Exhibit F
Bogotá D.C., Republic of Colombia, February 26, 2021
Republic of Colombia
Ministry of Finance and Public Credit
Carrera. 8 No. 6C-38, Piso 1
Bogotá D.C., Colombia
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In my capacity as Head of the Legal Affairs Group of the General Directorate of Public Credit and National Treasury of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit of the Republic of Colombia (the “Republic”), and in connection with the Registration Statement under Schedule B of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), filed by the Republic with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on the date hereof (the “Registration Statement”), pursuant to which the Republic proposes to issue and sell from time to time up to $12,000,000,000 of its debt securities (the “Debt Securities”) and warrants to purchase Debt Securities (“Warrants”), I have reviewed the following:
(i) the Registration Statement;
(ii) the Indenture, dated as of January 28, 2015 (as supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Republic and The Bank of New York Mellon, filed as Exhibit B to the Republic’s Registration Statement No. 333-220694;
(iv) the First Supplemental Indenture, dated September 8, 2015, between the Republic and The Bank of New York Mellon, previously filed as Exhibit E to the Annual Report on Form 18-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014;
(iii) the forms of Debt Securities included as exhibits to the Indenture; and
(iv) the relevant provisions of the following laws under which the issuance of the Debt Securities has been authorized:
(a) Law 533 of 1999, Law 185 of 1995, Law 80 of 1993 and Decree 2681 of 1993 (copies and translations of which are attached as exhibits to Registration Statement No. 333-13172, and incorporated herein by reference);
(b) Law 781 of 2002 (a translation of which is attached as an exhibit to Registration Statement No. 333-109215, and incorporated herein by reference); and
(c) Law 1366 of 2009 (a translation of which has been filed as part of Exhibit 3 to Amendment No. 2 to the Republic’s 2008 Annual Report on Form 18-K and incorporated herein by reference);
(d) Law 1624 of 2013 (a translation of which has been filed as part of Exhibit 3 to Amendment No. 1 to the Republic’s 2012 Annual Report on Form 18-K and incorporated herein by reference);