0001171843-19-004362.txt : 20190702 0001171843-19-004362.hdr.sgml : 20190702 20190702172521 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001171843-19-004362 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190702 ITEM INFORMATION: Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant FILED AS OF DATE: 20190702 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190702 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HANMI FINANCIAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001109242 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 954788120 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-30421 FILM NUMBER: 19939050 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3660 WILSHIRE BLVD SUITE PH-A CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90010 BUSINESS PHONE: 2133822200 8-K 1 f8k_070219.htm FORM 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): July 2, 2019

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 No.)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

3660 Wilshire Boulevard, PH-a, Los Angeles, California	90010
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

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

Not Applicable

(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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which
registered

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

HAFC

Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company [ ]

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [ ]

Item 4.01

Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

On July 2, 2019, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Hanmi Financial Corporation (the “Company”) engaged Crowe LLP (“Crowe”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019.

During the two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 and during the subsequent interim period from January 1, 2019 through July 2, 2019, the Company consulted with Crowe on the following services, all of which were all delivered in 2018:

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Consulting services related to compliance with the Company’s loss share agreement for the years ending December 31, 2017 and 2016;

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Consulting services that included reading memoranda prepared by management and conversations related to business combinations, earnings per share, segment reporting, and goodwill impairment analysis.

•

Property tax return preparation and property tax audit service for municipal property tax filings for 2014 through 2017.

Other than the matters described above, neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf consulted with Crowe on (i) any matters regarding the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered with respect to the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and no written report or oral advice was provided to the Company that Crowe concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue, or (ii) any matter that was the subject of any disagreement (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions thereto) or a reportable event (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

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: July 2, 2019	By:	/s/ Romolo C. Santarosa
		Romolo C. Santarosa
		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer