HANMI FINANCIAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:HAFC) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

HANMI FINANCIAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:HAFC) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The annual meeting of stockholders of Hanmi Financial Corporation
(the Company) was held on May 17, 2017. Proxies were solicited by
the Companys management to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended. At the meeting, the stockholders voted
on the following items:

(1)

election of directors;

(2)

approval, on an advisory and nonbinding basis, of the compensation paid to the Companys Named Executive Officers (Say On Pay) as described in the proxy statement for the meeting;

(3)

approval, on an advisory and nonbinding basis, of the Frequency of the Say On Pay vote; and

(4)

ratification of the selection of KPMG, LLP as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017.

A total of 29,302,083 shares of the Companys common stock were
represented and voted at the meeting, constituting 90.56% of the
issued and outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote at
the meeting.

The final results of the stockholder votes were as follows:

(1)	Eight board nominees for director were elected by a majority of votes cast for a term of one year or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The voting results are as follows:

Nominee	For	Against	Broker Non-Vote
John J. Ahn	26,308,531	7,122	2,948,370
Christie K. Chu	26,355,710	14,195	2,948,370
Harry Chung	26,310,458	5,195	2,948,370
C. G. Kum	26,308,003	7,550	2,948,370
Joseph K. Rho	25,610,481	735,886	2,948,370
David L. Rosenblum	26,310,036	5,442	2,948,370
Thomas Williams	26,160,651	155,002	2,948,370
Michael Yang	26,310,158	5,495	2,948,370

(2)	The advisory vote on executive compensation received the vote of a majority of shares represented and entitled to vote at the meeting. The voting results are as follows:

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Vote
25,936,269		264,071		153,373		2,948,370

(3)	The advisory vote on the frequency of the vote on executive compensation received the vote of a majority of shares represented and entitled to vote at the meeting. The voting results are as follows:

One Year				Two Years				Three Years				Abstain
	20,464,523				11,784				5,728,274				149,132

(4)	The stockholders ratified the selection of KPMG, LLP as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017. The voting results are as follows:

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Vote
28,437,296		809,876		54,911		–

About HANMI FINANCIAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:HAFC)
Hanmi Financial Corporation is the holding company for Hanmi Bank (the Bank). The Bank is a community bank conducting general business banking, with its primary market encompassing the Korean-American community, as well as other ethnic communities across California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, New York, Texas, Virginia and Washington. The Bank’s client base reflects the multi-ethnic composition of these communities. The Bank maintains a branch network of over 40 full-service branch offices in California, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Texas and Virginia, and loan production offices in California, Colorado, Texas, Virginia and Washington State. Its lending activities include real estate loans (commercial property, construction and residential property), commercial and industrial loans (commercial term loans, commercial lines of credit and international), and consumer loans and small business administration (SBA) loans. Its revenues are derived from interest and fees on its loans. HANMI FINANCIAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:HAFC) Recent Trading Information
HANMI FINANCIAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:HAFC) closed its last trading session 00.00 at 27.65 with 140,195 shares trading hands.