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Issuer:     CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP (CATY)
CIK:        0000861842
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-26-003217
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cathay General Bancorp appoints Lana Chan as director; Jane Jelenko to retire April 30
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- Lana Chan appointed Class I director of Cathay General Bancorp and Cathay Bank, effective Feb 4, 2026.
- Jane Jelenko to retire as director effective April 30, 2026; no disagreement with the Company.
- Chan has 30+ years experience; former BMO Capital Markets managing director (2005-2020) and consultant for Cathay Bank (2022-2025).
- After changes, board will have 12 directors, 8 independent.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861842/000143774926003217/0001437749-26-003217-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861842/000143774926003217/caty20260204_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-003217

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