. government sponsored entities.
 
(2)    Collateralized by residential mortgages and guaranteed by U.S. government sponsored entities, except for two private-label securities held as of December 31, 2008 with an unrealized loss totaling $42,000. The two private-label securities were sold during the year ended December 31, 2009.
 
(3)    Balances presented for amortized cost, representing one corporate bond, were net of an OTTI charge of $2.4 million, which was related to a credit loss, as of December 31, 2008. Therefore, the adoption of a new accounting standard did not require a reclassification for the non-credit portion of previously recognized OTTI from the opening balance of retained earnings to other comprehensive income as of March 31, 2009. The corporate bond was sold during the year ended December 31, 2009.

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    The following table summarizes the contractual maturity schedule for investment securities, at amortized cost, and their weighted-average yield as of December 31, 2009:
                                                                 
                    After One Year But     After Five Years But        
    Within One Year     Within Five Years     Within Ten Years     After Ten Years  
    Amount     Yield     Amount     Yield     Amount     Yield     Amount     Yield  
    (Dollars in Thousands)  
Mortgage-Backed Securities
  $ 2,287       4.29 %   $ 6,506       4.24 %   $ 5,355       4.45 %   $ 51,243       4.35 %
U.S. Government Agency Securities
                            9,999       4.10 %     23,326       5.57 %
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
    3,386       4.00 %     3,811       4.09 %     5,323       3.95 %            
Asset-Backed Securities
                            5,440       4.43 %     2,687       4.51 %
Municipal Bonds (1)
                695       7.06 %     2,869       6.13 %     4,501       6.65 %
Other Securities
    3,925       3.37 %                                    
Equity Securities
                                        511        
Corporate Bonds
                                               
 
                                                       
 
  $ 9,598       3.81 %   $ 11,012       4.37 %   $ 28,986       4.40 %   $ 82,268       4.80 %
 
                                                       
 
(1)   The yield on municipal bonds has been computed on a tax-equivalent basis, using an effective marginal rate of 35 percent.
     We perform periodic reviews for impairment in accordance with FASB ASC 320. Gross unrealized losses on investment securities available for sale, the estimated fair value of the related securities and the number of securities aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, were as follows as of December 31, 2009 and 2008:
                                                                         
    Holding Period  
    Less than 12 Months     12 Months or More     Total  
    Gross     Estimated     Number     Gross     Estimated     Number     Gross     Estimated     Number  
Investment Securities   Unrealized     Fair     of     Unrealized     Fair     of     Unrealized     Fair     of  
Available for Sale   Losses     Value     Securities     Losses     Value     Securities     Losses     Value     Securities  
    (In Thousands)  
December 31, 2009:
                                                                       
Mortgage-Backed Securities
  $ 144     $ 14,584       3     $     $           $ 144     $ 14,584       3  
Municipal Bonds
    12       303       1       80       793       1       92       1,096       2  
U.S. Government Agency Securities
    562       32,764       6                         562       32,764       6  
Other Securities
    24       1,976       2       39       961       1       63       2,937       3  
 
                                                     
 
  $ 742     $ 49,627       12     $ 119     $ 1,754       2     $ 861     $ 51,381       14  
 
                                                     
December 31, 2008:
                                                                       
Mortgage-Backed Securities
  $ 158     $ 10,631       42     $ 33     $ 5,277       4     $ 191     $ 15,908       46  
Municipal Bonds
    968       35,614       66       119       1,749       4       1,087       37,363       70  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
    36       4,569       4       143       5,903       4       179       10,472       8  
Other Securities
    72       929       1       40       1,960       2       112       2,889       3  
Corporate Bonds
    186       169       1                         186       169       1  
 
                                                     
 
  $ 1,420     $ 51,912       114     $ 335     $ 14,889       14     $ 1,755     $ 66,801       128  
 
                                                     
     All individual securities that have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for 12 months or longer as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 had investment grade ratings upon purchase. The issuers of these securities have not established any cause for default on these securities and the various rating agencies have reaffirmed these securities’ long-term investment grade status as of December 31, 2009. These securities have fluctuated in value since their purchase dates as market interest rates have fluctuated.
     We are required to assess whether the entity has the intent to sell the debt security or more likely than not will be required to sell the debt security before its anticipated recovery. We do not intend to sell these securities and it is not more likely than not that we will be required to sell the investments before the recovery of its amortized cost bases. Therefore, in management’s opinion, all securities that have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for the past 12 months or longer as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 are not other-than-temporarily impaired, and therefore, no impairment charges as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 are warranted.

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Loan Portfolio
     Total gross loans decreased by $542.8 million, or 16.1 percent, in 2009 and increased by $76.3 million, or 2.3 percent, in 2008. Total gross loans represented 89.2 percent of total assets at December 31, 2009, compared with 86.8 percent and 82.5 percent at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The overall decrease in total gross loans is attributable to management’s balance sheet deleveraging strategy by carefully evaluating credits that are subject to renewal and accepting only those that are of the highest quality, as well as loan charge-offs and transfers to other real estate owned.
     Commercial and industrial loans were $1.71 billion and $2.10 billion at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively, representing 60.8 percent and 62.4 percent, respectively, of total gross loans. Commercial loans include term loans and revolving lines of credit. Term loans typically have a maturity of three to seven years and are extended to finance the purchase of business entities, owner-occupied commercial property, business equipment, leasehold improvements or for permanent working capital. SBA guaranteed loans usually have a longer maturity (5 to 20 years). Lines of credit, in general, are extended on an annual basis to businesses that need temporary working capital and/or import/export financing. These borrowers are well diversified as to industry, location and their current and target markets.
     Real estate loans were $1.04 billion and $1.18 billion at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively, representing 37.0 percent and 35.1 percent, respectively, of total gross loans. Real estate loans are extended to finance the purchase and/or improvement of commercial real estate and residential property. The properties generally are investor-owned, but may be for user-owned purposes. Underwriting guidelines include, among other things, an appraisal in conformity with the USPAP, limitations on loan-to-value ratios, and minimum cash flow requirements to service debt. The majority of the properties taken as collateral are located in Southern California.

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     The following table sets forth the amount of total loans outstanding in each category as of the dates indicated:
                                         
    Amount of Loans Outstanding as of December 31,  
    2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
    (In Thousands)  
Real Estate Loans:
                                       
Commercial Property
  $ 839,598     $ 908,970     $ 795,675     $ 757,428     $ 733,650  
Construction
    126,350       178,783       215,857       202,207       152,080  
Residential Property (1)
    77,149       92,361       90,375       81,758       88,442  
 
                             
 
                                       
Total Real Estate Loans
    1,043,097       1,180,114       1,101,907       1,041,393       974,172  
 
                             
 
                                       
Commercial and Industrial Loans:
                                       
Commercial Term Loans
    1,420,034       1,611,449       1,599,853       1,202,612       945,210  
Commercial Lines of Credit
    101,159       214,699       256,978       225,630       224,271  
SBA Loans (2)
    139,531       178,399       118,528       171,631       155,491  
International Loans
    53,488       95,185       119,360       126,561       106,520  
 
                             
 
                                       
Total Commercial and Industrial Loans
    1,714,212       2,099,732       2,094,719       1,726,434       1,431,492  
 
                             
 
                                       
Consumer Loans (3)
    63,303       83,525       90,449       100,121       92,154  
 
                             
 
                                       
Total Gross Loans
  $ 2,820,612     $ 3,363,371     $ 3,287,075     $ 2,867,948     $ 2,497,818  
 
                             
 
(1)   As of December 31, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005, residential mortgage loans held for sale totaling $0, $0, $310,000, $630,000 and $1.1 million, respectively, were included at the lower of cost or fair value.
 
(2)   As of December 31, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005, SBA loans held for sale totaling $5.0 million, $37.4 million, $6.0 million, $23.2 million and $0, respectively, were included at the lower of cost or fair value.
 
(3)   Consumer loans include home equity lines of credit.
     The following table sets forth the percentage distribution of loans in each category as of the dates indicated:
                                         
    Percentage Distribution of Loans as of December 31,  
    2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
Real Estate Loans:
                                       
Commercial Property
    29.8 %     27.0 %     24.2 %     26.4 %     29.4 %
Construction
    4.5 %     5.3 %     6.6 %     7.1 %     6.1 %
Residential Property
    2.7 %     2.8 %     2.7 %     2.8 %     3.5 %
 
                             
 
                                       
Total Real Estate Loans
    37.0 %     35.1 %     33.5 %     36.3 %     39.0 %
 
                             
 
                                       
Commercial and Industrial Loans:
                                       
Commercial Term Loans
    50.3 %     47.9 %     48.7 %     41.9 %     37.8 %
Commercial Lines of Credit
    3.6 %     6.4 %     7.8 %     7.9 %     9.0 %
SBA Loans
    4.9 %     5.3 %     3.6 %     6.0 %     6.2 %
International Loans
    2.0 %     2.8 %     3.6 %     4.4 %     4.3 %
 
                             
 
                                       
Total Commercial and Industrial Loans
    60.8 %     62.4 %     63.7 %     60.2 %     57.3 %
 
                             
 
                                       
Consumer Loans
    2.2 %     2.5 %     2.8 %     3.5 %     3.7 %
 
                             
 
                                       
Total Gross Loans
    100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %
 
                             
     The following table shows the distribution of undisbursed loan commitments as of the dates indicated:
                 
    December 31,  
    2009     2008  
    (In Thousands)  
Commitments to Extend Credit
  $ 262,821     $ 386,785  
Standby Letters of Credit
    17,225       47,289  
Commercial Letters of Credit
    13,544       29,177  
Unused Credit Card Lines
    23,408       16,912  
 
           
 
               
Total Undisbursed Loan Commitments
  $ 316,998     $ 480,163  
 
           

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     The table below shows the maturity distribution and repricing intervals of outstanding loans as of December 31, 2009. In addition, the table shows the distribution of such loans between those with floating or variable interest rates and those with fixed or predetermined interest rates. The table includes non-accrual loans of $219.0 million.
                                 
