HOPE BANCORP INC — Director's Dealing 2011

Jun 7, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: NARA BANCORP INC (NARA)
CIK: 0001128361
Period of Report: 2011-06-06

Reporting Person: PAIK JESUN (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-06-06	Common Stock	M	10000	$4.75	Acquired	61033	Direct
2011-06-06	Common Stock	M	10000	$4.75	Acquired	71033	Direct
2011-06-06	Common Stock	S	10000	$7.9366	Disposed	61033	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-06-06	Non-statutory stock options	$4.75	M	10000	Disposed	2011-07-20	Common Stock (10000)	Direct
2011-06-06	Non-statutory stock options	$4.75	M	10000	Disposed	2011-07-20	Common Stock (10000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The price reported in Column 4 is the weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $7.755 to $8.23, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Nara Bancorp, inc., any security holder of Nara Bancorp, Inc., or the staff othe Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote to this Form 4.

F2: The original option grant, representing a right to purchase a total of 30,000 shares, became exercisable in three equal annual installments on the grant anniversary date, commencing with the first anniversary date of July 20, 2002. Since the original option grant, NARA stock went through two stock splits 2-for-1, resulting in the reporting person's ownership of additional 80,000 stock options.