PASADENA – East West Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: EWBC), parent company of East West Bank, the financial bridge between the United States and Greater China, today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2012. For the third quarter of 2012, net income was $71.1 million or $0.48 per dilutive share. East West increased third quarter net income by $8.7 million or 14% and increased earnings per dilutive share $0.07 or 17% from the prior year period.

“We are pleased with our solid financial results for the third quarter of 2012. Third quarter earnings per share totaled $0.48, up 17% from the prior year period, and our seventh consecutive quarter of earnings per share growth,” stated Dominic Ng, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of East West. “Our strong financial performance in the third quarter was driven by healthy growth in our loan and deposit portfolios, which resulted in increased total revenue, net income and earnings per share from both the prior quarter and prior year period. During the third quarter of 2012, East West grew non-covered commercial and trade finance loans by $314.1 million or 9%, and increased core deposits by $329.7 million or 3% to a record $11.4 billion from June 30, 2012.”

“Although the interest rate and economic environment continues to be challenging for East West and the banking industry, we are confident that we will continue to perform well. For the third quarter of 2012, our return on assets totaled 1.30%, up 17 basis points from the prior year period and our return on equity totaled 12.43%, up 144 basis points from the prior year period,” continued Ng.

“At this point, we believe we are well on our way to another year of record earnings for East West for the full year 2012. As the premier financial bridge between the East and the West, we continue to win new business and grow our market share as evidenced by our solid financial

1results. As we look to 2013 and beyond, we are confident that we will be able to continue to deliver healthy financial results and return strong value to our shareholders,” concluded Ng.

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