In accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of the Securities Market Regulatory Law, the authorization to carry out a public offering does not imply a qualification on the goodness of the issue or the solvency of the issuer or intermediary.

1 Name of the holding company of the group.

2 The operations carried out abroad by banks or financial companies domiciled in foreign places authorized by the National Council for Supervision of the Financial System, are not subject to the monetary control of the Central Bank or the supervision of national supervisory bodies, except as provided for in the Organic Law of the Central Bank of Costa Rica. However, they will be subject to the controls of the supervisors of the country of the legal domicile of those entities, as stipulated in Article 23 of the Regulations for the Constitution, Transfer, Registration and Operation of Financial Groups.

In accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of the Securities Market Regulatory Law, the authorization to carry out a public offer does not imply a qualification on the goodness of the issue or the solvency of the issuer or intermediary.”

THE CAFSA FINANCIAL GROUP informs the general public that its operation was authorized by the National Council for Supervision of the Financial System, through Article 21, of the Minutes of Session 311-2006, held on July 9, 2002. The Supervision of this Group or Conglomerate corresponds to the General Superintendency of Financial Entities.