SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
Report of
Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
For
the month of September 2009
CREDICORP
LTD.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Clarendon
House
Church
Street
Hamilton
HM 11 Bermuda
(Address
of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form
40-F.
Form
20-F x Form
40-F o
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.
Yes o No x
La
Molina, September 7, 2009
COMISIÓN
NACIONAL SUPERVISORA
DE
EMPRESAS Y VALORES
CONASEV
Re.:
MATERIAL EVENT
Dear
Sirs,
CREDICORP
LTD., in accordance with article 28 of the Capital Markets Law and CONASEV
Resolution for Material Events and Reserved Information and Other Communications
number 107-2002-EF/94.10, as modified by CONASEV Resolution number
009-2003-EF/94.10, complies with notifying you of the following Material
Event:
Credicorp’s
subsidiary, Banco de Crédito del Perú has reached an agreement with Cooperative
for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc. (Care) to acquire 77.2% of the total
stock of Financiera Edyficar, a financial entity specialized in the microfinance
segment.
This
acquisition is subject to the approval from the Superintendency of Banks,
Insurance and Pension Funds and it will require a public stock offering to
acquire the remaining stock from the rest of shareholders, in accordance with
the rules regulating the Peruvian capital market.
Yours
faithfully,
/s/
Fernando Palao
Fernando
Palao
Credicorp
Ltd.
SIGNATURE
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.
Date: September
8, 2009
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By:
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/s/ Giuliana
Cuzquen
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Giuliana
Cuzquen
Authorized
Representative
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