        After One                
        Year But                  
    Within     Within     After          
    One Year     Five Years     Five Years     Total  
            (In Thousands)          
Real Estate Loans:
                               
Commercial Property
  $ 703,955     $ 135,643     $     $ 839,598  
Construction
    126,350                   126,350  
Residential Property
    19,463       52,401       5,285       77,149  
 
                       
 
                               
Total Real Estate Loans
    849,768       188,044       5,285       1,043,097  
 
                       
 
                               
Commercial and Industrial Loans:
                               
Commercial Term Loans
    1,075,332       344,702             1,420,034  
Commercial Lines of Credit
    101,159                   101,159  
SBA Loans
    136,269       3,262             139,531  
International Loans
    53,488                   53,488  
 
                       
 
                               
Total Commercial and Industrial Loans
    1,366,248       347,964             1,714,212  
 
                       
 
                               
Consumer Loans
    61,954       1,349             63,303  
 
                       
 
                               
Total Gross Loans
  $ 2,277,970     $ 537,357     $ 5,285     $ 2,820,612  
 
                       
 
                               
Loans With Predetermined Interest Rates
  $ 412,984     $ 512,365     $ 5,285     $ 930,634  
Loans With Variable Interest Rates
  $ 1,864,986     $ 24,992     $     $ 1,889,978  
     As of December 31, 2009, the loan portfolio included the following concentrations of loans to one type of industry that were greater than 10 percent of total gross loans outstanding:
                 
    Balance as of     Percentage of Total  
Industry   December 31, 2009     Gross Loans Outstanding  
    (In Thousands)          
Lessors of Non-Residential Buildings
  $ 417,266       14.8 %
Accommodation/Hospitality
  $ 413,380       14.7 %
Gasoline Stations
  $ 343,100       12.2 %
     There was no other concentration of loans to any one type of industry exceeding 10 percent of total gross loans outstanding.
Non-Performing Assets
     Non-performing loans consist of loans on non-accrual status and loans 90 days or more past due and still accruing interest. Non-performing assets consist of non-performing loans and OREO. Loans are placed on non-accrual status when, in the opinion of management, the full timely collection of principal or interest is in doubt. Generally, the accrual of interest is discontinued when principal or interest payments become more than 90 days past due, unless management believes the loan is adequately collateralized and in the process of collection. However, in certain instances, we may place a particular loan on non-accrual status earlier, depending upon the individual circumstances surrounding the loan’s delinquency. When an asset is placed on non-accrual status, previously accrued but unpaid interest is reversed against current income. Subsequent collections of cash are applied as principal reductions when received, except when the ultimate collectibility of principal is probable, in which case interest payments are credited to income. Non-accrual assets may be restored to accrual status when principal and interest become current and full repayment is expected. Interest income is recognized on the accrual basis for impaired loans not meeting the criteria for non-accrual. OREO consists of properties acquired by foreclosure or similar means that management intends to offer for sale.
     Management’s classification of a loan as non-accrual is an indication that there is reasonable doubt as to the full collectibility of principal or interest on the loan; at this point, we stop recognizing income from the interest on the loan and reverse any uncollected interest that had been accrued but unpaid. These loans may or may not be collateralized, but collection efforts are continuously pursued.

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     Except for non-performing loans set forth below, our management is not aware of any loans as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 for which known credit problems of the borrower would cause serious doubts as to the ability of such borrowers to comply with their present loan repayment terms, or any known events that would result in the loan being designated as non-performing at some future date. Our management cannot, however, predict the extent to which a deterioration in general economic conditions, real estate values, increases in general rates of interest, or changes in the financial condition or business of borrower may adversely affect a borrower’s ability to pay.
     The following table provides information with respect to the components of non-performing assets as of December 31 for the years indicated:
                                         
    December 31,  
    2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
            (Dollars in Thousands)          
Non-Performing Loans:
                                       
Non-Accrual Loans:
                                       
Real Estate Loans:
                                       
Commercial Property
  $ 58,927     $ 8,160     $ 2,684     $ 246     $  
Construction
    15,185       38,163       24,118              
Residential Property
    3,335       1,350       1,490             474  
Commercial and Industrial Loans
    140,931       73,007       25,729       13,862       9,574  
Consumer Loans
    622       143       231       105       74  
 
                             
 
                                       
Total Non-Accrual Loans
    219,000       120,823       54,252       14,213       10,122  
 
                             
 
                                       
Loans 90 Days or More Past Due and Still Accruing (as to Principal or Interest):
                                       
Commercial and Industrial Loans
          989       150              
Consumer Loans
    67       86       77       2       9  
 
                             
 
                                       
Total Loans 90 Days or More Past Due and Still Accruing (as to Principal or Interest)
    67       1,075       227       2       9  
 
                             
 
                                       
Total Non-Performing Loans
    219,067       121,898       54,479       14,215       10,131  
 
                                       
Other Real Estate Owned
    26,306       823       287              
 
                             
 
                                       
Total Non-Performing Assets
  $ 245,373     $ 122,721     $ 54,766     $ 14,215     $ 10,131  
 
                             
 
                                       
Non-Performing Loans as a Percentage of Total Gross Loans
    7.77 %     3.62 %     1.66 %     0.50 %     0.41 %
Non-Performing Assets as a Percentage of Total Assets
    7.76 %     3.17 %     1.37 %     0.38 %     0.30 %
     Non-accrual loans totaled $219.0 million as of December 31, 2009, compared to $120.8 million as of December 31, 2008, representing a 81.3 percent increase. Delinquent loans (defined as 30 days or more past due) were $186.3 million as of December 31, 2009, compared to $128.5 million as of December 31, 2008, representing a 45.0 percent increase. We believe that the increases in non-performing loans and delinquent loans are attributable primarily to a current economic recession that is affecting some of our borrowers’ ability to honor their commitments.
     Non-performing loans increased by $97.2 million, or 79.7 percent, to $219.1 million as of December 31, 2009, compared to $121.9 million as of December 31, 2008. The ratio of non-performing loans to total gross loans also increased to 7.77 percent at December 31, 2009 from 3.62 percent at December 31, 2008. During the same period, the allowance for loan losses increased by $74.0 million, or 104.3 percent, to $145.0 million from $71.0 million. The $97.2 million increase in non-performing loans resulted primarily from increases of $50.7 million in commercial real estate loans, $37.5 million in real estate secured commercial term loans, and $19.7 million in SBA loans, partially offset by the $25.6 million decrease in construction loans. Of the $219.1 million non-performing loans, approximately $200.7 million were impaired based on FASB ASC 310, “Receivables,” which resulted in aggregate impairment reserve of $23.1 million as of December 31, 2009. This impairment reserve total is in addition to the charge-offs of $49.4 million from impaired loans. The allowance for the collateral-dependent loans is calculated by the difference between the outstanding loan balance and the value of the collateral as determined by recent appraisals less estimated costs to sell. The allowance for collateral-dependent loans varies from loan to loan based on the collateral coverage of the loan at the time of designation as non-performing. We continue to monitor the collateral coverage, based on recent appraisals, on these loans on a quarterly basis and adjust the allowance accordingly.

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     As of December 31, 2009, $176.0 million, or 80.3 percent, of the $219.1 million of non-performing loans were secured by real estate. As of December 31, 2008, $96.3 million, or 79.0 percent, of the $121.9 million of non-performing loans were secured by real estate. In light of declining property values in the current economic downturn affecting the real estate markets, the Bank continued to obtain current appraisals and factor in adequate market discounts on the collateral to compensate for non-current appraisals. As of December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, we had OREO of $26.3 million, $823,000 and $287,000, respectively.
Allowance for Loan Losses and Allowance for Off-Balance Sheet Items
     Provisions to the allowance for loan losses are made quarterly to recognize probable loan losses. The quarterly provision is based on the allowance need, which is determined through analysis involving quantitative calculations based on historic loss rates for general reserves and individual impairment calculations for specific allocations to impaired loans as well as qualitative adjustments.
     To determine general reserve requirements, existing loans are divided into 10 general loan pools of risk-rated loans (commercial real estate, construction, commercial term — unsecured, commercial term — T/D secured, commercial line of credit, SBA, international, consumer installment, consumer line of credit, and miscellaneous loans) as well as 3 homogenous loan pools (residential mortgage, auto loans, and credit card). For risk-rated loans, migration analysis allocates historical losses by loan pool and risk grade (pass, special mention, substandard, and doubtful) to determine risk factors for potential loss inherent in the current outstanding loan portfolio.
     In the first quarter of 2008, we enhanced our migration analysis to better reflect the Bank’s current loss profile. Our prior migration analysis utilized 28 quarters of evenly-weighted historic losses. Our revised migration analysis utilizes 12-quarters of historic losses with 1.5 to 1 weighting given to the most recent six quarters.
     As homogenous loans are bulk graded, risk grade is not factored into the historical loss analysis; however, as with risk-rated loans, risk factor calculations are based on 12-quarter historic loss analysis with 1.5 to 1 weighting given to the most recent six quarters.
     Specific reserves are allocated for loans deemed “impaired.” FASB ASC 310, “Receivables,” provides the definition of impairment: a loan is impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that a bank is unable to collect all amounts due under the loan according to the contractual terms of the loan documents. Loans that represent significant concentrations of credit, material non-performing loans, insider loans and other material credit exposures are subject to FASB ASC 310 impairment analysis.
     Loans that are determined to be impaired under FASB ASC 310, are individually analyzed to estimate the Bank’s exposure to loss based on the borrower’s character, the current financial condition of the borrower and the guarantor, the borrower’s resources, the borrower’s payment history, repayment ability, debt servicing ability, action plan, the prevailing value of the underlying collateral, the Bank’s lien position, general economic conditions, specific industry conditions, outlook for the future, etc.
     The loans identified as impaired are measured using one of the three methods of valuations: (1) the present value of expected future cash flow or discounted cash flow, (2) the fair market value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent, or (3) the loan’s observable market price.

