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 ASTRA PHARMACEUTICALS AB, Sweden in ASTRA PHARMACEUTICALS AB (PHILIPPINES) have been reported lost.

REGISTRATION DOCUMENT NO.                    DATE CB-MEDIAD (FI) 76-676                             November 2, 1976 CB-MEDIAD (FI) 76-712                            November 22, 1976 CB-MEDIAD (FI) 78-1009                            January 09, 1978

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