Announce that the Board of Directors of Cathay Securities Corporation approved its financial results of June 30, 2006 .

2006-08-11

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2006/08/11 2.Name of the company:Cathay Securities Corporation 3.Relationship to the company (listed company or affiliated company): affiliated company 4.The shareholding ratios of mutual holding:100% 5.Cause of occurrence: For the six months ending June 30, 2006 the total revenue of Cathay Securities Corporation was NT$182.885 million, the net profit after tax was NT$4.558 million, and the EPS after tax was NT$ 0.01. The total consolidated assets of Cathay Securities Corporation and its subsidiary was NT$5,056.717 million and the consolidated revenue was NT$234.041 million 6.Countermeasures:None 7.Any other matters that need to be specified:None