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     When determining the appropriate level for allowance for loan losses, the management considers qualitative adjustments for any factors that are likely to cause estimated credit losses associated with the Bank’s current portfolio to differ from historical loss experience, including but not limited to:
    changes in lending policies and procedures, including underwriting standards and collection, charge-offs, and recovery practice;
 
    changes in national and local economic and business conditions and developments, including the condition of various market segments;
 
    changes in the nature and volume of the portfolio;
 
    changes in the experience, ability, and depth of lending management and staff;
 
    changes in the trend of the volume and severity of past due and classified loans, and trends in the volume of non-accrual loans, troubled debt restructurings, charge-offs and other loan modifications;
 
    changes in the quality of the Bank’s loan review system and the degree of oversight by the Board of Directors;
 
    the existence and effect of any concentrations of credit, and changes in the level of such concentrations;
 
    transfer risk on cross-border lending activities;
 
    the effect of external factors such as competition and legal and regulatory requirements as well as declining collateral values on the level of estimated credit losses in the Bank’s current portfolio.
     In order to systematically quantify the credit risk impact of trends and changes within the loan portfolio, a credit risk matrix is utilized. The above factors are considered on a loan pool by loan pool basis subsequent to, and in conjunction with, a loss migration analysis. The credit risk matrix provides various scenarios with positive or negative impact on the asset portfolio along with corresponding basis points for qualitative adjustments.
     The following table reflects our allocation of allowance for loan and lease losses by loan category as well as the loans receivable for each loan type:
                                                                                 
    December 31,  
    2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
Allowance for Loan   Allowance     Loans     Allowance     Loans     Allowance     Loans     Allowance     Loans     Allowance     Loans  
Losses Applicable To   Amount     Receivable     Amount     Receivable     Amount     Receivable     Amount     Receivable     Amount     Receivable  
                                    (Dollars in Thousands)                                  
Real Estate Loans:
                                                                               
Commercial Property
  $ 19,149     $ 839,598     $ 5,587     $ 908,970     $ 2,269     $ 795,675     $ 2,101     $ 757,428     $ 2,043     $ 733,650  
Construction
    9,043       126,350       4,102       178,783       3,478       215,857       586       202,207       475       152,080  
Residential Property (1)
    997       77,149       449       92,361       32       90,065       19       81,128       19       87,377  
 
                                                           
 
                                                                               
Total Real Estate Loans
    29,189       1,043,097       10,138       1,180,114       5,779       1,101,597       2,706       1,040,763       2,537       973,107  
 
                                                                               
Commercial and Industrial Loans (1)
    110,678       1,709,202       58,866       2,062,322       36,011       2,088,694       23,099       1,703,194       21,035       1,431,492  
Consumer Loans
    2,690       63,303       1,586       83,525       1,821       90,449       1,752       100,121       1,391       92,154  
Unallocated
    2,439             396                                            
 
                                                           
 
                                                                               
Total
  $ 144,996     $ 2,815,602     $ 70,986     $ 3,325,961     $ 43,611     $ 3,280,740     $ 27,557     $ 2,844,078     $ 24,963     $ 2,496,753  
 
                                                           
 
(1)   Loans held for sale excluded.

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     The following table sets forth certain information regarding our allowance for loan losses and allowance for off-balance sheet items for the periods presented. Allowance for off-balance sheet items is determined by applying reserve factors according to loan pool and grade as well as actual current commitment usage figures by loan type to existing contingent liabilities.
                                         
    As of and for the Year Ended December 31,  
    2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
            (Dollars in Thousands)          
Allowance for Loan Losses:
                                       
Balance at Beginning of Year
  $ 70,986     $ 43,611     $ 27,557     $ 24,963     $ 22,702  
 
                             
Charge-Offs:
                                       
Real Estate Loans
    27,262       15,005       199              
Commercial and Industrial Loans
    95,768       31,916       22,255       5,333       4,371  
Consumer Loans
    2,350       1,231       876       796       827  
 
                             
Total Charge-Offs
    125,380       48,152       23,330       6,129       5,198  
 
                             
Recoveries on Loans Previously Charged Off:
                                       
Real Estate Loans
    5                   406        
Commercial and Industrial Loans
    2,650       1,979       494       957       2,193  
Consumer Loans
    128       203       202       187       201  
 
                             
Total Recoveries on Loans Previously Charged Off
    2,783       2,182       696       1,550       2,394  
 
                             
Net Loan Charge-Offs
    122,597       45,970       22,634       4,579       2,804  
 
                             
Provision Charged to Operating Expense
    196,607       73,345       38,688       7,173       5,065  
 
                             
Balance at End of Year
  $ 144,996     $ 70,986     $ 43,611     $ 27,557     $ 24,963  
 
                             
 
                                       
Allowance for Off-Balance Sheet Items:
                                       
Balance at Beginning of Year
  $ 4,096     $ 1,765     $ 2,130     $ 2,130     $ 1,800  
Provision Charged to Operating Expense
    (220 )     2,331       (365 )           330  
 
                             
Balance at End of Year
  $ 3,876     $ 4,096     $ 1,765     $ 2,130     $ 2,130  
 
                             
 
                                       
Ratios:
                                       
Net Loan Charge-Offs to Average Total Gross Loans
    3.88 %     1.38 %     0.73 %     0.17 %     0.12 %
Net Loan Charge-Offs to Total Gross Loans at End of Period
    4.35 %     1.37 %     0.69 %     0.16 %     0.11 %
Allowance for Loan Losses to Average Total Gross Loans
    4.59 %     2.13 %     1.41 %     1.00 %     1.05 %
Allowance for Loan Losses to Total Gross Loans at End of Period
    5.14 %     2.11 %     1.33 %     0.96 %     1.00 %
Net Loan Charge-Offs to Allowance for Loan Losses
    84.55 %     64.76 %     51.90 %     16.62 %     11.23 %
Net Loan Charge-Offs to Provision Charged to Operating Expense
    62.36 %     62.68 %     58.50 %     63.84 %     55.36 %
Allowance for Loan Losses to Non-Performing Loans
    66.19 %     58.23 %     80.05 %     193.86 %     246.40 %
 
                                       
Balances:
                                       
Average Total Gross Loans Outstanding During Period
  $ 3,158,624     $ 3,334,008     $ 3,082,671     $ 2,751,565     $ 2,386,575  
Total Gross Loans Outstanding at End of Period
  $ 2,820,612     $ 3,363,371     $ 3,287,075     $ 2,867,948     $ 2,497,818  
Non-Performing Loans at End of Period
  $ 219,067     $ 121,898     $ 54,479     $ 14,215     $ 10,131  
     The allowance for loan losses increased by $74.0 million, or 104.3 percent, to $145.0 million at December 31, 2009 as compared to $71.0 million at December 31, 2008 and increased by $27.4 million, or 62.8 percent, to $71.0 million at December 31, 2008 as compared to $43.6 million at December 31, 2007. The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of total gross loans increased to 5.14 percent as of December 31, 2009 from 2.11 percent as of December 31, 2008, compared to 1.33 percent as of December 31, 2007. Concurrently, the provision for credit losses increased by $123.3 million, or 168.1 percent, to $196.6 million at December 31, 2009 as compared to $73.3 million at December 31, 2008 and increased by $34.7 million, or 89.6 percent, to $73.3 million at December 31, 2008 as compared to $38.7 million at December 31, 2007.
     The increase in the allowance for loan losses in 2009 was due primarily to subsequent increases in historical loss rates as a result of elevated levels of charge-offs as well as migration of loans into more adverse risk rating categories. Due to this increase in reserve factors derived from historic loss rates and migration of loans into adverse risk rating categories, general reserves increased $54.5 million, or 153.1 percent, to $90.1 million at December 31, 2009 as compared to $35.6 million at December 31, 2008. In addition, qualitative adjustments were increased between 5 to 85 basis points for an average of 40 basis points across all loan types. Accordingly, qualitative reserves increased $15.4 million, or 95.1 percent, to $31.6 million at December 31, 2009 as compared to $16.2 million at December 31, 2008. As a result, despite the decrease in overall loan balance of $542.8 million, or 16.1 percent, to $2.82 billion at December 31, 2009 as compared to $3.36 billion at December 31, 2008, higher factors for both general reserves and qualitative adjustments significantly increased allowance requirements.

