EWBC East West Bancorp Inc

East West Bancorp to Present at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. Honor Roll and Sixth Annual Community Bank Investor Conference SAN MARINO, Calif., July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC), parent company of East West Bank, one of the nation's premier community banks and a leading institution focused on the Chinese-American and other niche markets, today announced that Dominic Ng, Chairman, President and CEO, will present at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) Honor Roll and Sixth Annual Community Bank Investor Conference on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time. For more information, please visit http://www.kbw.com/ or call the KBW equity sales desk at (800) 221-3246. About East West East West Bancorp is a publicly owned company, with $6.7 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 second largest independent commercial bank headquartered in Los Angeles. East West Bank serves the community with 45 branch 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/. 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 ("East West") Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2004 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; East West's ability to efficiently incorporate acquisitions into its operations; the ability of East West and its subsidiaries to increase its customer base; 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 East West's expectations of results or any change in events. For more 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/ http://www.kbw.com/

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