Announced by Cathay Financial Holdings, on behalf of Cathay Venture Capital Co., Ltd.(CVC), the Board resolved its financial results as of Jun. 30, 2006.

2006-08-11

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2006/08/11 2.Name of the company:Cathay Venture Capital Co., Ltd. 3.Relationship to the company (listed company or affiliated company): affiliated company 4.The shareholding ratios of mutual holding:67.0%(includding shares held by subsidiaries) 5.Cause of occurrence:In the 1st Half of 2006, the operating revenue of CVC was NT$ 155,732 thousand with NT$ 121,636 thousand net income and NT$ 0.81 after-tax EPS. 6.Countermeasures:none 7.Any other matters that need to be specified:none