CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP — Director's Dealing 2014

Dec 23, 2014

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP (CATY)
CIK: 0000861842
Period of Report: 2014-12-22

Reporting Person: BINGHAM KIM R (EVP - Chief Risk Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2014-12-22	Common Stock	M	5540	—	Acquired	14696	Direct
2014-12-22	Common Stock	F	2082	$25.33	Disposed	12614	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2014-12-22	Restricted Stock Unit	$	M	5540	Disposed		Common Stock (5540)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Represents the conversion into Common Stock upon vesting of the restricted stock units reported on Table II

F2: Each restricted stock unit represented a contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock of the Issuer

F3: Shares withheld by Registrant to satisfy minimum statutory withholding requirements on vesting of restricted stock units.

F4: The reporting person previously reported the ward of 5,540 shares of restricted stock units on Form 4 filed December 21, 2012. All of these restricted stock units vested on December 22, 2014