18-K/A 1 d66782d18ka.htm 18-K/A 18-K/A

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 18-K/A

 

 

AMENDMENT NO. 2

For Foreign Governments and Political Subdivisions Thereof

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT

of the

REPUBLIC OF PANAMA

(Name of Registrant)

 

 

Date of end of last fiscal year: December 31, 2019

 

 

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
            

 

Name and address of person authorized to receive notices

and communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission:

Juan Ricardo De Dianous Henríquez

Ambassador of Panama

Embassy of Panama

2862 McGill Terrace, NW

Washington, D.C. 20008

It is requested that copies of notices and communications from the Securities and

Exchange Commission be sent to:

Eli Whitney Debevoise II, Esq.

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”)

The purpose of this Amendment to the annual report of the Registrant on Form 18-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, as amended, is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission Recent Developments in the Republic of Panama as of November 25, 2020, included as Exhibit J hereof.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and 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 25th day of November, 2020.

 

REPUBLIC OF PANAMA
By:  

/s/ Héctor E. Alexander H.

Name:   Héctor E. Alexander H.
Title:   Minister of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Panama

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

    No.    

    
  A:   None
  B:   None
*C:   Copy of the 2019 Annual Budget of the Republic (in Spanish) (Rule 311) (P)
*D:   Current Description of the Republic
*E:   Opinion dated September 29, 2020 of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
*F:   Opinion dated September 29, 2020 of the Procurador de la Administración
*G:   Form of 2.252% Global Bonds due 2032
*H:   Form of 3.870% Global Bonds due 2060
*I:   Terms Agreement, dated September 22, 2020, by and between the Republic and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
  J:   Recent Developments in the Registrant as of November 25, 2020

 

*

Previously Filed

(P)

Previous paper filing under cover of Form SE pursuant to Rules 306(c) of Regulation S-T

 

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