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     The total impaired loans increased $79.3 million, or 65.3 percent, to $200.7 million at December 31, 2009 as compared to $121.4 million at December 31, 2008. However, specific reserve allocations associated with impaired loans only increased $4.9 million, or 26.9 percent, to $23.1 million at December 31, 2009 as compared to $18.2 million at December 31, 2008. The comparatively low increase in impairment reserve was mainly due to timely charge-off of collateral dependant loans that are 90 or more days past due. As the impairment reserve is mostly derived from shortfalls in collateral dependant loans, the amount of required impairment reserve has been limited due to charge-offs recorded.
     For the year ending December 31, 2009, total charge-offs were $125.4 million, compared to $48.2 million for the year ending December 31, 2008 and $23.3 million for the year ending December 31, 2007. Charge-offs in the loan pool of commercial term (T/D secured and unsecured) increased $40.8 million to $64.4 million at December 31, 2009 as compared to $23.6 million at December 31, 2008. Charge-offs in commercial real estate loans increased $15.7 million to $16.0 million at December 31, 2009 as compared to $300,000 at December 31, 2008. As property values have continued to decrease, real estate secured loans, which had in prior years remained stable due to low initial loan to values, lost equity and had to be charged-off. As a result, the Bank experienced significant losses in secured loan pools that previously had minimal charge-offs. In addition to Commercial Term and Real Estate loans, charge-offs in international loans increased $16.0 million to $16.5 million at December 31, 2009 as compared to $500,000 at December 31, 2008. The increased charge-offs within international loans was mainly due to losses, totaling $15.7 million, from three specific borrowers.
     The Bank also recorded in other liabilities an allowance for off-balance sheet exposure, primarily unfunded loan commitments, of $3.9 million and $4.1 million at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The Bank closely monitors the borrower’s repayment capabilities while funding existing commitments to ensure losses are minimized. Based on management’s evaluation and analysis of portfolio credit quality and prevailing economic conditions, we believe these reserves are adequate for losses inherent in the loan portfolio and off-balance sheet exposure as of December 31, 2009 and 2008.
Deposits
     Total deposits at December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 were $2.75 billion, $3.07 billion and $3.00 billion, respectively, representing a decrease of $320.8 million, or 10.4 percent, in 2009 and an increase of $68.4 million, or 2.3 percent, in 2008. At December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, total time deposits outstanding were $1.40 billion, $2.08 billion and $1.78 billion, respectively, representing 50.8 percent, 67.8 percent and 59.4 percent, respectively, of total deposits. During 2009, we successfully recaptured a substantial portion of the matured time deposits and raised new retail deposits with low-cost core-deposit products. This deposit-portfolio rebalancing implemented under the Bank’s de-leveraging strategy allowed some run-off of rate-sensitive deposits.
     The table below summarizes the deposit balances by major category for the periods indicated:
                                                 
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2009     2008     2007  
    Balance     Percent     Balance     Percent     Balance     Percent  
                    (Dollars in Thousands)                  
Demand, Noninterest-Bearing
  $ 556,306       20.2 %   $ 536,944       17.5 %   $ 680,282       22.7 %
Savings
    111,172       4.0 %     81,869       2.7 %     93,099       3.1 %
Money Market Checking and NOW Accounts
    685,858       24.9 %     370,401       12.1 %     445,806       14.9 %
Time Deposits of $100,000 or More
    815,190       29.8 %     849,800       27.6 %     1,441,683       47.9 %
Other Time Deposits
    580,801       21.1 %     1,231,066       40.1 %     340,829       11.4 %
 
                                   
 
                                               
Total Deposits
  $ 2,749,327       100.0 %   $ 3,070,080       100.0 %   $ 3,001,699       100.0 %
 
                                   
     Demand deposits and money market accounts increased by $334.8 million, or 36.9 percent, in 2009 and decreased by $218.7 million, or 19.4 percent, in 2008. Core deposits (defined as demand, money market and savings deposits) increased by $364.1 million, or 36.8 percent, to $1.35 billion as of December 31, 2009 from $989.2 million as of December 31, 2008. At December 31, 2009, noninterest-bearing demand deposits represented 20.2 percent of total deposits compared to 17.5 percent at December 31, 2008. Despite the increased competitive pressures to build core deposits in light of the current recessionary economic condition, we attribute the ability to maintain our core deposit base to our strong brand awareness and marketing efforts in our service markets.

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     Brokered deposits decreased by $670.7 million from $874.2 million as of December 31, 2008 to $203.5 million as of December 31, 2009. All of our brokered deposits as of December 31, 2009 will mature in less than one year and the Bank is currently restricted from accepting brokered deposits due to our capital classification. Brokered deposits are not a guaranteed source of funds, which may affect our ability to raise necessary liquidity. We plan to continue to reduce the Bank’s reliance on wholesale funding, including FHLB advances and brokered deposits, and build our deposit base with long-term relationships. For additional discussion regarding our brokered deposits and payment of interest rates on our deposits, see “Interest Rate Risk Management – Liquidity – Hanmi Bank.”
     Average deposits for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 were $3.11 billion, $2.91 billion and $2.99 billion, respectively. Average deposits increased by 6.7 percent in 2009 and decreased by 2.6 percent in 2008.On October 3, 2008, the FDIC deposit insurance limit on most accounts was increased from $100,000 to $250,000. This increase is in effect through December 31, 2013. As of December 31, 2009, time deposits of more than $250,000 were $261.0 million.
     The table below summarizes the distribution of average deposits and the average rates paid for the periods indicated:
                                                 
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2009     2008     2007  
    Average     Average     Average     Average     Average     Average  
    Balance     Rate     Balance     Rate     Balance     Rate  
                    (Dollars in Thousands)                  
Demand, Noninterest-Bearing
  $ 541,822           $ 630,631           $ 702,329        
Savings
    91,089       2.56 %     89,866       2.33 %     97,173       2.06 %
Money Market Checking and NOW Accounts
    507,619       1.93 %     618,779       3.22 %     452,825       3.41 %
Time Deposits of $100,000 or More
    1,051,994       3.31 %     1,045,968       4.17 %     1,430,603       5.28 %
Other Time Deposits
    916,798       3.20 %     527,927       3.55 %     306,876       5.07 %
 
                                         
 
                                               
Total Deposits
  $ 3,109,322       2.45 %   $ 2,913,171       2.90 %   $ 2,989,806       3.63 %
 
                                         
     The table below summarizes the maturity of time deposits of $100,000 or more at December 31 for the years indicated:
                         
    December 31,  
    2009     2008     2007  
            (In Thousands)          
Three Months or Less
  $ 344,901     $ 238,695     $ 958,917  
Over Three Months Through Six Months
    246,116       246,087       289,293  
Over Six Months Through Twelve Months
    219,739       338,233       188,890  
Over Twelve Months
    4,434       26,785       4,583  
 
                 
 
                       
Total Time Deposits of $100,000 or More
  $ 815,190     $ 849,800     $ 1,441,683  
 
                 
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances
     FHLB advances and other borrowings mostly take the form of advances from the FHLB of San Francisco and overnight federal funds. At December 31, 2009, advances from the FHLB were $154.0 million, a decrease of $268.2 million, or 63.5 percent, from the December 31, 2008 balance of $422.2 million as we have been successfully executing a strategy replacing the usage of wholesale funds with more stable customer deposits in 2009. As of December 31, 2009, there were no FHLB advances with a remaining maturity of less than one year. See “Note 10 – FHLB Advances and Other Borrowings” for more details.

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Junior Subordinated Debentures
     During the first half of 2004, we issued two junior subordinated notes bearing interest at the three-month London InterBank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 2.90 percent totaling $61.8 million and one junior subordinated note bearing interest at the three-month LIBOR plus 2.63 percent totaling $20.6 million. The outstanding subordinated debentures related to these offerings, the proceeds of which were used to finance the purchase of PUB, totaled $82.4 million at December 31, 2009 and 2008. In October 2008, we committed to the FRB that no interest payments on the junior subordinated debentures would be made without the prior written consent of the FRB. Therefore, in order to preserve its capital position, Hanmi Financial’s Board of Directors has elected to defer quarterly interest payments on its outstanding junior subordinated debentures until further notice, beginning with the interest payment that was due on January 15, 2009. In addition, we are prohibited from making interest payments on our outstanding junior subordinated debentures under the terms of our recently issued regulatory enforcement actions without the prior written consent of the FRB and DFI. Accrued interest payable on junior subordinated debentures amounted to $4.1 million and $780,000 at December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively. See “Note 11 — Junior Subordinated Debentures” for further details.
INTEREST RATE RISK MANAGEMENT
     Interest rate risk indicates our exposure to market interest rate fluctuations. The movement of interest rates directly and inversely affects the economic value of fixed-income assets, which is the present value of future cash flow discounted by the current interest rate; under the same conditions, the higher the current interest rate, the higher the denominator of discounting. Interest rate risk management is intended to decrease or increase the level of our exposure to market interest rates. The level of interest rate risk can be managed through such means as the changing of gap positions and the volume of fixed-income assets. For successful management of interest rate risk, we use various methods to measure existing and future interest rate risk exposures, giving effect to historical attrition rates of core deposits. In addition to regular reports used in business operations, repricing gap analysis, stress testing and simulation modeling are the main measurement techniques used to quantify interest rate risk exposure.

