Announced by Cathay Financial Holdings on behalf of the September,2007 earnings about Cathay United Bank.

2007-10-02

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2007/10/02 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 September,2007 Earnings about Cathay United Bank. 6.Countermeasures:N/A 7.Any other matters that need to be specified: 1.The net income before income tax of September is NT$1.109BN. 2.The year to September net income before income tax NT$8.917BN, and the EPS before tax NT$1.83 of Cathay United Bank. 3.The reported preliminary the net income before tax and EPS are unaudited.