The unaudited net income of Cathay Financial Holdings for the four months ending April 30, 2008 was announced.

2008-05-08

1.Date of occurrence of the event:2008/05/08 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 income of Cathay Financial Holdings for April 2008 was NT$2.474 billion. The unaudited net loss for the four months ending April 30, 2008 was NT$3.502 billion ,and EPS was -NT$0.38. 6.Countermeasures:None 7.Any other matters that need to be specified:None