Cathay General Bancorp to Participate at the Lehman Brothers Global Financial Services Conference

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) announced that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dunson K. Cheng and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Heng W. Chen are scheduled to make a presentation at the Lehman Brothers Global Financial Services Conference in New York on Monday, September 8, 2008, beginning at 7:30 a.m. Eastern time.

Attendance at this event is by invitation of Lehman Brothers only. However, a live webcast of the conference will be available at the following website: http://cc.talkpoint.com/LEHM002/090808a_jw/default.asp?entity=cathay.

Replay of the webcast is expected to be available within 24 hours of the live presentation and remain available for up to 90 days.

Cathay General Bancorp does not control the information contained on the Lehman Brothers' website, which is compiled and provided by a third party unrelated to Cathay General Bancorp. As such, Cathay General Bancorp is not responsible for the accuracy or completeness of the information contained on that website and also cannot accept responsibility for the privacy practices or security of that website.

ABOUT CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP

Cathay General Bancorp is the holding company for Cathay Bank, a California state-chartered bank. Founded in 1962, Cathay Bank offers a wide range of financial services. Cathay Bank currently operates 31 branches in California, nine branches in New York State, one in Massachusetts, two in Texas, three in Washington State, three in the Chicago, Illinois, area, one in New Jersey, one in Hong Kong, and a representative office in Taipei and in Shanghai. Cathay Bank's website is found at http://www.cathaybank.com/. 

DATASOURCE: Cathay General Bancorp



CONTACT:  Heng W. Chen of Cathay General Bancorp, [phone]



Web site:  http://www.cathaybank.com/ 

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