Announcement on behalf of the subsidiary Lucky Bank that the board of directors of Lucky Bank resolved the date of the merger with Cathay United Bank

2006-11-20

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2006/11/20 2.Company name:Lucky Bank, Inc. 3.Relationship to the Company (please enter ”head office” or ”affiliate company”):affiliate company 4.Reciprocal shareholding ratios:N/A 5.Cause of occurrence:The board of director of Lucky Bank resolved the date of the merger with Cathay United Bank will be 2007/01/01 6.Countermeasures:None 7.Any other matters that need to be specified: (1)The merger proposal has been approved by the Financial Supervisory Commission,Executive Yuan. (2)After the merger, Cathay United Bank would be the surviving entity absorbing the shares outstanding of Lucky Bank.