Exhibit 99.2
Certification for Years following First Fiscal Year
I, Heng W. Chen, certify, based on my knowledge, that:
(i) The compensation committee of Cathay General Bancorp has discussed, reviewed, and evaluated with senior risk officers at least every six months during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period, senior executive officer (“SEO”) compensation plans and employee compensation plans and the risks these plans pose to Cathay General Bancorp except that the meeting held in December 2010 was six months and twenty-five days after the meeting held in May 2010;
(ii) The compensation committee of Cathay General Bancorp has identified and limited during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period any features of the SEO compensation plans that could lead SEOs to take unnecessary and excessive risks that could threaten the value of Cathay General Bancorp and has identified any features of the employee compensation plans that pose risks to Cathay General Bancorp and has limited those features to ensure that Cathay General Bancorp is not unnecessarily exposed to risks;
(iii) The compensation committee has reviewed, at least every six months during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period, except as stated above, the terms of each employee compensation plan and identified any features of the plan that could encourage the manipulation of reported earnings of Cathay General Bancorp to enhance the compensation of an employee, and has limited any such features;
(iv) The compensation committee of Cathay General Bancorp will certify to the reviews of the SEO compensation plans and employee compensation plans required under (i) and (iii) above;
(v) The compensation committee of Cathay General Bancorp will provide a narrative description of how it limited during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period the features in:
(A) SEO compensation plans that could lead SEOs to take unnecessary and excessive risks that could threaten the value of Cathay General Bancorp;
(B) Employee compensation plans that unnecessarily expose Cathay General Bancorp to risks; and
(C) Employee compensation plans that could encourage the manipulation of reported earnings of Cathay General Bancorp to enhance the compensation of an employee;
(vi) Cathay General Bancorp has required that bonus payments to SEOs or any of the next twenty most highly compensated employees, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA (bonus payments), be subject to a recovery or “clawback” provision during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period if the bonus payments were based on materially inaccurate financial statements or any other materially inaccurate performance metric criteria;
(vii) Cathay General Bancorp has prohibited any golden parachute payment, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA, to a SEO or any of the next five most highly compensated employees during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period;
(viii) Cathay General Bancorp has limited bonus payments to its applicable employees in accordance with section 111 of EESA and the regulations and guidance established thereunder during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period;
(ix) Cathay General Bancorp and its employees have complied with the excessive or luxury expenditures policy, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA, during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period; and any expenses that, pursuant to the policy, required approval of the board of directors, a committee of the board of directors, an SEO, or an executive officer with a similar level of responsibility were properly approved;
(x) Cathay General Bancorp will permit a non-binding shareholder resolution in compliance with any applicable federal securities rules and regulations on the disclosures provided under the federal securities laws related to SEO compensation paid or accrued during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period;
(xi) Cathay General Bancorp will disclose the amount, nature, and justification for the offering, during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period, of any perquisites, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA, whose total value exceeds $25,000 for any employee who is subject to the bonus payment limitations identified in paragraph (viii);
(xii) Cathay General Bancorp will disclose whether Cathay General Bancorp, the board of directors of Cathay General Bancorp, or the compensation committee of Cathay General Bancorp has engaged during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period a compensation consultant; and the services the compensation consultant or any affiliate of the compensation consultant provided during this period;
(xiii) Cathay General Bancorp has prohibited the payment of any gross-ups, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA, to the SEOs and the next twenty most highly compensated employees during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period;
(xiv) Cathay General Bancorp has substantially complied with all other requirements related to employee compensation that are provided in the agreement between Cathay General Bancorp and Treasury, including any amendments;
(xv) Cathay General Bancorp has submitted to Treasury a complete and accurate list of the SEOs and the twenty next most highly compensated employees for the current fiscal year, with the non-SEOs ranked indescending order of level of annual compensation, and with the name, title, and employer of each SEO and most highly compensated employee identified; and
(xvi) I understand that a knowing and willful false or fraudulent statement made in connection with this certification may be punished by fine, imprisonment, or both. (See, for example, 18 U.S.C. 1001.)
Date: February 25, 2011
| By: /s/ Heng W. Chen | ||
Heng W. Chen Executive Vice President, and Chief Financial Officer | ||