-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Pmu7ognPl1oG8yHKuZoEFjWZgiDG1lxofgcoH59kj3VT+wovhJzxuJpbDEyOMf5W RcEmrphN/f7+S9tRGk9oXg== 0000950133-06-004029.txt : 20060905 0000950133-06-004029.hdr.sgml : 20060904 20060905172358 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950133-06-004029 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 424B3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060905 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CORPORACION ANDINA DE FOMENTO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000947438 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS CREDIT INSTITUTION [6159] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 424B3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-123224 FILM NUMBER: 061074811 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TORRE CENTRAL STREET 2: AVENIDA LUIS ROCHE ALTAMIRA CITY: CARACAS VENEZUELA STATE: X5 ZIP: 999999999 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TORRE CAF STREET 2: AV LUIS ROCHE CITY: CARACAS VENEZUELA STATE: X5 424B3 1 w24404b3e424b3.htm FORM 424B3 e424b3
 

This prospectus supplement relates to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, but is not complete and may be changed. This prospectus supplement is not an offer to sell these securities, and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
 
 
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-123224
 
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION DATED SEPTEMBER 5, 2006
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED AUGUST 24, 2006
 
$          
 
CAF LOGO
 
CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO
 
% Notes Due 2017
 
 
 
 
We will pay interest on the notes on January    and July    of each year. The first interest payment will be made on January   , 2007. We may not redeem the notes prior to their maturity on January   , 2017. There is no sinking fund for these notes.
 
 
 
 
                         
          Underwriting
    Proceeds to
 
    Price to
    Discounts and
    Corporación Andina de
 
    Public(1)     Commissions     Fomento(1)  
 
Per Note
                       
Total
                       
 
(1) Plus accrued interest, if any, from September   , 2006.
 
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus supplement or the prospectus to which it relates is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
Delivery of the notes in book-entry form only through The Depository Trust Company will be made on or about September   , 2006.
 
Credit Suisse
 
The date of this prospectus supplement is September   , 2006.


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
     
Prospectus Supplement
About This Prospectus Supplement
  S-2
Forward-Looking Information
  S-2
Summary of the Offering
  S-3
Use of Proceeds
  S-5
Description of the Notes
  S-5
Underwriting
  S-9
Notice to Canadian Residents
  S-10
Validity of the Notes
  S-11
Prospectus
About this Prospectus
  1
Forward-Looking Information
  2
Corporación Andina De Fomento
  3
Legal Status of CAF
  3
Use of Proceeds
  4
Capitalization and Indebtedness
  4
Capital Structure
  5
Selected Financial Information
  8
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
  9
Operations of CAF
  15
Funded Debt
  25
Debt Record
  27
Asset and Liability Management
  27
Administration
  28
The Regional Shareholder Countries
  32
Description of the Debt Securities
  34
Description of the Guarantees
  38
Taxation
  38
Plan of Distribution
  42
Validity of the Debt Securities
  43
Validity of the Guarantees
  43
Independent Auditors
  43
Authorized Representative
  43
Where You Can Find More Information
  43
Index to Financial Statements
  F-1
Supplementary Information
  S-1
 
You should rely only on the information contained in this document or to which we have referred you. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different. This document may only be used where it is legal to sell these securities. The information in this document may only be accurate on the date of this document.


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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
 
The notes described in this prospectus supplement are debt securities of Corporación Andina de Fomento, or CAF, that are being offered under a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933. The prospectus is part of that registration statement.
 
The prospectus provides you with a general description of the debt securities that we may issue, and this prospectus supplement contains specific information about the terms of this offering and the notes. This prospectus supplement also may add, update or change information provided in the prospectus. Consequently, before you invest, you should read this prospectus supplement together with the prospectus.
 
The registration statement, any post-effective amendments to the registration statement and their various exhibits contain additional information about CAF, the notes and other matters. All these documents may be inspected at the offices of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain terms that we use but do not define in this prospectus supplement have the meanings we give them in the prospectus.
 
Except as otherwise specified, all amounts in this prospectus supplement are expressed in United States dollars (“dollars,” “$,” “US$” or “U.S. dollars”).
 
Laws in certain jurisdictions may restrict the distribution of this prospectus supplement and the prospectus and the offering of our notes. You should inform yourself about and observe these restrictions. See “Underwriting” in this prospectus supplement.
 
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
 
This prospectus supplement and the prospectus may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. These statements are identified by words such as “believe”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “should” and words of similar meaning.
 
Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which cannot be predicted with accuracy and some of which might not even be anticipated. Future events and actual financial and other results may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not place undue reliance on them. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, those discussed in this prospectus supplement and the prospectus, such as the effects of economic or political turmoil in one or more of our member countries.


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SUMMARY OF THE OFFERING
 
You should read the following summary information in conjunction with the more detailed information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus supplement and the prospectus.
 
Issuer Corporación Andina de Fomento
 
Securities Offered      % Notes Due 2017
 
Interest Payments We will pay interest twice a year on January    and July    to holders of the notes listed in the fiscal agent’s records on the preceding December    and June      . The first interest payment will be made on January   , 2007. We will pay interest on the notes on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
 
Not Redeemable We may not redeem the notes prior to their maturity on January   , 2017.
 
Form and Denominations The notes will be issued in the form of a global note held by the depositary or the depositary’s custodian. You will hold your interest in the global note through a financial institution that has an account with the depositary. Generally, you will not be entitled to have notes registered in your name, you will not be entitled to certificates representing your notes and you will not be considered a holder of a note under the fiscal agency agreement. You may hold your interest in the global note in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. (See “Description of the Notes — Form and Denominations” on page S-5 of this prospectus supplement.)
 
Payment of Principal and Interest We will pay interest and the principal amount of your notes in U.S. dollars. As long as the notes are in the form of the global note, we will pay interest and principal through the facilities of the depositary. (See “Description of the Notes — Payments on the Notes” on page S-7 of this prospectus supplement.)
 
Additional Amounts We will make payments to you without withholding or deducting taxes, duties, assessments or other similar governmental charges imposed by the regional shareholder countries or any of their political subdivisions or agencies having the power to tax, unless the withholding or deduction of those taxes, duties, assessments or charges is required by law. In that event, with certain exceptions, we will pay such additional amounts as may be necessary so that the net amount you receive after such withholding or deduction will equal the amount that you would have received without a withholding or deduction. (See “Description of the Debt Securities — Additional Payments by CAF” on page 36 in the prospectus.) Under the terms of the Constitutive Agreement, we are exempt from all taxes and tariffs on income, properties or assets, and from any liability involving payment, withholding or collection of any taxes in the regional shareholder countries. (See “Legal Status of CAF” on page 3 in the prospectus.)
 
Status The notes are not secured by any of our property or assets. Accordingly, your ownership of our notes means you are one of our unsecured creditors. The notes rank equally with all of our other unsecured indebtedness, as described in the prospectus. (See


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“Description of the Debt Securities — General” on page 34 in the prospectus.)
 
Negative Pledge The notes will contain a restriction on our ability to pledge or mortgage our assets. (See “Description of the Debt Securities — Negative Pledge” on page 36 in the prospectus.)
 
Default You will have certain rights if an event of default occurs and is not cured by us as described in the prospectus, including the right to declare your notes to be immediately due and payable. (See “Description of the Debt Securities — Default; Acceleration of Maturity” on page 36 in the prospectus.)
 
Fiscal Agent The notes will be issued under a fiscal agency agreement between CAF and JPMorgan Chase Bank, which serves as fiscal agent, paying agent, transfer agent and registrar.
 
Taxation For a discussion of the regional shareholder country and United States tax consequences of the notes, see “Taxation — Regional Shareholder Country Taxation” and “— United States Taxation” beginning on page 38 in the prospectus.  You should consult your own tax advisors to determine the foreign and U.S. federal, state, local and any other tax consequences to you in connection with your purchase, ownership and disposition of the notes.
 
Governing Law The notes will be governed by the laws of the State of New York.


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USE OF PROCEEDS
 
We will use the net proceeds of the sale of the notes for general corporate purposes, including funding of our lending operations.
 
DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES
 
This prospectus supplement describes the terms of the notes in greater detail than the prospectus and may provide information that differs from the prospectus. If the information in this prospectus supplement differs from the prospectus, you should rely on the information in this prospectus supplement.
 
General
 
We describe the price, interest and payment terms of the notes on the cover and in the summary of this prospectus supplement.
 
We will issue the notes under a fiscal agency agreement, dated as of March 17, 1998, between us and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as fiscal agent.
 
This description of the notes includes summaries of our understanding of certain customary rules and operating procedures of The Depository Trust Company, or DTC, that affect transfers of interests in the global note. DTC may amend its customary rules and operating procedures after the date of this prospectus supplement.
 
The notes are not secured by any of our property or assets. Accordingly, your ownership of notes means you are one of our unsecured creditors. The notes are not subordinated in right of payment to any of our other debt obligations and therefore they rank equally with all our other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. “Indebtedness” means all indebtedness of CAF in respect of monies borrowed by us and guarantees given by us for monies borrowed by others.
 
Form and Denominations
 
The Global Note
 
We will issue the notes in the form of one or more global debt securities (which we refer to as the global note) registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. The global note will be issued:
 
  •  only in fully registered form, and
 
  •  without interest coupons.
 
You may hold beneficial interests in the global note directly through DTC if you have an account at DTC, or indirectly through organizations that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a DTC account holder, either directly or indirectly. Euroclear Bank, as operator of the Euroclear System (“Euroclear”), and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (“Clearstream”), are indirect participants in DTC, and therefore participants in Euroclear and Clearstream will hold beneficial interests in the notes indirectly at DTC.
 
What is a Global Security? A global security (such as the global note) is a special type of security held in the form of a certificate by a depositary for the investors in a particular issue of securities. The aggregate principal amount of the global security equals the sum of the principal amounts of the issue of securities it represents. The depositary or its nominee is the sole legal holder of the global security. The beneficial interests of investors in the issue of securities are represented in book-entry form in the computerized records of the depositary. If investors want to purchase securities represented by a global security, they must do so through brokers, banks or other financial institutions that have an account with the depositary. In the case of the notes, DTC will act as depositary and Cede & Co. will act as DTC’s nominee.
 
Special Investor Considerations for Global Securities.  Because you, as an investor, will not be a registered legal holder of the global note, your rights relating to the global note will be governed by the


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account rules of your bank or broker and of the depositary, DTC, as well as general laws relating to securities transfers. We will not recognize a typical investor as a legal owner of the notes and instead will deal only with the fiscal agent and DTC, the depositary that is the registered legal holder of the global note.
 
You should be aware that as long as the notes are issued only in the form of a global security:
 
  •  You cannot get the notes registered in your own name.
 
  •  You cannot receive physical certificates for your interests in the notes.
 
  •  You will not be a registered legal holder of the notes and must look to your own bank or broker for payments on the notes and protection of your legal rights relating to the notes.
 
  •  You may not be able to sell interests in the notes to some insurance companies and other institutions that are required by law to own their securities in the form of physical certificates.
 
  •  As an owner of beneficial interests in the global note, you may not be able to pledge your interests to anyone who does not have an account with DTC, or to otherwise take actions in respect of your interests, because you cannot get physical certificates representing those interests.
 
  •  DTC’s policies will govern payments of principal and interest, transfers, exchanges and other matters relating to your interest in the global note. We and the fiscal agent have no responsibility for any aspect of DTC’s actions or for its records of ownership interests in the global note. Also, we and the fiscal agent do not supervise DTC in any way.
 
  •  DTC will require that interests in the global note be purchased or sold within its system using same-day funds.
 
Description of DTC.  DTC has informed us that:
 
DTC is a limited purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code and a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
DTC was created to hold securities for financial institutions that have accounts with it, and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between the account holders through electronic book-entry changes in their accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates. DTC account holders include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing corporations. Indirect access to the DTC system is also available to banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a DTC account holder, either directly or indirectly.
 
DTC’s rules are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
DTC’s records reflect only the identity of the account holder to whose accounts beneficial interests in the global note are credited. These account holders may or may not be the owners of the beneficial interests so recorded. The account holders will be responsible for keeping account of their holdings on behalf of the beneficial owners.
 
Definitive Notes
 
In a few special situations described in the next paragraph, the global note will terminate and your interests in it will be exchanged for physical certificates representing the notes. After that exchange, the choice of whether to hold the notes directly or in “street name” (in computerized book-entry form) will be up to you. You must consult your own bank or broker to find out how to have your interests in the notes transferred to your own name, if you wish to be a direct legal holder of the notes.
 
We will cause definitive notes to be issued in exchange for the global note if DTC notifies us that:
 
  •  it is unwilling, unable or no longer qualified to continue acting as the depositary for the global note;


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  •  it has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 at a time when it is required to be so registered and we do not appoint a successor depositary within 90 days;
 
  •  an event of default with respect to the notes represented by the global note has occurred and is continuing as described under “Description of the Debt Securities — Default; Acceleration of Maturity” in the prospectus; or
 
  •  we decide in our sole discretion not to have any of the notes represented by the global note.
 
We would issue definitive notes in this way:
 
  •  in fully registered form;
 
  •  without interest coupons; and
 
  •  in denominations of multiples of $1,000.
 
Any definitive notes issued in this way would be registered in the names and denominations requested by DTC.
 
Payments on the Notes
 
The Global Note.  The fiscal agent will make payments of principal of, and interest on, the global note to Cede & Co., the nominee for DTC, as the registered owner. The principal of, and interest on, the notes will be payable in immediately available funds in U.S. dollars.
 
We understand that it is DTC’s current practice, upon DTC’s receipt of any payment of principal of, or interest on, global securities such as the global note, to credit the accounts of DTC account holders with payment in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the principal amount of the global note as shown on the records of DTC. Payments by DTC account holders to owners of beneficial interests in the global note held through these account holders will be the responsibility of the account holders, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers registered in “street name”.
 
Neither we nor the fiscal agent will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of DTC’s or its account holders’ records relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership interests in the global note or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to these beneficial ownership interests.
 
 
“Street name” and other owners of beneficial interests in the global note should consult their banks or brokers for information on how they will receive payments.
 
Definitive Notes.  Payment of the principal of definitive notes, if any exist, may be made at the office of the fiscal agent. Payment of the interest on definitive notes will be paid by check mailed to you if you are a registered holder of definitive notes. At the request of a registered holder of more than $1,000,000 principal amount of definitive notes, payments of principal or interest may be made to that holder by wire transfer.
 
Unclaimed Payments on the Notes.  Any monies we pay to our fiscal agent or any paying agent for the payment of the principal of or interest on any notes that remains unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal or interest has become due and payable will be repaid to us by such agent. Upon such repayment, all liability of our fiscal agent or any paying agent with respect to such monies shall thereupon cease, without, however, limiting in any way our unconditional obligation to pay principal of or any interest on the notes when due.
 
Transfer and Exchange of the Notes
 
The Global Note.  Except as described below, the global note may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to DTC, to another nominee of DTC or to a successor of DTC or its nominee.


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Beneficial Interests in the Global Note.  Beneficial interests in the global note will be represented, and transfers of such beneficial interests will be made, through accounts of financial institutions acting on behalf of beneficial owners either directly as account holders, or indirectly through account holders, at DTC. Beneficial interests will be in multiples of $1,000.
 
Definitive Notes.  You may present definitive notes, if any exist, for registration of transfer or exchange at the corporate trust office of the fiscal agent in the City of New York, which we have appointed as the security registrar and transfer agent for the notes.
 
Exercise of Legal Rights Under the Notes
 
DTC may grant proxies or otherwise authorize DTC account holders (or persons holding beneficial interests in the notes through DTC account holders) to exercise any rights of a legal holder of the global note or take any other actions that a holder is entitled to take under the fiscal agency agreement or the notes. Under its usual procedures, as soon as possible after a record date, DTC would mail an omnibus proxy to us assigning Cede & Co.’s consenting or voting rights to those DTC account holders to whose accounts the notes are credited on such record date. Accordingly, in order to exercise any rights of a holder of notes, as an owner of a beneficial interest in the global note you must rely on the procedures of DTC and, if you are not an account holder, on the procedures of the account holder through which you own your interest.
 
We understand that, under existing industry practice, in the event that you, as an owner of a beneficial interest in the global note, desire to take any action that Cede & Co., as the holder of the global note, is entitled to take, Cede & Co. would authorize the relevant DTC account holder to take the action, and the account holder would authorize you, as an owner of a beneficial interest in the global note, through its accounts, to take the action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners owning through it.
 
Although DTC has agreed to the procedures described above in order to facilitate transfers of notes among DTC account holders, DTC is under no obligation to perform or continue to perform such procedures, and these procedures may be modified or discontinued at any time.
 
 
“Street name” and other owners of beneficial interests in the global note should consult their banks or brokers for information on how to exercise and protect their rights in the notes represented by the global note.
 
 
Notices
 
Notices will be sent by mail to the registered holders of the notes. If the notes are represented by a global note, any such notices will be delivered to DTC.
 
Certain Other Provisions
 
You should refer to the accompanying prospectus under the heading “Description of the Debt Securities” for a description of certain other provisions of the notes and the fiscal agency agreement.


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UNDERWRITING
 
Under the terms and subject to the conditions contained in an underwriting agreement dated May 24, 2000 and a related pricing agreement dated the date hereof, we have agreed to sell to the underwriters named below, for whom Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC is acting as representative, the following respective amounts of the notes:
 
         
Underwriter
  Principal Amount  
 
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
  $  
         
         
         
Total
  $  
         
 
The underwriting agreement and related pricing agreement provide that the underwriters are obligated to purchase all of the notes if any are purchased.
 
We have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, or to contribute to payments the underwriters may be required to make in respect of those liabilities.
 
The underwriters are offering the notes, subject to prior sale, when, as and if issued to and accepted by them, subject to certain conditions contained in the underwriting agreement and the related pricing agreement, such as the receipt by the underwriters of officer’s certificates and legal opinions. The underwriters reserve the right to withdraw, cancel or modify offers to the public and to reject orders in whole or in part.
 
Commissions and Discounts
 
The underwriters propose to offer the notes initially at the public offering price on the cover page of this prospectus supplement and to selling group members at that price less a selling concession of  % of the principal amount per note. The underwriters and selling group members may allow a discount of  % of the principal amount per note on sales to other broker/dealers. After the initial public offering the underwriters may change the public offering price and concession and discount to broker/dealers.
 
We estimate that our out of pocket expenses for this offering will be approximately $150,000.
 
New Issue of Notes
 
The notes are a new issue of securities with no established trading market. One or more of the underwriters intend to make a secondary market for the notes. However, they are not obligated to do so and may discontinue making a secondary market for the notes at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to how liquid the trading market for the notes will be.
 
Price Stabilization and Short Positions
 
In connection with the offering the underwriters may engage in stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids.
 
  •  Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum.
 
  •  Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of the notes in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions. A short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there may be downward pressure on the price of the notes in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in the offering.
 
  •  Penalty bids permit the representatives to reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate member when the notes originally sold by the syndicate member are purchased in a stabilizing transaction or a syndicate covering transaction to cover syndicate short positions.


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These stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of the notes or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the notes. As a result the price of the notes may be higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the open market. These transactions, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.
 
Settlement and Sales of Notes
 
We expect the delivery of the notes will be made against payment therefor on or about the closing date specified on the cover page of this prospectus supplement, which is the fifth business day following the date hereof (this settlement cycle being referred to as “T+5”). Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in three business days, unless the parties to that trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade notes on the date hereof or the next succeeding business day will be required, by virtue of the fact that the notes initially will settle in T+5, to specify an alternate settlement cycle at the time for any such trade to prevent a failed settlement and should consult their own advisor.
 
Selling Restrictions
 
The underwriters have represented and agreed that they have not and will not offer, sell or deliver any of the notes directly or indirectly, or distribute this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus or any other offering material relating to the notes, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and in a manner that will not impose any obligations on CAF except as set forth in the underwriting agreement and related pricing agreement.
 
NOTICE TO CANADIAN RESIDENTS
 
Resale Restrictions
 
The distribution of the notes in Canada is being made only on a private placement basis exempt from the requirement that we prepare and file a prospectus with the securities regulatory authorities in each province where trades of notes are made. Any resale of the notes in Canada must be made under applicable securities laws which will vary depending on the relevant jurisdiction, and which may require resales to be made under available statutory exemptions or under a discretionary exemption granted by the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authority. Purchasers are advised to seek legal advice prior to any resale of the notes.
 
Representations of Purchasers
 
By purchasing notes in Canada and accepting a purchase confirmation a purchaser is representing to us and the dealer from whom the purchase confirmation is received that:
 
  •  the purchaser is entitled under applicable provincial securities laws to purchase the notes without the benefit of a prospectus qualified under those securities laws,
 
  •  where required by law, that the purchaser is purchasing as principal and not as agent,
 
  •  the purchaser has reviewed the text above under Resale Restrictions, and
 
  •  the purchaser acknowledges and consents to the provision of specified information concerning its purchase of the notes to the regulatory authority that by law is entitled to collect the information.
 
Further details concerning the legal authority for this information is available on request.
 
Rights of Action — Ontario Purchasers Only
 
Under Ontario securities legislation, certain purchasers who purchase a security offered by this prospectus during the period of distribution will have a statutory right of action for damages, or while still the owner of the notes, for rescission against us in the event that this prospectus contains a misrepresentation without regard


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to whether the purchaser relied on the misrepresentation. The right of action for damages is exercisable not later than the earlier of 180 days from the date the purchaser first had knowledge of the facts giving rise to the cause of action and three years from the date on which payment is made for the notes. The right of action for rescission is exercisable not later than 180 days from the date on which payment is made for the notes. If a purchaser elects to exercise the right of action for rescission, the purchaser will have no right of action for damages against us. In no case will the amount recoverable in any action exceed the price at which the notes were offered to the purchaser, and if the purchaser is shown to have purchased the securities with knowledge of the misrepresentation, we will have no liability. In the case of an action for damages, we will not be liable for all or any portion of the damages that are proven to not represent the depreciation in value of the notes as a result of the misrepresentation relied upon. These rights are in addition to, and without derogation from, any other rights or remedies available at law to an Ontario purchaser. The foregoing is a summary of the rights available to an Ontario purchaser. Ontario purchasers should refer to the complete text of the relevant statutory provisions.
 
Enforcement of Legal Rights
 
All of our directors and officers as well as the experts named herein may be located outside of Canada and, as a result, it may not be possible for Canadian purchasers to effect service of process within Canada upon us or those persons. All or a substantial portion of our assets and the assets of those persons may be located outside of Canada and, as a result, it may not be possible to satisfy a judgment against us or those persons in Canada or to enforce a judgment obtained in Canadian courts against us or those persons outside of Canada.
 
Taxation and Eligibility for Investment
 
Canadian purchasers of notes should consult their own legal and tax advisors with respect to the tax consequences of an investment in the notes in their particular circumstances and about the eligibility of the notes for investment by the purchaser under relevant Canadian legislation.
 
VALIDITY OF THE NOTES
 
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, D.C., will pass upon the validity of the notes on our behalf. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C., will pass upon the validity of the notes on behalf of the underwriters. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP may rely as to certain matters on the opinion of Mr. Fernando Dongilio, our Chief Legal Counsel.


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$1,000,000,000
 
 
Corporación Andina de Fomento
 
Debt Securities
Guarantees
 
 
We may from time to time offer up to $1,000,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) aggregate principal amount of the securities described in this prospectus. The securities may be debentures, notes, guarantees or other unsecured evidences of indebtedness. In the case of debt securities sold at an original issue discount, we may issue a higher principal amount up to an initial public offering price of $1,000,000,000 (or its equivalent).
 
