January 9th, 2017. The Central Bank of Uruguay, in accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, granted last 12/14/2016 the option to choose the currency in which the payment of interest and amortization of CPI-linked Treasury Notes Series 10 due on 01/05/2017 would be made, which could be received in Pesos or US Dollars.

In this regard, of the final payment -which amounted to 1,766 million UI- 282 million UI were paid in dollars.