HANMI FINANCIAL CORP

Our primary source of revenue is net interest income, which is the difference between interest derived from assets, and interest paid on liabilities obtained to fund those assets. Our net interest income is affected by changes in the level and mix of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, referred to as volume changes. Net interest income is also affected by changes in the yields earned on assets and rates paid on liabilities, referred to as rate changes. Interest rates charged on loans are affected principally by changes to market interest rates, the demand for loans, the supply of money available for lending purposes, and other competitive factors. Those factors are, in turn, affected by general economic conditions and other factors beyond our control, such as federal economic policies, the general supply of money in the economy, legislative tax policies, governmental budgetary matters, and the actions of the Federal Reserve.

The following table shows the average balance 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 on a taxable-equivalent basis for the periods indicated. All average balances are daily average balances.

(1)

Loans include loans held for sale and exclude the allowance for credit losses. Nonaccrual loans are included in the average loans balance.

(2)

Securities average yield is calculated on a fully taxable equivalent basis using the current statutory federal tax rate of 21%.

(3)

Represents interest expense on deposits as a percentage of all interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing deposits.

(4)

Represents the average yield earned on interest-earning assets less the average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities.

(5)

Represents net interest income as a percentage of average interest-earning assets.

The table below shows changes in interest income and interest expense and the amounts attributable to variations in interest rates and volumes for the periods indicated. The variances attributable to simultaneous volume and rate changes have been allocated to the change due to volume and the change due to rate categories in proportion to the relationship of the absolute dollar amount attributable solely to the change in volume and to the change in rate.

(1)

Loans include loans held for sale and exclude the allowance for credit losses. Nonaccrual loans are included in the average loans balance.

(2)

Securities average yield is calculated on a fully taxable equivalent basis using the current statutory federal tax rate of 21%.

For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, net interest income was $63.2 million and $55.1 million, respectively, reflecting an increase of $8.1 million, or 14.7%. This increase was primarily due to a $6.0 million effect from a decrease in interest rates and a $2.1 million effect from an increase in the average balance of interest-earning assets, net of the effect of an increase in the average balance of interest-bearing liabilities.

Interest expense decreased $5.2 million, or 11.8%, to $38.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, from $44.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. This decrease primarily resulted from $3.4 million of lower interest expense on money market and savings accounts and $1.3 million of lower interest expense on borrowings. Interest and dividend income increased $2.9 million, or 2.9%, to $102.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 from $99.3 million for the same period in 2025. This increase was primarily due to $1.7 million and $1.3 million of higher interest income on commercial and industrial loans and residential loans, respectively, due to higher average loan balances, as well as a special dividend received on FHLB stock of $0.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2026. On a taxable equivalent basis, net interest spread and net interest margin for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, were 2.23% and 3.38%, respectively, compared to 1.70% and 3.02%, respectively, for the same period in 2025.

The average balance of interest-earning assets increased $160.3 million, or 2.2%, to $7.54 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2026, from $7.38 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2025. This increase was primarily driven by growth in average loans, which increased $244.8 million, or 4.0%, partially offset by a decrease of $80.4 million, or 8.0%, in the average balance of securities. The decline in the average balance of securities was due to maturities exceeding purchases between the first quarter of 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, which aided the growth in loans and the decline in borrowings.

The average yield on interest-earning assets, on a taxable equivalent basis, increased three basis points to 5.48% for the three months ended March 31, 2026, from 5.45% for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The average yield on FHLB stock increased by 11.64% to 20.56% for the three months ended March 31, 2026, from 8.92% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily due to a $0.5 million special dividend received on FHLB stock. The average yield on securities, on a taxable equivalent basis, increased to 2.62% for the three months ended March 31, 2026, from 2.49% for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The average yield on loans decreased to 5.90% for the three months ended March 31, 2026, from 5.95% for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

The average balance of interest-bearing liabilities increased $88.5 million, or 1.9%, to $4.86 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared with $4.77 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The average balances of time deposits and money market and savings accounts increased by $177.2 million and $26.0 million, respectively, offset partially by a decrease in the average balance of borrowings of $110.1 million and a decrease in the average balance of interest-bearing demand deposit accounts of $4.4 million.

The average cost of interest-bearing liabilities declined by 50 basis points to 3.25% for the three months ended March 31, 2026, from 3.75% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily due to a decline of 49 basis points in the average cost of interest-bearing deposits, which was 3.20% for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 3.69% for the three months ended March 31, 2025. Within interest-bearing deposits, the average cost of money market and savings accounts and time deposits decreased by 70 basis points and 37 basis points, respectively, due to a decline in market rates. The average cost of borrowings decreased by 63 basis points to 3.94% for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared with 4.57% for the three months ended March 31, 2025.