EWBC East West Bancorp Inc

SAN MARINO, Calif., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWBC), parent company of East West Bank, one of the nation's premier community banks, today announced that Dominic Ng, Chairman, President and CEO, will present at the Lehman Brothers 2005 Financial Services Conference in New York on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 at 9:25 a.m. Eastern time. A live audio web cast of East West Bancorp's presentation including slides is accessible at http://customer.talkpoint.com/LEHM002/091305a_cs/default.asp?entity=EastWest during the conference and available for replay 90 days after the end of the conference. About East West East West Bancorp is a publicly owned company, with $7.8 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 55 branch locations throughout Los Angeles, Orange, San Francisco, Alameda, Santa Clara, and San Mateo counties, one branch location in Houston, Texas and a Beijing Representative Office in China. 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2004 (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; East West Bancorp's ability to efficiently incorporate acquisitions into its operations; the ability of East West Bancorp 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 Bancorp expressly disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements found herein to reflect any changes in East West Bank's expectations of results or any change in event. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AT THE COMPANY: Julia Gouw Chief Financial Officer (626) 583-3512 DATASOURCE: East West Bancorp, Inc. CONTACT: Julia Gouw, Chief Financial Officer of East West Bancorp, Inc., +1-626-583-3512 Web site: http://www.eastwestbank.com/

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