The Board of Cathay Financial Holdings approved the financial statements for 2005.

2005-02-10

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2006/02/10 2.Name of the company:Cathay Financial Holdings 3.Relationship to the company (listed company or affiliated company) : listed company 4.The shareholding ratios of mutual holding:N/A 5.Cause of occurrence: For 2005, operating revenue of Cathay Financial Holdings was NT$23,218 million, net income was NT$21,787 million, and EPS was NT$2.57 The consolidated total assets of Cathay Financial Holdings and its subsidiary was NT$3,064,924 million, and the consolidated total revenue was NT$626,132 million. 6.Countermeasures:None 7.Any other matters that need to be specified:None