Cathay General Bancorp filings document the reporting, governance, and capital actions of a bank holding company for Cathay Bank. Form 8-K reports record operating results and financial-condition updates, Regulation FD materials for earnings presentations, common-stock repurchase programs, and officer or director changes.
Proxy filings cover annual-meeting matters, board structure, executive compensation, equity-award disclosures, shareholder voting items, and related governance information. The filing record also connects Cathay Bank's commercial banking, deposit, lending, fee-income, and wealth management activities with public-company disclosures about financial condition and capital structure.
Cathay General Bancorp is asking stockholders to approve four Class III directors, an advisory vote on executive pay, the preferred frequency of future pay votes, and ratification of KPMG LLP as independent auditor for fiscal 2026. The annual meeting will be held virtually on May 18, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time for holders of common stock as of the March 26, 2026 record date, when 66,972,039 shares were outstanding. Major institutional holders include BlackRock, The Vanguard Group, Dimensional Fund Advisors and State Street. The proxy details board structure, committee assignments, director compensation and stock ownership, and explains an executive pay program built on base salary, annual cash bonuses tied mainly to EPS and ROA, and performance-based RSUs linked to three-year EPS, total shareholder return and return on assets versus peer banks. The filing also notes 2025 total shareholder return of 4.64%, compared with 28.85% for the S&P U.S. BMI Banks – Western Region Index.
Cathay General Bancorp’s President and CEO Chang Liu reported an open-market sale of 4,836 shares of common stock at a weighted-average price of $50.3527 per share. The transaction was executed automatically under a Rule 10b5-1(c) trading plan. Following this sale, Liu directly holds 127,819 shares of Cathay General Bancorp common stock.
Cathay General Bancorp Executive Chairman Dunson K. Cheng reported multiple compensation-related equity transactions. On April 1, 2026, he exercised and vested a total of 41,395 performance-based restricted stock units (RSUs) into common stock that had been granted earlier and tied to performance goals.
Footnotes show different RSU awards earned between 52.875% and 150% of target based on performance, with these performance-based RSUs vesting on December 31, 2025. To cover tax obligations, 13,320 common shares were withheld at $50.69 per share, classified as tax-withholding dispositions rather than market sales.
After these vesting and withholding entries, Cheng holds 167,531 common shares directly, along with additional indirect holdings reported through a Husband & Wife Trust, a Nonmarital Share Trust, and an ESOP. No open-market purchases or sales were reported in this filing.
Cathay General Bancorp President & CEO Chang Liu reported multiple equity compensation transactions. On April 1, 2026, performance-based restricted stock units covering 47,954 shares of common stock were earned and converted based on the achievement of specified performance criteria.
The underlying awards were target grants of 11,581, 12,124 and 24,249 performance-based restricted stock units, with 121.74%, 150% and 52.875% of the targets earned, respectively. As part of the vesting, 25,046 shares of common stock were withheld at $50.69 per share to satisfy tax obligations, a non-market tax-withholding disposition. Following these transactions, Liu directly owned 132,655 shares of Cathay General common stock.
Cathay General Bancorp: The Vanguard Group filed Amendment No. 14 to a Schedule 13G/A reporting 0 shares beneficially owned (0%) of Cathay General Bancorp common stock. The filing states that on January 12, 2026 Vanguard completed an internal realignment and now reports certain subsidiaries separately in reliance on SEC Release No. 34-39538.
The filing lists Vanguard's principal office in Malvern, PA, confirms no sole or shared voting or dispositive power over Cathay shares, and is signed by Ashley Grim, Head of Global Fund Administration, dated 03/26/2026.
Cathay General Bancorp executive Albert Jen-Wen Wang, the EVP and Chief Financial Officer, filed an initial ownership report on Form 3 for the company’s common stock. The filing shows he reported 0 shares of common stock held directly as of the reported date, and it does not reflect any buy or sell transaction.
Cathay General Bancorp, parent of Cathay Bank, is a Delaware bank holding company focused on commercial and consumer banking across U.S. markets and Hong Kong. At December 31, 2025 it reported $24.23 billion in total assets, $19.94 billion in net loans, $20.89 billion in deposits, and $2.93 billion in shareholders’ equity.
Cathay Bank operates branches in multiple states, including California, New York, Washington, Texas and others, plus a branch in Hong Kong and representative offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Taipei. It offers commercial and commercial real estate loans, SBA lending, residential mortgages, construction loans, home equity lines, consumer installment credit, and a full suite of deposit products.
The company also provides investment services through Cathay Wealth Management and finances affordable housing and renewable energy projects that generate tax credits. As of year-end 2025, the organization had about 1,268 full-time equivalent employees and emphasized multilingual service and outreach to low‑ to moderate‑income communities. Regulatory capital ratios for both the holding company and the bank exceeded “well‑capitalized” thresholds.
Cathay General Bancorp director Felix S. Fernandez reported an indirect sale of common stock linked to a trust. On January 29, 2026, the Felix & Katherine Fernandez Trust sold 8,972 shares of Cathay General Bancorp common stock at a weighted-average price of $50.54 per share, in multiple trades between $50.41 and $50.61. After this transaction, the trust beneficially owned 14,960 shares indirectly, while the director’s direct holdings were listed as zero.
Cathay General Bancorp director reports no share ownership
Director Chan Lana Lai‑Yan filed an initial ownership report showing beneficial ownership of 0 shares of Cathay General Bancorp common stock, held directly. This Form 3 establishes the director’s starting ownership position as of the February 4, 2026 event date.