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     The following table shows the status of our gap position as of December 31, 2009:
                                                 
            After     After One                    
    Less     Three     Year But                    
    Than     Months     Within     After     Non-        
    Three     But Within     Five     Five     Interest-        
    Months     One Year     Years     Years     Sensitive     Total  
                    (Dollars in Thousands)                  
ASSETS
                                               
Cash and Due from Banks
  $     $     $     $     $ 55,263     $ 55,263  
Interest—Bearing Deposits in Other Banks
    95,559       3,288                         98,847  
Investment Securities:
                                               
Fixed Rate
    4,624       11,980       32,367       71,877             120,848  
Floating Rate
    68       306       7,180       4,887             12,441  
Loans:
                                               
Fixed Rate
    151,971       297,291       475,805       5,285             930,352  
Floating Rate
    1,627,047       14,921       29,292                   1,671,260  
Non—Accrual
                            219,000       219,000  
Deferred Loan Fees and Allowance for Loan Losses
                            (146,548 )     (146,548 )
Federal Home Loan Bank and Federal Reserve Bank Stock
                      38,575             38,575  
Other Assets
          26,408             6,785       129,475       162,668  
 
                                   
 
                                               
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 1,879,269     $ 354,194     $ 544,644     $ 127,409     $ 257,190     $ 3,162,706  
 
                                   
 
                                               
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Liabilities:
                                               
Deposits:
                                               
Demand – Noninterest—Bearing
  $     $     $     $     $ 556,306     $ 556,306  
Savings
    11,017       26,416       53,823       19,916             111,172  
Money Market Checking and NOW Accounts
    95,881       198,843       278,109       113,025             685,858  
Time Deposits:
                                               
Fixed Rate
    648,555       741,664       5,767       5             1,395,991  
Floating Rate
                                   
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances
    150,197       606       3,175                   153,978  
Other Borrowings
    1,747                               1,747  
Junior Subordinated Debentures
    82,406                               82,406  
Other Liabilities
                            25,504       25,504  
Stockholders’ Equity
                            149,744       149,744  
 
                                   
 
                                               
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
  $ 989,803     $ 967,529     $ 340,874     $ 132,946     $ 731,554     $ 3,162,706  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Repricing Gap
  $ 889,466     $ (613,335 )   $ 203,770     $ (5,537 )   $ (474,364 )   $  
Cumulative Repricing Gap
  $ 889,466     $ 276,131     $ 479,901     $ 474,364     $     $  
Cumulative Repricing Gap as a Percentage of Total Assets
    28.12 %     8.73 %     15.17 %     15.00 %              
Cumulative Repricing Gap as a Percentage of Interest-Earning Assets
    30.97 %     9.61 %     16.71 %     16.51 %              
     The repricing gap analysis measures the static timing of repricing risk of assets and liabilities (i.e., a point-in-time analysis measuring the difference between assets maturing or repricing in a period and liabilities maturing or repricing within the same period). Assets are assigned to maturity and repricing categories based on their expected repayment or repricing dates, and liabilities are assigned based on their repricing or maturity dates. Core deposits that have no maturity dates (demand deposits, savings, money market checking and NOW accounts) are assigned to categories based on expected decay rates.

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     As of December 31, 2009, the cumulative repricing gap for the three-month period was asset-sensitive position and 30.97 percent of interest-earning assets, which decreased from the December 31, 2008 figure of 31.21 percent. The decrease was caused primarily by a decrease of $351.0 million in fixed and floating rate loans with maturities or expected to reprice within three months and a decrease of $130.0 million in overnight federal funds sold, partially offset by a decrease of $210.8 million in FHLB advances with maturities or expected to reprice within three months. The cumulative repricing gap for the twelve-month period was asset-sensitive position and 9.61 percent of interest-earning assets, which increased from the December 31, 2008 figure that was liability-sensitive and 4.04 percent. The increase was caused primarily by a decrease of $534.3 million in fixed and floating rate time deposits with maturities or expected to reprice within twelve months and a decrease of $260.5 million in FHLB advances with maturities or expected to reprice within twelve months, partially offset by a decrease of $299.6 million in fixed and floating rate loans with maturities or expected to reprice within twelve months and a decrease of $130.0 million in overnight federal funds sold.
     The following table summarizes the status of the cumulative gap position as of the dates indicated.
                                 
    Less Than Three Months   Less Than Twelve Months
    December 31,   December 31,
    2009   2008   2009   2008
            (Dollars in Thousands)        
Cumulative Repricing Gap
  $ 889,466     $ 1,127,888     $ 276,131     $ (145,945 )
Percentage of Total Assets
    28.12 %     29.10 %     8.73 %     (3.77 %)
Percentage of Interest-Earning Assets
    30.97 %     31.21 %     9.61 %     (4.04 %)
     The spread between interest income on interest-earning assets and interest expense on interest-bearing liabilities is the principal component of net interest income, and interest rate changes substantially affect our financial performance. We emphasize capital protection through stable earnings rather than maximizing yield. In order to achieve stable earnings, we prudently manage our assets and liabilities and closely monitor the percentage changes in net interest income and equity value in relation to limits established within our guidelines.
     To supplement traditional gap analysis, we perform simulation modeling to estimate the potential effects of interest rate changes. The following table summarizes one of the stress simulations performed to forecast the impact of changing interest rates on net interest income and the market value of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities reflected on our balance sheet (i.e., an instantaneous parallel shift in the yield curve of the magnitude indicated). This sensitivity analysis is compared to policy limits, which specify the maximum tolerance level for net interest income exposure over a one-year horizon, given the basis point adjustment in interest rates reflected below.
                                 
Rate Shock Table
    Percentage Changes   Change in Amount
Change in   Net   Economic   Net   Economic
Interest   Interest   Value of   Interest   Value of
Rate   Income   Equity   Income   Equity
            (Dollars in Thousands)        
 200%
    11.08 %     7.78 %   $ 15,414     $ 23,345  
 100%
    5.44 %     4.49 %   $ 7,575     $ 13,468  
(100%)
    (1 )     (1 )     (1 )     (1 )
(200%)
    (1 )     (1 )     (1 )     (1 )
 
(1)   The table above only reflects the impact of upward shocks due to the fact that a downward parallel shock of 100 basis points or more is not possible given that some short-term rates are currently less than one percent.
     The estimated sensitivity does not necessarily represent our forecast and the results may not be indicative of actual changes to our net interest income. These estimates are based upon a number of assumptions including: the nature and timing of interest rate levels including yield curve shape, prepayments on loans and securities, pricing strategies on loans and deposits, and replacement of asset and liability cash flows. While the assumptions used are based on current economic and local market conditions, there is no assurance as to the predictive nature of these conditions, including how customer preferences or competitor influences might change.

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CAPITAL RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY
     Capital Resources
     In order to ensure adequate levels of capital, the Board continually assesses projected sources and uses of capital in conjunction with projected increases in assets and levels of risk. Management considers, among other things, earnings generated from operations, and access to capital from financial markets through the issuance of additional securities, including common stock or notes, to meet our capital needs. Total stockholders’ equity was $149.7 million at December 31, 2009, which represented a decrease of $114.2 million, or 43.3 percent, compared to $263.9 million at December 31, 2008. The decrease was primarily due to provision for credit losses of $196.4 million during 2009.
     Hanmi Financial and the Bank are deemed to be “adequately capitalized” as of December 31, 2009. Although there can be no assurance that we will be successful, the Board and management will make their utmost efforts to raise a sufficient capital within the required timeframe.
     Under the Order, the Bank is also required to increase its capital and maintain certain regulatory capital ratios prior to certain dates specified in the Order. By July 31, 2010, the Bank will be required to increase its contributed equity capital by not less than an additional $100 million. The Bank will be required to maintain a ratio of tangible shareholder’s equity to total tangible assets as follows:
     
    Ratio of Tangible Shareholder’s
Date   Equity to Total Tangible Assets
By December 31, 2009
  Not Less Than 7.0 Percent
By July 31, 2010
  Not Less Than 9.0 Percent
From December 31, 2010 and Until the Order is Terminated
  Not Less Than 9.5 Percent
     If the Bank is not able to maintain the capital ratios identified in the Order, it must notify the DFI, and Hanmi and the Bank are required to notify the FRB if their respective capital ratios fall below those set forth in the capital plan to be submitted to the FRB. Inability to comply with the capital ratios identified in the Order raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. As of December 31, 2009, the Bank had a Tier 1 leverage ratio of 6.69 percent and tangible stockholder’s equity to total tangible assets ratio of 7.13 percent.
     Liquidity – Hanmi Financial
     Hanmi Financial is a company separate and apart from the Bank that must provide for its own liquidity. Substantially all of Hanmi Financial’s revenues are obtained from dividends declared and paid by the Bank. Under applicable California law, the Bank cannot make any distribution (including a cash dividend) to its shareholder (Hanmi Financial) in an amount which exceeds the lesser of: (i) the retained earnings of the Bank or (ii) the net income of the Bank for its last three fiscal years, less the amount of any distributions made by the Bank to its shareholder during such period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with the prior approval of the California Commissioner of Financial Institutions, the Bank may make a distribution (including a cash dividend) to Hanmi Financial in an amount not exceeding the greatest of: (i) the retained earnings of the Bank; (ii) the net income of the Bank for its last fiscal year; or (iii) the net income of the Bank for its current fiscal year. The Bank currently has deficit retained earnings and has suffered net losses in 2007, 2008 and 2009. See “Dividends” for further information. As a result, the California Financial Code does not provide authority for the Bank to declare a dividend to Hanmi Financial, with or without Commissioner approval. In addition, the Bank has been prohibited by the MOU described in “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 15 — Regulatory Matters,” and continues to be prohibited by the FRB Written Agreement and DFI Final Order, from paying dividends to Hanmi Financial unless it receives prior regulatory approval.

