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Issuer:     CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP (CATY)
CIK:        0000861842
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-09-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001564590-21-047043
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cathay General Bancorp adopts $125M share repurchase program, replacing completed $75M plan
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- New authorization for up to $125M of common stock repurchases announced September 2, 2021.
- Prior $75M program completed on August 5, 2021, with 1,832,481 shares repurchased at avg $40.93.
- Approximately 77,860,539 shares outstanding as of press release date.
- Repurchases may occur on open market or in private transactions; timing subject to market conditions.
- Program may be suspended, terminated, or modified at any time by the board.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861842/000156459021047043/0001564590-21-047043-index.htm
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  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-047043

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