Cathay Financial Holdings Announces Subsidiary's Acquisition of Right-of-Use Asset from Lin Yuan Investment

Release Date: July 10, 115 Statement Date: July 9, 115 Statement Time: 17:23:05 Company Code: 2882 Company Name: Cathay Financial Holdings Subject: Announcement on behalf of subsidiary Cathay Life Insurance regarding the acquisition of a right-of-use asset from Lin Yuan Investment Co., Ltd. Applicable Clause: Clause 20 Factual Date: July 9, 115

1. Name and nature of the subject property (e.g., land located at Section XX, Subsection XX, North District, Taichung City): 1st and 2nd floors, No. 516, Section 4, Zhongxiao East Road, Taipei City

2. Factual date: July 9, 115 ~ July 9, 115

3. Board approval date: Not applicable

4. Other approval dates: Approval level: Department head approval July 9, 115

5. Quantity of transaction units (e.g., XX square meters, equivalent to XX ping), unit price, and total transaction amount: Transaction unit quantity: Office space: 92.55 ping (including one parking space) Unit price of right-of-use asset: NT$50,837 per ping Total amount of right-of-use asset: NT$4,704,957

6. Counterparty and its relationship with the company (if the counterparty is a natural person and not a related party of the company, name disclosure may be omitted): Counterparty: Lin Yuan Investment Co., Ltd. Relationship with the company: Related party

7. If the counterparty is a related party, state the reason for selecting the related party as the transaction party, the previous transferor, the relationship among the previous transferor, the company, and the counterparty, the previous transfer date, and the transfer amount: Reason for selecting related party as transaction party: Renewal of the original lease agreement. Previous transferor, relationship among previous transferor, company, and counterparty, previous transfer date, and transfer amount: Not applicable (This case involves the acquisition of a right-of-use asset; the related party did not acquire such an asset, hence not applicable)

8. If the ownership of the transaction subject was held by a related party of the company within the past five years, state the related party's acquisition and disposal dates, price, and relationship with the company at the time: Not applicable

9. Expected gain (or loss) on disposal (not applicable for asset acquisition) (if deferred, list recognition details): Not applicable

10. Delivery or payment terms (including payment period and amount), contractual restrictions, and other important agreements: Not applicable

11. Decision method of this transaction (e.g., bidding, comparison, negotiation), reference basis for price determination, and decision-making unit: Decision method: Negotiation between both parties Reference basis for price determination: Reference to valuation data from professional appraisal institutions Decision-making unit: According to the company's internal approval authority

12. Name of professional appraisal firm or company and appraisal amount: Not applicable

13. Name of professional appraiser: Not applicable

14. Professional appraiser license number: Not applicable

15. Whether the appraisal report is for a limited price, specific price, or special price: No or not applicable

16. Whether the appraisal report has not yet been obtained: No or not applicable

17. Reason for not yet obtaining the appraisal report: Not applicable

18. If there is a significant difference in appraisal results, state the reason and the accountant's opinion: Not applicable

19. Name of accounting firm: Not applicable

20. Name of accountant: Not applicable

21. Accountant license number: Not applicable

22. Broker and brokerage fee: Not applicable

23. Specific purpose or use of the acquisition or disposal: The acquired right-of-use asset will be used by business units for operational purposes.

24. Opinion of any director who objected to this transaction: None

25. This transaction is a related-party transaction: Yes

26. Date of supervisor approval or audit committee consent: Not applicable. Reason: Interpretation of Article 45 of the Financial Holding Company Act.

27. This transaction involves acquiring real estate or its right-of-use asset from a related party: Yes

28. Valuation price under Article 16 of the 'Asset Acquisition and Disposition Rules for Publicly Issued Companies': Not applicable

29. Valuation price under Article 17 of the same rules if the valuation under the previous item is lower than the transaction price: Not applicable

30. Previous date of material information disclosure for the same event: Not applicable

31. Other explanatory matters: None