Exhibit 99.1
Hanmi Financial Corp. Declares
$0.03 Quarterly Cash Dividend
LOS ANGELES June 26, 2008 Hanmi Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: HAFC), the holding
company of Hanmi Bank, announced that its Board of Directors has declared a common stock cash
dividend of $0.03 per share payable on or about July 21, 2008 to shareholders of record on July 7,
2008.
The Boards decision to reduce the dividend from its previous level of $0.06 per share reflects
our ongoing concern with asset quality in todays challenging economic environment, said Won R.
Yoon, M.D., Chairman. Prudence dictates that we act to conserve capital while simultaneously
serving the best interests of our shareholders, to whom the cash dividend is clearly important.
About Hanmi Financial Corporation:
Headquartered in Los Angeles, Hanmi Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hanmi Financial Corporation,
provides services to the multi-ethnic communities of California, with 25 full-service offices in
Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, San Francisco, Santa Clara and San Diego counties, and nine
loan production offices in California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
Hanmi Bank specializes in commercial, SBA, trade finance and consumer lending, and is a recognized
community leader. Hanmi Banks mission is to provide a full range of quality products and premier
services to its customers and to maximize shareholder value. Additional information is available at
www.hanmifinancial.com.
Forward-Looking Statements:
This release contains forward-looking statements, which are included in accordance with the safe
harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. 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. These factors include the following: general economic and business
conditions in those areas in which we operate; demographic changes; competition for loans and
deposits; fluctuations in interest rates; risks of natural
disasters related to our real estate portfolio; risks associated with SBA loans; changes in
governmental regulation; ability to receive regulatory approval for Hanmi Bank to declare dividends
to Hanmi Financial; credit quality and the effect of credit quality on our provision for credit
losses and allowance for loan losses; the ability of borrowers to perform under the terms of their
loans and other terms of credit agreements; our ability to successfully integrate acquisitions we
may make; the availability of capital to fund the expansion of our business; and changes in
securities markets. In addition, we set forth certain risks in our reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2007, which could cause actual results to differ from those projected. We
undertake no obligation to update such forward-looking statements except as required by law.
Contact:
Stephanie Yoon
Investor Relations
213-427-5631