The unaudited net income of Cathay Financial Holdings for January 2007 was announced.

2007-02-07

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2007/02/07 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 January 2007 was 3.229 billion. The unaudited net income for January 2007 was NT3.067 billion, and EPS was NT$0.34. Compared with the same period result deducted NT$3.24 billion of SFAS #34 impact, Net income of January 2007 has an increase of NT$0.77 billion or 33.5% by growth rate. 6.Countermeasures:None 7.Any other matters that need to be specified:None