Announce the cash-dividend of the subsidiary, Cathay Life Insurance Co.,Ltd of Year 2006

2007-05-08

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2007/05/08 2.Company name:Cathay Life Insurance Co.,Ltd 3.Relationship to the Company (please enter ”head office” or ”affiliate company”):affiliate company 4.Reciprocal shareholding ratios:100% 5.Cause of occurrence:Announce the cash-dividend of the subsidiary,Cathay Life Insurance Co.,Ltd of Year 2006 (1)The distribution of earnings for Year 2006 has been approved in the board meeting on behalf of the shareholders 0n 2007/04/27 (2)The Amount of dividend of Year 2007 is NT$10,962,644,013 in cash. (3)The ex-dividend date is 2007/05/14 and will pay out the dividend from 2007/05/15 (4)Starting and ending dates of suspension of share registration: 2007/05/10~2007/05/14 (according to 165,Company Law) 6.Countermeasures:N/A 7.Any other matters that need to be specified:N/A