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     Currently, management believes that Hanmi Financial, on a stand-alone basis, has adequate liquid assets to meet its operating cash needs through December 31, 2010. On August 29, 2008, we elected to suspend payment of quarterly dividends on our common stock in order to preserve our capital position. In addition, Hanmi Financial has elected to defer quarterly interest payments on its outstanding junior subordinated debentures until further notice, beginning with the interest payment that was due on January 15, 2009. As of December 31, 2009, Hanmi Financial’s liquid assets, including amounts deposited with the Bank, totaled $3.5 million, up from $2.2 million as of December 31, 2008.
Liquidity – Hanmi Bank
     Management believes that the Bank, on a stand-alone basis, has adequate liquid assets to meet its current obligations. The Bank’s primary funding source will continue to be deposits originated through its branch platform. In 2009, the Bank deployed two deposit campaigns to increase new deposits and reduce its reliance on wholesale funding to an optimum level.
     Through the first deposit campaign promoted from December 2008 and early part of March 2009, the Bank achieved the objectives of maintaining adequate liquidity and reducing its reliance on wholesale funds. The second deposit campaign promoted during the third and fourth quarters of 2009 successfully recaptured a substantial portion of time deposits raised from the first deposit campaign with low-cost core-deposit products . This deposit-portfolio rebalancing implemented under the Bank’s de-leveraging strategy allowed some run-off of rate-sensitive deposits. As a result, total deposits decreased by $320.8 million, or 10.4 percent, from $3.07 billion as of December 31, 2008 to $2.75 billion as of December 31, 2009. This decrease resulted primarily from a $340.1 million decrease in interest-bearing deposits, partially offset by a $19.4 million increase of noninterest-bearing deposits. The Bank’s wholesale funds, consisting of Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) advances and brokered deposits, significantly decreased by $938.9 million to $357.5 million at December 31, 2009 from $1.30 billion at December 31, 2008.
     Due to the Bank’s total risk-based capital ratio that was below 10% as of September 30, 2009 coupled with the regulatory enforcement action with a specific capital provision, the Bank is considered to be “adequately capitalized” under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. Section 29 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (“FDIA”) limits the use of brokered deposits by institutions that are less than “well-capitalized” and allows the FDIC to place restrictions on interest rates that institutions may pay. On May 29, 2009, the FDIC approved a final rule to implement new interest rate restrictions on institutions that are not “well capitalized.” The rule, which became effective on January 1, 2010, limits the interest rate paid by such institutions to 75 basis points above a national rate, as derived from the interest rate average of all institutions. On December 4, 2009, the FDIC issued a Financial Institution Letter, FIL-69-2009, which requires institutions that are not well capitalized to request a determination from the FDIC whether they are operating in an area where rates paid on deposits are higher than the national rate. The Financial Institution Letter allows the institutions that submit determination requests by December 31, 2009 to follow the national rate for local customers by March 1, 2010, if determined not to be operating in a high rate area. Regardless of the determination, institutions must use the national rate caps to determine conformance for all deposits outside the market area beginning January 1, 2010.
     The Bank has been in compliance with the rate restriction for non-local customers since January 2010. Since then, there has been no noticeable change in non-local deposits. The Bank is also required to be in compliance with the national rate caps for local customers starting in March 2010. Our ability to compete for local deposits in the Korean-American community may be limited due to the interest rate restriction. However, we believe that we will be able to compete effectively against our competition with innovative products and quality customer service rather than deposit rates.
     The Bank’s primary source of borrowings is the FHLB, from which the Bank is eligible to borrow up to 20 percent of its total assets. As of December 31, 2009, the total borrowing capacity available based on pledged collateral and the remaining available borrowing capacity were $571.2 million and $415.9 million, respectively. The Bank’s FHLB borrowings as of December 31, 2009 totaled $154.0 million, representing 4.9 percent of total assets. As of March 12, 2010, the Bank’s FHLB borrowing capacity available based on pledged collateral and the remaining available borrowing capacity were $355.0 million and $447.3 million, respectively. The amount that the FHLB is willing to advance differs based on the quality and character of qualifying collateral pledged by the Bank, and the advance rates for qualifying collateral may be adjusted upwards or downwards by the FHLB from time to time. To the extent deposit renewals and deposit growth are not sufficient to fund maturing and withdrawable deposits, repay maturing borrowings, fund existing and future loans

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and investment securities and otherwise fund working capital needs and capital expenditures, the Bank may utilize the remaining borrowing capacity from its FHLB borrowing arrangement.
     As a means of augmenting its liquidity, the Bank had an available borrowing source of $143.7 million from the Federal Reserve Discount Window (the “Fed Discount Window”), to which the Bank pledged loans with a carrying value of $400.4 million, and had no borrowings as of December 31, 2009. In August 2009, South Street Securities LLC extended a line of credit to the Bank for reverse repurchase agreements up to a maximum of $100.0 million. This line of credit will continue for a term of one year, and, unless amended or terminated, will automatically renew for successive one-year terms.
     On July 10, 2009, due to a deterioration in the Bank’s risk profile, the Borrower in Custody Program of the Fed Discount Window in which the Bank has participated changed from the primary credit program to the secondary credit program, which allows the Bank to request very short-term credit (typically overnight) at a rate that is above the primary credit rate. As of March 12, 2010, the Bank had $239.4 million available for use through the Fed Discount Window, as the Bank pledged loans with a carrying value of $557.0 million, and there were no borrowings. As the Bank has pledgeable loans, it will pledge additional loans to maintain an adequate level of borrowing line with the Fed Discount Window.
     Current market conditions have limited the Bank’s liquidity sources principally to secured funding outlets such as the FHLB and Fed Discount Window. There can be no assurance that actions by the FHLB or Federal Reserve Bank would not reduce the Bank’s borrowing capacity or that the Bank would be able to continue to replace deposits at competitive rates. The Bank is currently restricted from accepting brokered deposits as a funding source. As of December 31, 2009, brokered deposits were $203.5 million, or 7.4 percent of total deposits. All brokered deposits are currently scheduled to mature on or prior to June 30, 2010. In 2009, the Bank successfully replaced $670.7 million of brokered. The Bank believes that it will be able to replenish the maturing brokered deposits with retail deposits, as it demonstrated its ability to generate retail deposits for the past twelve months. If the Bank is unable to replace these maturing deposits with new deposits, the Bank believes that it has adequate liquidity resources to fund its obligations with its secured funding outlets with the FHLB and Fed Discount Window.
OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
     We are a party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of our customers. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit. These instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Bank’s exposure to credit losses in the event of non-performance by the other party to commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit is represented by the contractual notional amount of those instruments. The Bank uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it does for extending loan facilities to customers. The Bank evaluates each customer’s creditworthiness on a case-by-case basis. The amount of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary by the Bank upon extension of credit, was based on management’s credit evaluation of the counterparty.
     Collateral held varies but may include accounts receivable; inventory; property, plant and equipment; and income-producing or borrower-occupied properties. The following table shows the distribution of undisbursed loan commitments as of the dates indicated:
                 
    December 31,  
    2009     2008  
    (In Thousands)  
Commitments to Extend Credit
  $ 262,821     $ 386,785  
Standby Letters of Credit
    17,225       47,289  
Commercial Letters of Credit
    13,544       29,177  
Unused Credit Card Lines
    23,408       16,912  
 
           
 
               
Total Undisbursed Loan Commitments
  $ 316,998     $ 480,163  
 
           

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CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS
     Our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2009 are as follows:
                                         
            More Than     More Than              
            One Year     Three Years              
            and Less     and Less     More        
    Less Than     Than Three     Than Five     Than Five        
Contractual Obligations   One Year     Years     Years     Years     Total  
                    (In Thousands)                  
Time Deposits
  $ 1,389,983     $ 5,974     $ 29     $ 5     $ 1,395,991  
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances and Other Borrowings
    1,747       150,000       3,978             155,725  
Commitments to Extend Credit
    262,821                         262,821  
Junior Subordinated Debentures
                      82,406       82,406  
Standby Letters of Credit
    17,184       41                   17,225  
Operating Lease Obligations
    5,401       8,532       5,390       7,344       26,667  
 
                             
 
                                       
Total Contractual Obligations
  $ 1,677,136     $ 164,547     $ 9,397     $ 89,755     $ 1,940,835  
 
                             
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
     FASB ASC 105, “Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” – The FASB ASC is the exclusive authoritative reference for non-governmental U.S. GAAP for use in financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009, except for SEC rules and interpretive releases, which are also authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The contents of the Codification will carry the same level of authority, eliminating the four-level GAAP hierarchy previously set forth. The FASB ASC supersedes all existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards. All other non-grandfathered, non-SEC accounting literature not included in the FASB ASC is non-authoritative. FASB ASC 105 did not have a material the effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
     FASB ASC 810, “Consolidations” – FASB ASC 810 amends the guidance related to the consolidation of variable interest entities (“VIE’s”). It requires reporting entities to evaluate former qualifying special-purpose entities (“QSPE’s”) for consolidation, changes the approach to determining a VIE’s primary beneficiary from a quantitative assessment to a qualitative assessment designed to identify a controlling financial interest, and increases the frequency of required reassessments to determine whether a company is the primary beneficiary of a VIE. It also clarifies, but does not significantly change, the characteristics that identify a VIE. FASB ASC 810 requires additional year-end and interim disclosures for public and non-public companies that are similar to the disclosures required by FASB ASC 810-10-50. FASB ASC 810 is effective as of the beginning of a company’s first fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2009 (January 1, 2010 for calendar year-end companies), and for subsequent interim and annual reporting periods. All QSPE’s and entities currently subject to the guidance related to the consolidation of VIE’s will need to be reevaluated under the amended consolidation requirements as of the beginning of the first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009. Early adoption is prohibited. We are currently evaluating the effect that the provisions of FASB ASC 810 may have on our financial condition and results of operations.
     FASB ASC 860, “Transfers and Servicing” – FASB ASC 860 amends the guidance related to the accounting for transfers and servicing of financial assets and extinguishments of liabilities. It eliminates the QSPE concept, creates more stringent conditions for reporting a transfer of a portion of a financial asset as a sale, clarifies the derecognition criteria, revises how retained interests are initially measured, and removes the guaranteed mortgage securitization recharacterization provisions. FASB ASC 860 requires additional year-end and interim disclosures for public and nonpublic companies that are similar to the disclosures required by FASB ASC 810-10-50. FASB ASC 860 is effective as of the beginning of a company’s first fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2009 (January 1, 2010 for calendar year-end companies), and for subsequent interim and annual reporting periods. FASB ASC 860’s disclosure requirements must be applied to transfers that occurred before and after its effective date. Early adoption is prohibited. We are currently evaluating the effect that the provisions of FASB ASC 860 may have on our financial condition and results of operations.

