On June 14, 2007, Railroad Development Corporation (“RDC” or “Claimant”) filed before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID” or the “Centre”) a Request for Arbitration against the Republic of Guatemala (“Respondent’, “Guatemala” or the “Government”) on its own behalf and on behalf of Compañía Desarrolladora Ferroviaria, S.A., a company which does business as Ferrovías Guatemala (“FVG”), a Guatemalan company majority-owned and controlled by RDC. The Request was brought under the Dominican Republic — Central America — United States of America Free Trade Agreement 1 (“CAFTA” or the “Treaty”). ICSID registered the Request for Arbitration on August 20, 2007.