EWBC East West Bancorp Inc

East West Bancorp Invites Public to Listen to Third Quarter 2004 Earnings Conference Call/Webcast SAN MARINO, Calif., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In conjunction with East West Bancorp's (NASDAQ:EWBC) third quarter 2004 earnings announcement, members of the public are invited to listen to the Company's live quarterly earnings conference call on the Internet Thursday, October 21, 2004 at 8:30 A.M. PT / 11:30 A.M. ET. The conference call will feature Dominic Ng, President and CEO, and Julia Gouw, Chief Financial Officer in a discussion of third quarter results and recent operating developments. Financial results will be released over the news wires before the market opens on Thursday, October 21, 2004. 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 $5.2 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 42 branches 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 Steven Canup Chief Financial Officer Investor Relations (626) 583-3512 (626) 583-3775 DATASOURCE: East West Bancorp CONTACT: Julia Gouw, Chief Financial Officer, +1-626-583-3512, or Steven Canup, Investor Relations, +1-626-583-3775, both of East West Bancorp Web site: http://www.streetevents.com/ Web site: http://www.eastwestbank.com/

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