---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-014830"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CATY"
cik: "0000861842"
company_name: "CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP"
filed_at: "2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T00:20:45.618243+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cathay General Bancorp annual meeting: all director nominees elected, compensation approved, KPMG ratified

## Summary
- Elected directors: Nelson Chung (48.4M for, 5.1M against), Felix Fernandez (52.2M for, 1.3M against), Maan-Huei Hung (48.1M for, 5.4M against), Richard Sun (41.5M for, 12.1M against).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 50.5M for, 3.0M against, 133.6K abstentions.
- Ratification of KPMG as auditor for FY2023 passed: 59.0M for, 858K against, 27.6K abstentions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-014830
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CATY
- cik: 0000861842
- company_name: CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP
- filed_at: 2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861842/000143774923014830/0001437749-23-014830-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861842/000143774923014830/caty20230516_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP shareholders approved Advisory (non-binding) resolution to approve the Company's executive compensation at the 2023-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-15
  source text: The stockholders elected all four Class III director nominees, approved the advisory (non-binding) resolution to approve the Company's executive compensation disclosed in the proxy statement, and ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861842/000143774923014830/0001437749-23-014830-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP shareholders approved Election of four Class III directors to serve until the 2026 annual meeting at the 2023-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-15
  source text: The stockholders elected all four Class III director nominees, approved the advisory (non-binding) resolution to approve the Company's executive compensation disclosed in the proxy statement, and ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861842/000143774923014830/0001437749-23-014830-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year at the 2023-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-15
  source text: The stockholders elected all four Class III director nominees, approved the advisory (non-binding) resolution to approve the Company's executive compensation disclosed in the proxy statement, and ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861842/000143774923014830/0001437749-23-014830-index.htm

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