The unaudited net income of Cathay Financial Holdings for the first 9 months of 2006 was announced.

2006-10-11

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2006/10/11 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:The unaudited operating revenue of Cathay Financial Holdings for Sep 2006 was 0.853 billion. The unaudited net income for the first 9 months of 2006 was NT$13.076 billion,and EPS was NT$1.46. 6.Countermeasures:None 7.Any other matters that need to be specified:None