Whereas the Claimant Aguas Provinciales de Santa Fe S.A. (APSF) by letter of 11 January 2006, informed the Tribunal that APSF “in compliance with a condition imposed by the Province of Santa Fe for its approval of the sale of Claimant Shareholders’ shares in APSF to Alberdi Aguas S.A….has decided to withdraw its claim in the above-referenced-arbitration” but that such withdrawal was expressly without prejudice to the Claimant Shareholders’ claims in this proceeding;