Announced by Cathay Financial Holdings on behalf of the January,2006 earnings about Cathay United Bank.

2006-02-07

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2006/02/07 2.Name of the company:Cathay United Bank 3.Relationship to the company (listed company or affiliated company) : Affiliated company 4.The shareholding ratios of mutual holding: Cathay United Bank is 100% owned by Cathay Financial Holdings. 5.Cause of occurrence:The January,2006 Earnings about Cathay United Bank. 6.Countermeasures:N/A 7.Any other matters that need to be specified: 1.The year to January net income before income tax NT$1.91BN,and the EPS before tax NT$0.41 of Cathay United Bank. 2.The reported preliminary the net income before tax and EPS are unaudited.