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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;4, 2004<BR>
Registration No.&nbsp;333-_____



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B></DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>UCBH HOLDINGS, INC.</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>94-3072450</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(State of Incorporation)</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</B></TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>555 MONTGOMERY STREET<BR>
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94111<BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)</B>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>AMENDED UCBH HOLDINGS, INC. 1998 STOCK OPTION PLAN</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Full title of the plan)</B></DIV>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Thomas S. Wu<BR>
Chairman of the Board, President and<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
UCBH Holdings, Inc.<BR>
555 Montgomery Street<BR>
San Francisco, CA 94111<BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</B></DIV>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(415)&nbsp;315-2800</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B></DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Copies To:<BR>
Nicholas C. Unkovic<BR>
Remsen M. Kinne IV<BR>
Squire, Sanders &#038; Dempsey L.L.P.<BR>
One Maritime Plaza, Suite&nbsp;300<BR>
San Francisco, CA 94111</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of each Securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be Registered</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>be Registered (1)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price per Share</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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<TD align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, $.01 par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">2,261,224 </TD>
    <TD nowrap>(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">38.74</TD>
    <TD nowrap>(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">87,599,817.76</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">11,098.90</TD>
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    <TD align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-10px"> per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Together with an indeterminable number of additional shares which may be
necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to
the UCBH Holdings, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan, as amended (the &#147;Plan&#148;) as
the result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the
outstanding Common Stock of UCBH Holdings, Inc. pursuant to 17 C.F.R. ss.
230.416(a).</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
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    <TD>Represents additional shares reserved for issuance under the Plan that
are covered by this Registration Statement. The Company previously
registered 933,333 shares for issuance as options under the Plan in a Form
S-8 filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;1, 1999; previously registered 1,866,666
shares for issuance as options in a Form S-8 filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;17,
2001; and previously registered 2,100,936 shares for issuance as options
in a Form S-8 filed with the SEC on August&nbsp;20, 2004. The numbers of shares
registered by the Company for issuance as options under the Plan in
the Form S-8 filed on June&nbsp;1, 1999, and in the Form S-8 filed on May&nbsp;17, 2001,
 have been subsequently
adjusted to reflect the two-for-one stock split effective April&nbsp;11, 2001
and the two-for-one stock split effective April&nbsp;8, 2003,
respectively.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act. The
average of the high and low prices of UCBH Holdings, Inc. Common Stock on
September&nbsp;28, 2004, as quoted on The Nasdaq National Stock
Market, was $38.74.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE AUTOMATICALLY UPON THE DATE
OF FILING IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a) OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND 17 C.F.R.
SECTION 230.462.</B>



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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#004">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#005">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f02164exv4w2.htm">EXHIBIT 4.2</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f02164exv5.htm">EXHIBIT 5</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Items 1 &#038; 2. The documents containing the information for the UCBH Holdings,
Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) 1998 Stock Option Plan, as amended, (the &#147;Plan&#148;)
required by Part I of this registration statement will be sent or given to the
participants in the Plan as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1). Such documents are
not filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) as a
part of this registration statement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 in reliance on Rule
428.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed pursuant to General
Instruction E for the purpose of registering additional shares of common stock
under the Registrant&#146;s Plan.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">We previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) three registration statements on Form S-8 on June&nbsp;1, 1999 (SEC
File No.&nbsp;333-79703) relating to the registration of 933,333 shares of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), on
May&nbsp;17, 2001 (File No.&nbsp;333-61178) relating to the registration of 1,866,666
shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock authorized for issuance pursuant to the
Registrant&#146;s Plan, and on August&nbsp;20, 2004 (File No.&nbsp;333-118428) relating to the
registration of 2,100,936 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock authorized
for issuance pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s Plan.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The contents of such earlier registration statement and amendment thereto are
incorporated herein by reference.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are

incorporated by reference into this registration statement:



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(a)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s annual report filed on March&nbsp;11, 2004 on Form&nbsp;10-K for the
fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(b)&nbsp;All other reports filed pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) since the end
of the fiscal year covered by the annual report referred to in (a)&nbsp;above.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(c)&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the
Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (SEC file no. 333-58325), as
amended (which is incorporated by reference into the Registrant&#146;s registration
statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed on January&nbsp;29, 2003 under the Exchange Act),
including any amendment or report subsequently filed by the Registrant for the
purpose of updating that description.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration
statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such
documents.



