To announce the investor conference at which Cathay Financial Holdings' financial results for first 3 months of year 2008 were reviewed

2008-05-02

1.Date of the investor/press conference:2008/05/02 2.Location of the investor/press conference: 1F of Cathay United Bank Head Office (No.7 Sung Jen Road, Taipei 110, Taiwan) 3.Financial and business related information: 1Q08 operating results: Cathay Financial Holdings: Net loss of NT$6.0BN; EPS of -NT$0.65 Cathay Life Insurance: Net loss of NT$6.7BN Cathay United Bank: Net income of NT$0.9BN Cathay Century Insurance: Net income of NT$0.17BN 4.Any other matters that need to be specified:None