Chinatrust Financial Holding Co Ltd. : CFHC announces Board's resolution in terms of issuance of 715 million new common shares and record date of recapitalization.

1.Date of the resolution by the board of directors or
decision by the Company:2012/01/19
2.Number of shares issued:The number of shares is 715,000,000 shares.
3.Par Value per share:NT$10
4.Total monetary amount of the issue:The total amount will be decided on
basis of the issue price.
5.Issue price:The actual price will be set in accordance with stipulations
in Article 6 of the "Self-regulation Measures for Underwriters Providing
Guidance to Companies in Raising and Issuing Marketable Securities" of the
Taiwan Securities Association, and the Board meeting will be held to
authorize the Chairman to deal the actual price with main underwriter by
considering market status.
6.Number of shares subscribed by or allocated to employees:Reserve 10% of
the total number of new common shares(71,500,000 shares) for employees'
subscription. According to Company Act article 267, CFHC will restrain
the shares subscribed by its employees from being transferred or assigned
to others within in one year. Unless the restriction mentioned above, all
other rights and obligations are the same as the existing common shares.
7.Ratio of shares subscribed by existing shareholders:80% of the total
number of new common shares(572,000,000 shares) are reserved for
subscription by existing shareholders according to their respective holding
as stated in shareholders' register book on the record date.
8.Number of shares publicly sold:10% of the total number of new common
shares(71,500,000 shares) are reserved for subscription by the public.
9.Method of handling fractional shares and shares
unsubscribed by the deadline:The existing shareholders may apply to the
stock affairs agent of the CFHC within 5 days from the record date to
combine fractional share into one share. The Chairman is authorized to
allocate uncombined shares, fractional shares, or shares relinquished by
existing shareholders and employees to specific counterparties at the issue
price.
10.Rights and obligations of the newly issued shares:Unless the restriction
mentioned in item 6, all other rights and obligations are the same as the
existing common shares.
11.Utilization of the funds from the capital increase:To redeem Class-B
preferred stock amount to NT$ 30 billion, and to strengthen capital and
financial structure.
12.Record date of cash capital increase:2012/02/18
13.Last date before book closure:2012/02/13
14.Book closure starting date:2012/02/14
15.Book closure ending date:2012/02/18
16.The period for payment of subscription:(1) Payment period for existing
shareholders and employees will be from 2012/03/02 to 2012/04/03.
(2) Payment period for specific counterparties will be from 2012/04/05
to 2012/04/06.
17.The dates of the agreement with proceeds collection and deposit banks:
An announcement will be made after the agreement is officially signed.
18.The name of the bank designated to collect proceeds:An announcement
will be made after the agreement is officially signed.
19.The name of the bank designated to deposit proceeds:An announcement
will be made after the agreement is officially signed.
20.Any other matters that need to be specified:(1) The recapitalization
through issuance of 715,000,000 common shares (face value: NT$10 per share)
was approved by the Securities and Futures Bureau of the Financial
Supervisory Commission, Executive Yuan per document Jin-Kuan-Jheng-fa-zih
No. 1000064837, dated January 16, 2012.
(2) The ex-right date: 2012/02/10.
(3) The Book closure starting date and ending date mentioned in item 14 and
15 are including common shares and Class-B preferred stock.