HANMI FINANCIAL CORP

Some of the statements contained in this Report are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). All statements in this Report other than statements of historical fact are “forward–looking statements” for purposes of federal and state securities laws, including, but not limited to, statements about anticipated future operating and financial performance, financial condition and liquidity, business strategies, regulatory and competitive outlook, investment and expenditure plans, capital and financing needs and availability, plans and objectives of management for future operations, developments regarding our capital and strategic plans and other similar forecasts and statements of expectation and statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. 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.

Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, financial condition, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These factors include the following:

•

a failure to maintain adequate levels of capital and liquidity to support our operations;

•

general economic and business conditions internationally, nationally and in those areas in which we operate, including potential recessionary conditions;

•

volatility and deterioration in the credit and equity markets;

•

•

availability of capital from private and government sources;

•

demographic changes;

•

competition for loans and deposits and failure to attract or retain loans and deposits;

•

inflation and fluctuations in interest rates that reduce our margins and yields, the fair value of financial instruments, the level of loan originations or prepayments on loans we have made and make, the level of loan sales and the cost we pay to retain and attract deposits and secure other types of funding;

•

•

the current or anticipated impact of military conflict, terrorism or other geopolitical events;

•

the effect of potential future supervisory action against us or Hanmi Bank and our ability to address any issues raised in our regulatory exams;

•

risks of natural disasters;

•

legal proceedings and litigation brought against us;

•

a failure in or breach of our operational or security systems or infrastructure, including cyberattacks;

•

the failure to maintain current technologies;

•

risks associated with Small Business Administration loans;

•

failure to attract or retain key employees;

•

our ability to access cost-effective funding;

•

the imposition of tariffs or other domestic or international governmental policies;

•

changes in liquidity, including the size and composition of our deposit portfolio and the percentage of uninsured deposits in the portfolio;

•

fluctuations in real estate values;

•

changes in accounting policies and practices;

•

changes in governmental regulation, including, but not limited to, any increase in FDIC insurance premiums and changes in the monetary policies of the U.S. Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;

•

the ability of Hanmi Bank to make distributions to Hanmi Financial Corporation, which is restricted by certain factors, including Hanmi Bank’s retained earnings, net income, prior distributions made, and certain other financial considerations;

•

strategic transactions we may enter into;

•

the adequacy of and changes in the methodology for computing our allowance for credit losses;

•

our credit quality and the effect of credit quality on our credit losses expense and allowance for credit losses;

•

changes in the financial performance and/or condition of our borrowers and the ability of our borrowers to perform under the terms of their loans and other terms of credit agreements;

•

our ability to control expenses; and

•

cyber security and fraud risks against our information technology and those of our third-party providers and vendors.

For additional information concerning risks we face, see “Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors” in this Report and “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in Part I of the 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K. 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.