We may offer the securities from time to time as separate issues. In connection with any offering, we will provide a prospectus supplement describing the amounts, prices, maturities, rates and other terms of the securities we are offering in each issue.
 
We may sell the securities directly to or through underwriters, and may also sell securities directly to other purchasers or through agents.
 
 
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
 
 
Prospectus dated August 24, 2006


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
         
    Page
 
About This Prospectus
  1
Forward-Looking Information
  2
Corporación Andina de Fomento
  3
Legal Status of CAF
  3
Use of Proceeds
  4
Capitalization and Indebtedness
  4
Capital Structure
  5
Selected Financial Information
  8
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
  9
Operations of CAF
  15
Funded Debt
  25
Debt Record
  27
Asset and Liability Management
  27
Administration
  28
The Regional Shareholder Countries
  32
Description of the Debt Securities
  34
Description of the Guarantees
  38
Taxation
  38
Plan of Distribution
  42
Validity of the Debt Securities
  43
Validity of the Guarantees
  43
Independent Auditors
  43
Authorized Representative
  43
Where You Can Find More Information
  43
Index to Financial Statements
  F-1
Supplementary Information
  S-1
 
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
 
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which we refer to as the Securities Act, using a “shelf” registration process. Under the shelf process, we may from time to time sell any combination of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings up to a total dollar amount of $1,000,000,000 or the equivalent of this amount in foreign currencies or foreign currency units.
 
This prospectus provides you with a general description of our business and of the securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of the securities in that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement before purchasing our securities. If the information in the prospectus supplement differs from the information in this prospectus or in the registration statement, you should rely on the information in the prospectus supplement.
 
The registration statement, any post-effective amendment to the registration statement and their various exhibits contain additional information about Corporación Andina de Fomento (“CAF”), the securities we may issue and other matters. All of these documents may be inspected at the offices of the Securities and Exchange Commission.


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You should rely only on the information in this prospectus or in other documents to which we have referred you in making your investment decision. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different. This prospectus may only be used where it is legal to sell these securities. The information in this prospectus may only be accurate on the date specified on the cover of this document.
 
Except as otherwise specified, all amounts in this prospectus are expressed in United States dollars (“dollars,” “$,” “US$” or “U.S. dollars”).
 
Certain amounts that appear in this prospectus may not sum because of rounding adjustments.
 
 
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
 
This prospectus may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which we refer to as the Securities Exchange Act. Statements that are not historical facts are statements about our beliefs and expectations and may include forward-looking statements. These statements are identified by words such as “believe”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “should” and words of similar meaning. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which cannot be predicted with accuracy and some of which might not even be anticipated. Future events and actual financial and other results may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not place undue reliance on them. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, those discussed in this prospectus, such as the effects of economic or political turmoil in one or more of our member countries.


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO
 
CAF was established in 1968 pursuant to the Agreement establishing the Corporación Andina de Fomento (the “Constitutive Agreement”), an international treaty, to foster and promote economic development within the Andean region. CAF is a multilateral financial institution the principal shareholders of which are the contracting parties to the Constitutive Agreement — the Republics of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, each of which we refer to in this prospectus as a regional shareholder country and which we refer to collectively in this prospectus as the regional shareholder countries. The regional shareholder countries collectively accounted for 89.6% of the nominal value of the paid-in capital at December 31, 2005. As of that date, our non-regional shareholders included Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay, each of which we refer to in this prospectus as a non-regional shareholder country and which we refer to collectively in this prospectus as the non-regional shareholder countries. Our non-regional shareholder countries collectively accounted for 10.3% of the nominal value of the paid-in capital at December 31, 2005. Our shares are also held by 16 financial institutions based in the regional shareholder countries, which collectively accounted for 0.1% of the nominal value of the paid-in capital at December 31, 2005. CAF commenced operations in 1970. Our headquarters are in Caracas, Venezuela, and we have regional offices in the capital cities of each of the other four regional shareholder countries and in Brazil.
 
We offer financial and related services to the governments of, and public and private institutions, corporations and joint ventures in, our shareholder countries. Primarily, we provide short, medium and long-term loans and guarantees; to a lesser extent, we also participate as a limited equity investor in corporations and investment funds, and provide technical and financial assistance, as well as administrative services for certain regional funds.
 
The Constitutive Agreement generally delegates to our Board of Directors the power to establish and direct our financial, credit and economic policies. Our Board of Directors has adopted a formal statement of our financial and operational policies, the Políticas de Gestión. These operational policies provide our management with guidance as to significant financial and operational issues, and they may not be amended by the Board of Directors in any manner inconsistent with the Constitutive Agreement. In 1996, the Constitutive Agreement was amended to include and further increase certain lending and borrowing limitations previously set forth in these operational policies. See “Operations of CAF — Credit Policies”.
 
We raise funds for operations both within and outside our shareholder countries. Our strategy with respect to funding, to the extent possible under prevailing market conditions, is to match the maturities of our liabilities to the maturities of our loan portfolio.
 
Our objective is to support sustainable development and economic integration within the Andean region by helping the regional shareholder countries make their economies diversified, competitive and more responsive to social needs.
 
LEGAL STATUS OF CAF
 
As an international treaty organization, we are a legal entity under public international law. We have our own legal personality, which permits us to enter into contracts, acquire and dispose of property and take legal action. The Constitutive Agreement has been ratified by the legislature in each of the regional shareholder countries. We have been granted the following immunities and privileges in each regional shareholder country:
 
  (1)  immunity from expropriation, search, requisition, confiscation, seizure, sequestration, attachment, retention or any other form of forceful seizure by reason of executive or administrative action by any of the regional shareholder countries and immunity from enforcement of judicial proceedings by any party prior to final judgment;
 
  (2)  free convertibility and transferability of our assets;
 
  (3)  exemption from all taxes and tariffs on income, properties or assets, and from any liability involving payment, withholding or collection of any taxes; and


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  (4)  exemption from any restrictions, regulations, controls or moratoria with respect to our property or assets.
 
In addition, we have entered into agreements with each of our non-regional shareholder countries, except Chile. Pursuant to these agreements, each country has agreed to extend to us, with respect to our activities in and concerning that country, immunities and privileges similar to those we have been granted in the regional shareholder countries.
 
USE OF PROCEEDS
 
Unless otherwise specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, we will use the net proceeds of the sale of the securities to fund our lending operations.
 
CAPITALIZATION AND INDEBTEDNESS
 
The following table sets forth our capitalization and indebtedness at June 30, 2006 and does not give effect to any transaction since that date.
 
         
    At June 30,
 
    2006  
    (in U.S.$ millions)  
 
Short-term debt(1)
  $ 1,996.2  
         
Long-term debt (maturities over one year)
  $ 3,916.9  
Shareholders’ Equity
       
Capital
       
Subscribed capital, paid-in and receivable (authorized capital $5.0 billion)(2)
    1,932.8  
Less: Capital receivable
    (145.6 )
         
Paid-in capital
    1,787.1  
Additional paid-in capital
    162.1  
         
Total Capital
    1,949.2  
Reserves
       
Mandatory reserve
    255.4  
General reserve
    989.4  
         
Total reserves
    1,244.8  
Retained earnings
    186.8  
         
Total shareholders’ equity
    3,380.8  
         
Total long-term debt and shareholders’ equity
  $ 7,297.7  
         
 
 
(1) Includes deposits, commercial paper, advances and short-term borrowings, the current portion of bonds, borrowings and other obligations, accrued interest and commissions payable.
 
(2) In addition to subscribed capital shown in the table, CAF’s subscribed capital included callable capital of $1.1 billion at June 30, 2006.


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CAPITAL STRUCTURE
 
General
 
Our authorized capital is $5.0 billion, of which $3.1 billion will be paid-in capital and $1.9 billion will be callable capital.
 
Our shares are divided into Series “A” shares, Series “B” shares and Series “C” shares.
 
Series “A” shares may be owned only by regional shareholder countries. Each regional shareholder country owns one Series “A” share, which is held by the government, either directly or through a government-designated social or public purpose institution. Each of the five regional shareholder countries owning Series “A” shares is entitled to elect one director and one alternate director to our Board of Directors.
 
Series “B” shares are also owned by regional shareholder countries and are held by the governments either directly or through designated governmental entities, except for certain Series “B” shares, constituting 0.1% of our outstanding shares, which are owned by 16 private sector financial institutions in the regional shareholder countries. We offered and sold Series “B” shares to private sector financial institutions in 1989 in order to obtain the benefit of their views in the deliberations of our Board of Directors. The five regional shareholder countries owning Series “B” shares are entitled to elect a total of five additional directors and five alternate directors through cumulative voting, and the 16 private sector owners of Series “B” shares separately are entitled to elect one director and one alternate director.
 
Series “C” shares are currently owned by 11 countries that are non-regional shareholder countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay. We make available Series “C” shares for subscription by countries outside the Andean region in order to strengthen links between these countries and the regional shareholder countries. Ownership of our Series “C” shares by countries outside the Andean region makes entities in these countries that deal with entities in regional shareholder countries eligible to receive loans from us with respect to these dealings. At December 31, 2005, holders of Series “C” shares collectively were entitled to elect two directors and two alternate directors. Our Board of Directors is comprised of 13 directors.
 
Effective June 2006, the Dominican Republic subscribed to a capital contribution in the amount of $50.0 million, the first installment of which was due by July 2006 but has not yet been received. Upon receipt of such payment, Series “C” shares will be issued to the Dominican Republic and it will become entitled to exercise all the rights and have all the benefits associated with ownership of our Series “C” shares, including the right to vote at the shareholders’ general meeting. Until such payment, CAF will not make any loans or other financial services available to public or private entities in the Dominican Republic. See “— Paid-in Capital and Capital Receivable.”
 
Under the Constitutive Agreement, Series “A” shares may be held by or transferred only to governments or government-designated social or public purpose institutions. Series “B” shares also may be held by or transferred to such entities and, in addition, may be held by or transferred to private corporations or individuals, except that no more than 49% of the Series “B” shares within any country may be held by private shareholders. Series “C” shares may be held by or transferred to public or private entities outside the regional shareholder countries. Unless a member withdraws, shares may be transferred only to entities in the same country.
 
On June 6, 2005, at a shareholders’ extraordinary general meeting, our shareholders adopted a resolution recommending to the regional shareholder countries an amendment to the Constitutive Agreement that would (i) allow, under certain circumstances, Latin American and Caribbean countries, including those that are currently non-regional shareholder countries, to own Series “A” shares and (ii) expand our formal purpose to include supporting sustainable development and economic integration within all of Latin America, as opposed to within only the Andean region. To become effective, the amendment must be ratified by the legislature of, or the appropriate competent governmental body in, all of the five regional shareholder countries. Although four of the five regional shareholder countries have ratified the amendment, there can be no assurance that the


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legislature of or competent governmental body in the remaining regional shareholder country will ratify the amendment.
 
Paid-in Capital and Capital Receivable
 
At December 31, 2005, CAF’s subscribed paid-in and receivable capital was $1.8 billion, of which $1.7 billion was paid-in capital and $135.5 million was capital receivable in installments. Over the years, we have had several increases of subscribed capital. Our most recent capital increases occurred in 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
 
In 1996, Brazil subscribed to $25.4 million of our capital payable in three equal annual installments, the last annual installment of which was paid in 1998.
 
In 1997, Panama subscribed to $9.7 million of our paid-in capital, payable in five installments commencing in 1997. Panama’s subscription was paid in full in 2001. Also in 1997, Paraguay subscribed to $9.7 million of our paid-in capital, payable in five installments commencing in 1998, and the subscription was paid in full in March 2003.
 
In 1999, the regional shareholder countries subscribed to a paid-in capital increase of $600.0 million, payable in seven annual installments through 2006. The payments made on this new subscription in 2000 and 2001 were in addition to the payments to be made in those years under the 1990 subscription. The subscriptions of Ecuador and Bolivia each account for approximately 8% of that amount, and the subscriptions of Colombia, Peru and Venezuela each account for approximately 28% of that amount. Also in 1999, Jamaica became a new member of CAF by subscribing to $1.0 million of capital, which was paid in full in 2005. Lastly, in 1999, Brazil subscribed to an additional capital contribution of $25.0 million, which was paid in full in February 2002.
 
In 2001, Uruguay subscribed to paid-in capital of $5.0 million, which was paid in full in January 2004. Also in 2001, Argentina subscribed to paid-in capital of $25.0 million, which was paid in full in 2005.
 
In 2002, the regional shareholder countries subscribed to a paid-in capital increase of $250.0 million. Some countries will pay in four annual installments and others in five or six annual installments. Also in 2002, Spain subscribed to paid-in capital of $100.0 million, which it has paid in full. Spain also subscribed to callable capital of $200.0 million. In addition, Uruguay subscribed to an additional $15.0 million of paid-in capital, of which it has paid $11.8 million, with the balance payable in one final installment in December 2006. Finally, that year, Costa Rica paid in full its subscribed capital of $20.0 million.
 
In 2003, Brazil subscribed to an additional capital contribution of $50.0 million, which was paid in full in 2005.
 
In 2004, the Dominican Republic entered into an agreement to subscribe to a total capital contribution in the amount of $50.0 million to be paid in four equal annual installments. The agreement became effective in June 2006 and the first capital installment was due by July 2006, but has not yet been received. Upon receipt of the first capital installment, Series “C” shares will be issued to the Dominican Republic and it will become entitled to exercise all the rights and have all the benefits associated with ownership of our Series “C” shares. Until such payment, CAF will not make any loans or other financial services available to public or private entities in the Dominican Republic. In addition, in 2004, Uruguay subscribed to an additional capital contribution of $20.0 million, of which it has paid $3.0 million, with the balance to be paid in five semi-annual installments, ending in December 2008.
 
In 2005, Argentina subscribed to a paid-in capital increase of $75.0 million, of which it has paid a total of $26.3 million. The balance is payable in two equal installments of $24.3 million in 2007 and 2008, respectively. Also in 2005, Panama subscribed to an additional capital contribution of $10.0 million, of which it has paid $2.0 million. The balance is payable in four annual installments of $2.0 million each, the last of which will be paid in 2009.
 
Since 1990, capital contributions to CAF have included a premium (valor patrimonial) paid on each share purchased. This premium is in addition to the nominal $5,000 per share value established by CAF’s by-laws. The premium is determined at the beginning of each subscription and applies to all payments under that subscription.


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As of December 31, 2005, all of the regional shareholder countries were current in their capital payments. The following table sets out the nominal value of our subscribed paid-in capital and capital receivable as of December 31, 2005:
 
                 
Shareholders
  Paid-in Capital     Capital Receivable  
    (in U.S.$ thousands)  
 
Series “A” Shares
               
Bolivia
  $ 1,200     $  
Colombia
    1,200        
Ecuador
    1,200        
Peru
    1,200        
Venezuela
    1,200        
Series “B” Shares:
               
Bolivia
    114,555       11,555  
Colombia
    416,375       29,690  
Ecuador
    120,250       6,170  
Peru
    425,235       21,680  
Venezuela
    425,235       21,680  
Private sector financial institutions
    1,245       0  
Series “C” Shares:
               
Argentina
    13,435       30,805  
Brazil
    56,485       0  
Chile
    1,470       0  
Costa Rica
    11,020       0  
Jamaica
    620       0  
Mexico
    15,790       0  
Panama
    7,080       3,375  
Paraguay
    6,120       0  
Spain
    52,275       0  
Trinidad and Tobago
    700       0  
Uruguay
    7,995       10,540  
                 
Total
  $ 1,681,885     $ 135,495  
                 
 
Reserves
 
Article 42 of the Constitutive Agreement requires that at least 10% of our net income in each year be allocated to a mandatory reserve until that reserve amounts to 50% of subscribed capital. The mandatory reserve can be used only to offset losses. We also maintain a general reserve to cover contingent events and as a source of funding of last resort in the event of temporary illiquidity or when funding in the international markets is not available or is impractical. The general reserve is invested in short-term securities and certificates of deposit that are easily convertible into cash. The mandatory reserve is an accounting reserve.
 
At December 31, 2005, our reserves totaled $1.0 billion. At such date, the mandatory reserve amounted to $226.9 million, or 12.5% of subscribed capital, and the general reserve amounted to $805.6 million.
 
Callable Capital
 
In addition to our subscribed paid-in and receivable capital, our shareholders have subscribed to callable capital totaling $1.1 billion at December 31, 2005. Our callable capital may be called by the Board of Directors to meet our obligations only to the extent that we are unable to meet such obligations with our own resources.
 
The Constitutive Agreement provides that the obligation of shareholders to pay for the shares of callable capital, upon demand by the Board of Directors, continues until such callable capital is paid in full. Thus, we consider members’ obligations to pay for callable capital subscriptions to be binding obligations backed by the full faith and credit of the respective member governments. If the callable capital were to be called, the Constitutive Agreement requires that the call be prorated among shareholders in proportion to their shareholdings.


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SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
The following selected financial information as of and for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 has been derived from our financial statements for those periods, which have been audited by KPMG, independent accountants. Our method of accounting conforms to U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). The selected financial information as of and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and June 30, 2005 has been derived from our unaudited interim financial information and includes adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, that we consider necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position at such dates and our results of operations for such periods. The results of the six-month period ended June 30, 2006 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full year 2006. The selected financial information should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and notes thereto, our unaudited interim financial information and the notes thereto and with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in this prospectus.
 
                                         
          Six Months Ended
 
    Year Ended December 31,     June 30,  
    2005     2004     2003     2006     2005  
    (in U.S.$ thousands, except ratios)  
 
Income Statement Data
                                       
Interest income
  $ 547,572     $ 378,707     $ 327,066     $ 351,344     $ 251,223  
Interest expense
    (255,585 )     (160,866 )     (137,252 )     (164,354 )     (114,063 )
                                         
Net interest income
    291,987       217,841       189,814       186,990       137,160  
Provision (credit) for loan losses
    (14,500 )     (18,555 )     25,250       (15,100 )     (23,000 )
                                         
Net interest income after provision (credit)
    306,487       236,396       164,564       202,090       160,160  
Non-interest income
    20,893       12,227       10,077       6,148       8,871  
Non-interest expenses
    (44,142 )     (40,870 )     (39,108 )     (21,465 )     (19,824 )
                                         
Net income
  $ 283,238     $ 207,753     $ 135,533     $ 186,773     $ 149,207  
                                         
Balance Sheet Data (end of period)
                                       
Current assets (net of allowance)
  $ 3,175,406     $ 2,847,396             $ 3,201,696          
Non-current assets
    6,365,248       6,738,573               6,092,190          
                                         
Total assets
  $ 9,540,654     $ 9,585,969             $ 9,293,886          
                                         
Current liabilities
  $ 2,022,568     $ 2,365,501             $ 1,996,198          
Long-term liabilities
    4,280,925       4,427,827               3,916,921          
                                         
Total liabilities
    6,303,493       6,793,328               5,913,119          
Total shareholders’ equity
    3,237,161       2,792,641               3,380,767          
                                         
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 9,540,654     $ 9,585,969             $ 9,293,886          
                                         
Loan Portfolio and Equity Investments
                                       
Total loans
  $ 7,346,978     $ 7,104,123     $ 6,597,243     $ 6,990,213     $ 6,827,241  
Allowance for loan losses
    161,629       181,801       209,766       154,134       161,454  
Equity investments
    114,646       112,135       115,027       95,947       114,883  
Selected Financial Ratios
                                       
Return on average total shareholders’ equity(1)
    9.6 %     8.2 %     6.2 %     11.4 %     10.3 %
Return on average paid-in capital(2)
    17.7 %     14.7 %     10.9 %     21.5 %     18.7 %
Return on average assets(3)
    3.0 %     2.3 %             3.9 %        
Administrative expenses divided by average assets*
    0.5 %     0.4 %             0.4 %        
Overdue loan principal as a percentage of loan portfolio (excluding non-accrual loans)
    0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Non-accrual loans as a percentage of loan portfolio
    0.02 %     0.28 %     0.17 %     0.00 %     0.14 %
Allowance for losses as a percentage of loan portfolio
    2.2 %     2.6 %     3.2 %     2.2 %     2.4 %
 
 
(1) Net income divided by average total shareholders’ equity. *
(2) Net income divided by average subscribed and paid-in capital. *
(3) Net income divided by average total assets. *
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and notes thereto beginning on page F-3 and the unaudited interim financial information and notes thereto beginning on page F-27 of this prospectus.
 
Summary of Results
 
During the three years ended December 31, 2005, our net income increased at a compound average annual rate of approximately 44.6%. Our net income for the year ended December 31, 2005 was $283.2 million, representing an increase of $75.5 million, or 36.3%, over net income of $207.8 million for 2004. This increase resulted principally from an increase in interest rates, a credit for loan losses due to an improvement in the credit quality of the loan portfolio and growth in our interest-earning assets. For the year ended December 31, 2004, our net income was $207.8 million, representing an increase of $72.2 million, or 53.3%, over net income of $135.5 million for 2003. This increase resulted principally from growth in our interest-earning assets, which offset the negative impact of the general decline in market interest rates.
 
Our net income for the six-month period ended June 30, 2006 was $186.8 million, representing an increase of $37.6 million, or 25.2%, over net income of $149.2 million for the corresponding period in 2005. This increase resulted principally from an increase in interest rates, a credit for loan losses due to an improvement in the credit quality of the loan portfolio and an increase in commissions related to loan prepayment fees.
 
The percentage increase in GDP during 2005 compared to 2004 for each of the countries in the region was as follows: Bolivia, 4.1; Colombia, 4.9; Ecuador, 3.3; Peru, 6.7; and Venezuela, 9.3.
 
Management anticipates that growth in our loan portfolio will be moderate in the medium-term because the amount of new loan approvals is expected to level off, partially as a result of several of the shareholder countries’ ability to access other sources of funding.
 
Critical Accounting Policies
 
General
 
Our financial statements and reported results are based on U.S. GAAP, which requires us in some cases to use estimates and assumptions that may affect our reported results and disclosures. We describe our significant accounting policies in Note 1 (“Significant Accounting Policies”) to our audited financial statements. We believe that some of the more significant accounting policies we use to present our financial results, discussed below, involve the use of accounting estimates that we consider to be critical because: (1) they require significant management judgment and assumptions about matters that are complex and inherently uncertain; and (2) the use of a different estimate or a change in estimate could have a material impact on our reported results of operations or financial condition. Specifically, the estimates we use to determine the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses are critical accounting estimates.
 
Allowance for Loan Losses
 
We maintain an allowance for losses on our loan portfolio at levels that management believes to be adequate but not excessive to absorb probable losses inherent in the portfolio at the balance sheet date. In general, the evaluation for allowance for loan losses is inherently subjective as it requires estimates that are susceptible to significant revision as more information becomes available. The use of different estimates or assumptions as well as changes in external factors could produce materially higher or lower net income for the period in which the estimate is made. Although we expect that our loans will ultimately be repaid, amounts may not be repaid on their original terms. As a result, we can suffer losses resulting from the difference between the discounted present value of expected payments for interest and charges according to the related contractual terms and the actual cash flow.


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In particular, the general allowance for loan losses is established by us based on the individual risk rating for the long-term foreign currency debt of the borrower countries which is assigned by the international risk rating agencies as of the date of preparation of the financial statements. This country risk rating considers a default probability. In the case of the sovereign loan portfolio a factor of preferred creditor status is also considered.
 
Income Statement
 
Interest Income
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2006 and 2005.  For the six-month period ended June 30, 2006, our interest income was $351.3 million, representing an increase of $100.1 million, or 39.9%, over interest income of $251.2 million for the corresponding period in 2005. This increase resulted principally from an increase in interest rates and commissions related to loan prepayment fees.
 
