[8-K] Hanmi Financial Corp Reports Material Event

Rhea-AI Filing Summary

Amended Form 6-K corrects a clerical error in the previously filed July 1, 2025 report and restates AGM Group’s current capital structure.

On 25 Jun 2025 the board:

• Cancelled 12,000 Class B shares held by former CTO Yufeng Mi and 30,000 held by Wenjie Tang.
• Issued 1,200,000 new Class B shares to CEO/CSO Bo Zhu for past and future services; no cash was paid.

After these actions the company has 3,174,163 shares outstanding (1,974,163 Class A; 1,200,000 Class B). Class A carries one vote, Class B five votes. Bo Zhu now owns 37.81 % of equity but controls 75.24 % of total voting power.

The dual-class structure makes AGMH a “controlled company” under Nasdaq rules, allowing optional exemptions from certain corporate-governance requirements. No financial results, earnings data or operational updates are included.

Positive

• Corrects previously misstated Class B share count, improving disclosure accuracy.

Negative

• CEO now controls 75.24 % of voting power, heightening governance and minority-rights risk.
• Issuance of 1.2 M Class B shares without cash consideration significantly dilutes public voting influence.

Insights

Corporate Governance Analyst

TL;DR: CEO awarded 1.2 M super-voting shares, gaining 75 % control; minority-holder risk rises.

The amendment fixes disclosure but formalises a substantial governance shift. The 1.2 M non-convertible Class B shares issued for “services” expand total equity by only 36 %, yet voting control consolidates under Bo Zhu (75.24 %). AGMH now qualifies as a Nasdaq “controlled company,” enabling exemptions from board-independence and committee rules. With no performance hurdles or cash consideration, the grant entrenches management and weakens shareholder protections—overall a negative signal for governance-focused investors.

Securities Analyst

TL;DR: Structural—not operational—change; limited near-term financial impact.

The filing involves share-class rebalancing, with negligible effect on aggregate market capitalization because Class B is illiquid and non-transferable. While voting dilution is material, economic dilution is minor (net +1.158 M shares). Unless the market prices a governance discount, valuation impact should be modest. No earnings, cash-flow or guidance metrics were provided, so fundamental forecasts remain unchanged.

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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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 24, 2025

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)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

900 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1250

Los Angeles, CA 90017

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(213) 382-2200

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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:

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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 8.01. Other Events.

On July 24, 2025, Hanmi Financial Corporation (“Hanmi Financial”) issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend on its common stock for the 2025 third quarter of $0.27 per share. The dividend will be paid on August 20, 2025, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 4, 2025.

A copy of the press release announcing the dividend is included as exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

This Current Report and the information included below and furnished as exhibits hereto shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), nor shall it be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. The furnishing of the information in this Current Report is not intended to, and does not, constitute a determination or admission by the Company that the information in this report is material or complete, or that investors should consider this information before making an investment decision with respect to any security of the Company or any of its affiliates.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)       Exhibits

99.1		Press release issued by Hanmi Financial dated July 24, 2025
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements, which are included in accordance with the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements 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 our 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 and strategic plans, and other similar forecasts and statements of expectation and statements of assumption 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 our forward-looking statements to be 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, 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 any potential recessionary conditions;
	•	volatility and deterioration in the credit and equity markets;
	•	changes in investor sentiment or 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;
	•	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;
	•	our ability to enter new markets successfully and capitalize on growth opportunities;
	•	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 polices and retaliatory responses;
	•	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 tests;
	•	strategic transactions we may enter into;
	•	the adequacy of and changes in the economic assumptions and 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.

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, 2024, 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.

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 24, 2025	By:	/s/ Bonita I. Lee
		Bonita I. Lee
		Chief Executive Officer

FAQ

What did AGM Group (AGMH) change in this amended Form 6-K?

It corrected the number of Class B shares held by CEO Bo Zhu and restated share cancellations and issuances.

How many new Class B shares were issued to CEO Bo Zhu?

1,200,000 Class B shares were issued on 25 Jun 2025 for past and future services.

What is AGMH’s post-transaction share count?

Total shares: 3,174,163 (1,974,163 Class A; 1,200,000 Class B).

How much voting power does the CEO now hold?

Bo Zhu controls 75.24 % of the company’s aggregate voting power.

Does AGMH now qualify as a Nasdaq “controlled company”?

Yes. With over 50 % voting control held by one individual, AGMH meets the definition and may claim related governance exemptions.