The Board of Cathay Financial Holdings approved the financial statements for the 6 months ended June 30, 2006 .

2006-08-11

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2006/08/11 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 6 months of 2006,the net income of Cathay Financial Holdings was NT$8,980.16 million, and EPS was NT$1.05 / per share.The consolidated net revenues of Cathay Financial Holdings and its subsidiaries was NT$36,754.61 million,the consolidated net income (including Minority interest ) was NT$9,096.30 million, the consolidated EPS was NT$1.07/ per share, and the consolidated total assets was NT$3,250,991.27 million. 6.Countermeasures:None 7.Any other matters that need to be specified:None