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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;15, 2007<BR>
Registration No.&nbsp;333-_____
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UCBH HOLDINGS, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</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">(State of Incorporation)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>555 Montgomery Street<BR>
San Francisco, California 94111</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UCBH HOLDINGS, INC.<BR>
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><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</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(415)&nbsp;315-2800</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Copies To:</B></DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Remsen M. Kinne IV, Esq.<BR>
Nicholas C. Unkovic, Esq.<BR>
Squire, Sanders &#038; Dempsey L.L.P.<BR>
One Maritime Plaza, Suite&nbsp;300<BR>
San Francisco, CA 94111</B>

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>

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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $.01 par
value per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">3,000,000 (2)</TD>
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    <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. Amended and Restated 2006 Equity
Incentive Plan (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. section 230.416(a).</TD>
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    <TD>Represents additional shares reserved for issuance under the Plan that
are covered by this Registration Statement. Under the Plan the
Company previously registered: 933,333 shares for issuance as options
in a Form S-8 filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;1, 1999; 1,866,666 shares for
issuance as options in a Form S-8 filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;17, 2001;
2,100,936 shares for issuance as options in a Form S-8 filed with the
SEC on August&nbsp;20, 2004; and 2,261,224 shares for issuance as options
in a Form S-8 filed with the SEC on October&nbsp;4, 2004. The numbers of
shares registered by the Company for issuance as options under the
Plan in these Forms S-8 have been subsequently adjusted to reflect the
two-for-one stock split effective April&nbsp;11, 2001, the two-for-one
stock split effective April&nbsp;8, 2003, and the two-for-one stock split
effective April&nbsp;12, 2005, as applicable.</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 June&nbsp;12, 2007, as quoted on The Nasdaq Global Select Market, was
$18.55.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><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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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>PART I &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</B></DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Item&nbsp;3.</B>&nbsp; <B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B></DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Items 1 &#038; 2. The documents containing the information for the UCBH Holdings, Inc. (the
&#147;Registrant&#148;) Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) required by Part&nbsp;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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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">We previously filed with the Commission four 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, and on October&nbsp;4, 2004 (File No.&nbsp;333-119518) relating to the
registration of 2,261,224 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock authorized for issuance pursuant
to the Registrant&#146;s Plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The contents of such earlier registration statement and amendment thereto are incorporated herein
by reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference
into this registration statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s annual report filed on March&nbsp;1, 2007 on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2006.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;All other reports filed pursuant to Sections 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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s registration
statement on Form S-1 (SEC file no. 333-58325), as amended (which is incorporated by reference into
the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form 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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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
S-K):
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">UCBH Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan.</TD>
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    <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>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.
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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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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 June&nbsp;14, 2007.
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    <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="left"><B>UCBH HOLDINGS, INC.</B></TD>
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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">Dennis Wu</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director, Executive Vice President and</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Dennis 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="27%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="39%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature </B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ PIN PIN CHAU
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;14, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>PIN PIN CHAU</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ JOSEPH J. JOU
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;14, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>JOSEPH J. JOU</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ LI-LIN KO
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;14, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>LI-LIN KO</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ JAMES KWOK
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;14, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>JAMES KWOK</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ DAVID S. NG
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;14, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>DAVID S. NG</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ RICHARD WANG
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;14, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>RICHARD WANG</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ DR. GODWIN WONG
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;14, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>DR. GODWIN WONG</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ DENNIS WU
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director, Executive Vice President
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;14, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>DENNIS WU</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(principal financial officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(principal accounting officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ THOMAS S. WU
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;14, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>THOMAS S. WU</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Directors, President and</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(principal executive officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="91%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Stock Certificate of UCBH Holdings, Inc.<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">1</SUP></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">UCBH Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Squire, Sanders &#038; Dempsey L.L.P.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Squire, Sanders &#038; Dempsey L.L.P. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5 hereto).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney is located on the signature pages.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.
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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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15, 2007
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)
UCBH HOLDINGS, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE 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:
Remsen M. Kinne IV, Esq.
Nicholas C. Unkovic, Esq.
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 per share
3,000,000 (2)
$18.55 (3)
$55,635,000
$1,707.99
(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. Amended and Restated 2006 Equity
Incentive Plan (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. section 230.416(a).
(2)
Represents additional shares reserved for issuance under the Plan that
are covered by this Registration Statement. Under the Plan the
Company previously registered: 933,333 shares for issuance as options
in a Form S-8 filed with the SEC on June 1, 1999; 1,866,666 shares for
issuance as options in a Form S-8 filed with the SEC on May 17, 2001;
2,100,936 shares for issuance as options in a Form S-8 filed with the
SEC on August 20, 2004; and 2,261,224 shares for issuance as options
in a Form S-8 filed with the SEC on October 4, 2004. The numbers of
shares registered by the Company for issuance as options under the
Plan in these Forms S-8 have been subsequently adjusted to reflect the
two-for-one stock split effective April 11, 2001, the two-for-one
stock split effective April 8, 2003, and the two-for-one stock split
effective April 12, 2005, as applicable.
(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 June 12, 2007, as quoted on The Nasdaq Global Select Market, was
$18.55.
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Items 1 & 2. The documents containing the information for the UCBH Holdings, Inc. (the
"Registrant") Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (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.
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 Commission four 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, and on October 4, 2004 (File No. 333-119518) relating to the
registration of 2,261,224 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 1, 2007 on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2006.
(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.
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
UCBH Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive 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).
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 June 14, 2007.
UCBH HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
/s/ Dennis Wu
Dennis Wu
Director, Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Dennis 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
/s/ PIN PIN CHAU
Director
June 14, 2007
PIN PIN CHAU
/s/ JOSEPH J. JOU
Director
June 14, 2007
JOSEPH J. JOU
/s/ LI-LIN KO
Director
June 14, 2007
LI-LIN KO
/s/ JAMES KWOK
Director
June 14, 2007
JAMES KWOK
/s/ DAVID S. NG
Director
June 14, 2007
DAVID S. NG
/s/ RICHARD WANG
Director
June 14, 2007
RICHARD WANG
/s/ DR. GODWIN WONG
Director
June 14, 2007
DR. GODWIN WONG
/s/ DENNIS WU
Director, Executive Vice President
June 14, 2007
DENNIS WU
and Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
(principal accounting officer)
/s/ THOMAS S. WU
Chairman of the Board of
June 14, 2007
THOMAS S. WU
Directors, President and
Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Stock Certificate of UCBH Holdings, Inc.
1
4.2
UCBH Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive 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).