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into
this registration statement on Form S-8 (numbering corresponds generally to
Exhibit&nbsp;Table in Item&nbsp;601 of Regulation&nbsp;S-K):

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Stock Certificate of UCBH Holdings, Inc.<SUP>1</SUP></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended UCBH Holdings, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Squire, Sanders &#038; Dempsey L.L.P.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Squire, Sanders &#038; Dempsey L.L.P. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5 hereto).</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Filed as an exhibit to, and incorporated by reference herein from, the
Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on
July&nbsp;1, 1998 (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-58325), as amended (including the Registrant&#146;s
registration statement on Form 8-A filed on January&nbsp;29, 2003 under the Exchange
Act).</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of San Francisco, State of California, on
October&nbsp;4,
2004.

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">By:
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Thomas S. Wu</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Thomas S. Wu</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Thomas S. Wu as the true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for such person and in such person&#146;s name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitutes or
substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Thomas S. Wu<BR>
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Thomas S. Wu</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board, President
and Chief Executive Officer and
Director (principal executive officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October 4, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Jonathan H. Downing<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Jonathan H. Downing</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Director
(principal financial and accounting officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October 4, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Joseph J. Jou<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Joseph J. Jou</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October 4, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Li-Lin Ko<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Li-Lin Ko</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October 4, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Ronald S. McMeekin<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Ronald S. McMeekin</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October 4, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Dr. Godwin Wong<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Dr. Godwin Wong</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October 4, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Joseph S. Wu<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Joseph S. Wu</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October 4, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Stock Certificate of UCBH Holdings, Inc.<SUP>1</SUP></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended UCBH Holdings, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Squire, Sanders &#038; Dempsey L.L.P.</TD>
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Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Filed as an exhibit to, and incorporated by reference herein from, the
Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on
July&nbsp;1, 1998 (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-58325), as amended
(including the Registrant&#146;s
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on October 4, 2004
Registration No. 333-_____
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
UCBH HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
94-3072450
(State of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
555 MONTGOMERY STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94111
(Address of principal executive offices)
AMENDED UCBH HOLDINGS, INC. 1998 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Thomas S. Wu
Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer
UCBH Holdings, Inc.
555 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
(Name and address of agent for service)
(415) 315-2800
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies To:
Nicholas C. Unkovic
Remsen M. Kinne IV
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.
One Maritime Plaza, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94111
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of each Securities
Amount to
Offering
Aggregate
Amount of
to be Registered
be Registered (1)
Price per Share
Offering Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.01 par value
2,261,224
(2)
$
38.74
(3)
$
87,599,817.76
$
11,098.90
per share
(1)
Together with an indeterminable number of additional shares which may be
necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to
the UCBH Holdings, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan, as amended (the "Plan") as
the result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the
outstanding Common Stock of UCBH Holdings, Inc. pursuant to 17 C.F.R. ss.
230.416(a).
(2)
Represents additional shares reserved for issuance under the Plan that
are covered by this Registration Statement. The Company previously
registered 933,333 shares for issuance as options under the Plan in a Form
S-8 filed with the SEC on June 1, 1999; previously registered 1,866,666
shares for issuance as options in a Form S-8 filed with the SEC on May 17,
2001; and previously registered 2,100,936 shares for issuance as options
in a Form S-8 filed with the SEC on August 20, 2004. The numbers of shares
registered by the Company for issuance as options under the Plan in
the Form S-8 filed on June 1, 1999, and in the Form S-8 filed on May 17, 2001,
 have been subsequently
adjusted to reflect the two-for-one stock split effective April 11, 2001
and the two-for-one stock split effective April 8, 2003,
respectively.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act. The
average of the high and low prices of UCBH Holdings, Inc. Common Stock on
September 28, 2004, as quoted on The Nasdaq National Stock
Market, was $38.74.
THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE AUTOMATICALLY UPON THE DATE
OF FILING IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a) OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND 17 C.F.R.
SECTION 230.462.
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PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 8. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 4.2
EXHIBIT 5
EXHIBIT 23.1
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Items 1 & 2. The documents containing the information for the UCBH Holdings,
Inc. (the "Registrant") 1998 Stock Option Plan, as amended, (the "Plan")
required by Part I of this registration statement will be sent or given to the
participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents are
not filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") as a
part of this registration statement pursuant to Rule 424 in reliance on Rule
428.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed pursuant to General
Instruction E for the purpose of registering additional shares of common stock
under the Registrant's Plan.
We previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") three registration statements on Form S-8 on June 1, 1999 (SEC
File No. 333-79703) relating to the registration of 933,333 shares of the
Registrant's Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), on
May 17, 2001 (File No. 333-61178) relating to the registration of 1,866,666
shares of the Registrant's Common Stock authorized for issuance pursuant to the
Registrant's Plan, and on August 20, 2004 (File No. 333-118428) relating to the
registration of 2,100,936 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock authorized
for issuance pursuant to the Registrant's Plan.
The contents of such earlier registration statement and amendment thereto are
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are

