SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 18-K/A
For Foreign Governments and Political Subdivisions Thereof
AMENDMENT NO. 3
to the
ANNUAL REPORT
of
REPUBLIC OF PANAMA
(Name of Registrant)
Date of end of last fiscal year: December 31, 2004
SECURITIES REGISTERED*
(As of the close of the fiscal year)
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| Title of Issue | | Amounts as to
which registration
is effective | | Names of
exchanges on
which registered |
| N/A | | N/A | | N/A |
Name and address of person authorized to receive notices and communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission:
Federico Humbert Arias
Ambassador of Panama
Embassy of Panama
2862 McGill Terrace, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20008
| * | The Registrant is filing this annual report on a voluntary basis. |
REPUBLIC OF PANAMA (THE “REGISTRANT”)
Reference is made to the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and effective as of November 4, 2005 (Registration Statement No. 333-128872) (the “Registration Statement”) of the Registrant.
The sole purpose of this Amendment is to file with the Commission (i) a description of certain recent developments with respect to the Registrant as of January 18, 2006, included as Exhibit H hereof, and (ii) the legal opinions included as Exhibits I and J 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 Procurador de la Administración) 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 amendment to the annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, at the City of New York, New York, on the 26th day of January, 2006.
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REPUBLIC OF PANAMA |
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By | | /s/ RICAURTE VÁSQUEZ MORALES |
Name: | | Ricaurte Vásquez Morales |
Title: | | Minister of Economy and Finance |
| | | of the Republic of Panama |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No | | | | |
A: | | None | | |
B: | | None | | |
*C: | | Copy of the 2005 Annual Budget of the Republic | | |
*D: | | Current Description of the Republic | | |
*E: | | Recent developments of the Republic as of November 3, 2005 | | |
*F: | | Opinion dated November 29, 2005 of Arnold & Porter LLP | | |
*G: | | Opinion dated November 29, 2005 of the Procurador de la Administración | | |
H: | | Recent developments of the Republic as of January 18, 2006 | | |
I: | | Opinion dated January 30, 2006 of Arnold & Porter LLP | | |
J: | | Opinion dated January 30, 2006 of the Procurador de la Administración | | |
