Announced by Cathay Financial Holdings on behalf of the September,2006 earnings about Cathay United Bank.

2006-10-05

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2006/10/05 2.Name of the company:Cathay United Bank 3.Relationship to the company (listed company or affiliated company): Affiliated company 4.The shareholding ratios of mutual holding: Cathay United Bank is 100% owned by Cathay Financial Holdings. 5.Cause of occurrence:The September,2006 Earnings about Cathay United Bank. 6.Countermeasures:N/A 7.Any other matters that need to be specified: 1.The net income before income tax of September is NT$0.059BN. 2.The year to September net income before income tax NT$2.494BN, and the EPS before tax NT$0.54 of Cathay United Bank. 3.The reported preliminary the net income before tax and EPS are unaudited.