The unaudited net income of Cathay Financial Holdings for the three months ending March 31, 2008 was announced.

2008-04-10

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2008/04/10 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 net loss of Cathay Financial Holdings for March 2008 was NT$2.867 billion. The unaudited net loss for the three months ending March 31, 2008 was NT$6.039 billion ,and EPS was -NT$0.66. 6.Countermeasures:None 7.Any other matters that need to be specified:None