2005, 2004 and 2003.  For the year ended December 31, 2005, our interest income was $547.6 million, representing an increase of $168.9 million, or 44.6%, over interest income of $378.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2004. This increase resulted principally from an increase in interest rates and growth in our interest-earning assets. Interest income for the year ended December 31, 2004 represented an increase of $51.6 million, or 15.8%, from our interest income of $327.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2003. This increase resulted principally from an increase in interest rates.
 
Interest Expense
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2006 and 2005.  For the six-month period ended June 30, 2006, our interest expense was $164.4 million, representing an increase of $50.3 million, or 44.1%, over interest expense of $114.1 million for the corresponding period in 2005. This increase resulted principally from an increase in interest rates compared to the corresponding period in 2005.
 
2005, 2004 and 2003.  For the year ended December 31, 2005, our interest expense was $255.6 million, representing an increase of $94.7 million, or 58.9%, over interest expense of $160.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2004. This growth resulted primarily from an increase in interest rates. Interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2004 represented an increase of $23.6 million, or 17.2%, from our interest expense of $137.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2003. This increase resulted primarily from an increase in interest rates.
 
Net Interest Income
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2006 and 2005.  For the six-month period ended June 30, 2006, our net interest income was $187.0 million, representing an increase of $49.8 million, or 36.3%, over net interest income of $137.2 million for the corresponding period in 2005. Our net interest income margin increased to 4.2% for the six-month period ended June 30, 2006, as compared to 3.3% for the corresponding period in 2005, principally as a result of an increase in interest rates.
 
2005, 2004 and 2003.  For the year ended December 31, 2005, our net interest income was $292.0 million, representing an increase of $74.1 million, or 34.0%, over net interest income of $217.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2004, which, in turn, represented an increase of $28.0 million, or 14.8%, from our net interest income of $189.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2003. Our net interest income margin increased to 3.4% in 2005, as compared to 2.6% in 2004 and 2.5% in 2003, principally as a result of an increase in interest rates.
 
Provision for Loan Losses
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2006 and 2005.  For the six-month period ended June 30, 2006, we had a credit for loan losses of $15.1 million, compared to a credit for loan losses of $23.0 million for the same period in 2005. These credits were due to an improvement in the credit quality of the loan portfolio. These credits were the result of an improvement in the credit quality of the loan portfolio due to positive reviews of some of the shareholder countries’ credit ratings, which had a significant impact given that approximately 90%


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of our loan portfolio is sovereign-risk concentrated. The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of the loan portfolio was 2.2% for the first half of 2006, compared to 2.4% for the same period in 2005.
 
2005, 2004 and 2003.  For the year ended December 31, 2005, we had a credit for loan losses of $14.5 million compared to a credit for loan losses of $18.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2004 and a provision for loan losses of $25.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2003. The credits for loan losses posted in 2005 and 2004 were the result of an improvement in the credit quality of the loan portfolio due to positive reviews of some of the shareholder countries’ credit ratings, which had a significant impact given that approximately 90% of our loan portfolio is sovereign-risk concentrated. The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of the loan portfolio was 2.2% for 2005, 2.6% for 2004 and 3.2% for 2003.
 
The credits and provisions in the periods described above reflect management’s estimates for both general and specific provisions. The specific provision is related to loans that have been adversely classified. The calculation of the amount set aside as the general provision is based on the sovereign ratings of the shareholder countries and their related probabilities of default, as provided by the major rating agencies, adjusted to take into account CAF’s privileges and immunities within the Andean region. The specific provision is calculated according to FAS 114 and 118 guidelines.
 
Non-Interest Income
 
Our non-interest income consists principally of commissions, dividends and equity in earnings of investees and other income.
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2006 and 2005.  For the six-month period ended June 30, 2006, our non-interest income was $6.1 million, representing a decrease of $2.7 million, or 30.7%, over non-interest income of $8.9 million for the corresponding period in 2005. This decrease resulted principally from variations in the fair value of our equity investments.
 
2005, 2004 and 2003.  For the year ended December 31, 2005, our total non-interest income was $20.9 million, representing an increase of $8.7 million, or 70.9%, over total non-interest income of $12.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2004, which in turn represented an increase of $2.2 million, or 21.3%, over total non-interest income of $10.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2003. The increase in our total non-interest income in 2005 over 2004, and in 2004 over 2003, resulted principally from a greater amount of dividends from equity investments.
 
Non-Interest Expenses
 
Our non-interest expenses consist principally of administrative expenses.
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2006 and 2005.  For the six-month period ended June 30, 2006, our non-interest expenses totaled $21.5 million, representing an increase of $1.6 million, or 8.3%, over non-interest expenses of $19.8 million for the corresponding period in 2005. More than 91% and 99% of non-interest expenses was comprised of administrative expenses for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively. From June 30, 2005 to June 30, 2006, our general and administrative expenses as a percentage of our total average assets have remained stable at 0.41%.
 
2005, 2004 and 2003.  For the year ended December 31, 2005, our total non-interest expenses were $44.1 million, representing an increase of $3.3 million, or 8.0%, over total non-interest expenses of $40.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2004, which in turn represented an increase of $1.8 million, or 4.5%, over total non-interest expenses of $39.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2003.
 
For the year ended December 31, 2005, administrative expenses were $42.6 million, or 0.5% of our total average assets, representing an increase of $4.5 million over administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2004. For the year ended December 31, 2004, administrative expenses were $38.1 million, or 0.4% of total average assets, representing an increase of $3.3 million over administrative expenses of $34.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2003. These movements resulted largely from the impact of


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local currency expenses in Venezuela. Nevertheless, from December 31, 2003 to December 31, 2005, our general and administrative expenses have remained stable as a percentage of our total average assets.
 
Equity investments in which CAF has a participation of less than 20% of the investee’s equity are required to be recorded at cost according to U.S. GAAP. Also, management is required to assess the value of these investments and determine whether any value impairment is temporary or other than temporary. Impairment charges must be taken once management has determined that the loss of value is other than temporary. As a result of the analysis of these equity investments, management determined impairment charges as follows: $24 thousand in 2005, $1.7 million in 2004 and $3.1 million in 2003. These impairment charges represented 0.02%, 1.5% and 2.7% of our equity investments at December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
 
The impairment charges were distributed as follows according to the type of investment:
 
                         
    2005     2004     2003  
    (In U.S.$ thousands)  
 
Single companies
  $ 24     $ 1,051     $ 1,622  
Investment funds
  $     $ 643     $ 1,511  
                         
Total
  $ 24     $ 1,694     $ 3,133  
                         
 
Balance Sheet
 
Total Assets and Liabilities
 
June 30, 2006.  At June 30, 2006, our total assets were $9.3 billion, representing a decrease of $0.2 billion, or 2.6%, from total assets of $9.5 billion at December 31, 2005. At June 30, 2006, our total liabilities were $5.9 billion, representing a decrease of $0.4 billion, or 6.2%, from total liabilities of $6.3 billion at December 31, 2005. These decreases primarily resulted from lower loan disbursements and related borrowings during the six-month period ended June 30, 2006; historically, our loan disbursements have been lower in the first half of the year.
 
2005 and 2004.  At December 31, 2005, our total assets were $9.5 billion, representing a decrease of $45.3 million, or 0.5%, over total assets of $9.6 billion as of December 31, 2004. The slight decline in our total assets principally reflected a decrease in other assets as a result of the application of fair value hedge accounting that was not fully offset by growth in our liquid assets and loan and equity investments portfolio. At December 31, 2005, our total liabilities were $6.3 billion, representing a decrease of $489.8 million, or 7.2%, over total liabilities of $6.8 billion as of December 31, 2004. The decline in our total liabilities principally reflected a decreased need to raise capital in the international capital markets to fund our operations.
 
Asset Quality
 
Overdue Loans
 
June 30, 2006.  There were no overdue loans at June 30, 2006 or December 31, 2005 (not including non-accrual loans in overdue status).
 
2005 and 2004.  There were no overdue loans at December 31, 2005 or December 31, 2004 (not including non-accrual loans in overdue status).
 
Non-Accrual Loans
 
June 30, 2006.  At June 30, 2006, there were no loans in non-accrual status, compared to a total principal amount of non-accrual loans at December 31, 2005 of $1.3 million.
 
2005 and 2004.  At December 31, 2005, the total principal amount of non-accrual loans was $1.3 million, or 0.02% of the total loan portfolio, representing a decrease of $18.6 million when compared to $20.0 million, or 0.28% of the total loan portfolio, at December 31, 2004. For the year ended December 31, 2005, $0.6 million of overdue interest and other charges in respect of non-accrual status loans was excluded from net income.


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Restructured Loans
 
June 30, 2006.  At June 30, 2006, the total principal amount of outstanding restructured loans was $4.8 million, or 0.07% of the total loan portfolio, all of which represented one loan to a private sector borrower in Peru. This represented a $0.9 million decrease from the total principal amount of outstanding restructured loans at December 31, 2005, which was $5.7 million, or 0.08% of the total loan portfolio.
 
2005 and 2004.  At December 31, 2005, the total principal amount of outstanding restructured loans was $5.7 million, or 0.08% of the total loan portfolio. The total amount represented loans to two private sector borrowers, one in Peru and the other in Venezuela. This represented a decrease from the total principal amount of outstanding restructured loans at December 31, 2004, which was $27.0 million, or 0.4% of the total loan portfolio.
 
Loan Write-offs and Recoveries
 
June 30, 2006.  A total of $1.1 million of the principal amount of one loan was written off during the six-month period ended June 30, 2006, representing a decrease of $0.9 million compared to total write-offs of $2.0 million in the corresponding period of 2005. We booked recoveries for $8.7 million during the six-month period ended June 30, 2006 and $4.7 million during the corresponding period of 2005.
 
2005 and 2004.  A total of $10.4 million of the principal amount of three loans was written off in 2005, representing a decrease of $2.6 million, or 19.8%, compared to total write-offs of $12.9 million in 2004. Some of these write-offs comprise portions of the non-accrual loans referred to above. We booked recoveries of $4.7 million and $3.5 million during 2005 and 2004, respectively.
 
See “Operations of CAF — Asset Quality” for further information regarding our asset quality. See “Operations of CAF — Loan Portfolio” for details regarding the distribution of our loans by country and economic sector.
 
Off-Balance Sheet Transactions
 
We enter into off-balance sheet arrangements in the normal course of our business to facilitate our business and objectives and reduce our exposure to interest rate and foreign exchange rate fluctuations. These arrangements, which may involve elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of amounts recognized on our balance sheet, primarily include (1) credit agreements subscribed and pending disbursement, (2) lines and letters of credit for foreign trade and (3) partial credit guarantees of member country obligations. For further discussion of these arrangements, see Note 19 (“Commitments and Contingencies”) to our audited financial statements.
 
Liquidity
 
CAF seeks to ensure adequate liquidity by maintaining liquid assets greater than the higher of:
 
(1) 45% of total undisbursed project loan commitments and
 
(2) 35% of the sum of our next 12 months’
 
(a) estimated debt service, plus
 
(b) estimated project loan disbursements.
 
Our investment policy requires that at least 80% of our liquid assets be held in the form of investment grade instruments. The remaining portion may be invested in unrated or non-investment grade instruments.
 
June 30, 2006.  At June 30, 2006, our liquid assets consisted of $1.9 billion of cash, time deposits and securities, of which 93.0% was invested in investment grade instruments. At June 30, 2006, 79.3% of our liquid assets was invested in time deposits in financial institutions or securities rated “A” or better by a U.S. nationally recognized statistical rating organization.


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2005 and 2004.  At December 31, 2005, our liquid assets consisted of $1.8 billion of cash, time deposits and securities, of which 93.2% was invested in investment grade instruments. 88.6% of our liquid assets was invested in time deposits in financial institutions or securities rated “A” or better by a U.S. nationally recognized statistical rating organization. At December 31, 2004, our liquid assets amounted to $1.7 billion, of which 92.3% was invested in investment grade instruments. Our investment policy emphasizes security and liquidity over yield.
 
Strategy and Capital Resources
 
Our business strategy is to provide financing for projects, trade and investment in the regional shareholder countries. Management expects our assets to grow in the future, which will increase our need for additional funding; likewise, maturing debt obligations will need to be replaced. In addition to scheduled capital increases, management anticipates a need to increase funds raised in the international capital markets and to maintain funding through borrowings from multilateral and other financial institutions. While the substantial majority of our equity will continue to be held by regional shareholder countries, we intend to continue offering equity participation to countries other than the regional shareholder countries through the issuances of Series “C” shares to such countries. See “Capital Structure”.
 
We intend to continue our programs to foster sustainable growth within the regional shareholder countries, and to increase our support for the private sector within our markets, either directly or through financial intermediaries. See “Operations of CAF” below.
 


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OPERATIONS OF CAF
 
CAF’s purpose is to foster and promote economic development, social development and integration within the regional shareholder countries through the efficient use of financial resources in conjunction with both private sector and public sector entities. To accomplish our objective, we primarily engage in short, medium and long-term loans and guarantees. To a lesser extent, we make limited equity investments in funds and companies, and provide technical and financial assistance, as well as administrative services for certain regional funds.
 
CAF also provides lending for projects in non-regional shareholder countries, including but not limited to projects that promote trade or integration with regional shareholder countries.
 
Business Management of CAF
 
Our business management is divided into two broad functions: client relationship management and financial management.
 
Client Relationship Management
 
Our client relationship management function is conducted by a group of relationship managers and sector and product specialists who are responsible for the development, structuring, appraisal and implementation of our lending activities. Clients are identified through direct contact, referrals from our representative offices and referrals from third parties such as shareholders, multilateral institutions, international financial institutions and other clients.
 
In March 2006, we made some structural changes to our client relationship management in order to sharpen our client focus on both a country-by-country and a development sector basis. Our client relationship management function is currently fulfilled by the following five departments, each headed by a Vice President:
 
  •  Country Programs, which is responsible for our relationships with governments, public sector corporations and financial institutions and for the development of a global approach to business activities in each of the member countries;
 
  •  Infrastructure, which is responsible for the financing of public infrastructure projects and the analysis of public policies within the different development sectors;
 
  •  Corporate Finance and Investment Banking, which is responsible for our relationships with private sector corporations, while simultaneously furnishing advisory services to our clients;
 
  •  Social and Environmental Development, which is responsible for investments in social and environmental areas and in micro, small and medium size enterprises; and
 
  •  Financial Systems, which is responsible for our relationships with financial institutions and regional capital markets, as well as seeking new ways to strengthen the financial systems in the region through effective structures and regulations. This department was recently created by extracting certain functions related to financial institutions and regional capital markets from the Corporate Finance and Investment Banking department.
 
The client relationship management group is also responsible for reviewing and developing lending policies and procedures and for monitoring the quality of the loan portfolio on an ongoing basis. In these duties, the client management group is assisted by our Credit Administration Office and our Corporate Comptroller Office.
 
We also recently established the Office of Public Policies and Competitiveness, based on our former Development Strategies Department, in order to create a knowledge base and innovative projects source that will have some bearing on the creation and execution of public policies and strengthen the region’s competitiveness. It also is responsible for anticipating risks and opportunities within the economic, political and social environments so as to advise our business units and support our strategic planning process.


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Financial Management
 
Our financial management group is responsible for managing our funded debt, as well as our liquid assets. This group is responsible for developing, structuring, appraising and implementing our borrowing activities. It is also responsible for reviewing and developing policies and procedures for the monitoring of our financial well-being and for the proper management of liquidity. The financial management group is headed by the Vice President of Finance.
 
The asset distribution group is a part of the financial management group, and it has two basic responsibilities:
 
(1) structuring A/B loan transactions in which we loan a portion of the total amount and other financial institutions loan the remainder; and
 
(2) selling loans to international banks interested in increasing their exposure in the regional shareholder countries.
 
The staff of our financial management group works in close coordination with our client relationship managers. Our client management group and financial management group are supported by the financial control and budget, human resources, information systems and legal departments.
 
Loan Portfolio
 
We extend medium-term and long-term loans to finance both public sector and private sector projects in the regional shareholder countries, either directly to a project or through a financial intermediary in a regional shareholder country that lends the funds to the appropriate project. To a lesser extent, we also provide loans to finance trade by and among the members of the regional shareholder countries. Loans may be used for any component of a project, subject to exceptions relating to, among other things, the acquisition of land and the payment of taxes. We endeavor to concentrate our lending activities on national and multinational economic development projects, especially those involving electricity, gas and water supply, transport or communications in two or more regional shareholder countries and those that generate foreign exchange.
 
We provide credit lines to financial institutions in the regional shareholder countries. The purpose of these credit lines is to enable these institutions to finance projects that fall within our overall objectives, but that are not sufficiently large to justify our being directly involved in the project. The relevant financial institutions are thereby provided with funds that enable them to strengthen their financial resources within parameters previously agreed to with us. Under such multisectoral credit lines, we take the credit risk of the financial intermediary and also have recourse to the underlying borrowers. The financial intermediaries are responsible for repayment of their loans from us regardless of whether the underlying borrower repays the financial intermediary.
 
We endeavor to strengthen trade by and among regional shareholder countries and to assist companies in the regional shareholder countries to access world markets. Our trade-financing activities are complementary to those of the export credit agencies of regional shareholder countries because we finance qualifying import or export operations, whereas those agencies generally are limited to providing financing only for goods exported from the respective countries. Through trade-financing, we finance the movement of merchandise. We also provide credit support to trade activities through the confirmation of letters of credit in situations where the issuing local bank would not be perceived as sufficiently creditworthy by financial institutions in the beneficiary’s country.
 
In 1997, we began making a portion of our loans through an “A/B” loan program. The “A” portion of the loan is made directly to the borrower by us. Under the “B” portion, banks provide the funding and assume the credit risk. Because we act as the lender of record for the entire loan, commercial banks are exempted from country risk provisions and, therefore, the borrower receives an interest rate that is generally lower than the rate available in the commercial markets. The lower interest rate is a result, among other factors, of the reduced inherent risk resulting from our status as a multilateral financial institution.


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Our loan pricing is typically based on our cost of funds plus a spread to cover operational costs and credit risks. All sovereign-risk loans are made at the same spread for comparable maturities. Generally, our loans are made on a floating interest rate basis. Under certain exceptional circumstances, loans may be made at fixed interest rates, provided that the corresponding funding is obtained at fixed interest rates. We generally charge a loan origination fee equal to 1% of the total loan amount and a commitment fee equal to 0.75% per annum on undisbursed loan balances. Substantially all loans are denominated in U.S. dollars.
 
Our policies generally require that loans to public sector entities have the benefit of sovereign guarantees. Exceptions have been made for a few highly-capitalized entities. Loans to private sector entities other than banks generally must have the benefit of bank or other guarantees, or other collateral acceptable to us.
 
During the three-year period ended December 31, 2005, our total assets grew at a compound average annual rate of 4.02%, in part reflecting the economic growth in most of the regional shareholder countries. At December 31, 2005, our total assets were $9.5 billion, of which $7.3 billion, or 77.0%, were disbursed and outstanding loans. At December 31, 2005, the “B” loan portion of our “A/B” loan transactions totaled $410.2 million. The tables on loan exposure that follow reflect only the “A” portion of the respective “A/B” loan transactions since we only assume the credit risk of the “A” loan portion. During this three-year period, our lending portfolio grew at a compound average annual rate of 5.5%. Our management expects further loan growth to be funded by additional borrowings and deposits, retained earnings and planned capital increases.
 
Loans to Public and Private Sector Borrowers
 
Our total loan portfolio outstanding, classified by public sector and private sector borrowers, was as follows:
 
                                 
    At December 31,  
    2005     2004     2003  
    (in U.S.$ millions)  
 
Public Sector
    88.8 %     6,522.5       6,414.4       5,808.1  
Private Sector
    11.2 %     824.1       691.4       785.1  
                                 
      100.0 %     7,346.6       7,105.8       6,593.2  
                                 
Fair value adjustments on hedging activities
            0.3       (1.7 )     4.0  
                                 
Total
            7,347.0       7,104.1       6,597.2  
                                 
 
The percentage of our total loan portfolio represented by public sector loans increased between 2003 and 2005 from 88.1% to 88.8%. Management expects the proportion of public sector and private sector loans during 2006 to remain approximately constant with 2005 levels.


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Loans by Borrowing Country
 
Our total loan portfolio outstanding, classified on a country-by-country basis, according to the location of the borrower, was as follows:
 
                                 
    At December 31,  
    2005     2004     2003  
    (in U.S.$ millions)  
 
Bolivia
    13.4 %     981.6       929.2       854.1  
Colombia
    25.9 %     1,899.5       1,701.9       1,540.3  
Ecuador
    16.7 %     1,230.5       1,224.2       1,206.4  
Peru
    23.3 %     1,712.3       1,649.8       1,384.7  
Venezuela
    15.4 %     1,134.7       1,197.0       1,144.7  
Other(1)
    5.3 %     388.0       403.6       463.0  
                                 
      100.0 %     7,346.6       7,105.8       6,593.2  
                                 
Fair value adjustments on hedging activities
            0.3       (1.7 )     4.0  
                                 
Total
            7,347.0       7,104.1       6,597.2  
                                 
 
 
(1) Principally loans outside the regional shareholder countries.
 
Loans Approved and Disbursed by Country
 
Our loan approval process is described under “— Credit Policies”. After approval, disbursements of a loan proceed in accordance with the contractual conditions of the loan agreement.
 
Set forth below is a table of the amount of loans approved and loans disbursed, classified by country, for each of the years indicated:
 
                                                 
    Approved     Disbursed(1)  
    2005     2004     2003     2005     2004     2003  
    (in U.S.$ millions)  
 
Bolivia
    523.2       498.8       619.3       198.5       232.8       345.3  
Colombia
    1,236.6       922.1       616.7       687.9       532.6       324.2  
Ecuador
    815.4       338.0       438.3       339.9       297.5       357.9  
Peru
    416.8       603.9       632.9       255.0       464.1       265.2  
Venezuela
    627.1       821.2       534.8       208.4       308.7       337.3  
Other(2)
    1,127.3       318.7       461.4       170.2       52.0       144.8  
                                                 
Total
    4,746.3       3,502.7       3,303.4       1,859.9       1,887.7       1,774.7  
                                                 
 
 
(1) Includes short-term loans in the amounts of $478.3 million, $226.2 million and $213.9 million, respectively, for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2005.
 
(2) Loans outside the regional shareholder countries, of which $695.0 million was approved and $105.1 million disbursed to entities in Brazil in 2005.
 
During the three years ended December 31, 2005, the growth rate of loans by country was as follows: Bolivia, 7.2%; Colombia, 11.1%; Ecuador, 1.0%; Peru, 11.2%; and Venezuela, -0.44%. The growth of the loan portfolio during the three-year period reflects increases in loan approvals as a result of the region’s economic growth during the period and our increased share of infrastructure financings in the region.
 
Loans to non-regional shareholder countries holding Series “C” shares (as described under “Capital Structure — General”) totaled $388.0 million in 2005, compared to $403.6 million and $463.0 million in 2004 and 2003, respectively. To date, our loans in non-regional shareholder countries have primarily been to


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Brazilian borrowers. Management expects loans to non-regional shareholder countries to increase as a percentage of the total loan portfolio.
 
We anticipate that growth in our lending will be moderate in the medium-term because the amount of new loan approvals is expected to level off, partially as a result of several of the shareholder countries’ ability to access other sources of funding.
 
