Announcement on behalf of the subsidiary Lucky Bank that Cathay Financial Holdings re-appointed Directors and Supervisors according to share swap agreement

2006-08-11

1.Date of occurrence of the change:2006/08/11 2.Name and resume of the replaced person: Director: Representative of Cathay Financial Holding Company:Roger M.H.Lee(Chairman of Lucky Bank) Representative of Cathay Financial Holding Company:Peter Y.C. Lai(President of Lucky Bank) Representative of Cathay Financial Holding Company:Shung-Ho Chang(Senior Executive Vice President of Lucky Bank) Representative of Cathay Financial Holding Company:Vincent S.B.Wang (Executive Vice President of Cathay United Bank) Representative of Cathay Financial Holding Company:K.T.Chang(Executive Vice President of Cathay United Bank) Representative of Cathay Financial Holding Company:C.W.Yang(Executive Vice President of Cathay United Bank) Representative of Cathay Financial Holding Company:Hsin Hsun Chen(Executive Vice President of Cathay United Bank) Supervisor: Representative of Cathay Financial Holding Company:Daniel Tung(Senior Executive Vice President of Cathay United Bank) 3.Name and resume of the replacement: Director: Representative of Cathay Financial Holding Company:Roger M.H.Lee(Chairman of Lucky Bank) Representative of Cathay Financial Holding Company:Peter Y.C. Lai(President of Lucky Bank) Representative of Cathay Financial Holding Company:Chang-Ken Lee(C.S.O. of Cathay Financial Holdings) Representative of Cathay Financial Holding Company:Shihchen Joseph Jao(Senior Executive Vice President of Cathay United Bank) Representative of Cathay Financial Holding Company:Shung-Ho Chang(Senior Executive Vice President of Lucky Bank) Representative of Cathay Financial Holding Company:Vincent S.B.Wang(Executive Vice President of Cathay United Bank) Representative of Cathay Financial Holding Company:K.T.Chang(Executive Vice President of Cathay United Bank) Representative of Cathay Financial Holding Company:C.W.Yang(Executive Vice President of Cathay United Bank) Representative of Cathay Financial Holding Company:Hsin Hsun Chen(Executive Vice President of Cathay United Bank) Supervisor: Representative of Cathay Financial Holding Company:J.H Chen(Senior Executive Vice President of Cathay United Bank) Representative of Cathay Financial Holding Company:Daniel Tung(Senior Executive Vice President of Cathay United Bank) 4.Reason for the change:Cathay Financial Holdings re-appointed Directors and Supervisors according to share swap agreement 5.Number of shares held by the new director or supervisor at the time of appointment:314,600,000 shares,100% 6.Original term (From __________ to __________):2005/09/02~2008/09/01 7.Effective date of the new appointment:2006/08/25 8.Rate of change of directors/supervisors of the same term:N/A 9.Any other matters that need to be specified:N/A