UCBH Holdings, Inc. To Join Nasdaq Financial-100 Index Beginning July 10, 2001

UCBH Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:UCBH) of San Francisco, California, will become a component of the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index©, effective at the beginning of trading Tuesday, July 10, 2001. UCBH Holdings, Inc. will replace Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:SVRN), which is de-listing from The Nasdaq Stock MarketSM.

With a market capitalization of $546 million, UCBH Holdings, Inc. is the holding company for United Commercial Bank, a leading California bank servicing the ethnic Chinese community. The bank provides consumer banking services to individuals and commercial banking services to small and medium-sized businesses and professionals. The bank offers a range of lending activities, including residential and commercial real estate, construction, commercial credit facilities, working capital loans, international trade finance services, and online banking services for businesses and consumers.

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