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

2007-01-03

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2007/01/03 2.Company name:Cathay United Bank 3.Relationship to the Company (please enter ”head office” or ”affiliate company”):Affiliated company 4.Reciprocal shareholding ratios: Cathay United Bank is 100% owned by Cathay Financial Holdings. 5.Cause of occurrence:The December,2006 Earnings about Cathay United Bank. 6.Countermeasures:N/A 7.Any other matters that need to be specified: 1.The net loss before income tax of December is NT$8.387BN. 2.The year to December net loss before income tax NT$5.835BN, and the EPS before tax loss NT$1.26 of Cathay United Bank. 3.The reported preliminary the net income before tax and EPS are unaudited.