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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001437749-17-007894
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170503
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170504
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170503

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:		17811422

	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 id=PARA6 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA11 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA12 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA16 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 3, 2017</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA32 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">777 North Broadway, Los&nbsp;Angeles, California 90012</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA72 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>I</B><B>tem 1.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA74 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">On May 3, 2017, Cathay General Bancorp (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) and its wholly owned subsidiary Cathay Bank (the &#8220;Bank&#8221;) entered into the First Amendment, effective as of May 3, 2017 (the &#8220;Amendment&#8221;), to the Amended and Restated Change of Control Employment Agreement as of December 18, 2008 with Pin Tai (the &#8220;CoC Employment Agreement&#8221;), who serves as the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company and the Bank (the &#8220;Executive&#8221;). Under the terms of the Amendment, the Company, Bank and Executive have agreed to remove (i) the Executive&#8217;s ability to unilaterally trigger a deemed termination of employment for &#8220;good reason&#8221; during the 30-day period immediately following the first anniversary of a change of control of the Company; and (ii) the Company&#8217;s obligation to make any payments to the Executive in the event of the assessment of excise taxes in connection with the payment of any benefit under the CoC Employment Agreement.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA76 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">This summary of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Amendment, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA79 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Item 5.02&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B><B>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directo</B><B>rs; Appointment of Certain Offi</B><B>cers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA83 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The information set forth under Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02(e)</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25">Date: May 3, 2017</P>
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<P id=PARA133.14 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">/s/ Heng W. Chen</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA70 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Exhibit 10.1</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA7 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">This Amendment to the Amended and Restated Change of Control Employment Agreement (the &#8220;<U>Agreement</U>&#8221;) by and between Cathay General Bancorp, a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;<U>Company</U>&#8221;), Cathay Bank, a California state chartered commercial bank and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the &#8220;<U>Bank</U>&#8221;), and Pin Tai (the &#8220;<U>Executive</U>&#8221;) is hereby made and is effective as of the 3rd day of May, 2017.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA11 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the &#8220;<U>Board</U>&#8221;) and the Board of Directors of the Bank (the &#8220;<U>Bank Board</U>&#8221;), previously determined that it is in the best interests of the Bank and the Company and its stockholders to assure that the Company and/or the Bank (as applicable) will have the continued dedication of the Executive, notwithstanding the possibility, threat or occurrence of a Change of Control; and</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA13 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive have determined to amend the Agreement to (i) remove the Executive&#8217;s ability to unilaterally trigger a deemed termination of employment for &#8220;good reason&#8221; during the 30-day period immediately following the first anniversary of a Change of Control; and (ii) remove the Company&#8217;s obligation to make the Executive whole with respect to the assessment of excise taxes in connection with the payment of any benefit under the Agreement.</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA17 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The last paragraph of Section 4(c) of the Agreement is hereby restated in its entirety to provide as follows:&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA19 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">For purposes of this Section 4(c), any good faith determination of Good Reason made by the Executive shall be conclusive. The Executive&#8217;s mental or physical incapacity following the occurrence of an event described above in clauses (1) through (5) shall not affect the Executive&#8217;s ability to terminate employment for Good Reason and the Executive&#8217;s death following delivery of a Notice of Termination for Good Reason shall not affect the Executive&#8217;s estate&#8217;s entitlement to severance payments or benefits provided hereunder upon a termination of employment for Good Reason.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA21 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Section 8 of the Agreement is hereby restated in its entirety to provide as follows: &nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA23 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Section 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Certain Reduction of Payments by the Company or the Bank</U>. (a)&nbsp;Anything in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Executive and the Company or the Bank (as applicable) to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that a nationally-recognized accounting firm selected in the discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Board as in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control (the &#8220;<U>Accounting Firm</U>&#8221;) shall determine that receipt of all payments or distributions by the Company or its Affiliated Companies in the nature of compensation to or for the Executive&#8217;s benefit, whether paid or payable pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise (a &#8220;<U>Payment</U>&#8221;) would subject the Executive to the excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code, the Accounting Firm shall determine whether to reduce any of the Payments paid or payable pursuant to this Agreement (the &#8220;<U>Agreement Payments</U>&#8221;) to the Reduced Amount (as defined below). The Agreement Payments shall be reduced to the Reduced Amount only if the Accounting Firm determines that the Executive would have a greater Net After-Tax Receipt (as defined below) of aggregate Payments if the Executive&#8217;s Agreement Payments were reduced to the Reduced Amount. If such a determination is not made by the Accounting Firm, the Executive shall receive all Agreement Payments to which the Executive is entitled under this Agreement. All determinations made by the Accounting Firm under this Section shall be binding upon the Company, the Bank and Executive and shall be made within 15 days following a termination of employment of the Executive. The reduction of the amounts payable hereunder, if applicable, shall be made by reducing the payments and benefits under the following sections in the following order: (1) Section 5(a)(1)(B), (2) Section 5(a)(1)(C), (3) Section 5(a)(1)(A)(v) and (4) Section 5(a)(2). </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA25 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that amounts will have been paid or distributed by the Company or the Bank (as applicable) to or for the benefit of the Executive pursuant to this Agreement which should not have been so paid or distributed (&#8220;<U>Overpayment</U>&#8221;) or that additional amounts which will have not been paid or distributed by the Company or the Bank (as applicable) to or for the benefit of the Executive pursuant to this Agreement could have been so paid or distributed (&#8220;<U>Underpayment</U>&#8221;), in each case, consistent with the calculation of the Reduced Amount hereunder. In the event that the Accounting Firm, based upon the assertion of a deficiency by the Internal Revenue Service against either the Company or the Bank (as applicable) or the Executive which the Accounting Firm believes has a high probability of success determines that an Overpayment has been made, any such Overpayment paid or distributed by the Company or the Bank (as applicable) to or for the benefit of the Executive shall be repaid to the Company or the Bank (as applicable) together with interest at the applicable federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2) of the Code; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that no such amount shall be payable by the Executive to the Company or the Bank (as applicable) if and to the extent such payment would not either reduce the amount on which the Executive is subject to tax under Section 1 and Section 4999 of the Code or generate a refund of such taxes. In the event that the Accounting Firm, based upon controlling precedent or substantial authority, determines that an Underpayment has occurred, any such Underpayment shall be promptly paid by the Company or the Bank (as applicable) to or for the benefit of the Executive together with interest at the applicable federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2) of the Code.</FONT></P>
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<TD vAlign=top colSpan=2><B>C</B><B>A</B><B>TH</B><B>A</B><B>Y</B><B> </B><B>GENERAL</B><B> </B><B>BANCORP</B></TD>
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<TD vAlign=top colSpan=2><B>C</B><B>A</B><B>TH</B><B>A</B><B>Y</B><B> </B><B>BANK</B></TD>
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