CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP — Director's Dealing 2014

May 12, 2014

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP (CATY)
CIK: 0000861842
Period of Report: 2014-05-08

Reporting Person: CHEN HENG W (EVP/CFO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2014-05-08	Common Stock	M	4819	—	Acquired	55608.88	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2014-05-08	Restricted Stock Units	$0	M	4819	Disposed		Common Stock (4819)	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: The reporting person previously reported the award of 4,819 shares of restricted stock units on Form 4 filed May 10, 2012. All of these restricted stock units vested on May 8, 2014.