FORM 18-K/A
For Foreign Governments and Political Subdivisions Thereof
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 2
to the
ANNUAL REPORT
of
REPUBLIC OF PANAMA
(Name of Registrant)
Date of end of last fiscal year: December 31, 2015
SECURITIES REGISTERED*
(As of the close of the fiscal year)
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Name and address of person authorized to receive notices
and communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission:
Honorable Emanuel González-Revilla
Ambassador of Panama
Embassy of Panama
2862 McGill Terrace, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20008
Copies to:
Eli Whitney Debevoise II
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
601 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
| * | The Registrant is filing this annual report on a voluntary basis |
REPUBLIC OF PANAMA (THE “REGISTRANT” OR “REPUBLIC”)
Reference is made to the registration statement of the Registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) effective as of January 10, 2017 (Registration Statement No. 333-215316) (the “Registration Statement”).
The purpose of this Amendment to the annual report of the Registrant on Form 18-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, as amended, is to file with the Commission Recent Developments in the Republic as of April 19, 2017, included as Exhibit E hereof.
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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 Panama, Panama, on the 19th day of April, 2017.
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REPUBLIC OF PANAMA |
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By: | | /s/ Horacio Montenegro |
Name: | | Horacio Montenegro |
| Title: | | Acting Vice-Minister of Economy of the Republic of Panama |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit
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| A: | | None |
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| B: | | None |
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| *C: | | Copy of the 2016 Annual Budget of the Republic (in Spanish) (P) (Rule 311) |
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| *D: | | Current Description of the Republic |
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| *E: | | Recent Developments in the Registrant as of December 23, 2016 |
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| *F: | | Amendment No. 3 dated October 26, 2016, to the Fiscal Agency Agreement, dated as of September 26, 1997, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, dated September 4, 2003 and Amendment No. 2 thereto, dated as of February 13, 2015, between the Republic of Panama and The Bank of New York Mellon (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., formerly known as Chase Manhattan Bank), as Fiscal Agent |
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| G: | | Recent Developments in the Registrant as of April 19, 2017 |
| (P) | Previous paper filing under cover of Form SE pursuant to Rules 306(c) and 311 of Regulation S-T. |
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