Lost registration documents

CIRCULAR LETTER Series of 1997

TO : All Authorized Agent Banks

We advise that the following Registration Documents (in the form of letter-advices) covering the foreign investments of THE SANWA BANK LIMITED of Korea in RIZAL COMMERCIAL BANKING CORPORATION have been reported lost.

REGISTRATION DOCUMENT NO.                   DATE CB-MEDIAD (FI) 78-1089                            May 31, 1978 CB-MEDIAD (FI) 79-1310 D                        March 29, 1979 CB-MEDIAD (FI) 80-1686 D                        March 10, 1980 CB-FEOID (DE) 87-00209                            Dec. 08, 1987 CB-FEOID (DE) 89-00138                            June 13, 1989

Abovementioned registration documents should not be honored when presented for capital repatriation or profit remittances pursuant to Section 40 of CB Circular 1389 dated April 13, 1993.

GREGORIO R. SUAREZ Managing Director, BSS & Officer-In-Charge, FED