Lost Registration Documents

CIRCULAR LETTER Series of 2005

TO : ALL AUTHORIZED AGENT BANKS

Please be advised that the below listed Registration Documents, issued by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, evidencing registration of foreign direct investments of Hitachi Ltd. and Hitachi Asia Pte. Ltd., both of Japan, in Hitachi lndustrial Machinery Philippines Corporation, have been reported lost, to wit:

Registration

Name of Investors

Number

Date

Hitachi Ltd.

(DE) 95-00490

06-01-l 995

(DE) 95-00604

07-31-l 995

(DE) 95-01011

12-08-1995

Hitachi Asia Pte. Ltd.

(DE) 95-00491

06-01-l 995

(DE) 95-00603

07-31-I 995

(DE) 9501012

12-08-l 995

Above-mentioned documents have been applied for replacement and should not be honored if found and presented for purchase of foreign exchange far capital repatriation or dividends remittance pursuant to Section 40 of Circular No. 1389 dated 13 April 1993, as amended.

CELIA M. GONZALEZ Managing Director