Cathay Financial Holding Announces Chairman Appointment at Subsidiary Cathay Property & Casualty Insurance

1. Board resolution date or date of change: 115/06/12 2. Position (please enter Chairman or General Manager): Chairman 3. Name of outgoing individual: Tsai Chen-chiu 4. Outgoing individual's resume: Chairman of Cathay Property & Casualty Insurance 5. Name of incoming individual: Tsai Chen-chiu 6. Incoming individual's resume: Chairman of Cathay Property & Casualty Insurance 7. Nature of change (please enter 'resignation', 'dismissal', 'end of term', 'job reassignment', 'severance', 'retirement', 'deceased', or 'new appointment'): end of term 8. Reason for change: Original term ended; re-elected 9. Effective date of new appointment: 115/06/12 10. Other matters to be disclosed (if the subject is a publicly issued company or above, this major information also complies with Article 7, Paragraph 6 of the Enforcement Rules of the Securities and Exchange Act regarding matters significantly affecting shareholders' rights or securities prices): None Keywords: Major Information