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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-22-000646"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CATY"
cik: "0000861842"
company_name: "CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP"
filed_at: "2022-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T13:05:43.594852+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders elect all four directors, approve executive pay, ratify KPMG at Cathay General annual meeting

## Summary
- All four Class II director nominees elected: Dunson K. Cheng, Kelly L. Chan, Chang M. Liu, Joseph C.H. Poon.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 53.2M for, 1.7M against, 208K abstentions.
- Ratification of KPMG as auditor for 2022 passed with 61.0M for, 992.6K against.
- Broker non-votes of 6.9M shares on director elections and say-on-pay proposal.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-22-000646
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CATY
- cik: 0000861842
- company_name: CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP
- filed_at: 2022-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861842/000115752322000646/0001157523-22-000646-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861842/000115752322000646/a52722548.htm

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