I. INTRODUCTION AND PARTIES

Pursuant to Article 52 of the ICSID Convention and Rule 50(1) of the Arbitration Rules, on December 20, 2012, Daimler Financial Services AG filed an application requesting the partial annulment of the Award issued on August 22, 2012 by an Arbitral Tribunal consisting of Professor Pierre-Marie Dupuy (President), Judge Charles N. Brower, and Professor Domingo Bello Janeiro, in the arbitration between Daimler Financial Services AG and the Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/05/1) (hereinafter referred to as the “Award”).

The Applicant is Daimler Financial Services AG and is hereinafter referred to as “Daimler” or the “Applicant”.

The Applicant is a company incorporated under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany.

The Respondent is the Argentine Republic and is hereinafter referred to as “Argentina” or the “Respondent.”

The Applicant and the Respondent are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Parties.”

The Parties’ respective representatives and their addresses are listed above on page (ii).