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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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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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