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     FASB ASC 855, “Subsequent Events” – FASB ASC 855 addresses accounting and disclosure requirements related to subsequent events. FASB ASC 855 requires management to evaluate subsequent events through the date the financial statements are either issued or available to be issued, depending on the company’s expectation of whether it will widely distribute its financial statements to its shareholders and other financial statement users. FASB ASC 855 is effective for interim or annual financial periods ending after June 15, 2009 and should be applied prospectively. The adoption of FASB ASC 855 did not have a material effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
     FASB ASU 2010-01, “Equity (Topic 505), Accounting for Distributions to Shareholders with Components of Stock and Cash” – ASU 2010-01 clarifies that the stock portion of a distribution to shareholders that allows them to elect to receive cash or stock with a potential limitation on the total amount of cash that all shareholders can elect to receive in the aggregate is considered a share issuance that is reflected in earnings per share prospectively and is not a stock dividend. ASU 2010-01 is effective for interim and annual periods ending on or after December 15, 2009 and is required to be applied on a retrospective basis. Adoption of ASU 2010-01 did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
     FASB ASU 2010-06, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820)” – ASU 2010-06 adds new requirements for disclosures about transfers into and out of Level 1 and 2 and separate disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements relating to Level 3 measurements. It also clarifies existing fair value disclosures about the level of disaggregation, entities will be required to provide fair value measurement disclosures for each class of assets and liabilities, and about inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value. ASU 2010-06 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. Those disclosures are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010. Adoption of ASU 2010-06 is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
     For quantitative and qualitative disclosures regarding market risks in the Bank’s portfolio, see “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Interest Rate Risk Management” and “—Capital Resources and Liquidity .”
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
     The financial statements required to be filed as a part of this Report are set forth on pages 83 through 142
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
     None.
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
     Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
     Disclosure controls and procedures are the controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that Hanmi Financial Corporation (“Hanmi Financial”) files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, among other processes, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that Hanmi Financial files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
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including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2009 pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-15b. Based on that evaluation and the identification of the material weakness in Hanmi Financial’s internal control over financial reporting as described below under “Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting”, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that Hanmi Financial’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2009.
     Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
     Management of Hanmi Financial is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Hanmi Financial’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Internal control over financial reporting includes those written policies and procedures that:
    pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company;
 
    provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles;
 
    provide reasonable assurance that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and
 
    provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.
     Internal control over financial reporting cannot provide absolute assurance of achieving financial reporting objectives because of its inherent limitations. Internal control over financial reporting is a process that involves human diligence and compliance and is subject to lapses in judgment and breakdowns resulting form human failures. Internal control over financial reporting can also be circumvented by collusion or improper management override. Because of such limitations, there is a risk that material misstatements may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by internal control over financial reporting. However, these inherent limitations are known features of Hanmi Financial’s financial reporting process. Therefore, it is possible to design into the process safeguards to reduce, though not eliminate, this risk.
     As of December 31, 2009, Hanmi Financial carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of Management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Rule 13a-15(c), as adopted by the SEC under the Exchange Act. In evaluating the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting, management used the framework established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework, issued by the Committed of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).
     A material weakness is a control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of Hanmi Financial’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Management identified the following a material weakness as of December 31, 2009 related to management’s policies and procedures for the monitoring and timely evaluation of and revision to management’s approach for assessing credit risk inherent in the Company’s loan portfolio to reflect changes in the economic environment. Specifically, neither the internal loan review grading process control nor the information and communication control that are designed to prompt senior management’s review over the adequacy of the loan loss reserve factors were operating effectively.
     Based on our assessment and the criteria discussed above, Hanmi Financial has concluded that, as of December 31, 2009, internal control over financial reporting was not effective as a result of the aforementioned material weakness.
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financial statements of Hanmi Financial, has issued an adverse opinion on the effectiveness of the Hanmi Financial’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009.
     Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
     During the fourth quarter of 2009, we implemented the following changes in our internal control over financial reporting to address a previously reported material weakness:
    We designed and implemented several key initiatives to significantly strengthen our internal loan review function. These included:
    intensive review by the loan monitoring department to validate the appropriateness of loan grades;
 
    expanded additional review of all loan grading changes by management and senior loan officers;
 
    independent third party review to ensure the assessment of our internal loan grades.
  We implemented several key changes to ensure the adequacy of allowance for loan losses. These included:
    increasing qualitative adjustments based on current and potential loss scenarios to sufficiently reflect deterioration in the asset portfolio as well as economic decline;
 
    implementing more stringent assessment of restructured loans by down-grading all such loans to Substandard;
 
    closely monitoring collateral dependent loans by continually obtaining up to date valuations;
 
    adhering to more stringent requirements for charge-offs regards to impaired loans.
     Our changes described above implemented during the fourth quarter of 2009 due to the previously identified material weakness have materially affected such internal control over financial reporting.
     Remediation of Material Weakness
     Hanmi Financial determined the following additional steps necessary to address the aforementioned material weaknesses, including:
    increasing management oversight of the loan portfolio by establishing two new departments to primarily focus on performing quality control review and monitoring;
 
    providing intensive onsite review and training to loan officers and other branch staffs by management;
 
    outsourcing to independent third parties for credit review to validate the appropriateness of internal loan grading.
     We began to execute the remediation plans identified above in the fourth quarter of 2009, and we believe our controls and procedures will continue to improve as a result of the further implementation of these actions. However, there can be no assurances that our efforts will be successful or that additional efforts will not be necessary by the Company to remediate this material weakness.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Hanmi Financial Corporation:
     We have audited Hanmi Financial Corporation’s (the Company) internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Hanmi Financial Corporation’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.
     We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
     A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
     Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
     A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Management identified and included in its assessment a material weakness related to the allowance for loan losses that related to management’s policies and procedures for the monitoring and timely evaluation of and revision to management’s approach for assessing credit risk inherent in the Company’s loan portfolio to reflect changes in the economic environment.
     We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of Hanmi Financial Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2009, and our report dated March 15, 2010 expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. Our report contains an explanatory paragraph that states the Company is operating under a formal supervisory agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the California Department of Financial Institutions. The agreement restricts certain operations and requires the Company to, among other things, increase the contributed equity capital at Hanmi Bank by $100 million by July 31, 2010 and achieve specific regulatory capital ratios by July 31, 2010 and December 31, 2010. The ability of the Company to comply with the terms of this agreement and its requirements raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. This

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material weakness was considered in determining the nature, timing, and extent of audit tests applied in our audit of the 2009 consolidated financial statements, and this report does not affect our report thereon.
     In our opinion, because of the affect of the aforementioned material weakness on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria, the Company has not maintained effective internal control over the financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, based on the criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organization of the Treadway Commission.
/s/ KPMG LLP

Los Angeles, California
March 15, 2010

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ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
     None.
PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
     Except as hereinafter noted, the information concerning directors and officers of Hanmi Financial is incorporated by reference from the sections entitled “The Board of Directors and Executive Officers” and “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” of Hanmi Financial’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the close of Hanmi Financial’s fiscal year.
Code of Ethics
     We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial and accounting officer, controller and other persons performing similar functions. It will be provided to any stockholder without charge, upon the written request of that stockholder. Such requests should be addressed to Judith Kim, Associate General Counsel, Hanmi Financial Corporation, 3660 Wilshire Boulevard, Penthouse Suite A, Los Angeles, California 90010. It is also available on our website at www.hanmi.com.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
     Information concerning executive compensation is incorporated by reference from the section entitled “Executive Compensation” of Hanmi Financial’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the close of Hanmi Financial’s fiscal year.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
     Information regarding security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management and related stockholder matters will appear under the caption “Beneficial Ownership of Principal Stockholders and Management” in Hanmi Financial’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
     The following table summarizes information as of December 31, 2009 relating to equity compensation plans of Hanmi Financial pursuant to which grants of options, restricted stock awards or other rights to acquire shares may be granted from time to time.
                         
                    Number of Securities  
                    Remaining Available for  
                    Future Issuance Under  
    Number of Securities to be     Weighted-Average     Equity Compensation  
    Issued Upon Exercise of     Exercise Price of     Plans (Excluding  
    Outstanding Options,     Outstanding Options,     Securities  
    Warrants and Rights     Warrants and Rights     Reflected in Column(a))  
 
    (a)       (b)          
Equity Compensation Plans Approved By Security Holders
    1,180,358     $ 11.78       3,000,000  
Equity Compensation Plans Not Approved By Security Holders
        $        
 
                   
Total Equity Compensation Plans
    1,180,358     $ 11.78       3,000,000  
 
                   

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ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
     Information concerning certain relationships and related transactions and director independence is incorporated by reference from the sections entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” and “Director Independence” of Hanmi Financial’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the close of Hanmi Financial’s fiscal year.
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
     Information concerning Hanmi Financial’s principal accountants’ fees and services is incorporated by reference from the section entitled “Independent Accountants” of Hanmi Financial’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the close of Hanmi Financial’s fiscal year.
PART IV
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
    Financial Statements and Schedules
  (1)   The Financial Statements required to be filed hereunder are listed in the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements on page 83 of this Report.
 
