8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) NOVEMBER 21, 2007

HANMI FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	000-30421	95-4788120
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

3660 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California	90010
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (213) 382-2200

NA

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

     On November 21, 2007, the Board of Directors of the Company approved an amendment to the Company’s Bylaws to permit shares of the Company’s stock to be issued in uncertificated as well as certificated form.

Section 9 — Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit Number	Exhibit Title or Description
3.1	Certificate of Amendment to Bylaws

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	HANMI FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Date: NOVEMBER 26, 2007	By:	/s/ Dr. Sung Won Sohn
		Sung Won Sohn, PhD

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Exhibit Title or Description
3.1	Certificate of Amendment to Bylaws

EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO BYLAWS

OF

HANMI FINANCIAL CORPORATION

     I, the undersigned, do hereby certify:

     1. That I am the duly elected and acting Secretary of Hanmi Financial Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”); and

     2. That the following is a true and correct copy of a resolution of the Company adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on November 21, 2007.

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, that Section 8.4 of the Bylaws of the Company, be deleted in its entirety and amended and restated to read as follows:

“Shares of the Corporation’s stock may be certificated or uncertificated, as provided under Delaware law, and the Corporation may adopt a system of issuance, recordation and transfer of its shares by electronic means provided, however, any system so adopted shall not become effective as to issued and outstanding securities until the certificates therefore have been surrendered to the Corporation. All certificates shall be signed in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or an assistant treasurer or the Secretary or an assistant secretary, certifying the number of shares and the class or series thereof owned by the stockholder. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be by facsimile signature. In the case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were an officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.”

     The foregoing amendment is presently in full force and effect and has not been revoked or rescinded as of the date hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereupon set my hand this 21 day of November, 2007.

/s/ Judith Kim  

Judith Kim, 

Acting Corporate Secretary
Hanmi Financial Corporation