Lost Registration Documents

CIRCULAR LETTER Series of 2002

TO: ALL AUTHORIZED AGENT BANKS

Please be advised that the below listed Registration Documents, issued by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, evidencing registration of the foreign direct investments of G.D. Searle and Company USA in G.D. Searle (Philippines), Inc. have been reported lost:

Registration Number

Date of Registration

CB-MEDIAD (FI) 84-2885

February 2, 1984

CB-MEDIAD (FI) 84-2919

March 15, 1984

CB-MEDIAD (FI) 84-2939-D

April 26, 1984

CB-FEOID (FI) 89-00056

February 22, 1989

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

CYNTHIA RITA C. CABBAB Officer-In-Charge