<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001144204-14-011746.txt : 20140226
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-14-011746
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140220
ITEM INFORMATION:		Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140226
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140226

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000861842
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				954274680
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31830
		FILM NUMBER:		14644953

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		777 N BROADWAY
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90012
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2136254700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		777 NORTH BROADWAY
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90012

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CATHAY BANCORP INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930328
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
February 20, 2014</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>CATHAY
GENERAL BANCORP</B></FONT><BR>
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; text-align: center">Delaware</td>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; text-align: center">0-18630</td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; text-align: center">95-4274680</td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Commission File Number)</td>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 68%; text-align: center">777 North Broadway, Los Angeles, California</td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; text-align: center">90012</td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Zip Code)</td></tr>
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    <td style="width: 52%">Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including area code: </td>
    <td style="width: 48%; text-align: justify">(213) 625-4700</td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Former name or former address, if changed
since last report)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Check the appropriate box below if the Form
8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</P>

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    <td style="width: 95%; text-align: justify">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws;
Change in Fiscal Year.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On February 20, 2014, the Board of Directors
(the &ldquo;Board&rdquo;) of Cathay General Bancorp (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) amended Article II, Section 8 and Article III,
Section 3(b) of the Restated Bylaws of the Company, which amendments took effect immediately.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The amendments revise the Company&rsquo;s
voting standard for the election of directors to provide that in uncontested elections, directors will be elected by a majority
of votes cast. If an incumbent director fails to receive the requisite vote in an uncontested election, that director must promptly
tender his or her offer to resign from the Board. The Nomination and Governance Committee of the Board would then make a recommendation
to the Board regarding whether to accept such resignation, and the Board would make its determination. If the Board determines
to reject the director&rsquo;s offer to resign, it will publicly disclose the rationale behind its decision within 90 days after
the date of certification of the election results.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This description of the amendment to the
Restated Bylaws is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the amendment to the Restated Bylaws, which is attached
hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">(d)</td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 90%; text-align: justify"><u>Exhibits</u></td></tr>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">3.1</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Amendment to Restated Bylaws of Cathay General Bancorp, dated February 20, 2014</td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt">&nbsp;<B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Date: February 26, 2014&nbsp;</P>

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    <td style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2" style="text-align: justify">CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP </td></tr>
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    <td style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2" style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <td style="width: 4%">By:</td>
    <td style="width: 45%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ Heng W. Chen</td></tr>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>Heng W. Chen</td></tr>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 10%"><u>Number</u></td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 85%; text-align: justify"><u>Exhibit</u></td></tr>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>3.1</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Amendment to Restated Bylaws of Cathay General Bancorp, dated February 20, 2014</td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Amendment to the Restated Bylaws of Cathay
General Bancorp</B></P>

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    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Article II, Section 8, is hereby amended and restated to read
        as follows:</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in">&ldquo;SECTION 8. <U>Voting</U><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">.
        </FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="color: #010000">(a)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        </FONT></FONT>Unless otherwise provided by applicable law, by the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, or in any resolution or
        resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for the issuance of a class or series of preferred stock or special stock of the
        Corporation, each holder of stock having voting power shall be entitled to one vote for each share of such stock held by such stockholder.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="color: #010000">(b)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT></FONT>Except as set forth below, election of directors at all meetings of the stockholders at which directors are to be
elected shall be by ballot, and, subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of preferred stock or special stock
of the Corporation to elect directors under specified circumstances, the vote required for election of a director at any meeting
at which a quorum is present shall be that the number of votes cast &ldquo;for&rdquo; the director&rsquo;s election exceeds the
number of votes cast &ldquo;against&rdquo; or &ldquo;withheld&rdquo; from that director&rsquo;s election, with &ldquo;abstentions&rdquo;
and &ldquo;broker non-votes&rdquo; (or other shares of stock of the corporation similarly not entitled to vote on such election)
not counted as votes cast either &ldquo;for,&rdquo; &ldquo;against&rdquo; or &ldquo;withheld&rdquo; from that director&rsquo;s
election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a &ldquo;contested election&rdquo; of directors, directors shall be elected
by the vote of a plurality of the votes cast at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present. For purposes
of this Section 8, a &ldquo;contested election&rdquo; shall mean any election of directors in which the number of candidates for
election as directors exceeds the number of directors to be elected, with the determination thereof being made by the Secretary
as of the close of the applicable notice of nomination period set forth in Section 3(b) of Article III of these Bylaws or under
applicable law, based on whether one or more notice(s) of nomination were timely filed in accordance with Section 3(b) of Article
III of these Bylaws; provided, however, that the determination that an election is a &ldquo;contested election&rdquo; shall be
determinative only as to the timeliness of a notice of nomination and not otherwise as to its validity. If, prior to the time
the Corporation mails its initial proxy statement in connection with such election of directors, one or more notices of nomination
are withdrawn such that the number of candidates for election as director no longer exceeds the number of directors to be elected,
the election shall not be considered a contested election, but in all other cases, once an election is determined to be a contested
election, directors shall be elected by the vote of a plurality of the votes cast.&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
If a nominee for director who is an incumbent director fails to receive the requisite vote in an uncontested election, the director
shall promptly tender to the Board of Directors his or her offer to resign from the Board of Directors. The Nomination and Governance
Committee of the Board of Directors shall make a recommendation to the Board of Directors as to whether to accept or reject the
tendered resignation, or whether other action should be taken. The Board of Directors shall act on the tendered resignation, taking
into account the Nomination and Governance Committee&rsquo;s recommendation, and all factors the Board of Directors deems relevant
to the best interests of the Corporation. If the Board of Directors decides to reject the offer to resign, it shall publicly disclose
(by a press release, a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or other broadly disseminated means of communication)
the rationale behind its decision within 90 days after the date of the certification of the election results. The director who
tenders his or her resignation shall not participate in the recommendation of the Nomination and Governance Committee or the decision
of the Board of Directors with respect to his or her resignation. If such incumbent director&rsquo;s resignation is not accepted
by the Board of Directors, such director shall continue to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or
her successor is duly elected and qualified. If a director&rsquo;s offer to resign is accepted by the Board of Directors pursuant
to this Section 8(c), or if a nominee for director is not elected and the nominee is not an incumbent director, then the Board
of Directors, in its sole discretion, may fill any resulting vacancy pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 of Article III of
these Bylaws or may decrease the size of the Board of Directors pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of Article III of these
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All matters other than the election of directors shall, unless otherwise provided by law, the Restated Certificate of Incorporation
or these Bylaws be decided by the vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes which could be cast by
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The fifth sentence of Article III, Section 3(b) is hereby amended (i) to replace the word &ldquo;and&rdquo; after the word &ldquo;notice&rdquo; in clause (i)(c) with a comma; and (ii) to add the following language after the word &ldquo;Commission&rdquo; in clause (i)(d): </FONT></TD></TR>
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