incorporated by reference into this registration statement:
(a) The Registrant's annual report filed on March 11, 2004 on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2003.
(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") since the end
of the fiscal year covered by the annual report referred to in (a) above.
(c) The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the
Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1 (SEC file no. 333-58325), as
amended (which is incorporated by reference into the Registrant's registration
statement on Form 8-A filed on January 29, 2003 under the Exchange Act),
including any amendment or report subsequently filed by the Registrant for the
purpose of updating that description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration
statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such
documents.
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Item 8. Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into
this registration statement on Form S-8 (numbering corresponds generally to
Exhibit Table in Item 601 of Regulation S-K):
4.1
Stock Certificate of UCBH Holdings, Inc.
1
4.2
Amended UCBH Holdings, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan.
5
Opinion of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5 hereto).
24
Power of Attorney is located on the signature pages.
1
Filed as an exhibit to, and incorporated by reference herein from, the
Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on
July 1, 1998 (SEC File No. 333-58325), as amended (including the Registrant's
registration statement on Form 8-A filed on January 29, 2003 under the Exchange
Act).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of San Francisco, State of California, on
October 4,
2004.
UCBH HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
/s/ Thomas S. Wu
Thomas S. Wu
Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Thomas S. Wu as the true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitutes or
substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Thomas S. Wu
Thomas S. Wu
Chairman of the Board, President
and Chief Executive Officer and
Director (principal executive officer)
October 4, 2004
/s/ Jonathan H. Downing
Jonathan H. Downing
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Director
(principal financial and accounting officer)
October 4, 2004
/s/ Joseph J. Jou
Joseph J. Jou
Director
October 4, 2004
/s/ Li-Lin Ko
Li-Lin Ko
Director
October 4, 2004
/s/ Ronald S. McMeekin
Ronald S. McMeekin
Director
October 4, 2004
/s/ Dr. Godwin Wong
Dr. Godwin Wong
Director
October 4, 2004
/s/ Joseph S. Wu
Joseph S. Wu
Director
October 4, 2004
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Stock Certificate of UCBH Holdings, Inc.
1
4.2
Amended UCBH Holdings, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan.
5
Opinion of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5 hereto).
24
Power of Attorney is located on the signature pages.
1
Filed as an exhibit to, and incorporated by reference herein from, the
Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on
July 1, 1998 (SEC File No. 333-58325), as amended
(including the Registrant's
registration statement on Form 8-A filed on January 29, 2003 under the Exchange
Act).