UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 25, 2016

HANMI FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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:

Explanatory Note

In the original filing, the item was incorrectly tagged as 2.02. Except as otherwise noted, all other information in the Initial Form 8-K remains unchanged.

The annual meeting of stockholders of Hanmi Financial Corporation (the “Company”) was held on May 25, 2016. Proxies were solicited by the Company’s management pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. At the meeting, the stockholders voted on the following items:

(1) election of directors;

(2) approval, on an advisory and nonbinding basis, of the compensation paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers as described in the proxy statement for the meeting; and

(3) ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2016.

A total of 28,969,096 shares of the Company’s common stock were represented and voted at the meeting, constituting 90.02% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote at the meeting.

The final results of the stockholder votes were as follows:

(1) Nine board nominees for director were elected by a majority of votes cast for a term of one year or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The voting results are as follows:

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.