PUBLIC RELEASE
The Superintendency of the Securities Market of the Republic of Panama (hereinafter the “SMV”), in accordance with its legal duty to strengthen and promote the proper environment for the development of the securities market in the Republic of Panama, in compliance with regulation contained in the Securities Law, makes the following public statement:
That the Panamanian company named:
BROKERAGE COMPANY LIMITED, S.A., registered under the Microjacket # 754003, Document # 2084980 in the Mercantile Section of the Public Registry, has not been granted any kind of license by the SMV, nor has been authorized to carry on activities of intermediation, administration, or advisory in securities, financial instruments or forex, in or from the Republic of Panama, within the scope of the Securities Law.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit against the company BroCo Investments, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, relating to Brokerage Company Limited, S.A. and visible at the following link: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2010/comp21452.pdf
The company BROKERAGE COMPANY LIMITED, S.A. does not have any offices in Panama, the address listed in their website belongs to another company.
For further information regarding this Release, please contact us by phone at (507) 501-1700, fax (507) 501-1709, or email info@supervalores.gob.pa.
The list of all the institutions authorized by the SMV is available in our Web site www.supervalores.gob.pa.
Alejandro Abood Alfaro
Superintendent
January 31, 2013.