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March 31st, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission,
450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C.  20549

Re:      Credicorp Ltd. - Report on Form 6-K

Dear Sirs:

On  behalf  of  Credicorp  Ltd.  (the  “Company”),  I hereby  notify  you of the
following  Material Event on the Company's  Report on Form 6-K (the “Form 6-K”).
The attached  Material Event (“Hecho de Importancia”) are being furnished to the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission  pursuant to Rule 13a-16 and Form 6-K under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

This Report contains a copy of the following:

Notice of Material  Event,submitted to CONASEV and the “Bolsa de Valores de Lima
on March 31, 2003.

Please  direct any questions or comments you may have  regarding  this filing to
the undersigned at 156 Calle Centenario, La Molina, Lima - 12 Peru.

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


Credicorp Ltd.

                                Name: Ray Campos
                                Title:  Authorized Representative

March 31st, 2003
Comisión Nacional Supervisora
de Empresas y Valores
CONASEV

Reference: Material Event

Dear Sirs:

Our company,  Credicorp Ltd.  (NYSE:  BAP) in accordance  with article 28 of the
Peruvian  Capital Market Law and the CONASEV  resolution N°  107-2002-EF/94.10.0
(The Rule), hereby notify you of the following “Material Event”:

In the  Annual  Shareholder's  Meeting,  held on March  28,  2003 the  following
agreements were approved with the required quorum being represented:

     1.   The 2002 Annual Report
     2.   The consolidated financial statements, including the Balance Sheet and
          the Profit and Loss Statement for the year ended on December 31, 2002,
          in  addition to the Report of the  external  auditors,  Dongo - Soria,
          Gaveglio y Asociados, a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
     3.   Medina, Zaldívar, Paredes y Asociados, a member firm of Ernst & Young,
          was designated as external auditors for the year 2003.

A cash dividend for the amount of US$ 28.3 million,  equal to US$ 0.30 per share
over a total of 94,382,317  shares,  to be paid on April 30, 2003 and payable to
all shareholder's  that purchase their shares up to and including April 11th and
are  registered as  shareholder's  on the Company's  registry by April 16, 2003.
This  dividend was approved by the Board in a meeting held on February 27, 2003,
and was announced as a Material Event promptly thereafter.

With the minutes of the meeting of the Board held on February 28, 2003,  we also
included a copy of the Annual Report and the Report of the external auditors for
the year 2002, according to CONASEV Resolution N° 107-2202-EF/94.10.0


Sincerely,

Fernando Palao
Credicorp Security Representative
CREDICORP LTD.

 

 

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