LOS ANGELES, July 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — B. Riley & Co., LLC (B. RILEY), (www.brileyco.com), a leading full service, independent investment bank, has acted as Financial Advisor to Saehan Bancorp (OTCQB: SAEB) in its $105.5 Million acquisition by Wilshire Bancorp. Inc. (NASDAQ: WIBC).

Under the terms of the transaction announced July 15, 2013, Wilshire has agreed to acquire Saehan at $0.42 per share. The combined company will have approximately $3.5 billion in assets with 35 branches.

The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of 2013, after the fulfillment of certain customary conditions to closing, including the approval of shareholders of Saehan Bancorp and receipt of necessary regulatory approvals.

B. Riley’s President John Ahn led the investment banking team on behalf of Saehan.

Saehan Bancorp is a bank holding company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Its wholly owned subsidiary, Saehan Bank offers a comprehensive range of financial solutions to meet the needs of multi-ethnic communities.

Los Angeles-based Wilshire Bancorp is the parent company of Wilshire State Bank, a community bank which operates 25 branch offices in California, Texas, New Jersey and New York, and eight loan production offices in Dallas and Houston, TX, Atlanta, GA, Aurora, CO, Annandale, VA, Fort Lee, NJ, Newark, CA, and Bellevue, WA. It also is an SBA preferred lender nationwide. Wilshire State Bank is a community bank with a focus on commercial real estate lending and general commercial banking, with its primary market encompassing the multi-ethnic populations of the Los Angeles Metropolitan area.

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