East West Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:EWBC), parent company of East West Bank,
one of the nation’s premier community banks,
today announced that Julia Gouw, Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer, will present at the Merrill Lynch Banking and
Financial Services Conference in New York on Tuesday, November 13, 2007
at 1:45 p.m. Eastern time.
A live audio webcast of East West Bancorp’s
presentation is accessible at http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/ml/banking07/77108335.cfm
during the conference and available for replay for 14 days after the end
of the conference.
About East West
East West Bancorp is a publicly owned company with $11.6 billion in
assets and is traded on the
Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "EWBC”.
The Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, East
West Bank, is the second largest independent commercial bank
headquartered in Southern California with 72 branch locations. East West
Bank serves the community with 70 branch locations across Southern and
Northern California and a branch location in Houston, Texas. East West
Bank has three international locations in Greater China, including a
full-service branch in Hong Kong and representative offices in Beijing
and Shanghai. For more information on East West Bancorp, visit the
Company’s website at www.eastwestbank.com.
Forward-Looking Statements This release may contain forward-looking statements, which are
included in accordance with the "safe harbor”
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and
accordingly, the cautionary statements contained in East West Bancorp’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2006 (See Item I
-- Business, and Item 7 -- Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Consolidated Financial Condition and Results
of Operations), and other filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission are incorporated herein by reference. These factors include,
but are not limited to: the effect of interest rate and currency
exchange fluctuations; competition in the financial services market for
both deposits and loans; EWBC’s ability to
efficiently incorporate acquisitions into its operations; the ability of
EWBC and its subsidiaries to increase its customer base; the effect of
regulatory and legislative action, including California tax legislation
and an announcement by the state’s Franchise
Tax Board regarding the taxation of Registered Investment Companies; and
regional and general economic conditions. Actual results and
performance in future periods may be materially different from any
future results or performance suggested by the forward-looking
statements in this release. Such forward-looking statements speak only
as of the date of this release. East West expressly disclaims any
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements found
herein to reflect any changes in the Bank’s
expectations of results or any change in event.
