The unaudited net income of Cathay Financial Holdings for the first 6 months of 2006 was announced.

2006-07-10

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2006/07/10 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 June 2006 was 0.905 billion. The unaudited net income for the first 6 months of 2006 was NT$8.941 billion,and EPS was NT$1.05. 6.Countermeasures:None 7.Any other matters that need to be specified:None