Cathay Fin (s) Regulatory News (CFHS)

Subject: Announcement of the ex-rights record date and the adjustment of company's

allocation-ratio of issuing new shares for capital as stock dividends of year

2013.

Date of events: 2013/10/03

Contents:

1. Date of the resolution by the board of directors or shareholders' meeting or decision by the Company:2013/10/03

2. Type of ex-rights or ex-dividend (please enter: "Ex-rights", "Ex-dividend", or "Ex-rights and dividend"): Ex-rights

3. Type and monetary amount of dividend distribution:

The stock dividend per share is NT$0.677573846.NT$7,465,769,550 stock

dividend will be issued as 746,576,955 new shares(distributing 67.7573846 shares

per 1000 shares).

4. Ex-rights (ex-dividend) trading date:2013/10/31

5. Last date before book closure:2013/11/01

6. Book closure starting date:2013/11/03

7. Book closure ending date:2013/11/08

8. Ex-rights (ex-dividend) record date:2013/11/08

9. Any other matters that need to be specified:

(1) The shareholder meeting has passed the proposal of issuing new shares

for capital as stock dividends from retained earnings.NT$7,465,769,550

stock dividend will be issued as 746,576,955 new shares(distributing 70

shares per 1000 shares).The Chairman is authorized to adjust the allocation

ratio upon the actual outstanding shares of ex-rights record date.Due to the

recapitalization through issuance of 353 million common shares,the

outstanding shares increased to 11,018,385,072 shares.

The allocation ratio of stock-dividend will be changed from NT$0.7 per share

to NT$0.677573846 per share(distributing 67.7573846 shares per 1000 shares).

(2) Due to the last day of booking closure falls on a holiday, every

shareholder who does not complete the registration of transfer should make

sure to complete it before 17:30 pm, Nov. 1st, 2013 (The postmark date shall

apply as the documents delivered by mail).

(3) The closed period of 2nd Unsecured Overseas Convertible Bonds is from

2013/10/14 to 2013/11/08.