  (2)   All Financial Statement Schedules have been omitted as the required information is inapplicable or has been included in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
  (3)   The Exhibits required to be filed with this Report are listed in the Exhibit Index included herein at pages 144 and 145.

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HANMI FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
         
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Hanmi Financial Corporation:
     We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Hanmi Financial Corporation and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2009. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
     We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
     In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Hanmi Financial Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2009, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
     The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As further described in note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, at December 31, 2009, the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary Hanmi Bank, are currently operating under a formal supervisory agreement (“the Agreement”) with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the California Department of Financial Institutions. The Agreement restricts certain operations and requires the Company to, among other things, increase the contributed equity capital at Hanmi Bank by $100 million by July 31, 2010 and achieve specified regulatory capital ratios by July 31, 2010 and December 31, 2010. Failure to achieve all of the agreement’s requirements may lead to additional regulatory actions including being placed into receivership or conservatorship. The ability of the Company to comply with terms of this agreement raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters also are described in note 1 to the consolidated financial statements. The 2009 consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
     We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Hanmi Financial Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report dated March 15, 2010 expressed an adverse opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Los Angeles, California
March 15, 2010

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HANMI FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Dollars in Thousands)
                 
    December 31,  
    2009     2008  
ASSETS
               
Cash and Due From Banks
  $ 55,263     $ 83,933  
Interest-Bearing Deposits in Other Banks
    98,847       2,014  
Federal Funds Sold
          130,000  
 
           
 
               
Cash and Cash Equivalents
    154,110       215,947  
 
               
Securities Held to Maturity, at Amortized Cost (Fair Value: 2009 — $871; 2008 — $910)
    869       910  
Securities Available for Sale, at Fair Value
    132,420       196,207  
Loans Receivable, Net of Allowance for Loan Losses of $144,996 and $70,986 at December 31, 2009 and 2008, Respectively
    2,669,054       3,253,715  
Loans Held for Sale, at the Lower of Cost or Fair Value
    5,010       37,410  
Customers’ Liability on Acceptances
    994       4,295  
Premises and Equipment, Net
    18,657       20,279  
Accrued Interest Receivable
    9,492       12,347  
Other Real Estate Owned
    26,306       823  
Deferred Income Taxes
    3,608       29,456  
Servicing Assets
    3,842       3,791  
Other Intangible Assets
    3,382       4,950  
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock, at Cost
    30,697       30,697  
Federal Reserve Bank Stock, at Cost
    7,878       10,228  
Income Taxes Receivable
    56,554       11,712  
Bank-Owned Life Insurance
    26,408       25,476  
Other Assets
    13,425       17,573  
 
           
 
               
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 3,162,706     $ 3,875,816  
 
           
 
               
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
LIABILITIES:
               
Deposits:
               
Noninterest-Bearing
  $ 556,306     $ 536,944  
Interest-Bearing:
    2,193,021       2,533,136  
 
           
 
               
Total Deposits
    2,749,327       3,070,080  
 
               
Accrued Interest Payable
    12,606       18,539  
Acceptances Outstanding
    994       4,295  
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances
    153,978       422,196  
Other Borrowings
    1,747       787  
Junior Subordinated Debentures
    82,406       82,406  
Other Liabilities
    11,904       13,598  
 
           
 
               
Total Liabilities
    3,012,962       3,611,901  
 
           
 
               
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
               
 
               
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
               
Common Stock, $0.001 Par Value; Authorized 200,000,000 Shares; Issued 55,814,890 Shares (51,182,390 Shares Outstanding) and 50,538,049 Shares (45,905,549 Shares Outstanding) at December 31, 2009 and 2008, Respectively
    56       51  
Additional Paid-In Capital
    357,174       349,304  
Unearned Compensation
    (302 )     (218 )
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income — Unrealized Gain on Securities Available for Sale, Interest-Only Strips and Interest Rate Swaps, Net of Income Taxes of $602 and $473 at December 31, 2009 and 2008, Respectively
    859       544  
Accumulated Deficit
    (138,031 )     (15,754 )
Treasury Stock, at Cost (4,632,500 Shares at December 31, 2009 and 2008)
    (70,012 )     (70,012 )
 
           
 
               
Total Stockholders’ Equity
    149,744       263,915  
 
           
 
               
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
  $ 3,162,706     $ 3,875,816  
 
           
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HANMI FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share Data)
                         
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2009     2008     2007  
INTEREST AND DIVIDEND INCOME:
                       
Interest and Fees on Loans
  $ 173,318     $ 223,942     $ 261,992  
Taxable Interest on Investment Securities
    5,675       9,387       13,399  
Tax-Exempt Interest on Investment Securities
    2,303       2,717       3,055  
Interest on Term Federal Funds Sold
    1,718       43       5  
Dividends on Federal Reserve Bank Stock
    592       692       704  
Interest on Federal Funds Sold and Securities Purchased Under Resale Agreements
    326       166       1,032  
Interest on Interest-Bearing Deposits in Other Banks
    151       10        
Dividends on Federal Home Loan Bank Stock
    64       1,226       709  
 
                 
 
                       
Total Interest and Dividend Income
    184,147       238,183       280,896  
 
                 
 
                       
INTEREST EXPENSE:
                       
Interest on Deposits
    76,246       84,353       108,517  
Interest on Federal Home Loan Bank Advances
    3,399       14,027       12,156  
Interest on Junior Subordinated Debentures
    3,271       5,056       6,644  
Interest on Other Borrowings
    2       346       1,793  
 
                 
 
                       
Total Interest Expense
    82,918       103,782       129,110  
 
                 
 
                       
NET INTEREST INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE PROVISION FOR CREDIT LOSSES
    101,229       134,401       151,786  
Provision for Credit Losses
    196,387       75,676       38,323  
 
                 
 
                       
NET INTEREST INCOME AFTER PROVISION FOR CREDIT LOSSES
    (95,158 )     58,725       113,463  
 
                 
 
                       
NON-INTEREST INCOME:
                       
Service Charges on Deposit Accounts
    17,054       18,463       18,061  
Insurance Commissions
    4,492       5,067       4,954  
Remittance Fees
    2,109       2,194       2,049  
Trade Finance Fees
    1,956       3,088       4,493  
Other Service Charges and Fees
    1,810       2,365       2,527  
Net Gain on Sales of Loans
    1,220       765       5,452  
Bank-Owned Life Insurance Income
    932       952       933  
Net Gain on Sales of Investment Securities
    1,833       77        
Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Loss on Securities
          (2,410 )     (1,074 )
Other Operating Income
    704       2,293       2,611  
 
                 
 
                       
Total Non-Interest Income
    32,110       32,854       40,006  
 
                 
 
                       
NON-INTEREST EXPENSE:
                       
Salaries and Employee Benefits
    33,101       42,209       47,036  
Occupancy and Equipment
    11,239       11,158       10,494  
Deposit Insurance premiums and Regulatory Assessments
    10,418       3,713       587  
Data Processing
    6,297       5,799       6,390  
Other Real Estate Owned Expense
    5,890       390       8  
Professional Fees
    4,099       3,539       2,468  
Advertising and Promotion
    2,402       3,518       3,630  
Supplies and Communications
    2,352       2,518       2,592  
Loan-Related Expense
    1,947       790       674  
Amortization of Other Intangible Assets
    1,568       1,958       2,324  
Other Operating Expenses
    11,041       12,042       10,835  
Impairment Loss on Goodwill
          107,393       102,891  
 
                 
 
                       
Total Non-Interest Expense
    90,354       195,027       189,929  
 
                 
 
                       
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE PROVISION (BENEFIT) FOR INCOME TAXES
    (153,402 )     (103,448 )     (36,460 )
Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes
    (31,125 )     (1,355 )     24,302  
 
                 
 
                       
NET LOSS
  $ (122,277 )   $ (102,093 )   $ (60,762 )
 
                 
 
                       
EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE:
                       
Basic
  $ (2.57 )   $ (2.23 )   $ (1.27 )
Diluted
  $ (2.57 )   $ (2.23 )   $ (1.27 )
 
                       
WEIGHTED-AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING:
                       
Basic
    47,570,361       45,872,541       47,787,213  
Diluted
    47,570,361       45,872,541       47,787,213  
 
                       
DIVIDENDS DECLARED PER SHARE
  $     $ 0.09     $ 0.24  
See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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HANMI FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Dollars in Thousands)
                                                                                 
    Common Stock — Number of Shares   Stockholders’ Equity  
    Gross             Net                             Accumulated                    
    Shares             Shares             Additional             Other     Retained     Treasury     Total  
    Issued and     Treasury     Issued and     Common     Paid-in     Unearned     Comprehensive     Earnings     Stock,     Stockholders’  
    Outstanding     Shares     Outstanding     Stock     Capital     Compensation     Income (Loss)     (Deficit)     at Cost     Equity  
BALANCE AT JANUARY 1, 2007
    50,239,613       (1,163,000 )     49,076,613       50       344,810             (3,200 )     164,751       (20,041 )     486,370  
 
                                                                               
Shares Issued for Business Acquisitions
    102,181             102,181             2,198                               2,198  
Exercises of Stock Options and Stock Warrants
    132,647             132,647             1,164                               1,164  
Share-Based Compensation Expense
                            1,880       11                         1,891  
Restricted Stock Awards
    19,000             19,000             256       (256 )                        
Tax Benefit from Exercise of Stock Options
                            317