To announce the investor conference at which Cathay Financial Holdings' financial results for the first 9 months ended September 30,2006 were reviewed

2006-11-02

1.Date of the investor/press conference:2006/11/02 2.Location of the investor/press conference: 1F of Cathay United Bank Head Office (No.7 Sung Jen Road, Taipei 110, Taiwan) 3.Financial and business related information: 9mos06 operating results: Cathay Financial Holdings: Net income of NT$13.1BN; EPS of NT$1.46 Cathay Life Insurance: Net income of NT$10.9BN Cathay United Bank: Net income of NT$3.0BN Cathay Century Insurance: Net income of NT$0.6BN 4.Any other matters that need to be specified:None