EWBC East West Bancorp Inc

East West Bancorp Invites Public to Listen to First Quarter 2005 Earnings Conference Call/Webcast SAN MARINO, Calif., April 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In conjunction with East West Bancorp's (NASDAQ:EWBC) first quarter 2005 earnings announcement, members of the public are invited to listen to the Company's live quarterly earnings conference call on the Internet Friday, April 15, 2005 at 8:30 A.M. PT / 11:30 A.M. ET. The conference call will feature management in a discussion of fourth quarter and full year 2004 results and operating developments. Financial results will be released over the news wires before the market opens on Friday, April 15, 2005. Investors wishing to hear the conference call may log on to http://www.streetevents.com/ or http://www.eastwestbank.com/. East West Bancorp is a publicly owned company, with $6.0 billion in assets, whose stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "EWBC". The company's wholly owned subsidiary, East West Bank, is the fourth largest independent commercial bank headquartered in Los Angeles. East West Bank serves the community with 49 locations throughout Los Angeles, Orange, San Francisco, Alameda, Santa Clara, and San Mateo counties and a Beijing Representative Office in China. It is also one of the largest financial institutions in the nation focusing on the Chinese-American community. For more information on East West Bancorp, visit the company's website at http://www.eastwestbank.com/. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AT THE COMPANY: Julia Gouw Chief Financial Officer (626) 583-3512 DATASOURCE: East West Bancorp CONTACT: Julia Gouw, Chief Financial Officer of East West Bancorp, +1-626-583-3512 Web site: http://www.eastwestbank.com/

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