Distribution of Loans by Industry
 
At December 31, 2005, our loan portfolio outstanding was distributed by industry as follows:
 
                                                                 
                                        Total by
    % of
 
    Bolivia     Colombia     Ecuador     Peru     Venezuela     Others     Sector     Total  
                      (in U.S.$ millions)                    
 
Agriculture, hunting and forestry
    3.2       106.8       9.9       94.1       6.3       0.0       220.3       3.0%  
Exploitation of mines and quarries
    0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       10.0       10.0       0.1%  
Manufacturing industry
    0.0       54.9       22.5       10.6       0.7       80.0       168.6       2.3%  
Supply of electricity, gas and water
    81.5       62.2       143.1       80.3       408.2       63.4       838.6       11.4%  
Transport, warehousing and communications
    391.7       654.7       500.3       419.8       551.9       232.6       2,751.1       37.5%  
Financial intermediaries(1)
    142.3       320.8       188.3       68.9       23.1       2.0       745.3       10.1%  
Social and other infrastructure programs
    359.6       699.8       353.5       1,024.8       144.6       0.0       2,582.3       35.2%  
Other activities
    3.3       0.3       13.1       13.7       0.0       0.0       30.5       0.4%  
                                                                 
Total
    981.6       1,899.5       1,230.5       1,712.3       1,134.7       388.0       7,346.6 (2)     100.0%  
                                                                 
 
 
(1) Multisectoral credit lines to public sector development banks, private banks and other institutions.
 
(2) Does not include fair value adjustment on hedging activities of $0.3 million.
 
Maturity of Loans
 
At December 31, 2005, our outstanding loans were scheduled to mature as follows:
 
                                                 
    2006     2007     2008     2009     2010     2011-2020  
    (in U.S.$ millions)  
 
Principal amount(1)
    1,374.3       996.7       910.5       764.2       722.7       2,578.2  
 
 
(1) Does not include fair value adjustment on hedging activities of $0.3 million.


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Ten Largest Borrowers
 
The following table sets forth the aggregate principal amount of loans to our ten largest borrowers, and the percentage such loans represented of the total loan portfolio, at December 31, 2005:
 
                 
        As a Percentage
        of Total Loan
Borrower
  Amount   Portfolio
    (in U.S.$ millions)    
 
Republic of Peru
    1,583.4       21.6%  
Republic of Colombia
    1,535.2       20.9%  
Republic of Venezuela
    1,128.5       15.4%  
Republic of Ecuador
    1,007.8       13.7%  
Republic of Bolivia
    814.8       11.1%  
Banco de Comercio Exterior S.A. (Colombia)(1)
    88.1       1.2%  
Alcaldia Mayor Distrito Capital Santa Fe (Colombia)
    85.7       1.2%  
Votorantim Participacoes, S.A. (Brazil)(2)
    80.0       1.1%  
BanColombia, S.A. (Colombia)
    74.9       1.0%  
Transportadora Brasileira Gasoducto S.A. (Brazil)(3)
    71.1       1.0%  
                 
Total
    6,469.4       88.1%  
                 
 
 
(1) Financial intermediary primarily owned by the government.
 
(2) Privately owned manufacturing company.
 
(3) Company related to the Bolivia-Brazil gas pipeline.
 
Selected Projects
 
Set out below are examples of projects approved by CAF during 2005 and the respective loan approval amounts.
 
Bolivia
 
Republic of Bolivia / National Roads Service (SNC) — $180 million loan for the improvement of the road connecting the city of Puerto Suárez with the city of Santa Cruz, which allows for integration with Brazil to the east, and with Peru and Chile to the west.
 
Republic of Bolivia / National Roads Service (SNC) — $84 million loan to promote activities in the transportation sector that will advance the physical integration between Bolivia and its neighboring countries.
 
Colombia
 
Republic of Colombia — $300 million loan program to support the government’s pension fund reform efforts.
 
National Roadway Institute — $150 million loan program for the improvement of the quality and sustainability of the national road system that will promote integration within the territory.
 
Ecuador
 
Republic of Ecuador — $250 million loan program for the enhancement of power generation capacity at lower costs and financial strengthening of energy distribution companies.
 
Republic of Ecuador — $40 million loan to improve the quality of education services in various basic education centers in rural areas.


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Peru
 
Concessionary Interoceánica Sur S.A. — $200 million loan to finance the construction of roads between Cuzco, Puno, Puerto Maldonado and the border with Brazil (Iñapari), in order to support local and regional integration and thus promote the development of related regional departments.
 
Concessionary IIRSA Norte S.A. — $60 million loan for the construction of roads between Paita and Yurimaguas, in order to promote integration with neighboring countries and the development of nearby areas.
 
Venezuela
 
C.A. Metro de Caracas — $72 million loan to finance the maintenance, upgrade and replacement of equipment in the operative lines of the Caracas subway system.
 
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela / National Fund for Urban Transportation  — $25 million loan to support the improvement of urban transportation systems in various cities of Venezuela, as well as the institutional strengthening of the entities responsible for this sector.
 
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela — $25 million loan to finance a series of activities aimed specifically at meeting environmental and social needs.
 
Argentina
 
Republic of Argentina — $210 million loan to support a plan for increasing the existing electric power supply for Argentina-Paraguay interconnected systems.
 
Panama
 
Republic of Panama — $80 million loan program to finance the improvement of the national road network’s infrastructure and security so as to reduce operation costs and commuting times.
 
Uruguay
 
National Corporation for Development — $70 million loan to support the modernization of the main national routes in order to promote integration with Mercosur countries.
 
Other Activities
 
Treasury Operations
 
Our investment policy requires that at least 80% of our liquid assets be held in the form of investment grade instruments. The remaining portion may be invested in unrated or non-investment grade instruments. At December 31, 2005, our liquid assets consisted of $1.8 billion of cash, time deposits and securities, of which 33.3% consisted of cash and time deposits.
 
Equity Shareholdings
 
We may acquire equity shareholdings in new or existing companies within the regional shareholder countries, either directly or through investment funds focused on Latin America. Our equity participation in any one company is limited to 1% of our total shareholders’ equity. Our policies do not permit us to be a company’s largest individual shareholder. In addition, the aggregate amount of our equity investments cannot exceed 10% of our total shareholders’ equity. At December 31, 2005, the carrying value of our equity investments totaled $114.6 million, representing 3.5% of our total shareholders’ equity. As of December 31, 2005, 90.7% of our equity portfolio was held through investment funds.
 
Credit Guarantees
 
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public guarantees of obligations of the securities of third party issuers. We generally offer only partial credit guarantees with the intention that private lenders or holders of securities share the risk along with us.
 
The emphasis of the credit guarantees is to aid in the financing of public sector projects, though we do not have any internal policies limiting our credit guarantees to public sector projects. Also, although we generally intend to guarantee approximately 25% of the financing for a given project, we may guarantee up to the full amount of the financing, subject to our other credit policies. Our internal policies limit the aggregate outstanding amount of our credit guarantees to a maximum amount equivalent to 20% of our net worth. The amount of credit guarantees outstanding was $203.8 million as of December 31, 2005, representing the guarantee of one public sector project in Colombia, two public sector projects in Bolivia and one private sector project in Peru.
 
Promotion of Regional Development
 
As part of our role in advancing regional integration, we evaluate on an ongoing basis new investment opportunities intended to benefit the regional shareholder countries. We also provide technical and financial assistance for the planning and implementation of binational and multinational projects, help obtain capital and technology for these projects and assist companies in developing and implementing modernization, expansion and organizational development programs.
 
Fund Administration
 
At December 31, 2005, we acted as fund administrator for several funds, totaling $85.2 million in the aggregate, which are funded, in whole or in part, through allocations made each year by our shareholders from our prior year’s net income. In 2005, 2004 and 2003, shareholders allocated to these funds $41.4 million, $22.0 million, and $18.5 million from the net income of 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. These funds are not part of our accounts.
 
At December 31, 2005, the funds were the Technical Co-operation Fund, the Fund for Human Development, the Compensatory Financing Fund, the HIPC Fund for Bolivia, the Fund for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises and the Latin American Carbon Program.
 
Technical Co-operation Fund
 
At December 31, 2005, the Technical Co-operation Fund had a balance of $10.3 million. The purpose of this fund is to finance research and development studies that may lead to the identification of project investment opportunities and also, on occasion, to provide grants, that are typically less than $100,000 each, to facilitate the implementation of those projects.
 
Fund for Human Development
 
At December 31, 2005, the Fund for Human Development had a balance of $18.6 million. This fund is devoted to assist projects intended to promote sustainable development in socially excluded communities, as well as support micro-enterprises through the financing of intermediary institutions that offer direct loans to rural and urban micro-entrepreneurs.
 
Compensatory Financing Fund
 
At December 31, 2005, the Compensatory Financing Fund had a balance of $41.7 million. This fund was created to provide interest rate compensation when a project providing social or developmental benefits is otherwise unable to sustain market interest rates.
 
HIPC Fund for Bolivia
 
At December 31, 2005, the HIPC Fund for Bolivia had a balance of $0.4 million. The debt reduction initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (“HIPC”) has the purpose of increasing the resources of


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beneficiary countries to accelerate reform by reducing their external debt. This fund was created as part of the application of the World Bank’s HIPC initiative for Bolivia.
 
Fund for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises
 
At December 31, 2005, the Fund for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises had a balance of $13.9 million. The purpose of this fund is to finance and, in general, support initiatives that aid the development of an entrepreneurial class in the region.
 
Latin American Carbon Program
 
At December 31, 2005, the Latin American Carbon Program had a balance of $0.3 million. This program is dedicated to the implementation of market mechanisms which allow developing countries to participate in the environmental services market. The program is engaged in the emerging greenhouse gasses reductions market in the Latin American and Caribbean markets through several mechanisms, including those allowed by the Kyoto Protocol.
 
Credit Policies
 
The Constitutive Agreement limits the total amount of disbursed and outstanding loans, guarantees and equity investments to 4.0 times shareholders’ equity. Our actual ratio on December 31, 2005 was 2.4 times shareholders’ equity. The guidelines of the Basle Committee on Supervisory Practices and Banking Regulations require a capitalization ratio, defined as shareholders’ equity divided by risk-weighted assets plus risk-weighted off-balance sheet items, of not less than 8% for those institutions to which those guidelines are applicable. Our policy requires this capitalization ratio to be at least 30%. Our actual capitalization ratio was 40.6% on December 31, 2005.
 
We apply commercial banking standards for credit approvals and maintain policies and procedures regarding risk assessment and credit policy. Relationship managers perform an initial screening of each potential client and transaction to ensure that the proposed extension of credit falls within our policies. Proposed project loans are evaluated in accordance with our Operational Policies, which set out detailed eligibility and evaluation guidelines. Loans to a private sector borrower are approved taking into consideration both the individual loan and the total exposure to the borrower.
 
The Loans and Investments Committee recommends approvals of loans and investments. The members of this Committee are the Vice Presidents, the Chief Legal Counsel and the Head of Credit Administration. The committee is chaired by the Executive Vice President. The Secretary of the Committee is an officer from the Credit Administration Office. The Executive President, upon the recommendation of the Loans and Investments Committee, may approve loans of up to $25.0 million and equity investments of up to $5.0 million. In excess of these amounts, loans of up to $40.0 million and equity investments of up to $10.0 million require the approval of the Executive Committee of our Board of Directors or the Board of Directors itself. Loans in excess of $40.0 million and equity investments in excess of $10.0 million require the approval of our Board of Directors.
 
Our policies also impose limitations on loan concentration by country and by type of risk. Loans to entities in any one regional shareholder country may not exceed either 30% of our loan portfolio or 100% of our shareholders’ equity. Aggregate loans to entities in any non-regional shareholder country currently may not exceed eight times the total of such country’s paid-in capital contribution to us plus any assets entrusted by the country to us under a fiduciary relationship. This limit does not apply to trade loan financing with regional shareholder countries. Additionally, no more than four times the country’s paid-in capital contribution to us plus any assets entrusted to us under a fiduciary relationship may be committed to operations essentially national in character. The same limitation applies to our total loan portfolio in relation to our shareholders’ equity. Loans to a public sector or mixed-capital entity not considered a sovereign risk are limited in the aggregate to 15% of our shareholders’ equity, and loans to any private sector entity are limited in the aggregate to 10% of our shareholders’ equity.


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Operations in which we extend credit to entities in Series “C” shareholder countries outside the Andean region must generally be related to activities of such entities in, or related to, the regional shareholder countries. The aggregate total of outstanding loans to entities in such countries for purely local activities may not exceed four times the amount of paid-in capital contributed by that country.
 
Our policies permit us to provide up to 100% of the total project costs with respect to short-term loans. For medium-and long-term loans, we determine the appropriate level of financing on a case-by-case basis; however, limited-recourse financing in such loans may not exceed 50% of project costs. In practice, however, we typically limit our loans to a smaller percentage of total project costs and generally require a larger percentage of financial support by the borrower than required by our credit policies.
 
Asset Quality
 
We classify a loan as overdue whenever payment is not made on its due date. We charge interest on the overdue payment from the due date and immediately suspend disbursements on all loans to the borrower and to any other borrowers of which the overdue borrower is a guarantor. The entire principal amount of a loan is placed in non-accrual status when collection or recovery is doubtful or when any payment, including principal, interest, fees or other charges in respect of the loan, is more than 90 days overdue in the case of a private sector loan or more than 180 days overdue in the case of a public sector loan. Interest and other charges on non-accruing loans are included in income only to the extent that payments have actually been received by us.
 
Not including non-accrual loans, at December 31, 2005, we had no overdue loans. At that date, the total principal amount of loans in non-accrual status was $1.3 million, or 0.02% of our total loan portfolio, representing a decrease of $18.6 million compared to December 31, 2004. At December 31, 2005, the only non-accrual loan was to a private sector borrower in Bolivia that was in the process of restructuring its debts, including its debts to us. For the year ended December 31, 2005, $0.6 million of overdue interest and other charges in respect of non-accrual status loans was excluded from net income.
 
Not including non-accrual loans, at December 31, 2004, we had no overdue loans. At that date, the total principal amount of loans in non-accrual status was $20.0 million, or 0.28% of our total loan portfolio, representing an increase of $9.0 million compared to December 31, 2003. At December 31, 2004, there were three non-accrual loans, to private sector borrowers in Ecuador, Brazil and Peru, respectively, each of which was in the process of restructuring its debts, including its debts to us. For the year ended December 31, 2004, $0.9 million of overdue interest and other charges in respect of non-accrual status loans was excluded from net income.
 
At December 31, 2005, our total loan write-offs since our inception amounted to $161.9 million, of which $10.4 million, representing portions of loans made to three borrowers, occurred in 2005. Since inception, we have not suffered any individually significant losses on our loan portfolio, although two loans involving private sector borrowers, with a total outstanding amount of $5.7 million at December 31, 2005, have been restructured. Although our loans do not enjoy any legal preference over those of other creditors, we do enjoy a de facto preferred creditor status arising from our status as a multilateral financial institution and from the interest of our borrowers in maintaining their credit standing with us.


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Quality of Loan Portfolio
 
The following table shows our overdue loan principal, loans in non-accrual status, and the total allowance for loan losses and their percentages of our total loan portfolio at the respective dates indicated, as well as loans written-off during each period:
 
                         
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2005     2004     2003  
    (in U.S.$ millions)  
 
Total loan portfolio
    7,347.0       7,104.1       6,597.2  
Overdue loan principal
    0.0       0.0       0.0  
Loans in non-accrual status
    1.3       20.0       10.9  
Loans written-off during period
    10.4       12.9       18.8  
Allowance for loan losses
    161.6       181.8       209.8  
Overdue principal payment as a percentage of loan portfolio (excluding non-accrual loans)
    0.0 %     0.0 %     0.0 %
Non-accrual loans as a percentage of loan portfolio
    0.02 %     0.28 %     0.17 %
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of loan portfolio
    2.20 %     2.56 %     3.18 %
 
The Constitutive Agreement requires that at least 10% of our net income in each year be allocated to our mandatory reserve until that reserve amounts to 50% of subscribed capital. In addition, we have a general reserve that can be used to cover contingent events and as a source of funding of last resort in the event of temporary illiquidity or when funding in the international markets is unavailable or impractical. At December 31, 2005, the mandatory reserve was $226.9 million, the general reserve was $805.6 million and the allowance for loan losses was $161.6 million, totaling $1.2 billion.
 
See “Capital Structure — Reserves” for more information about our policies on reserves.
 
FUNDED DEBT
 
Funding Strategy
 
We raise funds for operations primarily in the international financial markets, although a relatively small part is raised within the regional shareholder countries. Our strategy with respect to funding, to the extent possible under prevailing market conditions, is to match the maturities of our liabilities to the maturities of our loan portfolio. In order to diversify our funding sources and to offer potential borrowers a wide range of credit facilities, we raise funds through bond issues in both the regional shareholder countries and the international capital markets. We also take deposits and obtain loans and credit lines from central banks, commercial banks and, to the extent of imports related to projects funded by us, export credit agencies.
 
Within the regional shareholder countries, we raise funds from central banks and financial institutions and by means of regional bond issues. Outside the region, we obtain funding from public sector development and credit agencies, from multilateral development banks, from various North American, European and Japanese commercial banks, from capital markets and from the U.S. and European commercial paper markets.


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Sources of Funded Debt
 
The breakdown of our outstanding funded debt, both within and outside the regional shareholder countries, at each of the dates indicated below was as follows:
 
                         
    At December 31,  
    2005     2004     2003  
    (in U.S.$ millions)  
 
Within the regional shareholder countries:
                       
Term deposits
    386.4       205.3       278.2  
Bonds
    320.0       353.1       276.7  
                         
      706.4       558.4       554.9  
Outside the regional shareholder countries:
                       
Deposits, acceptances and advances, commercial paper, and repurchase agreements
    1,154.0       1,212.0       1,139.2  
Loans and lines of credit
    488.4       567.9       411.2  
Bonds
    3,526.9       3,634.2       3,697.6  
                         
      5,169.3       5,414.0       5,248.0  
                         
      5,875.7       5,972.4       5,802.8  
Variation effect between spot and original FX rate
    139.3       457.2       365.9  
                         
Fair value adjustments on hedging activities
    76.5       167.0       (40.9 )
                         
Total
    6,091.5       6,596.6       6,127.8  
                         


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Maturity of Funded Debt
 
The breakdown of our outstanding funded debt, by instrument and maturity, at each of the dates indicated below was as follows:
 
                         
    At December 31,  
    2005     2004     2003  
    (in U.S.$ millions)  
 
Term deposits:
                       
up to 1 year
    386.4       205.3       278.2  
Acceptances, advances and commercial paper and repurchase agreements:
                       
up to 1 year
    1,154.0       1,212.0       1,139.2  
Loans and lines of credit:
                       
up to 1 year
    76.8       99.0       82.3  
between 1 and 3 years
    165.1       177.3       131.2  
between 3 and 5 years
    173.4       139.6       80.8  
more than 5 years
    73.0       151.9       116.9  
                         
      488.4       567.8       411.2  
Bonds:
                       
up to 1 year
    294.4       723.7       640.0  
between 1 and 3 years
    787.4       793.8       1,021.1  
between 3 and 5 years
    956.7       584.9       121.7  
more than 5 years
    1,808.5       1,884.9       2,191.4  
                         
      3,846.9       3,987.3       3,974.2  
Totals:
                       
up to 1 year
    1,911.6       2,240.0       2,139.7  
between 1 and 3 years
    952.5       971.1       1,152.3  
between 3 and 5 years
    1,130.1       724.5       202.5  
more than 5 years
    1,881.5       2,036.8       2,308.3  
                         
      5,875.7       5,972.4       5,802.8  
Variation effect between spot and original FX rate
    139.3       457.2       365.9  
Fair value adjustments on hedging activities
    76.5       167.0       (40.9 )
                         
Total
    6,091.5       6,596.6       6,127.8  
                         
 
Our borrowings are primarily U.S. dollar-based: 69.2% of our total borrowings, or 96.3% of borrowings after swaps, were denominated in U.S. dollars at December 31, 2005. The principal amount of non-U.S. dollar borrowings outstanding at December 31, 2005 included 47.5 billion Yen, 690 million Euro, 227 million Pounds Sterling, 2.4 million Canadian Dollars, and 272.2 billion Colombian Pesos; all of such non-U.S. dollar borrowings are swapped or otherwise hedged.
 
DEBT RECORD
 
We have never defaulted on the payment of principal of, or premium or interest on, any debt security we have issued, and we have always met all of our debt obligations on a timely basis.
 
ASSET AND LIABILITY MANAGEMENT
 
We reduce our sensitivity to interest rate risk by extending our loans on a floating rather than a fixed interest rate basis. As a result, at December 31, 2005, 98.6% of our outstanding loans were based on LIBOR


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and subject to interest rate adjustments at least every six months. The liabilities that fund these loans are also contracted at, or swapped into, floating interest rates. When we make loans at fixed interest rates, we also obtain the corresponding funding on a fixed interest rate basis.
 
We require that counterparties with which we enter into swap agreements be rated “A” or better by two U.S. nationally recognized statistical rating organizations. At December 31, 2005, we were party to swap agreements with an aggregate notional amount of $3.6 billion.
 
We seek, to the extent possible under prevailing market conditions, to match the maturities of our liabilities to the maturities of our loan portfolio. At December 31, 2005, the weighted average life of our financial assets was 3.9 years and the weighted average life of our financial liabilities was 4.0 years. Based on our asset and liability structure at December 31, 2005, we have a positive cumulative gap over a 10 year horizon. This positive gap denotes asset sensitivity, which means that decreases in the general level of interest rates should have a negative effect on our net financial income and, conversely, increases in the general level of interest rates should have a positive effect on our net financial income.
 
Our management expects the weighted average life of our financial assets to increase gradually, as we make more longer-term loans for infrastructure development and similar purposes. At the same time, our management expects that the weighted average life of our liabilities will also increase as a result of our strategy of increasing our presence in the international long-term bond market as market conditions permit.
 
At December 31, 2005, approximately 99.9% of our assets and 67.5% of our liabilities were denominated in U.S. dollars, with the remainder of our liabilities being denominated principally in Euro, Yen and Pounds Sterling, which liabilities were swapped. After swaps, 96.1% of our liabilities were denominated in U.S. dollars. Generally, funding that is contracted in currencies other than the U.S. dollar is swapped into U.S. dollars. In some cases, we extend our loans in the same non-U.S. dollar currencies as debt is incurred in order to minimize exchange risks. Our shareholders’ equity is denominated entirely in U.S. dollars.
 
We do not trade derivatives for our own account. Under our asset-liability management policies, we enter into swap agreements to hedge interest rate and currency risks.
 
ADMINISTRATION
 
We are governed and administered by the bodies and officials detailed below:
 
Shareholders’ General Meeting
 
The shareholders’ general meeting is the ultimate decision-making body within CAF. Shareholders’ general meetings can be ordinary or extraordinary and are governed by the requirement for the presence of a quorum and compliance with other conditions set out in the Constitutive Agreement.
 
Shareholders’ ordinary general meetings are held once a year, within 90 days of the close of the financial year, and are convened by the Executive President. The shareholders’ ordinary general meeting:
 
  (1)  considers the Board of Directors’ annual report and our financial statements, receives the independent auditors’ report and allocates our net income;
 
  (2)  elects the Board of Directors according to the Constitutive Agreement;
 
  (3)  appoints external auditors;
 
  (4)  determines compensation for the Board of Directors and the external auditors; and
 
  (5)  may consider any other matter expressly submitted to it which is not within the purview of any other body of CAF.
 
