The unaudited net income of Cathay Financial Holdings for the first 8 months of 2006 was announced.

2006-09-08

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2006/09/08 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 Aug 2006 was 1.801 billion. The unaudited net income for the first 8 months of 2006 was NT$12.294 billion,and EPS was NT$1.37. 6.Countermeasures:None 7.Any other matters that need to be specified:None