The unaudited net income of Cathay Financial Holdings for the first 2 months of 2007 was announced.

2007-03-09

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2007/03/09 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 Feb 2007 was 2.588 billion. The unaudited net income for the first 2 months of 2007 was NT$5.677 billion,and EPS was NT$0.62. Compared with the same period result deducted NT$3.24 billion of SFAS #34 impact, Net income of Feb 2007 has an increase of NT$0.836 billion or 17.27% by growth rate. 6.Countermeasures:None 7.Any other matters that need to be specified:None