CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP — Director's Dealing 2016

Sep 1, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP (CATY)
CIK: 0000861842
Period of Report: 2016-08-30

Reporting Person: WU PETER (Director, Vice Chairman)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-08-30	Common Stock	S	30000	$31.30140	Disposed	822700	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	12976	Direct
Common Stock	30194	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: A Delaware limited liability company of which the Wu Family Trust serves as Manager and hold a 51.5% interest, with the reporting person and his spouse each holding a 5% ownership interest in PACJU in their own names. The balance of the interests in PACJU will be held by the reporting person's adult children, none of whom shares a household with the reporting person. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of CATY Stock held by PACJU except the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

F2: 1,782 shares were transferred to the Wu Family Trust as indirect ownership on 4/27/16.