First a warm greeting. This letter records officially, and is also a formal request for a MICI DINATRADEC Note certifying its position transmitted to us tlu'ough conversations with the office of Minister Ricardo Quijano and Joanny Vasquezfor DINATRADEC. TheseconvelSations took place on January 17, 2013 in the moming, with the legal representatives of investors and myself invited MICI to the negotiating table as required by Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) IFree Trade Agreement (FTA) at this stage and even future 3:ages. And again, on January 18, 2013, representatives of our lawyers, the intemational finn of Bailey Law PC, made an unsuccessful attempt to MICI DINATRADEC who answered the phone from the office of the Minister but inm1ediately transferred to DINATRADEC who never answered. These phone calls are recorded officially in an attempt to begin talks to resolve amicably our dispute with the Republic of Panama through its Administration of Treaties office of MICI, which is the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Panama.