East West Bancorp, Inc. To Join Nasdaq Financial-100 Index Beginning February 12, 2001

East West Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: EWBC) of San Marino, California, will become a component of the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index®, effective at the beginning of trading Friday, February 12, 2001. East West Bancorp, Inc. will replace Bank United Corporation (Nasdaq: BNKU), which is being acquired.

With a market capitalization of $532.6 million, East West Bancorp, Inc. is a holding company for East-West Bank and other subsidiaries. East West Bank provides a range of personal and commercial banking services to businesses and individuals. It focuses on the Chinese-American community and offers multilingual services in English, Cantonese, Mandarin and Spanish.

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