0001262063-12-000044.txt : 20120619 0001262063-12-000044.hdr.sgml : 20120619 20120619151431 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001262063-12-000044 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120615 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120619 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120619 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHENG DUNSON K CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001185628 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-18630 FILM NUMBER: 12914915 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000861842 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 954274680 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 777 N BROADWAY CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90012 BUSINESS PHONE: 2136254700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 777 NORTH BROADWAY CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90012 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CATHAY BANCORP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930328 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0305 4 2012-06-15 0000861842 CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP CATY 0001185628 CHENG DUNSON K 777 NORTH BROADWAY LOS ANGELES CA 90012 1 1 0 0 Chairman, President, & CEO Common Stock 2012-06-15 4 A 0 1549 0 A 1549 D Common Stock 62660 D Common Stock 102224 I By ESOP Common Stock 628029 I Husband & Wife Trust Stock Option 19.925 2004-01-16 2013-01-16 Common Stock 153060 153060 D Stock Option 24.80 2004-11-20 2013-11-20 Common Stock 246940 400000 D Stock Option 37.00 2006-02-17 2015-02-17 Common Stock 154940 554940 D Stock Option 32.47 2005-03-22 2015-03-22 Common Stock 245060 800000 D Stock Option 33.54 2005-11-20 2015-05-12 Common Stock 264694 1064694 D Stock Option 36.24 2007-01-25 2016-01-25 Common Stock 154940 1219634 D Stock Option 23.37 2009-02-21 2018-02-21 Common Stock 154970 1374604 D Stock Option 23.37 2009-02-21 2018-02-21 Common Stock 100000 1474604 D Restricted Stock Units Common Stock 12384 1486988 D Restricted Stock Units Common Stock 21913 1508901 D Restricted Stock Units Common Stock 11862 1520763 D Shares of Cathay General Banorp (the "Company") common stock acquired under the Company's 2005 Incentive Plan. As a condition to receiving these shares, the reporting person agreed to hold and not transfer, for the entire period during which the Company has any obligations outstanding under the U.S. Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Program (disregarding any warrants to purchase common stock of the Company that the U.S. Treasury may hold) (the "Restriction Period"), all of the shares received. This transfer restriction will terminate upon the earlier of the end of the Restriction Period or the date of the reporting person's death or permanent disability. The option is fully exercisable. The option vests in 5 equal annual installments beginning 2/21/09. Consists of long term restricted stock units within the meaning of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder ("EESA"). Each unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of CATY Common Stock. These restricted stock units are scheduled to vest in a single installment on March 23, 2013, or earlier in the event of death or disability, and are subject to certain transfer restrictions under EESA. These restricted stock units are scheduled to vest in a single installment on December 15, 2013, or earlier in the event of death or disability, and are subject to certain transfer restrictions under EESA. These restricted stock units are scheduled to vest in a single installment on May 8, 2014, or earlier in the event of death or disability, and are subject to certain transfer restrictions under EESA. Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney Monica Chen, attorney-in-fact 2012-06-19 EX-24 2 poacheng.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY

POWER OF ATTORNEY



             Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Monica Chen, and Georgia Lo, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Cathay General Bancorp (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company;

(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report, and timely file such form or report with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 7th day of June, 2012.



Signature:  /s/ Dunson Cheng

Print Name: Dunson Cheng