The unaudited net income of Cathay Financial Holdings for the one month ending January 31, 2008 was announced.

2008-02-05

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2008/02/05 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 2008 was NT$ 3 million. The unaudited net lost for the one month ending January 31, 2008 was NT$1.985 billion ,and EPS was -NT$0.22. 6.Countermeasures:None 7.Any other matters that need to be specified:None