Cathay General Bancorp to Present at the Sandler O'Neill 2012 West Coast Financial Services Conference LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cathay General Bancorp (Nasdaq: CATY) announced today that Mr. Heng W. Chen, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is scheduled to make a presentation at the Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P. 2012 West Coast Financial Services Conference in San Francisco, California, on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at 2:05 p.m. Pacific Time (5:05 p.m. Eastern Time). A live webcast of the conference will be available at http://www.thomson-webcast.net/us/dispatching/SOP_201203 and will be archived and available for replay 30 days after the day of the event. The conference is also available via audio conference at (832) 445-1181 and the Participant Passcode to Session I is 8309199648#. Cathay General Bancorp does not control the information contained on the Sandler O' Neill & Partners, L.P. website, which is compiled and provided by a third party unrelated to Cathay General Bancorp. As such, Cathay General Bancorp is not responsible for the accuracy or completeness of the information contained on that website and also cannot accept responsibility for the privacy practices or security of that website. Cathay General Bancorp is the holding company for Cathay Bank, a California state-chartered bank. Founded in 1962, Cathay Bank offers a wide range of financial services. Cathay Bank currently operates 31 branches in California, eight branches in New York State, one in Massachusetts, two in Texas, three in Washington State, three in the Chicago, Illinois, area, one in New Jersey, one in Hong Kong, and a representative office in Taipei and in Shanghai. Cathay Bank's website is found at http://www.cathaybank.com/. SOURCE Cathay General Bancorp