Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Bancorp and Cathay Bank · CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP (CATY)

Heng Chen

A named executive officer of CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$1,731,099

FY2024: $1,557,479

3rd of 5 named executive officers at Cathay General Bancorp by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 16, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Heng Chen compensation by year

CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP Summary Compensation Table · all 7 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2024FY2025
Salary$440,958$456,000$473,800$491,326$506,642$566,500$583,750
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$499,924$274,966$274,969$549,960$467,966$609,929$627,949
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$340,000$422,277$404,000$356,000$290,968$363,800$501,900
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$10,600$10,800$13,750$14,000$14,250$17,250$17,500
Total$1,291,482$1,164,043$1,166,519$1,411,286$1,279,826$1,557,479$1,731,099

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP DEF 14A filed April 16, 2026, accession 0001437749-26-012477, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP filed document, accession 0001437749-26-012477. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 16, 2026.

$1.3M
$1.2M
$1.2M
$1.4M
$1.3M
$1.6M
$1.7M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU8,602$416,251—
PSU8,414$407,153—
PSU6,969$337,230—
PSU4,300$208,077—
PSU4,267$206,480—
PSU4,206$203,528—
PSU4,018$194,431—
PSU3,484$168,591—
PSU3,385$163,800—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Chang LiuPresident and Chief Executive Officer of Bancorp and Cathay Bank$4,145,991
Dunson ChengExecutive Chairman of Bancorp and Cathay Bank$2,297,967
Heng Chen · this pageExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Bancorp and Cathay Bank$1,731,099
Albert SunExecutive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of Cathay Bank$1,095,856
Diana DeenExecutive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of Cathay Bank$758,472

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