The unaudited net income of Cathay Financial Holdings for the first 10 months of 2006 was announced.

2006-11-09

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2006/11/10 2.Company name:Cathay Financial Holdings 3.Relationship to the Company (please enter ”head office” or ”affiliate company”):head office 4.Reciprocal shareholding ratios:N/A 5.Cause of occurrence:The unaudited operating revenue of Cathay Financial Holdings for Oct 2006 was 4.666 billion. The unaudited net income for the first 10 months of 2006 was NT$17.785 billion,and EPS was NT$1.98 6.Countermeasures:None 7.Any other matters that need to be specified:None