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

2006-04-04

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2006/04/04 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 March,2006 Earnings about Cathay United Bank. 6.Countermeasures:N/A 7.Any other matters that need to be specified: 1.The net loss before income tax of March is NT$0.40BN. 2.The year to March net income before income tax NT$2.85BN, and the EPS before tax NT$0.61 of Cathay United Bank. 2.The reported preliminary the net income before tax and EPS are unaudited.