CATY

Cathay General Bancorp is a corporation that was organized in 1990 under the laws of the State of Delaware. They are the holding company of Cathay Bank, a California state-chartered commercial bank (“Cathay Bank” or the “Bank”), six limited partnerships investing in affordable housing investments in which the Bank is the sole limited partner, and GBC Venture Capital, Inc. They also own 100% of the common stock of five statutory business trusts created for the purpose of issuing capital securities.