SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 18-K/A
For Foreign Governments and Political Subdivisions Thereof
AMENDMENT NO. 3
to
ANNUAL REPORT
of
FEDERATIVE
REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL
(Name of Registrant)
Date of end of last fiscal year: December 31, 2001
SECURITIES REGISTERED*
(As of the close of the fiscal year)
Title of Issue | Amounts as to which registration is effective | Names of exchanges on which registered | ||
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
Names and addresses of persons authorized to receive notices
and communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission
Rubens A. Barbosa
Ambassador of Brazil
Embassy of Brazil
3006 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20008
| * | The Registrant is filing this annual report on a voluntary basis. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The sole purpose of this Amendment is to file with the Commission (i) the recent developments in the Republic as of June 10, 2003 included as Exhibit K hereof, and (ii) the legal opinions included as Exhibits L and M hereof in accordance with the Registrant’s undertaking in the Registration Statement to furnish copies of such legal opinions as may be required (including the opinion of the Procuradoria-Geral da Fazenda Nacional) in connection with any issue of securities under the Registration Statement.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Brasília, Brazil on the 12th day of June, 2003.
| FEDERATIVE REPUBLICOF BRAZIL | ||
By: | /s/ Sônia de Almendra Freitas Portella Nunes | |
Sônia de Almendra Freitas Portella Nunes Attorney of the National Treasury | ||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Page No. | |||
| A: | None | |||
| B: | None | |||
| *C: | Copy of the 2001 Annual Budget of the Republic | |||
| *D: | Current Description of the Republic | |||
| *E: | Description of Amendments to Be Made to Fiscal Agency Agreement dated as of November 1, 1996 between the Federative Republic of Brazil and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Fiscal Agent | |||
| *F: | Form of Amendment No. 1 dated as of April 28, 2003 to the Fiscal Agency Agreement dated as of November 1, 1996 between the Federative Republic of Brazil and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Fiscal Agent | |||
| *G: | Recent Developments in the Republic as of April 28, 2003 | |||
| *H: | Consent of Antonio Palocci Filho, Minister of Finance | |||
| *I: | Opinion dated April 30, 2003 of Arnold & Porter relating to $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 10% Global Bonds due 2007 | |||
| *J: | Opinion dated April 30, 2003 of a duly authorized Attorney of the National Treasury of the Republic relating to $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 10% Global Bonds due 2007 | |||
| K: | Recent Developments in the Republic as of June 10, 2003 | |||
| L: | Opinion dated June 12, 2003 of Arnold & Porter relating to $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 10.25% Global Bonds due 2013 | |||
| M: | Opinion dated June 11, 2003 of a duly authorized Deputy Attorney General of the National Treasury of the Republic relating to $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 10.25% Global Bonds due 2013 | |||
| * | Previously filed. |