Shareholders’ extraordinary general meetings may be convened by resolution adopted at a shareholders’ ordinary general meeting, by the Board of Directors, by the Executive President, by any two Series “A”


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shareholders or by any shareholders representing at least 25% of paid-in capital. The shareholders’ extraordinary general meeting may:
 
  (1)  increase, reduce or replenish our capital in accordance with the Constitutive Agreement;
 
  (2)  dissolve CAF;
 
  (3)  change the headquarters of CAF when the Board of Directors so proposes; and
 
  (4)  consider any other matter that has been expressly submitted to it that is not within the purview of any other body of CAF.
 
Resolutions before shareholders’ ordinary general meetings are passed by the votes of at least three Series “A” shareholders, together with a majority of the votes of the other shares represented at the meeting. Resolutions passed at shareholders’ extraordinary general meetings (including a decision to dissolve CAF) require the votes of four Series “A” shareholders, together with a majority of the votes of the other shares represented at the meeting, except for resolutions concerning modifications to the Constitutive Agreement, in which case an affirmative vote of all five Series “A” shareholders is required, together with a majority of the votes of the other shares represented at the meeting. In the event of adjournment for lack of a quorum, which consists of at least four Series “A” shareholders and a simple majority of the other shareholders, at either an ordinary or extraordinary general meeting, two Series “A” shareholders, plus a majority of the other shares represented at the meeting, may deliberate and approve decisions at a reconvened meeting.
 
Board of Directors
 
Our Board of Directors is composed of 13 directors, each of whom is elected for a term of three years and may be re-elected. Each of the five Series “A” shareholders is represented by one director. Five directors represent the governments or governmental institutions holding Series “B” shares and one director represents the private financial institutions holding Series “B” shares. Holders of Series “C” shares are entitled to elect two directors. In the event of a vacancy in a director position, the corresponding alternate director serves as director until such vacancy has been filled. Responsibilities of our Board of Directors include:
 
(1) establishing and directing our credit and economic policies;
 
(2) approving our budget;
 
(3) approving our borrowing limits;
 
(4) approving credits granted by us in excess of a specified limit;
 
(5) establishing or modifying internal regulations; and
 
(6) appointing the Executive President.
 
All of our directors are non-executive. As of August 15, 2006, the composition of the Board of Directors was as follows:
 
Directors (and their alternates) representing Series “A” shareholders:
 
         
Bolivia
  Carlos Villegas   Minister of Development Planning
    (Luis Hernando Larrazábal)   (Vice Minister of Public Investment and External Financing)
         
         
Colombia
  Alberto Carrasquilla   Minister of Treasury and Public Credit
    (Jorge Humberto Botero)   (Minister of Foreign Trade)
         
         
Ecuador
  Victor Hernández H.   President of Corporación Financiera Nacional
    (Vacant)    
         
         
Peru
  Vacant    
    (Luis Carranza U.)   (Minister of Economy and Finance)
         
         
Venezuela
  Nelson Merentes   Minister of Finance
    (Jorge Giordani)   (Minister of Planning and Development)


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Directors (and their alternates) representing the Series “B” shareholders:
 
         
Bolivia
  Luis Alberto Arce   Minister of Treasury
    (Oscar Navarro)   (Vice Minister of Treasury and Public Credit)
         
         
Colombia
  José Dario Uribe   General Manager of Banco de la República
    (Carolina Rentaría R.)   (Director of the National Planning Department)
         
         
Ecuador
  Armando Rodas   Minister of Economy and Finance
    (Leopoldo Báez)   (Board Member of Banco Central del Ecuador)
         
         
Peru
  Daniel Schydlowsky R.   Chairman of the Board of
        Corporación Financiera de Desarrollo (COFIDE)
    (José Berley Arista Arbildo)   (Vice Minister of Treasury)
         
         
Venezuela
  María Cristina Iglesias   Minister of Light Industries and Commerce
    (Edgar Hernandez Behrens)   (President of Banco de Desarrollo Económico y Social)
         
         
Private Financial
       
Institutions
  José Antonio Colomer   Director of the Board of Directors of Banco Continental of Perú
    (Gustavo Maturet)   (President of Banco Mercantil of Venezuela)
 
The directors representing the Series “C” shareholders are José Carlos Rocha Miranda, Secretary of International Affairs of Brazil from the Ministry of Planning, Budget and Process, and Pedro Solbes Mira, Second Vice President of the Government and Minister of the Economy and Treasury for Spain. Their alternates are Oscar Tangelson, Secretary of Political Economy and Vice Minister of Economy of Argentina, and Francisco de Paula Gutiérrez, President of the Central Bank of Costa Rica.
 
The business address of each of the directors and each of the alternate directors listed above is Torre CAF, Piso 9, Avenida Luis Roche, Altamira, Caracas, Venezuela.
 
Our Board of Directors annually elects a Chairman to preside over the meetings of the Board of Directors and the shareholders’ general meeting. Alberto Carrasquilla is the current Chairman until March 31, 2007.
 
Executive Committee
 
The Board of Directors delegates certain functions, including credit approvals within specified limits, to the Executive Committee. This Committee is composed of six directors, one from each regional shareholder country plus the director representing the private financial institutions, and CAF’s Executive President, who presides over the Committee. Currently, the Executive Committee is not functioning and several of the director positions are vacant.
 
Executive President
 
The Executive President is our legal representative and chief executive officer. He is empowered to decide all matters not expressly reserved to the shareholders’ general meeting, the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee. The Executive President is elected by the Board of Directors for a period of five years and may be re-elected.
 
Our Executive President, L. Enrique García, was reelected in June 2006 for a fourth five-year term that will expire in December 2011. Before becoming our Executive President in November 1991, Mr. García was Minister of Planning and Coordination and Head of the Economic and Social Cabinet in his native Bolivia. Between 1989 and 1991, he represented Bolivia as Governor to the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (“IADB”) and as a member of the Development Committee of the World Bank. He was also Chairman of the Board of Directors of CAF from 1990 to 1991. Previously, Mr. García held senior positions during a 17-year tenure at the IADB, including Treasurer.


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     Officers
 
     
L. Enrique García
  Executive President
     
     
Luis Enrique Berrizbeitia
  Executive Vice President
     
     
Lilliana Canale
  Vice President of Country Programs
     
     
Antonio Juan Sosa
  Vice President of Infrastructure
     
     
Peter Vonk
  Vice President of Corporate Finance and Investment Banking
     
     
Mauricio Yepez
  Vice President of Financial Systems
     
     
Hugo Sarmiento
  Vice President of Finance
     
     
Claudia Martinez
  Vice President of Social and Environmental Development
     
     
Fernando Dongilio
  Chief Legal Counsel
     
     
Marcello Zalles
  Corporate Comptroller
 
Employees
 
At December 31, 2005, we employed 242 professionals and 72 support staff. The senior positions of Executive Vice President, Vice President of Finance, Vice President of Country Programs, Vice President of Infrastructure, Vice President of Corporate Finance and Investment Banking, Vice President of Financial Systems and Vice President of Social and Environmental Development are appointed by the Executive President, subject to ratification by the Board of Directors.
 
Our management believes that the salaries and other benefits of our professional staff are competitive and that the local support staff are paid at levels above the prevailing local rates. Although we are not subject to local labor laws, we provide our employees with benefits and safeguards at least equivalent to those required under the law of the country where they normally work and reside. We offer technical and professional training opportunities through courses and seminars in Venezuela and abroad for our employees. Management considers its relationship with CAF’s employees to be good. There is no employee union and there have been no strikes in the history of CAF.


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THE REGIONAL SHAREHOLDER COUNTRIES
 
Certain of the following information has been extracted from publicly available sources. We believe that the information is accurate but we have not independently verified it.
 
The Andean region occupied by the regional shareholder countries is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the northeast, the Caribbean Sea on the north and the Pacific Ocean on the west, and covers approximately 4.7 million square kilometers in Northern and Western South America, approximately 20% of the continent.
 
Selected Demographic and Economic Data*
 
The following table presents selected demographic and economic data for the regional shareholder countries for the years indicated:
 
                     
    Bolivia   Colombia   Ecuador   Peru   Venezuela
 
Population (in millions)
                   
2005
  9.4   46.0   13.2   27.9   26.6
2004
  9.2   45.3   13.0   27.5   26.1
2003
  8.9   44.5   12.7   27.1   25.5
2002
  8.7   43.7   12.4   26.7   25.1
2001
  8.5   43.0   12.2   26.3   24.6
Life expectancy at birth (years) (1)
                   
2003
  64   72   72   70   74
2002
  64   72   71   70   74
2001
  63   72   71   69   74
2000
  63   71   70   69   73
GDP (U.S.$ in millions) (2)
                   
2005
  9,707   123,259   33,062   78,422   147,870
2004
  8,762   98,370   28,667   68,641   133,580
2003
  8,024   77,559   26,913   61,011   84,793
2002
  7,801   80,595   24,311   56,517   94,340
2001
  7,942   82,410   21,024   53,636   120,481
GDP per capita (U.S.$) (2)
                   
2005
  1,030   2,677   2,342   2,881   5,559
2004
  950   2,170   2,325   2,559   5,118
2003
  902   1,743   2,119   2,251   3,325
2002
  897   1,844   1,961   2,117   3,759
2001
  934   1,917   1,723   2,039   4,898
Gross reserves (excluding gold)
(U.S.$ in millions) (3)
                   
2005
  1,714   14,947   1,667   14,097   30,368
2004
  1,123   13,535   1,549   12,631   23,462
2003
  717   10,921   903   10,201   24,208
2002
  854   10,454   1,008   9,685   11,929
2001
  1,077   10,192   1,074   8,785   12,247
Consumer price index growth (4)
                   
  2005   5.4%   5.1%   2.1%   1.6%   16.0%
  2004   4.4%   5.9%   2.8%   3.7%   21.9%
  2003   3.4%   7.1%   7.9%   2.3%   31.1%
  2002   0.9%   6.3%   12.5%   0.2%   22.4%
  2001   1.6%   8.0%   37.7%   2.0%   12.4%


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    Bolivia   Colombia   Ecuador   Peru   Venezuela
 
Exports of Goods (f.o.b.)
                   
(U.S.$ in millions)
                   
2005
  2,671   21,187   9,701   17,247   55,487
2004
  2,146   16,464   7,528   12,617   38,748
2003
  1,573   13,395   6,004   8,954   27,170
2002
  1,319   12,285   5,192   7,647   26,219
2001
  1,285   12,777   4,782   7,007   27,056
Imports of Goods (f.o.b.)
(U.S.$ in millions)
                   
2005
  2,191   19,779   9,064   12,084   23,955
2004
  1,950   15,324   7,293   9,824   17,318
2003
  1,613   13,136   6,098   8,244   10,707
2002
  1,520   12,153   6,196   7,440   12,280
2001
  1,496   12,267   5,179   7,273   17,282
 
 
Sources: Official government sources (including but not limited to the ministries of finance of the regional shareholder countries) and estimates from Business Monitor International.
 
(1) This information is extracted from the United Nations Human Development Indicators produced by the Human Development Report office of the United Nations.
 
(2) Expressed in current U.S. dollars.
 
(3) At December 31.
 
(4) Average annual growth rates.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES
 
The following description sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the debt securities to which any prospectus supplement may relate. The particular terms of the debt securities being offered and the extent to which such general provisions may apply will be described in a prospectus supplement relating to such debt securities.
 
The debt securities will be issued pursuant to a fiscal agency agreement, dated as of March 17, 1998, between CAF and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as fiscal agent. The following statements briefly summarize some of the terms of the debt securities and the fiscal agency agreement (a copy of which has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement). These statements do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to all provisions of the fiscal agency agreement and such debt securities.
 
General
 
The debt securities will constitute our direct, unconditional, unsecured and general obligations. The debt securities will rank equally with all of our other unsecured Indebtedness. “Indebtedness” means all of our indebtedness in respect of monies borrowed by us and guarantees given by us for monies borrowed by others.
 
The accompanying prospectus supplement will describe the following terms of the debt securities, as applicable:
 
  (1)  the title;
 
  (2)  the price or prices at which we will issue the debt securities;
 
  (3)  any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities or the series of which they are a part;
 
  (4)  the currency or currency units for which the debt securities may be purchased and in which payments of principal and interest will be made;
 
  (5)  the date or dates on which principal and interest will be payable;
 
  (6)  the rate or rates at which any of the debt securities will bear interest, the date or dates from which any interest will accrue, and the record dates and interest payment dates;
 
  (7)  the place or places where principal and interest payments will be made;
 
  (8)  the time and price limitations on redemption of the debt securities;
 
  (9)  our obligation, if any, to redeem or purchase the debt securities at the option of the holder;
 
  (10)  the denominations in which any of the debt securities will be issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000;
 
  (11)  if the amount of principal or interest on any of the debt securities is determinable according to an index or a formula, the manner in which such amounts will be determined;
 
  (12)  whether and under what circumstances we will issue the debt securities as global debt securities; and
 
  (13)  any other specific terms of the debt securities.
 
Certain debt securities will be treated for United States federal income tax purposes as original issue discount notes (“Discount Notes”) if the excess of the debt security’s “stated redemption price at maturity” over its issue price is more than a “de minimis amount” (as defined for United States federal income tax purposes). If applicable, the prospectus supplement will describe the United States federal income tax consequences of the ownership of Discount Notes and any special rules regarding debt securities.


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Denominations, Registration and Transfer
 
The debt securities of each series will be issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, and, unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement, only in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
 
At the option of the holder, subject to the terms of the fiscal agency agreement and the limitations applicable to global debt securities, debt securities of each series will be exchangeable for other debt securities of the same series of any authorized denomination and of a like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
 
Debt securities may be presented for exchange and for registration of transfer in the manner, at the places and subject to the restrictions set forth in the debt securities and as summarized in the prospectus supplement. Such services will be provided without charge, other than any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith, but subject to the limitations provided in the terms of the debt securities.
 
If any definitive notes are issued and at that time the notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, we will appoint a transfer agent in Luxembourg, which we anticipate being the same entity that serves as our Luxembourg paying agent. In such circumstances, transfers or exchanges of any definitive notes may be made at the office of our Luxembourg transfer agent (in addition to the corporate trust office of the fiscal agent).
 
Global Debt Securities
 
Some or all of the debt securities of any series may be represented, in whole or in part, by one or more global debt securities that will have an aggregate principal amount equal to that of the debt securities they represent. If applicable, each global debt security will be:
 
  (1)  registered in the name of a depositary or its nominee identified in the prospectus supplement;
 
  (2)  deposited with the depositary or nominee or the depositary’s custodian; and
 
  (3)  printed with a legend regarding the restrictions on exchanges and registration of transfer of the security, and any other matters required by the fiscal agency agreement and the terms of the debt securities and summarized in the prospectus supplement.
 
Payment and Paying Agent
 
Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, we will make payments of principal and interest on debt securities:
 
  (1)  through the fiscal agent;
 
  (2)  to the person in whose name the debt securities are registered at the close of business on the regular record date for the payments; and
 
  (3)  at the office of the paying agent or agents designated by us; unless
 
  •  at our option, payment is mailed to the registered holder, or
 
  •  at the request of a registered holder of more than $1,000,000 principal amount of the securities, payment is made by wire transfer.
 
Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, our sole paying agent for payments on the debt securities will be the corporate trust office of the fiscal agent in the City of New York.
 
Any monies we pay to our fiscal agent or any paying agent for the payment of the principal of or interest on any debt securities that remains unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal or interest has become due and payable will be repaid to us by such agent. Upon such repayment, all liability of our fiscal agent or any paying agent with respect to such monies shall thereupon cease, without, however, limiting in any way our unconditional obligation to pay principal of or any interest on the debt securities when due.


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Negative Pledge
 
As long as any of the debt securities are outstanding and unpaid, but only up to the time amounts sufficient for payment of all principal and interest have been placed at the disposal of the fiscal agent, we will not cause or permit to be created on any of our property or assets any mortgage, pledge or other lien or charge as security for any bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness heretofore or hereafter issued, assumed or guaranteed by us for money borrowed (other than purchase money mortgages, pledges or liens on property purchased by us as security for all or part of the purchase price thereof), unless the debt securities are secured by such mortgage, pledge or other lien or charge equally and ratably with such other bonds, notes or evidences of indebtedness.
 
Default; Acceleration of Maturity
 
Each of the following will constitute an “event of default” with respect to the debt securities of any series:
 
  (1)  a failure to pay any principal of or interest on any debt securities of that series when due and the continuance of the failure for 30 days;
 
  (2)  a failure to perform or observe any material obligation under or in respect of any debt securities of that series or the fiscal agency agreement and the continuance of the failure for a period of 90 days after written notice of the failure has been delivered to CAF and to the fiscal agent by the holder of any debt security of that series;
 
  (3)  a failure to pay any amount in excess of $20,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) of principal or interest or premium in respect of any indebtedness incurred, assumed or guaranteed by CAF as and when such amount becomes due and payable and the continuance of the failure until the expiration of any applicable grace period or 30 days, whichever is longer; or
 
  (4)  the acceleration of any indebtedness incurred or assumed by CAF with an aggregate principal amount in excess of $20,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) by any holder or holders thereof.
 
If an event of default occurs with respect to the debt securities of any series at the time outstanding, each holder of any debt security of that series may, by written notice to CAF and the fiscal agent, declare the principal of and any accrued interest on all the debt securities of that series held by it to be, and the principal and accrued interest shall thereupon become, immediately due and payable, unless prior to receipt of the notice by CAF all events of default in respect of such series of debt securities are cured. If all the events of default are cured following the declaration, the declaration may be rescinded by any such holder with respect to the previously accelerated series of debt securities upon delivery of written notice of the rescission to CAF and the fiscal agent.
 
Additional Payments by CAF
 
All amounts payable (whether in respect of principal, interest or otherwise) in respect of the debt securities will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of any of the regional shareholder countries or any political subdivision thereof or any authority or agency therein or thereof having power to tax, unless the withholding or deduction of such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges is required by law. In that event, we will pay such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the net amounts receivable by the holder of debt securities of any series after the withholding or deduction will equal the respective amounts that would have been receivable by the holder in the absence of the withholding or deduction, except that no additional amounts will be payable in relation to any payment in respect of any debt security:
 
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  having some connection with any of the regional shareholder countries other than the mere holding of the debt security; or
 
  (2)  presented for payment more than 30 days after the “Relevant Date” (as defined in the next paragraph), except to the extent that the relevant holder would have been entitled to the additional amounts on presenting the same for payment on the expiry of the period of 30 days.
 
As used in this prospectus, the “Relevant Date” means, in respect of any payment, the date on which such payment first becomes due and payable, but if the full amount of the moneys payable has not been received by the fiscal agent on or prior to the due date, it means the first date on which, the full amount of the moneys having been so received and being available for payment to holders of debt securities of any series, notice to that effect will have been duly published as set forth below under “— Notices”.
 
Modification and Amendment
 
Each and every holder of the debt securities in a series must consent to any amendment of a provision of the debt securities or the fiscal agency agreement that would:
 
(1) change the due date of the principal of or interest on any series of debt securities; or
 
  (2)  reduce the principal amount, interest rate or amount payable upon acceleration of the due date of the debt securities of a series; or
 
  (3)  change the currency or place of payment of principal of or interest on the debt securities of a series; or
 
  (4)  reduce the proportion of the principal amount of the debt securities of a series that must be held by any of the holders to vote to amend or supplement the terms of the fiscal agency agreement or the debt securities; or
 
  (5)  change our obligation to pay additional amounts.
 
We may, however, with the written consent of the holders of 662/3% of the principal amount of the debt securities of a series, modify any of the other terms or provisions of the debt securities of a series or the fiscal agency agreement (as it applies to that series). Also, we and the fiscal agent may, without the consent of the holders of the debt securities of a series, modify any of the terms and conditions of the fiscal agency agreement and the debt securities of that series, for the purpose of:
 
  (1)  adding to our covenants for the benefit of the holders of the debt securities; or
 
  (2)  surrendering any right or power conferred on CAF; or
 
  (3)  securing the debt securities of that series; or
 
  (4)  curing any ambiguity or correcting or supplementing any defective provision of the fiscal agency agreement or the debt securities; or
 
  (5)  for any purpose that we and the fiscal agent may consider necessary or desirable that does not adversely affect the interests of the holders of the debt securities of that series in any material respect.
 
Notices
 
All notices will be delivered in writing to each holder of the debt securities of any series. If at the time of such notice the debt securities of a series are represented by global debt securities, the notice shall be delivered to the applicable depositary therefor and shall be deemed to have been given three business days after delivery to such depositary. If at the time of the notice the debt securities of a series are not represented by global debt securities, the notice shall be delivered to the registered holders of the debt securities of the series and in that case shall be deemed to have been given three business days after the mailing of the notice by first class mail.


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Further Issues
 
We may from time to time without the consent of holders of the debt securities create and issue further debt securities so as to form a single series with an outstanding series of debt securities.
 
Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity
 
The debt securities are governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. We will accept the jurisdiction of any state or federal court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in respect of any action arising out of or based on the debt securities that may be instituted by any holder of a debt security. We will appoint CT Corporation System in The City of New York as our authorized agent upon which process in any such action may be served. We will irrevocably waive any immunity to which we might otherwise be entitled in any action arising out of or based on the debt securities brought in any state or federal court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. CT Corporation System will not be an agent for service of process for actions brought under the United States securities laws, and our waiver of immunity will not extend to such actions.
 
DESCRIPTION OF THE GUARANTEES
 
From time to time we may issue under this prospectus and applicable prospectus supplement guarantees for the benefit of holders of specified securities of third parties. The issuers of the underlying securities may or may not be affiliated with us. A holder of a primary security will also have the benefit of our guarantee related to the primary security.
 
The terms and conditions of any guarantee will vary with the terms and conditions of the underlying securities. A complete description of the terms and conditions of any guarantee issued pursuant to this prospectus will be set forth in the prospectus supplement for the issue of the guarantees.
 
We may provide guarantees with respect to the certain obligations of an issuer under its securities, including without limitation:
 
  •  payment of any accrued and unpaid distributions which are required to be paid under the terms of the securities;
 
  •  payment of the redemption price of the securities, including all accrued and unpaid distributions to the date of the redemption;
 
  •  payment of any accrued and unpaid interest payments, or payment of any premium which are required to be made on the securities; and
 
  •  any obligation of the issuer pursuant to a warrant, option or other rights.
 
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, guarantees issued under this prospectus will rank equally with all of our other unsecured general debt obligations, and will be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
 
TAXATION
 
Regional Shareholder Country Taxation
 
Under the terms of the Constitutive Agreement, we are exempt from all types of taxes levied by each of the regional shareholder countries on our income, property and other assets, and on operations we carry out in accordance with that treaty, and we are exempt from all liability related to the payment, retention or collection of any taxes, contributions or tariffs.
 
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any holder of debt securities. In the event of the imposition of withholding taxes by any of the regional shareholder countries, we have undertaken to pay additional amounts in respect of any payments subject to such withholding, subject to certain exceptions, as described under “Description of the Debt Securities — Additional Payments by CAF”.
 
United States Taxation
 
This section describes the material United States federal income tax consequences of owning the debt securities we are offering. It is the opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, our counsel. It applies to you only if you acquire debt securities in the offering at the offering price and you hold your debt securities as capital assets for tax purposes. This section does not apply to you if you are a member of a class of holders subject to special rules, such as:
 
  •  a dealer in securities or currencies,
 
  •  a trader in securities that elects to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for your securities holdings,
 
  •  a bank,
 
  •  a life insurance company,
 
  •  a tax-exempt organization,
 
  •  a person that owns debt securities that are a hedge or that are hedged against interest rate risks,
 
  •  a person that owns debt securities as part of a straddle or conversion transaction for tax purposes, or
 
  •  a United States holder (as defined below) whose functional currency for tax purposes is not the U.S. dollar.
 
