Hanmi Financial Increases Quarterly Cash Dividend By 36%
July 28 2016 - 9:00AM
Hanmi Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:HAFC) (“Hanmi”), the holding
company for Hanmi Bank, today announced that its Board of Directors
declared a cash dividend on its common stock for the 2016 third
quarter of $0.19 per share, up 35.7% from $0.14 per share in the
prior quarter. The dividend will be paid on August 23, 2016,
to stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 8,
2016.
“The 36% increase in our quarterly dividend reflects Hanmi’s
recent strong financial performance and our Board’s confidence in
the Bank’s future growth prospects,” said Mr. C. G. Kum, President
and Chief Executive Officer. “This dividend, representing an
annualized dividend yield of 3.07%, demonstrates our commitment to
enhancing stockholder value and serves as a reward to Hanmi’s loyal
stockholders.”
About Hanmi Financial
Corporation Headquartered in Los Angeles, California,
Hanmi Financial Corporation owns Hanmi Bank, which serves
multi-ethnic communities through its network of 42 full-service
branches and 6 loan production offices in California, Texas,
Illinois, Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Colorado, Washington and
Georgia. Hanmi Bank specializes in real estate, commercial, SBA and
trade finance lending to small and middle market businesses.
Additional information is available at www.hanmi.com.
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future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements.
All statements other than statements of historical fact are
“forward–looking statements” for purposes of federal and state
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anticipated future operating and financial performance, financial
position 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 plans, strategic alternatives for a possible business
combination, merger or sale transaction, and other similar
forecasts and statements of expectation and statements of
assumption underlying any of the foregoing. These statements
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance
or achievements to differ from those expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statement. These factors include the following:
failure to maintain adequate levels of capital and liquidity to
support our operations; the effect of potential future supervisory
action against us or Hanmi Bank; general economic and business
conditions internationally, nationally and in those areas in which
we operate; volatility and deterioration in the credit and equity
markets; changes in consumer spending, borrowing and savings
habits; availability of capital from private and government
sources; demographic changes; competition for loans and deposits
and failure to attract or retain loans and deposits; fluctuations
in interest rates and a decline in the level of our interest rate
spread; risks of natural disasters related to our real estate
portfolio; risks associated with Small Business Administration
loans; failure to attract or retain key employees; changes in
governmental regulation, including, but not limited to, any
increase in FDIC insurance premiums; ability of Hanmi Bank to make
distributions to Hanmi Financial, which is restricted by certain
factors, including Hanmi Bank’s retained earnings, net income,
prior distributions made, and certain other financial tests;
ability to identify a suitable strategic partner or to consummate a
strategic transaction; adequacy of our allowance for loan losses;
credit quality and the effect of credit quality on our provision
for loan losses and allowance for loan 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 changes in securities markets. In addition, we set
forth certain risks in our reports filed with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission, including, Item 1A of our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, our Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K that we will
file hereafter, which could cause actual results to differ from
those projected. We undertake no obligation to update such
forward-looking statements except as required by law.
Contact:
Romolo (Ron) Santarosa
Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
213-427-5636
Lasse Glassen
Addo Investor Relations
310-829-5400
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