Cathay Fin (s) Regulatory News (CFHS)

Subject: :Announce the ex-dividend record date of 2016 for common and preferred shares dividend

Date of events: 2017/06/16

Contents:

1. Date of the resolution by the board of directors or shareholders' meeting

or decision by the Company:2017/06/16

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

3. Type and monetary amount of dividend distribution:

Common Stock: NT $25,126,420,256 of cash dividend; distributing NT$2.0 per share.

Preferred dividends: NT$124,585,180 of cash dividend; distributing NT$0.14950819 per share

4. Ex-rights (ex-dividend) trading date: 2017/07/03

5. Last date before book closure: 2017/07/04

6. Book closure starting date: 2017/07/05

7. Book closure ending date: 2017/07/09

8. Ex-rights (ex-dividend) record date: 2017/07/09

9. Any other matters that need to be specified: Date of cash dividend: 2017/07/31