The unaudited net income of Cathay Financial Holdings for the first 3 months of 2006 was announced.

2006-04-10

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2006/04/10 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:The unaudited operating revenue of Cathay Financial Holdings for March 2006 was -0.011 billion. The unaudited net income for the first 3 months of 2006 was NT$7.841 billion,and EPS was NT$0.92 . 6.Countermeasures:None 7.Any other matters that need to be specified:None