This discussion deals only with debt securities that are due to mature 30 years or less from the date on which they are issued. The United States federal income tax consequences of owning debt securities that are due to mature more than 30 years from their date of issue will be discussed in an applicable prospectus supplement.
 
This discussion assumes that the debt securities will be issued at par. The United States federal income tax consequences of owning Discount Notes (as defined in “Description of the Debt Securities — General” above) will be discussed in an applicable prospectus supplement.
 
If you purchase debt securities at a price other than the offering price, the amortizable bond premium or market discount rules may also apply to you. You should consult your tax advisor regarding this possibility.
 
This section is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, its legislative history, existing and proposed regulations under the Internal Revenue Code, published rulings and court decisions, all as currently in effect. These laws are subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis.
 
Please consult your own tax advisor concerning the consequences of owning these debt securities in your particular circumstances under the Internal Revenue Code and the laws of any other taxing jurisdiction.
 
United States Holders
 
This subsection describes the tax consequences to a United States holder. You are a United States holder if you are a beneficial owner of a debt security and you are:
 
  •  a citizen or resident of the United States,
 
  •  a domestic corporation or an entity treated as a domestic corporation for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code,
 
  •  an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or


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  •  a trust if a United States court can exercise primary supervision over the trust’s administration and one or more United States persons are authorized to control all substantial decisions of the trust.
 
If you are not a United States holder, this subsection does not apply to you and you should refer to “United States Alien Holders” below.
 
Payments of Interest.  You will be taxed on interest on your debt security as ordinary income at the time you receive the interest or when it accrues, depending on your method of accounting for tax purposes.
 
Interest paid by us on the debt securities is income from sources outside the United States, subject to the rules regarding the foreign tax credit allowable to a United States holder. Under the foreign tax credit rules, interest paid in taxable years beginning before January 1, 2007, with certain exceptions, will be “passive” or “financial services” income, while interest paid in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006 will, depending on your circumstances, be “passive” or “general” income which, in either case, is treated separately from other types of income for purposes of computing the foreign tax credit.
 
Purchase, Sale and Retirement of the Debt Securities.  Your tax basis in your debt security generally will be its cost. You will generally recognize capital gain or loss on the sale or retirement of your debt securities equal to the difference between the amount you realize on the sale or retirement, excluding any amounts attributable to accrued but unpaid interest, and your tax basis in your debt securities. Capital gain of a noncorporate United States holder that is recognized before January 1, 2011 is generally taxed at a maximum rate of 15% where the holder has a holding period greater than one year.
 
United States Alien Holders
 
This subsection describes the tax consequences to a United States alien holder. You are a United States alien holder if you are a beneficial owner of a debt security and you are, for United States federal income tax purposes:
 
  •  a nonresident alien individual,
 
  •  a foreign corporation,
 
  •  a foreign partnership, or
 
  •  an estate or trust that in either case is not subject to United States federal income tax on a net income basis on income or gain from a debt security.
 
If you are a United States holder, this subsection does not apply to you.
 
Under United States federal income and estate tax law, and subject to the discussion of backup withholding below, if you are a United States alien holder of a debt security, interest on a debt security paid to you is exempt from United States federal income tax, including withholding tax, whether or not you are engaged in a trade or business in the United States, unless:
 
  •  you are an insurance company carrying on a United States insurance business to which the interest is attributable, within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code, or
 
  •  you both have an office or other fixed place of business in the United States to which the interest is attributable and
 
  •  derive the interest in the active conduct of a banking, financing or similar business within the United States.
 
Purchase, Sale, Retirement and Other Disposition of the Debt Securities.  If you are a United States alien holder of a debt security, you generally will not be subject to United States federal income tax on gain realized on the sale, exchange or retirement of a debt security unless:
 
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  •  you are an individual, you are present in the United States for 183 or more days during the taxable year in which the gain is realized and certain other conditions exist.
 
For purposes of the United States federal estate tax, the debt securities will be treated as situated outside the United States and will not be includible in the gross estate of a holder who is neither a citizen nor a resident of the United States at the time of death.
 
Backup Withholding and Information Reporting
 
If you are a noncorporate United States holder, information reporting requirements, on Internal Revenue Service Form 1099, generally will apply to:
 
  •  payments of principal and interest on a debt security within the United States, including payments made by wire transfer from outside the United States to an account you maintain in the United States, and
 
  •  the payment of the proceeds from the sale of a debt security effected at a United States office of a broker.
 
Additionally, backup withholding will apply to such payments if you are a noncorporate United States holder that:
 
  •  fails to provide an accurate taxpayer identification number,
 
  •  is notified by the Internal Revenue Service that you have failed to report all interest and dividends required to be shown on your federal income tax returns, or
 
  •  in certain circumstances, fails to comply with applicable certification requirements.
 
If you are a United States alien holder, you are generally exempt from backup withholding and information reporting requirements with respect to:
 
  •  payments of principal and interest made to you outside the United States by us or another non-United States payor and
 
  •  other payments of principal and interest and the payment of the proceeds from the sale of a debt security effected at a United States office of a broker, as long as the income associated with such payments is otherwise exempt from United States federal income tax, and:
 
  •  the payor or broker does not have actual knowledge or reason to know that you are a United States person and you have furnished to the payor or broker:
 
  •  an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or an acceptable substitute form upon which you certify, under penalties of perjury, that you are a non-United States person, or
 
  •  other documentation upon which it may rely to treat the payments as made to a non-United States person in accordance with U.S. Treasury regulations, or
 
  •  you otherwise establish an exemption.
 
Payment of the proceeds from the sale of a debt security effected at a foreign office of a broker generally will not be subject to information reporting or backup withholding. However, a sale of a debt security that is effected at a foreign office of a broker will be subject to information reporting and backup withholding if:
 
  •  the proceeds are transferred to an account maintained by you in the United States,
 
  •  the payment of proceeds or the confirmation of the sale is mailed to you at a United States address, or
 
  •  the sale has some other specified connection with the United States as provided in U.S. Treasury regulations,
 
unless the broker does not have actual knowledge or reason to know that you are a United States person and the documentation requirements described above are met or you otherwise establish an exemption.


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In addition, a sale of a debt security effected at a foreign office of a broker will be subject to information reporting if the broker is:
 
  •  a United States person,
 
  •  a controlled foreign corporation for United States tax purposes,
 
  •  a foreign person 50% or more of whose gross income is effectively connected with the conduct of a United States trade or business for a specified three-year period, or
 
  •  a foreign partnership, if at any time during its tax year:
 
  •  one or more of its partners are “U.S. persons”, as defined in U.S. Treasury regulations, who in the aggregate hold more than 50% of the income or capital interest in the partnership, or
 
  •  such foreign partnership is engaged in the conduct of a United States trade or business,
 
unless the broker does not have actual knowledge or reason to know that you are a United States person and the documentation requirements described above are met or you otherwise establish an exemption. Backup withholding will apply if the sale is subject to information reporting and the broker has actual knowledge that you are a United States person.
 
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
 
We may sell the securities described in this prospectus to one or more underwriters for public offering and sale by them or may sell the securities to investors directly or through agents, which agents may be affiliated with us. Any such underwriter or agent involved in the offer and sale of the securities will be named in the accompanying prospectus supplement.
 
We may sell our guarantees separately from our debt securities to guarantee certain obligations associated with the securities of third party issuers. In such cases, we may sell the guarantees in the same transaction as the sale of the underlying security or we may sell the guarantee independently to guarantee the obligations of outstanding securities of third party issuers.
 
Sales of securities offered pursuant to any prospectus supplement may be effected from time to time in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices which may be changed, at prices related to the prevailing market prices at the time of sale or at negotiated prices. We also may, from time to time, authorize underwriters, acting as our agents, to offer and sell securities upon the terms and conditions set forth in the prospectus supplement. In connection with the sale of securities, underwriters may be deemed to have received compensation from us in the form of underwriting discounts or commissions and may also receive commissions from purchasers of securities for whom they may act as agent. Underwriters may sell securities to or through dealers, and such dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the underwriters and/or commissions from purchasers of securities for whom they may act as agent.
 
Any underwriting compensation we pay to underwriters or agents in connection with the offering of securities, and any discounts, concessions or commissions allowed by underwriters to participating dealers, will be set forth in the prospectus supplement. Underwriters, dealers and agents participating in the distribution of the securities may be deemed to be underwriters, and any discounts, concessions or commissions received by them and any profit realized by them on resale of the securities may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933. Underwriters, dealers and agents may be entitled, under agreements entered into with CAF, to indemnification against and contribution toward certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.
 
Unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement, each series of securities will be a new issue with no established trading market. We may elect to list any series of securities on any exchange, but we are not obligated to do so.


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One or more underwriters may make a market in a series of securities, but they will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. Neither we nor any underwriter can give assurances as to the liquidity of the trading market for the securities.
 
Certain of the underwriters, agents and their affiliates may be customers of, engage in transactions with and perform services for CAF in the ordinary course of business.
 
VALIDITY OF THE DEBT SECURITIES
 
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, D.C., will pass upon the validity of the debt securities on our behalf. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C., will pass upon the validity of the debt securities on behalf of the underwriters. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP may rely as to certain matters on the opinion of our Chief Legal Counsel.
 
VALIDITY OF THE GUARANTEES
 
The validity of the guarantees will be passed upon on behalf of us by counsel to be named in the applicable prospectus supplement. The validity of the guarantees will be passed upon on behalf of the underwriters by counsel to be named in the applicable prospectus supplement.
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
The balance sheets as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 and the related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2005 included in this prospectus, have been audited by KPMG, independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing elsewhere herein.
 
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
 
Our authorized representative in the United States of America is Puglisi & Associates. The address of the authorized representative in the United States is 850 Library Avenue, Suite 204, Newark, Delaware 19711.
 
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
 
This registration statement of which the prospectus forms a part, including its various exhibits, is available to the public over the internet at the SEC’s website: http://www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy these documents at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Public Reference Room, at the following address:
 
SEC Public Reference Room
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Please call the Securities and Exchange Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information about how to access the documents we have filed with it.


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The information set forth herein, except the information appearing in the section entitled “The Regional Shareholder Countries”, is stated on the authority of the Executive President of CAF, in his duly authorized capacity as Executive President.
 
CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO
 
  By: 
/s/  L. Enrique García
L. Enrique García
Executive President


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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
         
Independent Auditors’ Report
    F-2  
Audited Financial Statements
    F-3  
Unaudited Interim Financial Information
    F-27  


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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT
 
 
The Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF):
 
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2005. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Corporation’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit also includes consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2005 in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
 
KPMG
 
January 27, 2006
Caracas, Venezuela


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Balance Sheets
December 31, 2005 and 2004
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
 
ASSETS
 
 
                         
    Note     2005     2004  
Cash and due from banks
            1,740       2,753  
Deposits with banks
    2       334,571       369,990  
Marketable securities
                       
Trading
    3       1,105,568       1,017,716  
Held-to-maturity
    3       87,885       166,362  
Other investments
    2       258,576       170,521  
Loans
    4       7,346,978       7,104,123  
Less allowance for losses
    4       161,629       181,801  
                         
Loans, net of allowance for losses
            7,185,349       6,922,322  
                         
                         
Equity investments
    5       114,646       112,135  
Interest and commissions receivable
            181,939       151,047  
Property and equipment
    6       10,986       12,612  
Other assets
    7       259,394       660,511  
                         
Total assets
            9,540,654       9,585,969  
                         
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Deposits
    8       386,419       205,346  
Commercial paper
    9       710,270       712,406  
Advances and short-term borrowings
            443,707       529,190  
Bonds
    10       4,061,108       4,574,718  
Borrowings and other obligations
    11       489,972       574,959  
Accrued interest and commissions payable
            110,954       95,857  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
    12       101,063       100,852  
                         
Total liabilities
            6,303,493       6,793,328  
                         
Subscribed and paid-in capital (authorized capital US$5,000 million)
            1,681,885       1,498,675  
Additional paid-in capital
            239,524       220,072  
Reserves
            1,032,514       866,141  
Retained earnings
            283,238       207,753  
                         
Total stockholders’ equity
    14       3,237,161       2,792,641  
                         
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
    14       9,540,654       9,585,969  
                         
 
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
 
Statements of Income
Years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
 
                                 
    Note     2005     2004     2003  
 
Interest income
                               
Loans
    1 (f)     462,716       327,363       279,085  
Investments and deposits with banks
    1 (e)     59,433       27,992       25,737  
Loan commissions
    1 (f)     25,423       23,352       22,244  
                                 
Total interest income
            547,572       378,707       327,066  
                                 
Interest expense
                               
Deposits
            12,319       3,359       3,065  
Commercial paper
            15,789       8,852       5,816  
Advances and short-term borrowings
            12,986       8,250       7,289  
Bonds
            188,551       123,919       103,692  
Borrowings and other obligations
            21,069       11,392       9,894  
Commissions
            4,871       5,094       7,496  
                                 
Total interest expense
            255,585       160,866       137,252  
                                 
Net interest income
            291,987       217,841       189,814  
Provision for (credit to) allowance for loan losses
    4       (14,500 )     (18,555 )     25,250  
                                 
Net interest income, after provision for (credit to) allowance for loan losses
            306,487       236,396       164,564  
Non-interest income
                               
Other commissions
            5,814       2,548       3,307  
Dividends and equity in earnings of investees
            13,358       8,137       5,094  
Other income
            1,721       1,542       1,676  
                                 
Total non-interest income
            20,893       12,227       10,077  
                                 
Non-interest expenses
                               
Administrative expenses
            42,640       38,120       34,783  
Impairment charge for equity investments
    5       24       1,694       3,133  
Ineffectiveness arising from fair value hedges
            1,146       828       (1,011 )
Other expenses
            332       228       2,203  
                                 
Total non-interest expenses
            44,142       40,870       39,108  
                                 
Net income
            283,238       207,753       135,533  
                                 
 
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
 
Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
Years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
 
                                                                 
                            Reserve
                   
          Subscribed
    Additional
          pursuant to
                Total
 
          and paid-in
    paid-in
    General
    Article No. 42
    Total
    Retained
    stockholders
 
    Note     capital     capital     reserve     of by-laws     reserves     earnings     equity  
 
Balances at December 31, 2002
            1,170,520       112,094       464,282       179,720       644,002       127,106       2,053,722  
Capital increase
    14       99,260       110,032                               209,292  
Stock dividends
    14       48,725       (48,725 )                              
Treasury stock
    14       50       59                               109  
Net income
    14                                     135,533       135,533  
Appropriated for general reserve
    14                   95,806             95,806       (95,806 )      
Appropriated for reserve pursuant to Article No. 42 of by-laws
    14                         12,800       12,800       (12,800 )      
Allocations to stockholders’ funds
    15                                     (18,500 )     (18,500 )
                                                                 
Balances at December 31, 2003
            1,318,555       173,460       560,088       192,520       752,608       135,533       2,380,156  
Capital increase
    14       106,915       119,817                               226,732  
Stock dividends
    14       73,205       (73,205 )                              
Net income
    14                                     207,753       207,753  
Appropriated for general reserve
    14                   99,979             99,979       (99,979 )      
Appropriated for reserve pursuant to Article No. 42 of by-laws
    14                         13,554       13,554       (13,554 )      
Allocations to stockholders’ funds
    15                                     (22,000 )     (22,000 )
                                                                 
Balances at December 31, 2004
            1,498,675       220,072       660,067       206,074       866,141       207,753       2,792,641  
Capital increase
    14       95,110       107,552                               202,662  
Stock dividends
    14       88,100       (88,100 )                              
Net income
    14                                     283,238       283,238  
Appropriated for general reserve
    14                   145,573             145,573       (145,573 )      
Appropriated for reserve pursuant to Article No. 42 of by-laws
    14                         20,800       20,800       (20,800 )      
Allocations to stockholders’ funds
    15                                     (41,380 )     (41,380 )
                                                                 
Balances at December 31, 2005
            1,681,885       239,524       805,640       226,874       1,032,514       283,238       3,237,161  
                                                                 
 
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
 
Statements of Cash Flows
Years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
 
                                 
    Note     2005     2004     2003  
 
Cash flows from operating activities
                               
Net income
            283,238       207,753       135,533  
                                 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
                               
Provision for (credit to) allowance for loan losses
    4       (14,500 )     (18,555 )     25,250  
Impairment charge for equity investments
    5       24       1,694       3,133  
Equity in earnings of investees
            (8,273 )     (6,138 )     (3,388 )
Amortization of deferred charges
            3,138       2,764       2,330  
Depreciation of property and equipment
    6       3,115       2,735       2,360  
Loss on sale of property and equipment
            37              
Provision for employees’ severance indemnities and benefits
            4,544       3,775       3,877  
Provision for employees’ savings plan
            1,497       1,464       1,415  
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities
                               
Securities purchased under resale agreements
                  25,000        
Net loss (gain) on sale of trading securities
    3       (56 )     2,019       (205 )
Severance indemnities paid or advanced
            (2,863 )     (1,875 )     (3,230 )
Employees’ savings plan paid or advanced
            (1,532 )     (559 )     (146 )
Trading securities
    3       (87,796 )     (381,876 )     (97,172 )
Interest and commissions receivable
            (30,892 )     (15,846 )     7,971  
Other assets
            (12,819 )     20,449       (11,297 )
Accrued interest and commissions payable
            15,097       (2,320 )     (7,960 )
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
            (3,070 )     (5,666 )     7,444  
                                 
Total adjustments and net changes in operating assets and liabilities
            (134,349 )     (372,935 )     (69,618 )
                                 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
            148,889       (165,182 )     65,915  
                                 
Cash flows from investing activities
                               
Purchases of held-to-maturity securities
    3       (732,383 )     (471,688 )     (771,934 )
Maturities of held-to-maturity securities
    3       810,860       622,330       584,525  
Other investments
    2       (88,055 )     (75,015 )     (95,506 )
Loan origination and principal collections, net
    4       (246,510 )     (521,984 )     (542,472 )
Equity investments
    5       5,738       7,336       2,456  
Purchases of property and equipment
    6       (1,489 )     (5,016 )     (2,780 )
                                 
Net cash used in investing activities
            (251,839 )     (444,037 )     (825,711 )
                                 
Carried forward
            (102,950 )     (609,219 )     (759,796 )
                                 
 
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
 
Statements of Cash Flows, Continued
Years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
 
                                 
    Note     2005     2004     2003  
 
Brought forward
            (102,950 )     (609,219 )     (759,796 )
Cash flows from financing activities
                               
Net (decrease) increase in deposits
            181,073       (72,826 )     49,747  
Net increase in commercial paper
            3,213       35,790       172,189  
Net (decrease) increase in advances and short-term borrowings
            (59,254 )     36,976       (80,447 )
Proceeds from issuance of bonds
    10       584,332       657,500       912,460  
Repayment of bonds
    10       (724,624 )     (644,534 )     (528,997 )
Proceeds from borrowings and other obligations
    11       20,000       244,166       69,924  
Repayment of borrowings and other obligations
    11       (99,504 )     (87,531 )     (122,171 )
Allocations to stockholders’ funds
    15       (41,380 )     (22,000 )     (18,500 )
Proceeds from issuance of shares
    14       202,662       226,732       209,401  
                                 
Net cash provided by financing activities
            66,518       374,273       663,606  
                                 
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
            (36,432 )     (234,946 )     (96,190 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
            372,743       607,689       703,879  
                                 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
            336,311       372,743       607,689  
                                 
Consisting of:
                               
Cash and due from banks
            1,740       2,753       2,452  
Deposits with banks
            334,571       369,990       605,237  
                                 
              336,311       372,743       607,689  
                                 
Supplemental disclosure:
                               
Interest paid during the year
            235,717       157,993       138,575  
                                 
Noncash financing activities:
                               
Change in other assets due to fair value hedging relationships
            (410,761 )     196,372       429,267  
Change in other liabilities due to fair value hedging relationships
            2,781       (107,688 )     (204,646 )
                                 
 
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
 
(1)  Significant Accounting Policies
 
(a) Description of Business
 
Corporación Andina de Fomento (“CAF” or the “Corporation”) commenced operations on June 8, 1970 and is a corporation under public international law which abides by the provisions of its by-laws. Shareholder countries are: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, members of the Andean Community Nations, together with Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Paraguay, Panama, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay, in addition to 16 banks of the region. The Corporation has its headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela.
 
The Corporation’s principal activity is to provide short, medium and long-term loans to finance projects, working capital, trade activities and to undertake feasibility studies for investment opportunities in its member countries.
 
(b) Financial Statements Presentation
 
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and the functional currency is the U.S. dollar.
 
In preparing financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the balance sheet and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
Certain amounts in the 2004 and 2003 financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current year’s presentation.
 
(c) Foreign Currency Transactions
 
Transactions in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated at exchange rates prevailing on the international market at the dates of the transactions. Foreign currency balances are translated at year-end exchange rates. Any gains or losses on foreign exchange including related hedge effects are included in the statement of income and are not significant.
 
(d) Cash Equivalents
 
Cash equivalents are defined as cash, due from banks and deposits with banks.
 
(e) Marketable Securities
 
Marketable securities at December 31, 2005 and 2004 consist of U.S. Treasury and debt securities. The Corporation classifies its debt securities in one of two categories: trading or held-to-maturity. Trading securities are bought and held principally for the purpose of selling them in the near term. Held-to-maturity securities are those securities which the Corporation has the ability and intent to hold until maturity.
 
Trading securities are recorded at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses on trading securities are included in earnings.
 
Held-to-maturity securities are recorded at amortized cost, adjusted for the amortization or accretion of premiums or discounts. A decline in the market value of any held-to-maturity security below cost that is deemed to be other than temporary results in a reduction in carrying amount. The impairment is charged to income and


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

a new cost basis for the security is established. Premiums and discounts are amortized or accreted over the life of the related held-to-maturity security as an adjustment to yield using the effective interest method.
 
Dividend and interest income are recognized when received and earned, respectively.
 
(f) Loans
 
The Corporation grants short, medium and long-term loans to finance projects, working capital, trade activities and undertakes feasibility studies for investment opportunities in its member countries. Loans are reported at their outstanding unpaid principal balances adjusted for charge-offs, less the allowance for loan losses. Interest income is accrued on the unpaid principal balance. Loan commission fees, net of certain direct origination costs, are deferred and recognized as an adjustment of the related loan yield using the interest method and are presented as loan commissions in the statement of income.
 
The accrual of interest on loans is discontinued at the time a private sector loan is 90 days (180 days for public sector loans) delinquent unless the credit is well-secured and in process of collection.
 
All interest accrued but not collected for loans that are placed on nonaccrual or charged off is reversed against interest income. The interest on these loans is accounted for on the cash-basis, until qualifying for return to accrual. Loans are returned to accrual status when all the principal and interest amounts contractually due are brought current and future payments are reasonably assured.
 
The nonaccrual loans are considered impaired. Factors considered by management in determining impairment include payments status, collateral value, and the probability of collecting scheduled principal and interest payments when due.
 
(g) Equity Investments
 
CAF participates with equity investments in companies and investment funds in strategic sectors, with a view to promoting the development of such companies in shareholder countries and their participation in the securities markets and to serve as a catalytic agent in attracting resources into the region.
 
Equity investments are accounted for using the equity method or at cost. If the Corporation has the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of the investee, which is generally presumed to exist at a 20% of equity ownership level, the equity investments are accounted for using the equity method. Under the equity method, the carrying value of the equity investment is adjusted for its proportionate share of earnings or losses, dividends received and certain other transactions of the investee company.
 
A decline in the market value of any equity investment accounted for at cost, that is deemed to be other than temporary, results in a reduction in carrying amount to fair value. The impairment is charged to income and a new cost basis for the investment is established.
 
(h) Allowance for Loan Losses
 
The allowance for loan losses is maintained at a level the Corporation believes is adequate but not excessive to absorb probable losses inherent in the loan portfolio as of the date of the financial statements. The general allowance for loan losses is established by the Corporation based on the individual risk rating for the long term foreign currency debt of the borrower countries which is assigned by the international risk rating agencies as of the date of the financial statements preparation. This country risk rating considers a default probability. In the case of the sovereign loan portfolio a factor of preferred creditor status is also considered.


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 
A specific allowance is established by the Corporation for those loans that are considered impaired. A loan is considered as impaired when based on currently available information and events, there exists the probability that CAF will not recover the total amount of principal and interest as agreed in the terms of the original loan contract. The impairment of loans is determined on a loan by loan basis based on the present value of expected future cash flows, discounted at the loans effective interest rate.
 
Loan losses are charged against the allowance when management believes the uncollectibility of a loan balance is confirmed. Subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the allowance.
 
(i) Property and Equipment
 
Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation, calculated on the straight-line method, is charged to operations over the estimated useful lives of assets.
 
(j) Employees’ Severance Indemnities
 
The Corporation accrues for employees’ severance indemnities in accordance with the Corporation’s personnel regulations and the Partial Reform of the Organic Labor Law of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which establish that employees are entitled to an indemnity upon the termination of employment, equivalent to five days remuneration for each month of service, plus two days for each year of service up to a maximum of 30 days, commencing from the second year. Under certain circumstances the reformed law also provides for the payment for unjustified dismissal. The accrual is presented net of advances and interest is paid annually on the outstanding balance.
 
(k) Pension Plan
 
The Corporation established in March 2005 a defined benefit pension plan (the Plan). The Plan is contributory and the benefits are based on years of service and the average employee’s salary for the three consecutive years of service with the highest salary.
 
(l) Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
 
All derivatives are recognized on the balance sheet at their fair value. On the date the derivative contract is entered into, the Corporation designates the derivative as either a hedge of the fair value of a recognized asset or liability or of an unrecognized firm commitment (“fair value” hedge), a hedge of a forecasted transaction or the variability of cash flows to be received or paid related to a recognized asset or liability (“cash flow” hedge), or a foreign-currency fair-value or cash-flow hedge (“foreign currency” hedge). The Corporation formally documents all relationships between hedging instruments and hedged items, as well as its risk-management objective and strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions. This process includes linking all derivatives that are designated as fair-value, cash-flow, or foreign-currency hedges to specific assets and liabilities on the balance sheet or to specific firm commitments or forecasted transactions. The Corporation also formally assesses, both at the hedge’s inception and on an ongoing basis, whether the derivatives that are used in hedging transactions are highly effective in offsetting changes in fair values or cash flows of hedged items. When it is determined that a derivative is not highly effective as a hedge or that it has ceased to be a highly effective hedge, the Corporation discontinues hedge accounting prospectively.
 
Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is highly effective and that is designated and qualifies as a fair-value hedge, along with the loss or gain on the hedged asset or liability or unrecognized firm commitment of the hedged item that is attributable to the hedged risk, are recorded in income. Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is highly effective and that is designated and qualifies as a cash-flow hedge are recorded in


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

other comprehensive income, until income is affected by the variability in cash flows of the designated hedged item. Changes in the fair value of derivatives that are highly effective as hedges and that are designated and qualify as foreign-currency hedges are recorded in either income or other comprehensive income, depending on whether the hedge transaction is a fair-value hedge or a cash-flow hedge.
 
The Corporation discontinues hedge accounting prospectively when it is determined that the derivative is no longer effective in offsetting changes in the fair value or cash flows of the hedged item, the derivative expires or is sold, terminated, or exercised, the derivative is de-designated as a hedging instrument, because it is unlikely that a forecasted transaction will occur, a hedged firm commitment no longer meets the definition of a firm commitment, or management determines that designation of the derivative as a hedging instrument is no longer appropriate.
 
When hedge accounting is discontinued because it is determined that the derivative no longer qualifies as an effective fair-value hedge, the Corporation continues to carry the derivative on the balance sheet at its fair value, and no longer adjusts the hedged asset or liability for changes in fair value. The adjustment of the carrying amount of the hedged asset or liability is accounted for in the same manner as other components of the carrying amount of that asset or liability. When hedge accounting is discontinued because the hedged item no longer meets the definition of a firm commitment, the Corporation continues to carry the derivative on the balance sheet at its fair value, removes any asset or liability that was recorded pursuant to recognition of the firm commitment from the balance sheet and recognizes any gain or loss in income. When hedge accounting is discontinued because it is probable that a forecasted transaction will not occur, the Corporation continues to carry the derivative on the balance sheet at its fair value, and gains and losses that were accumulated in other comprehensive income are recognized immediately in income. In all other situations in which hedge accounting is discontinued, the Corporation continues to carry the derivative at its fair value on the balance sheet, and recognizes any changes in its fair value in income.
 
(2)  Deposits with Banks and Other Investments
 
Deposits with banks mature in three months or less and include the following:
 
                 
    December 31,
    2005   2004
 
U.S. dollars
    331,098       363,564  
Other currencies
    3,473       6,426  
                 
      334,571       369,990  
                 
 
Deposits with maturities over 90 days are reported in the balance sheets as other investments.


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 
(3)  Marketable Securities
 
Trading Securities
 
A summary of trading securities follows:
 
                         
        Average
   
        maturity
  Average
    Amount   (years)   yield %
 
At December 31, 2005
                       
U.S. Treasury Notes
    39,762       0.37       3.56  
Bonds of non-U.S. governments and government entities
    237,616       1.47       3.66  
Financial institutions and corporate securities
    828,190       1.83       4.04  
                         
      1,105,568       1.70       3.94  
                         
At December 31, 2004
                       
U.S. Treasury Notes
    48,837       0.69       2.14  
Bonds of non-U.S. governments and government entities
    269,021       1.86       1.66  
Financial institutions and corporate securities
    699,858       1.80       2.47  
                         
      1,017,716       1.76       2.24  
                         
 
Trading securities include net unrealized gains of US$332, US$391 and US$236 at December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
 
Held-to-Maturity Securities
 
A summary of held-to-maturity securities follows:
 
                                 
        Gross
  Gross
   
        unrealized
  unrealized
   
    Amortized
  holding
  holding
   
    cost   gains   losses   Fair value
 
At December 31, 2005
                               
U.S. Treasury Notes
    5,001             (21 )     4,980  
Bonds of non-U.S. governments and government entities
    37,884       5       (21 )     37,868  
Financial institutions and corporate securities
    45,000                   45,000  
                                 
      87,885       5       (42 )     87,848  
                                 
At December 31, 2004
                               
U.S. Treasury Notes
    5,008             (75 )     4,933  
Bonds of non-U.S. governments and government entities
    109,852       50       (100 )     109,802  
Financial institutions and corporate securities
    51,502             (4 )     51,498  
                                 
      166,362       50       (179 )     166,233  
                                 


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 
Held-to-maturity securities mature as follows:
 
                 
    December 31,
    2005   2004
 
Remaining Maturities
               
Less than one year
    80,373       96,712  
Between one and two years
    7,512       53,000  
Between two and three years
          10,000  
Between three and four years
          6,650  
Between four and five years
           
                 
      87,885       166,362  
                 
 
(4)  Loans
 
Loans include short, medium and long-term loans to finance projects, working capital and trade activities. The majority of the loan contracts have been subscribed with the members of the Andean Community or with private institutions or companies of these countries.
 
Loans by country are summarized as follows:
 
At December 31, 2005
                                                         
    Bolivia   Colombia   Ecuador   Peru   Venezuela   Other   Total
 
Loans
    981,643       1,899,517       1,230,543       1,712,262       1,134,678       387,995       7,346,638  
                                                         
Fair value adjustments on Hedging activities
                                                    340  
                                                         
Carrying value of loans
                                                    7,346,978  
                                                         
                                                         
At December 31, 2004
                                                       
                             
Loans
    929,211       1,701,891       1,224,217       1,649,817       1,197,048       403,616       7,105,800  
                                                         
Fair value adjustments on Hedging activities
                                                    (1,677 )
                                                         
Carrying value of loans
                                                    7,104,123  
                                                         
 
Fair value adjustments to the carrying value of loans represent adjustments to the carrying value of transactions in designated fair value hedging relationships.
 
At December 31, 2004, loans in other currencies were granted for an equivalent of US$253, principally in euro and yen. At December 31, 2005 and 2004, loans include fixed interest rate loans of US$104,052 and US$226,455, respectively.


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 
The loan portfolio composition and average yield of loans disbursed and outstanding are summarized below:
 
                                 
    December 31,
    2005   2004
        Average
      Average
    Amount   yield (%)   Amount   yield (%)
 
Loans
    7,346,638       7.42       7,105,800       5.58  
                                 
 
Loans by industry segments are as follows:
 
                                 
    December 31,
    2005   %   2004   %
 
Agriculture, hunting, and forestry
    220,279       3       264,402       4  
Exploitation of mines and quarries
    10,000       1       13,493       1  
Manufacturing industry
    168,633       2       162,571       2  
Supply of electricity, gas and water
    838,646       11       820,044       12  
Transport, warehousing and communications
    2,751,072       37       2,770,014       38  
Commercial banks
    492,515       7       373,934       5  
Development banks
    252,742       3       344,194       5  
Social and other infrastructure programs
    2,582,288       35       2,313,430       32  
Other activities
    30,463       1       43,718       1  
                                 
      7,346,638       100       7,105,800       100  
                                 
 
Loans mature as follows:
 
                 
    December 31,
    2005   2004
 
Remaining Maturities
               
Less than one year
    1,374,268       1,220,458  
Between one and two years
    996,721       1,075,125  
Between two and three years
    910,545       945,027  
Between three and four years
    764,184       830,100  
Between four and five years
    722,714       653,946  
Over five years
    2,578,206       2,381,144  
                 
      7,346,638       7,105,800  
                 
 
At December 31, 2005 and 2004, all loans were performing except for certain loans which were classified as impaired and were in nonaccrual status. At December 31, 2005 and 2004, the carrying value of impaired loans was approximately US$1,332 and US$19,958, respectively. The average recorded investment in impaired loans during the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 was approximately US$9,331, US$14,598 and US$22,027 respectively. Had these loans not been in impairment status, income for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 would have increased by US$577 and US$901, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2005, there were interest collections against impaired loans amounting to US$76.


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 
(a) Loan Participations and A/B Loans
 
The Corporation administers loan participations provided to clients, and assumes the credit risk only for that portion of the loan corresponding to the Corporation. During 2005 and 2004, the Corporation administered loans of this nature whereby other financial institutions provided funds amounting to US$441,221 and US$112,500, respectively.
 
(b) Allowance for Loan Losses
 
Movements of the allowance for loan losses follow:
 
                         
    December 31,
    2005   2004   2003
 
Balances at beginning of year
    181,801       209,766       196,344  
Provision charged (credited) to results of operations
    (14,500 )     (18,555 )     25,250  
Recoveries
    4,696       3,522       6,970  
Loans charged off
    (10,368 )     (12,932 )     (18,798 )
                         
Balances at end of year
    161,629       181,801       209,766  
                         
 
(5)  Equity Investments
 
A summary of equity investments follows:
 
                 
    December 31,
    2005   2004
 
                 
Direct investments in companies (including investments accounted for using the equity method of US$5,456 and US$5,357, at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively)
    10,640       11,277  
Investment funds (including investments accounted for using the equity method of US$72,826 and US$69,543, at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively)
    104,006       100,858  
                 
      114,646       112,135  
                 
 
The Corporation recorded an impairment charge of US$24, US$1,694 and US$3,133 for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively, related to equity investments accounted for at cost.


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 
(6)  Property and Equipment
 
A summary of property and equipment follows:
 
                 
    December 31,
    2005   2004
 
Buildings
    20,149       20,149  
Buildings improvements
    10,035       9,550  
Furniture and equipment
    6,323       5,393  
Vehicles
    328       363  
                 
      36,835       35,455  
Less accumulated depreciation
    25,849       22,843  
                 
      10,986       12,612  
                 
 
Depreciation is provided for property and equipment on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective classes of assets, as follows:
 
     
Buildings
  15 years
Buildings improvements
  5 years
Furniture and equipment
  2 to 5 years
Vehicles
  5 years
 
(7)  Other Assets
 
A summary of other assets follows:
 
                 
    December 31,  
    2005     2004  
 
Deferred charges
    36,629       25,681  
Derivative assets (see note 17)
    215,320       626,081  
Other assets
    7,445       8,749  
                 
      259,394       660,511  
                 
 
(8)  Deposits
 
The Corporation’s deposits of US$386,419 at December 31, 2005 mature in 2006 (US$205,346 at December 31, 2004 — mature in 2005).
 
(9)  Commercial Paper
 
The Corporation’s commercial paper of US$710,270 at December 31, 2005 matures in 2006 (US$712,406 at December 31, 2004 — matures in 2005). At December 31, 2005 and 2004, the interest rates on commercial paper ranged from 4.23% to 4.60% and from 2.14% to 2.46%, respectively.


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 
(10)  Bonds
 
An analysis of bonds follows:
 
                                                 
    December 31,
    2005   2004
            Weighted
          Weighted
    Principal outstanding   average
  Principal outstanding   average
    At original
  At spot
  cost, after
  At original
  At spot
  cost, after
    exchange
  exchange
  swaps
  exchange
  exchange
  swaps
    rate   rate   (%)   rate   rate   (%)
 
U.S. dollars
    2,451,128       2,451,128       5.31       2,602,640       2,602,640       3.59  
Yen
    385,945       382,231       4.49       201,613       240,755       2.85  
Colombian Pesos
    100,000       119,003       4.65       100,000       113,425       2.84  
Pounds Sterling
    272,193       300,982       7.23       272,055       336,054       5.24  
Euros
    637,668       731,227       5.61       810,917       1,115,692       3.61  
                                                 
      3,846,934       3,984,571               3,987,225       4,408,566          
                                                 
Fair value adjustments on hedging activities
            76,537                       166,152          
                                                 
Carrying value of bonds
            4,061,108                       4,574,718          
                                                 
 
Fair value adjustments to the carrying value of bonds represent adjustments to the carrying value of transactions in designated fair value hedging relationships.
 
A summary of the bonds issued, by remaining maturities, follows:
 
                 
    December 31,
    2005   2004
 
Remaining maturities
               
Less than one year
    294,379       723,674  
Between one and two years
    499,655       294,484  
Between two and three years
    287,704       499,329  
Between three and four years
    584,770        
Between four and five years
    371,948       584,870  
Over five years
    1,808,478       1,884,868  
                 
      3,846,934       3,987,225  
                 
 
At December 31, 2005 and 2004, fixed interest rate bonds amounted to US$3,003,082 and US$3,090,175, respectively, of which US$1,117,357 and US$1,106,286, respectively, are denominated in yen, pounds sterling, colombian pesos and euros.


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 
(11)  Borrowings and Other Obligations
 
An analysis of borrowings and other obligations and their weighted average cost, follows:
 
                                                 
    December 31,
    2005   2004
            Weighted
          Weighted
    Principal outstanding   average
  Principal outstanding   average
    At original
  At spot
  cost, after
  At original
  At spot
  cost, after
    exchange
  exchange
  swaps
  exchange
  exchange
  swaps
    rate   rate   (%)   rate   rate   (%)
 
U.S. dollars
    463,245       463,245       4.84       530,835       530,835       2.86  
Yen
    19,610       21,235       4.17       27,455       33,706       2.99  
Euros (at spot rate)
    3,574       3,574       5.81       7,613       7,613       6.40  
Other currencies (at spot rate)
    1,932       1,932             1,962       1,962        
                                                 
      488,361       489,986               567,865       574,116          
                                                 
Fair value adjustments on hedging activities
            (14 )                     843          
                                                 
Carrying value of bonds and other obligations
            489,972                       574,959          
                                                 
 
Fair value adjustments to the carrying value of borrowings and other obligations represent adjustments to the carrying value of transactions in designated fair value hedging relationships.
 
At December 31, 2005 and 2004, there are fixed interest-bearing borrowings and other obligations amounting to US$20,945 and US$27,836, respectively.
 
Borrowings and other obligations, by remaining maturities, are summarized below:
 
                 
    December 31,
    2005   2004
 
Remaining Maturities
               
Less than one year
    76,839       99,028  
Between one and two years
    110,006       79,266  
Between two and three years
    55,133       98,040  
Between three and four years
    143,890       50,210  
Between four and five years
    29,496       89,386  
Over five years
    72,997       151,935  
                 
      488,361       567,865  
                 
 
Some borrowing agreements contain covenants conditioning the use of the funds for specific purposes or projects.
 
At December 31, 2005 and 2004 there were unused term credit facilities amounting to US$128,000 and US$80,000, respectively.


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 
(12)  Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities
 
A summary of accrued expenses and other liabilities follows:
 
                 
    December 31,
    2005   2004
 
Employees’ severance indemnities, benefits and savings plan
    34,346       32,182  
Derivative liabilities (see note 17)
    2,781        
Deferred income (including US$58,325 in 2005 and US$55,159 in 2004 of loan commissions, net of certain direct origination costs)
    61,184       64,857  
Other liabilities
    2,752       3,813  
                 
      101,063       100,852  
                 
 
(13)  Pension Plan
 
The Corporation established in March 2005 a defined benefit pension plan (the Plan) which is mandatory for all new employees as of the date of implementation of the Plan and voluntary for all other employees. The Plan is contributory and the benefits are based on years of service and the average employee’s salary for the three consecutive years of service with the highest salary. The employees make monthly contributions to the Plan equal to 7% of their salary. Voluntary participants must contribute to the Plan certain withheld benefits. The Plan has 14 participants.
 
The measurement date used to determine pension benefit measures for the Plan is December 31.
 
The Plan’s benefit obligation and assets as of December 31, 2005 amount to US$644 and US$639, respectively.
 
Weighted-average assumptions used to determine net benefit cost from the origination of the Plan to December 31, 2005 follow:
 
         
Discount rate
    4%  
Expected long-term rate of return on Plan assets
    4%  
Rate of salary increase
    3%  
         
 
(14)  Stockholders’ Equity
 
  (a) Authorized Capital
 
The authorized capital of the Corporation at December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, amounts to US$5,000,000, distributed among Series “A”, “B” and “C” shares.
 
  (b) Subscribed Callable Capital
 
The payment of subscribed callable capital will be as required, with prior approval of the Board of Directors, in order to meet financial obligations of the Corporation, when internal resources are inadequate.


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 
  (c) Shares
 
The Corporation’s shares are classified as follows:
 
Series “A” shares:  Subscribed by the governments or public-sector institutions, semipublic or private entities with social or public objectives of the five Andean Community member countries: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. These shares grant the right of representation on the Corporation’s board of one principal director and one alternate director per share. Series “A” shares have a par value of US$1,200.
 
Series “B” shares:  Subscribed by the governments or public-sector institutions, semipublic or private entities and commercial banks of the five Andean Community member countries. These shares grant the right of representation on the Corporation’s board of one principal director and one alternate director. Also, the commercial banks are entitled to one principal director and one alternate director on the board. Series “B” shares have a par value of US$5.
 
Series “C” shares:  Subscribed by legal entities or individuals outside of the region. These shares provide for representation on the board of directors of the Corporation of two principal directors and their respective alternates, who are elected by the holders of these shares. Series “C” shares have a par value of US$5.
 
A summary of the movement in subscribed and paid-in capital for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, follows:
 
                                                       
    Number of Shares   Amounts
    Series “A”:   Series “B”   Series “C”   Series “A”   Series “B”   Series “C”   Total
 
At December 31, 2002
    5     219,993       12,911       6,000       1,099,965       64,555       1,170,520  
Dividends in shares
        9,212       533             46,060       2,665       48,725  
Issued for cash
        12,290       7,562             61,450       37,810       99,260  
Treasury stock
        10                   50               50  
                                                       
At December 31, 2003
    5     241,505       21,006       6,000       1,207,525       105,030       1,318,555  
Dividends in shares
        13,478       1,163             67,390       5,815       73,205  
Issued for cash
        14,739       6,644             73,695       33,220       106,915  
                                                       
At December 31, 2004
    5     269,722       28,813       6,000       1,348,610       144,065       1,498,675  
Dividends in shares
        15,931       1,689             79,655       8,445       88,100  
Issued for cash
        14,926       4,096             74,630       20,480       95,110  
                                                       
At December 31, 2005
    5     300,579       34,598       6,000       1,502,895       172,990       1,681,885  
                                                       


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 
Subscribed and paid-in capital is held as follows at December 31, 2005:
 
                                                       
    Numbers of Shares   Amounts
Stockholder
  Series ‘‘A”   Series ‘‘B”:   Series ‘‘C”   Series “A”   Series ‘‘B”:   Series “C”   Total
 
Bolivia
    1     22,911             1,200       114,555             115,755  
Colombia
    1     83,275             1,200       416,375             417,575  
Ecuador
    1     24,050             1,200       120,250             121,450  
Peru
    1     85,047             1,200       425,235             426,435  
Venezuela
    1     85,047             1,200       425,235             426,435  
Argentina
              2,687                   13,435       13,435  
Brazil
              11,297                   56,485       56,485  
Chile
              294                   1,470       1,470  
Costa Rica
              2,204                   11,020       11,020  
Jamaica
              124                   620       620  
Mexico
              3,158                   15,790       15,790  
Panama
              1,416                   7,080       7,080  
Paraguay
              1,224                   6,120       6,120  
Spain
              10,455                   52,275       52,275  
Trinidad & Tobago
              140                   700       700  
Uruguay
              1,599                   7,995       7,995  
Commercial banks
        249                   1,245             1,245  
                                                       
      5     300,579       34,598       6,000       1,502,895       172,990       1,681,885  
                                                       
 
At December 31, 2005, the distribution of unpaid subscribed capital and of subscribed callable capital is presented below:
 
                                                                 
    Unpaid Subscribed Capital   Subscribed Callable Capital
    Series ‘‘B”   Series ‘‘C”   Series “B”   Series “C”
    Number of
      Number of
      Number of
      Number of
   
Stockholder
  Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount
 
Bolivia
    2,311       11,555                   14,400       72,000              
Colombia
    5,938       29,690                   50,400       252,000              
Ecuador
    1,234       6,170                   14,400       72,000              
Peru
    4,336       21,680                   50,400       252,000              
Venezuela
    4,336       21,680                   50,400       252,000              
Argentina
                6,161       30,805                          
Chile
                                        800       4,000  
Mexico
                                        1,600       8,000  
Panama
                675       3,375                          
Spain
                                        40,000       200,000  
Uruguay
                2,108       10,540                          
                                                                 
      18,155       90,775       8,944       44,720       180,000       900,000       42,400       212,000  
                                                                 


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 
Subscribed and paid-in capital is held as follows at December 31, 2004:
 
                                                       
    Numbers of Shares   Amounts
Stockholder
  Series “A”   Series “B”:   Series ‘‘C”   Series ‘‘A”   Series ‘‘B”:   Series “C”   Total
 
Bolivia
    1     20,815             1,200       104,075             105,275  
Colombia
    1     74,590             1,200       372,950             374,150  
Ecuador
    1     21,553             1,200       107,765             108,965  
Peru
    1     76,263             1,200       381,315             382,515  
Venezuela
    1     76,264             1,200       381,320             382,520  
Argentina
              1,630                   8,150       8,150  
Brazil
              8,496                   42,480       42,480  
Chile
              278                   1,390       1,390  
Costa Rica
              2,082                   10,410       10,410  
Jamaica
              92                   460       460  
Mexico
              2,983                   14,915       14,915  
Panama
              1,179                   5,895       5,895  
Paraguay
              1,156                   5,780       5,780  
Spain
              9,875                   49,375       49,375  
Trinidad & Tobago
              133                   665       665  
Uruguay
              909                   4,545       4,545  
Commercial banks
        237                   1,185             1,185  
                                                       
      5     269,722       28,813       6,000       1,348,610       144,065       1,498,675  
                                                       
 
At December 31, 2004, the distribution of unpaid subscribed capital and of subscribed callable capital is presented below:
 
                                                                 
    Unpaid Subscribed Capital   Subscribed Callable Capital
    Series “B”   Series “C”   Series ‘‘B”   Series ‘‘C”
    Number of
      Number of
      Number of
      Number of
   
Stockholder
  Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   hares   Amount
 
Bolivia
    3,169       15,845                   14,400       72,000              
Colombia
    10,222       51,110                   50,400       252,000              
Ecuador
    2,451       12,255                   14,400       72,000              
Peru
    8,620       43,100                   50,400       252,000              
Venezuela
    8,619       43,095                   50,400       252,000              
Argentina
                794       3,970                          
Brazil
                2,302       11,510                          
Chile
                                        800       4,000  
Jamaica
                27       135                          
Mexico
                                        1,600       8,000  
Spain
                                        40,000       200,000  
Uruguay
                2,745       13,725                          
                                                                 
      33,081       165,405       5,868       29,340       180,000       900,000       42,400       212,000  
                                                                 


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 
(d) General Reserve
 
The general reserve was set-up to cover possible contingencies. The stockholders decided to increase the reserve by US$145,573, US$99,979 and US$95,806 during the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, by appropriations from net income for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
 
(e) Reserve Pursuant to Article No. 42 of the By-laws
 
The Corporation’s by-laws establish that at least 10% of annual net income is to be allocated to a reserve fund until that fund amounts to 50% of the subscribed capital. Additional allocations may be approved by the stockholders. At the stockholders meetings in March 2005, 2004 and 2003, it was authorized to increase the reserve by US$20,800, US$13,554 and US$12,800, from net income for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
 
(15)  Allocations to Stockholders’ Funds
 
The Corporation’s board allocate a portion of retained earnings to special funds, created to promote technical cooperation, sustainable human development in the region and management of poverty relief funds. In March 2005, 2004 and 2003, the stockholders agreed to allocate US$41,380, US$22,000 and US$18,500, from retained earnings at December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively, to the stockholders’ funds.
 
(16)  Tax Exemptions
 
The Corporation is exempt from all taxes on income, properties and other assets. It is also exempt from liability related to the payment, withholding or collection of any tax or other levy.
 
(17)  Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
 
The Corporation seeks to match the maturities of its liabilities to the maturities of its loan portfolio. The Corporation utilizes derivative financial instruments to reduce exposure to interest rate risk and foreign currency risk. The Corporation does not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. By using derivative financial instruments to hedge exposures to changes in interest rate and foreign exchange rates, the Corporation exposes itself to credit risk and market risk. Credit risk is the failure of the counterparty to perform under the terms of the derivative contract. When the fair value of a derivative contract is positive, the counterparty owes the Corporation, which creates credit risk for the Corporation. When the fair value of a derivative contract is negative, the Corporation owes the counterparty and, therefore, it does not possess credit risk. The Corporation minimizes the credit risk in derivative instruments by entering into transactions with high-quality counterparties whose credit rating is “A” or higher.
 
The market risk associated with interest rate and currency risk is managed by swapping loans and borrowings subject to fixed interest rates and denominated in foreign currency into floating interest rate instruments denominated in U.S. dollars. The Corporation enters into derivative instruments with market risk characteristics that are expected to change in a manner that will offset the economic change in value of specifically identified loans, bonds or borrowings and other obligations. Derivative contracts held by the Corporation consist of interest rate and cross-currency swaps and are designated as fair value hedges of specifically identified loans, bonds or borrowings and other obligations with fixed interest rates or non U.S. currency exposure.


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 
The following table presents the notional amount and fair values of interest rate swaps and cross-currency swaps and the underlying hedged items at December 31, 2005 and 2004:
 
                                 
    Notional amount   Fair value
    Interest rate
  Cross-
  Derivative
  Derivative
    swap   currency swap   assets   liabilities
At December 31, 2005
                               
Loans
    30,000                   294  
Bonds
    1,950,725             6,071        
Bonds
          1,396,059       207,359       237  
Borrowings and other obligations
          19,611       1,462        
Commercial paper
          173,844       428       2,250  
                                 
      1,980,725       1,589,514       215,320       2,781  
                                 
At December 31, 2004
                               
Loans
    45,000             1,677        
Bonds
    2,048,890             71,318        
Bonds
          1,384,987       516,021        
Borrowings and other obligations
          27,455       6,788        
Commercial paper
          119,921       3,919        
Advances and short-term borrowings
          262,961       26,358        
                                 
      2,093,890       1,795,324       626,081        
                                 
 
For the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 all of the Corporations’ derivatives which have been designated in hedging relationships were considered fair value hedges. The change in fair value of such derivative instruments and the change in fair value of hedged items attributable to risk being hedged is included in the statements of income.
 
(18)  Fair Value
 
The following table presents the carrying amounts and estimated fair values of the Corporations’ financial instruments at December 31, 2005 and 2004. The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties:
 
                                 
    December 31,
    2005   2004
    Carrying
  Estimated
  Carrying
  Estimated
    amount   fair value   amount   fair value
Financial assets:
                               
Cash and due from banks
    1,740       1,740       2,753       2,753  
Deposits with banks
    334,571       334,571       369,990       369,990  
Trading securities
    1,105,568       1,105,568       1,017,716       1,017,716  
Held-to-maturity securities
    87,885       87,848       166,362       166,233  
Other investments
    258,576       258,576       170,521       170,521  
Loans, net of allowance for losses
    7,185,349       7,189,865       6,922,322       6,937,688  
Equity investments
    114,646       114,646       112,135       112,135  
Interest and commissions receivable
    181,939       181,939       151,047       151,047  
Derivative contracts (included in other assets)
    215,320       215,320       626,081       626,081  
                                 


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

                                 
    December 31,
    2005   2004
    Carrying
  Estimated
  Carrying
  Estimated
    amount   fair value   amount   fair value
Financial Liabilities:
                               
Deposits
    386,419       386,419       205,346       205,346  
Commercial paper
    710,270       710,270       712,406       712,406  
Advances and short-term borrowings
    443,707       443,707       529,190       529,190  
Bonds
    4,061,108       4,065,155       4,574,718       4,578,908  
Borrowings and other obligations
    489,972       489,227       574,959       575,263  
Derivative contracts (included in accrued expenses and other liabilities
    2,781       2,781              
Accrued interest and commissions payable
    110,954       110,954       95,857       95,857  
                                 

 
The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments:
 
Cash and due from banks, deposits with banks, securities purchased under resale agreements, other assets, deposits, commercial paper, advances and short-term borrowings, accrued interest and commissions, accrued expenses: The carrying amounts approximate fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments.
 
Marketable securities: The fair values of held-to-maturity securities are based on quoted market prices at the reporting date for those or similar securities. Trading securities are carried at fair value based on quoted market prices.
 
Loans: The Corporation is one of the few institutions that offer loans for development in the stockholder countries. A secondary market does not exist for the type of loans granted by the Corporation. As rates on variable rate loans and loan commitments are reset on a semiannual basis, the carrying value, adjusted for credit risk, was determined to be the best estimate of fair value. The fair value of fixed rate loans is determined using the current variable interest rate for similar loans.
 
Equity investments: The fair value of equity investments is determined based on a financial analysis of the investees.
 
Derivative assets and liabilities: Current market prices obtained from third party banks were used to estimate fair values of interest rate and foreign currency swap agreements.
 
Bonds, borrowings and other obligations: The fair value of bonds, borrowings and other obligations is determined using either broker quotes or current rates offered to the Corporation for similar debt of the same remaining maturities.
 
(19)  Commitments and Contingencies
 
Commitments and contingencies include the following:
 
                 
    December 31,
    2005   2004
 
Credit agreements subscribed
    2,121,192       1,569,763  
Lines of credit
    811,790       507,051  
Letters of credit
    11,946       20,830  
Guarantees
    203,789       267,935  
                 

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These commitments and contingencies result from the normal course of the Corporation’s business and are related principally to loans and loan equivalents that have been approved or committed for disbursement.
 
In the ordinary course of business the Corporation has entered into commitments to extend credit. Such financial instruments are recorded as commitments upon signing the corresponding contract and are reported in the financial statements when disbursements are made.
 
The contracts to extend credit have fixed expiration dates and in some cases expire without making disbursements. Also based on experience, parts of the disbursements are made up to two years after the signing of the contract. Therefore, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.
 
In the event the credit lines are not utilized, no additional cost is incurred by the Corporation.
 
Guarantees mature as follows:
 
                 
    December 31,
    2005   2004
 
Less than one year
    2,850       100,000  
Between one and two years
    85,333       2,850  
Between two and three years
          83,333  
Between three and four years
           
Between four and five years
           
Over five years
    115,606       81,752  
                 
      203,789       267,935  
                 
 
Guarantees result from the normal course of the Corporation’s business and usually take the form of partial guarantees to CAF’s clients, as a credit enhancement for their liabilities, as well as guarantees to third parties on behalf of the Corporation’s clients. CAF’s responsibility is usually limited to payment up to the amount of the guarantee upon default by the client. The carrying value of the guarantees at December 31, 2005 and 2004 was nil.
 
Litigation filed by a German banking institution and its US wholly owned subsidiary is currently pending against CAF in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, whereby plaintiffs allege a breach of contract and a breach of implied covenants of good faith in relation to certain negotiations concerning a potential purchase and sale of promissory notes issued by a Mexican company in bankruptcy proceedings under Mexican law. Plaintiffs requested damages in an amount of not less than US$1,000 (one million dollars). CAF is contesting this claim, relative to both liability and damages, and does not believe the outcome of this case will have a material adverse effect on the Corporation’s financial condition or results of operations.


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Unaudited Interim Financial Information for
the Six-Month Periods Ended June 30, 2006 and 2005

Balance Sheets
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
 
                 
    June 30,
  December 31,
    2006   2005
    (unaudited)
 
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks
    2,759       1,740  
Deposits with banks
    392,780       334,571  
Marketable securities
               
Trading
    949,294       1,105,568  
Held-to-maturity
    466,364       87,885  
Other Investments
    128,624       258,576  
Loans
    6,990,213       7,346,978  
Less allowance for losses
    154,134       161,629  
                 
Loans, net of allowance for losses
    6,836,079       7,185,349  
                 
Equity investments
    95,947       114,646  
Interest and commissions receivable
    190,085       181,939  
Property and equipment
    23,854       10,986  
Other assets
    208,100       259,394  
                 
Total assets
    9,293,886       9,540,654  
                 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Deposits
    305,332       386,419  
Commercial paper
    410,045       710,270  
Advances and short-term borrowings
    288,688       443,707  
Bonds
    4,125,022       4,061,108  
Borrowings and other obligations
    550,394       489,972  
Accrued interest and commissions payable
    115,771       110,954  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
    117,867       101,063  
                 
Total liabilities
    5,913,119       6,303,493  
                 
Subscribed and paid-in capital (authorized capital US$5,000 million)
    1,787,120       1,681,885  
Additional paid-in capital
    162,122       239,524  
Reserves
    1,244,752       1,032,514  
Retained earnings
    186,773       283,238  
                 
Total stockholders’ equity
    3,380,767       3,237,161  
                 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
    9,293,886       9,540,654  
                 


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)

Unaudited Interim Financial Information for
the Six-Month Periods Ended June 30, 2006 and 2005

Statements of Income
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
 
                 
    Six Months Ended
    June 30,
    2006   2005
 
Interest income
               
Loans
    288,192       213,727  
Investments and deposits with banks
    40,495       25,209  
Loan commissions
    22,657       12,287  
                 
Total interest income
    351,344       251,223  
                 
Interest expense
               
Deposits
    9,958       5,220  
Commercial paper
    14,571       6,961  
Advances and short-term borrowings
    7,164       6,233  
Bonds
    115,979       83,775  
Borrowings and other obligations
    14,405       9,615  
Commissions
    2,277       2,259  
                 
Total interest expense
    164,354       114,063  
                 
Net interest income
    186,990       137,160  
Provision (credit) for loan losses
    (15,100 )     (23,000 )
                 
Net interest income, after provision (credit) for loan losses
    202,090       160,160  
Non-interest income
               
Other commissions
    2,170       135  
Dividends and equity in earnings of investees
    2,991       8,179  
Other income
    987       557  
                 
Total non-interest income
    6,148       8,871  
                 
Non-interest expenses
               
Administrative expenses
    19,705       19,801  
Impairment charge for equity investments
    109       24  
Ineffectiveness arising from fair value hedges
    1,603       (255 )
Other expenses
    48       254  
                 
Total non-interest expenses
    21,465       19,824  
                 
Net income
    186,773       149,207  
                 


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
 
Unaudited Interim Financial Information for
the Six-Month Periods Ended June 30, 2006 and 2005
 
Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
 
                 
    Six Months Ended
    June 30,
    2006   2005
 
Cash flows from operating activities
               
Net income
    186,773       149,207  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
               
Provision (credit) for loan losses
    (15,100 )     (23,000 )
Impairment charge for equity investments
    109       24  
Equity in earnings of investees
    2,676       (3,975 )
Depreciation of property and equipment
    1,485       1,522  
Amortization of deferred charges
    1,469       1,548  
Loss on sale of discontinued assets
          70  
Provision for employees’ severance indemnities and benefits
    2,521       1,978  
Provisions for employees’ savings plan
    737       755  
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities
               
Securities purchased under resale agreements
          (24,350 )
Net loss (gain) on sale of trading securities
    26       (166 )
Severance indemnities paid or advanced
    (1,062 )     (7,055 )
Employees’ savings plan paid or advanced
    308       (811 )
Trading securities
    156,248       (76,670 )
Interest and commissions receivable
    (8,146 )     (14,264 )
Other assets
    25,868       621  
Accrued interest and commissions payable
    4,817       5,064  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
    (2,020 )     (2,239 )
                 
Total adjustments and net changes in operating assets and liabilities
    169,936       (140,948 )
                 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
    356,709       8,259  
                 
Cash flows from investing activities
               
Purchases of held-to-maturity securities
    (935,274 )     (170,233 )
Maturities of held-to-maturity securities
    556,795       191,319  
Other investments
    129,952       (67,050 )
Loan origination and principal collections, net
    364,104       282,063  
Equity investments
    15,914       1,203  
Purchases of property and equipment
    (14,353 )     (1,605 )
Net cash provided by investing activities
    117,138       235,697  
                 


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
 
Unaudited Interim Financial Information for
the Six-Month Periods Ended June 30, 2006 and 2005
 
Statements of Cash Flows, Continued
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
 
                 
Cash flows from financing activities
               
Net (decrease) increase in deposits
    (81,087 )     282,084  
Net decrease in commercial paper
    (302,076 )     (229,051 )
Net (decrease) increase in advances and short-term borrowings
    (155,019 )     (61,568 )
Proceeds from issuance of bonds
    175,748       250,000  
Repayment of bonds
    (69,668 )     (518,581 )
Proceeds from borrowings and other obligations
    100,000        
Repayment of borrowings and other obligations
    (39,350 )     (62,684 )
Allocations to stockholders’ funds
    (71,000 )     (41,380 )
Proceeds from issuance of shares
    27,883       10,389  
                 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    (414,619 )     361,686  
                 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
    59,228       (117,730 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    336,311       372,743  
                 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
    395,539       255,013  
                 
Consisting of:
               
Cash and due from banks
    2,759       4,249  
Deposits with banks
    392,780       250,764  
                 
      395,539       255,013  
                 
 
                 
    Six Months Ended
 
    June 30,  
    2006     2005  
 
Supplemental disclosure:
               
Interest paid during the period
    158,025       107,669  
Non-cash financing activities
               
Change in other assets due to fair value hedging relationships
    (25,560 )     (196,745 )
Change in other liabilities due to fair value hedging relationships
    16,320       19,492  


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
 
Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Information
June 30, 2006 and 2005
 
(1)  Basis of Presentation
 
The interim financial information as of June 30, 2006 and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 is unaudited and has been prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. In the opinion of management, such interim financial information includes all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the results of the interim periods. The results of operations for the six-month period ended June 30, 2006 are not necessarily an indication of the results to be expected for the full year 2006.
 
This interim financial information should be read in conjunction with the Corporation’s financial statements as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2005 and the notes thereto presented in the prospectus.
 
(2)  Allowance for Loan Losses
 
Due to positive reviews of some of the shareholder countries’ credit ratings, the Corporation’s provision for loan losses was ($15.1) million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2006, which was the primary cause for a reduction in our allowance for loan losses from $161.6 million at December 31, 2005 to $154.1 million at June 30, 2006.
 
The allowance for loan losses is maintained at a level the Corporation believes is adequate but not excessive to absorb probable losses inherent in the loan portfolio as of the date of the financial statements. The general allowance for loan losses is established by the Corporation based on the individual risk rating for the long term foreign currency debt of the borrower countries which is assigned by the international risk rating agencies as of the date of the financial statements preparation. This country risk rating considers a default probability. In the case of sovereign loan portfolio a factor of preferred creditor status is also considered.
 
A specific allowance is established by the Corporation for those loans that are considered impaired. A loan is considered as impaired when based on currently available information and events, there exists the probability that CAF will not recover the total amount of principal and interest as agreed in the terms of the original loan contract. The impairment of loans is determined on a loan by loan basis based on the present value of expected future cash flows, discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate.
 
Loan losses are charged against the allowance when management believes the uncollectibility of a loan balance is confirmed. Subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the allowance.
 
(3)  Commitments and Contingencies
 
Commitments and contingencies include the following:
 
                 
    June 30,
    2006   2005
 
Credit agreements subscribed
    2,229,035       1,789,886  
Lines of credit for foreign trade
    822,985       586,901  
Letters of credit for foreign trade
    24,856       13,577  
Guarantees
    442,373       288,412  
 
These commitments and contingencies result from the normal course of the Corporation’s business and are related principally to loans and loan equivalents that have been approved or committed for disbursement.
 
In the ordinary course of business the Corporation has entered into commitments to extend credit. Such financial instruments are recorded as commitments upon signing the corresponding contract and are reported in the financial statements when disbursements are made.


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
 
Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Information
June 30, 2006 and 2005
 

 
The contracts to extend credit have fixed expiration dates and in some cases expire without making disbursements. Also based on experience, part of the disbursements are made up to two years after the signing of the contract. Therefore, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.
 
In the event the credit lines are not utilized, no additional cost is incurred by the Corporation.
 
Guarantees primarily consist of partial credit guarantees given to the Republics of Bolivia and Colombia, as well as a non-sovereign/private sector guarantee in Peru, for the payment of principal and interest up to the following amounts (in thousands of U.S. dollars):
 
                 
    June 30,
    2006   2005
 
2005
          100,000  
2006
    89,000       2,850  
2007
    92,384       83,333  
2009
    109,540        
2018
    123,216       102,040  
2025
    28,000        
                 
      442,140       288,223  
                 


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
 
BONDS
 
                         
        Date of
  Year of
      Principal Amount
    Interest
  Agreement
  Final
      Outstanding at
Title
  Rate   of Issue   Maturity   Currency   31 December 2005
                    (In millions)
 
7.25% Yankee Bonds
  Fixed   1997   2007   US     150.0  
7.79% Yankee Bonds
  Fixed   1997   2017   US     50.0  
73/8% Yankee Global Bonds
  Fixed   2001   2011   US     300.0  
1.17% Samurai Bonds
  Fixed   2001   2006   JPY(1)     25,000.0  
67/8% Yankee Bonds
  Fixed   2002   2012   US     350.0  
63/8% Euro Bonds
  Fixed   2002   2009   EUR(2)     350.0  
75/8% Euro GBP Bond
  Fixed   2002   2010   GBP(3)     175.0  
77/8% Yankee Bonds
  Fixed   2002   2022   US     85.0  
67/8% Yankee Bonds
  Fixed   2003   2012   US     200.0  
Euro Dollar Bonds
  Floating   2003   2006   US     75.0  
63/8% Euro Bonds
  Fixed   2003   2009   EUR     100.0  
51/5% Yankee Bonds
  Fixed   2003   2013   US     500.0  
Euro Bonds
  Floating   2003   2006   EUR     20.0  
Dollar Floating Rate Note
  Floating   2004   2007   US     200.0  
Extendible Notes
  Floating   2004   2009   US     150.0  
Euro Floating Rate Note
  Floating   2004   2007   EUR     150.0  
5.8175% Euro Bonds
  Fixed   2004   2014   US     29.0  
Colombian Peso Bond
  Floating   2004   2010   COP(4)     272,200.0  
0.58% Samurai Bonds
  Fixed   2005   2008   JPY     15,000.0  
Euro Dollar Bonds
  Floating   2005   2009   USD     150.0  
1.31% Samurai Bonds
  Fixed   2005   2012   JPY     5,000.0  
51/8% Yankee Bonds
  Fixed   2005   2015   USD     250.0  
 
 
(1) Yen.
 
(2) Euro.
 
(3) Sterling Pounds.
 
(4) Colombian Pesos.
 
LOANS FROM COMMERCIAL BANKS, ADVANCES, DEPOSITS,
COMMERCIAL PAPER AND REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
 
                         
        Date of
  Year of
      Principal Amount
    Interest
  Agreement
  Final
      Outstanding at
Title
  Rate   of Issue   Maturity   Currency   31 December 2005
                    (in US$ millions)
 
Medium and Long-term Loans
  Various   Various   Various   Various     226.3  
Advances and Short-term Loans
  Floating   Various   Various   US     443.7  
Deposits
  Floating   Various   Various   US     386.4  
Commercial Paper
  Floating   Various   Various   Various     710.3  


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CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO (CAF)
 
LOANS FROM MULTILATERALS AND BILATERALS, EXIMS AND EXPORT CREDIT AGENCIES
 
                         
        Date of
  Year of
      Principal Amount
    Interest
  Agreement
  Final
      Outstanding at
Title
  Rate   of Issue   Maturity   Currency   31 December 2005
                    (In millions)
 
IADB
  Variable   Various   Various   US     59.3  
ACDI (Canada)
  0%   3/29/74   9/30/23   CAN(1)     2.3  
KfW (Germany)
  5.5%   2/24/77   6/30/07   EUR(2)     0.6  
KfW (Germany)
  Variable   Various   Various   US     103.0  
AID (U.S.A.)
  3%   10/10/72   11/27/14   US     3.8  
JBIC (Japan)
  Variable   Various   Various   JPY(3)     2,500.0  
JBIC (Japan)
  Variable   Various   Various   US     20.8  
Nordic Investment Bank
  Variable   Various   7/22/15   US     26.5  
European Investment Bank
  Various   10/16/97   Various   US     26.4  
 
 
(1) Canadian dollars.
 
(2) Euro.
 
(3) Yen.
 
GUARANTEED DEBT
 
                 
        Year of
  Principal Amount
    Date of
  Final
  Outstanding at
Borrower
  Issue   Maturity   31 December 2005
            (in U.S. $ millions)
 
Republic of Bolivia
  10/03/01   04/03/18     55.9  
Republic of Bolivia
  5/22/04   05/22/18     59.5  
Republic of Colombia
  6/26/02   6/26/07     83.3  


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