REG - Cathay Financial - Dividend Declaration <Origin Href="QuoteRef">2882.TW</Origin>
For best results when printing this announcement, please click on the link below: http://pdf.reuters.com/Regnews/regnews.asp?i=43059c3bf0e37541&u=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20140714:nRSN2108Ma RNS Number : 2108M Cathay Financial Hldg Co Ld 14 July 2014 Subject: The announcement of ex-rights date, issuing new shares for capital as stock dividends of year 2014. Date of events: 2014/07/14 Contents: 1. Date of the resolution by the board of directors or shareholders' meeting or decision by the Company: 2014/07/14 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$0.5. NT$5,982,481,010 stock dividend will be issued as 598,248,101 new shares (distributing 50 shares per 1000 shares). 4. Ex-rights (ex-dividend) trading date: 2014/07/29 5. Last date before book closure: 2014/07/30 6. Book closure starting date: 2014/07/31 7. Book closure ending date: 2014/08/04 8. Ex-rights (ex-dividend) record date: 2014/08/04 9. Any other matters that need to be specified: According to related regulations, from July 2006 the issuance of new shares should be delivered by book-entry transfer without printing physical securities. If shareholders do not have central depository accounts, please establish one from securities firms. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange