The Board of Cathay Financial Holdings approved the financial statements for the 3 months ended March 31, 2006 .

2006-04-27

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2006/04/27 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 the first 3 months of 2006,the net income of Cathay Financial Holdings was NT$7,941.6 million, and EPS was NT$0.93 / per share.The consolidated net revenues of Cathay Financial Holdings and its subsidiaries was NT$20,580.3 million,the consolidated net income (including Minority interest ) was NT$8,003.6 million, the consolidated EPS was NT$0.94/ per share, and the consolidated total assets was NT$3,169,537.9 million. 6.Countermeasures:None 7.Any other matters that need to be specified:None