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Tuesday, June 18 2019 - 19:56
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The Republic of Ecuador Announces the Results of Its Invitation for Offers to Tender for Cash Its 2020 Notes
QUITO, Ecuador, June 18, 2019 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

The Republic of Ecuador ("Ecuador") announced today the results of its 
invitation for each holder to submit offers (the "Offers") to tender for cash 
the notes set forth in the table below (collectively, the "Old Notes"), upon 
the terms and subject to the conditions described in the invitation dated June 
10, 2019 (the "Invitation"), subject to an aggregate amount not to exceed the 
proceeds received from the New Notes Offering (the "Aggregate Maximum Tender 
Amount"). The Invitation expired as scheduled at 8:00 a.m., New York time, on 
June 17, 2019. Capitalized terms not defined in this communication have the 
meanings specified in the Invitation.

The following table sets forth the results of the Invitation:

Securities     ISINs and      Principal	      Principal	      Percentage of  
Principal Amount  Proration    Principal
	       Common	      Amount	      Amount	      Principal      Accepted for      
Factor       Amount
	       Codes	      Outstanding     Tendered	      Amount	     
Purchase		            Remaining
				                              Tendered(1)			            Outstanding
							
10.500%        Rule 144A      U.S.$           U.S.$           93.28%	     
U.S.$             86.7496335%  U.S.$324,630,000
Notes	       ISIN:          1,500,000,000   1,399,233,000                  
1,175,370,000
due March 24,  XS1199930329						
2020 (the      Common Code: 
“2020          119993032						
Notes”)	       Regulation S						
	       ISIN: 
               XS1199929826						
	       Common Code: 
               119992982						
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(1) Principal amount of Old Notes tendered pursuant to the Invitation expressed 
as an approximate percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Old Notes 
outstanding.

Holders whose Old Notes are accepted for purchase (after proration) by Ecuador 
will be entitled to receive for such Old Notes the applicable Purchase Price 
plus Accrued Interest (if any), which will be paid on the Settlement Date, if 
the conditions of the Invitation are met. The Settlement Date is expected to 
occur on June 18, 2019, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the 
Invitation. Ecuador reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to delay the 
Settlement Date without extending the Withdrawal Deadline.

Any holder who fails to make delivery in accordance with the Invitation shall 
not be entitled to receive any payment therefore unless Ecuador, in its sole 
discretion, determines to waive any such failure.

Ecuador will use the proceeds from the issuance of the New Notes in the New 
Notes Offering for cash to pay for Old Notes purchased pursuant to the 
Invitation.

Ecuador will cancel Old Notes purchased pursuant to the Invitation following 
the Settlement Date.

NONE OF ECUADOR, THE DEALER MANAGERS OR THE INFORMATION AND TENDER AGENT MAKES 
ANY RECOMMENDATION THAT ANY HOLDER TENDER OR REFRAIN FROM TENDERING ALL OR ANY 
PORTION OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SUCH HOLDER'S OLD NOTES, AND NO ONE HAS BEEN 
AUTHORIZED BY ANY OF THEM TO MAKE SUCH A RECOMMENDATION. HOLDERS MUST MAKE 
THEIR OWN DECISIONS WHETHER TO TENDER OLD NOTES, AND, IF SO, MUST DECIDE ON THE 
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF OLD NOTES TO TENDER.

The Information and Tender Agent for the Invitation was:

Lucid Issuer Services Limited
Tankerton Works
12 Argyle Walk
London WC1H 8HA
United Kingdom
Attention: Arlind Bytyqi and Thomas Choquet
E-mail: ecuador@lucid-is.com 
Tel: +44 20 7704 0880
 
The Dealer Managers for the Invitation were:

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich St, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10013
Attention: Liability Management Group
Collect: +1-212-723-6106
U.S. Toll-free: +1-800-558-3745

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. 
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attention: Liability Management Group
Collect: +1-212-250-2955
U.S. Toll-free: +1-866-627-0391

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. 
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attention: Liability Management Group
Collect: +1-212-250-2955
U.S. Toll-free: +1-866-627-0391

Source: The Republic of Ecuador