www.legalecuador.com LEGAL FLASH #00337 MINISTRY OF LABOR RELATIONS SYSTEM OF CONTRACTS AND ACTS OF SEVERANCE Dear Clients and Friends: We hereby inform that the Ministry of Labor Relations is in the process of developing a new system for the legalization of severance documents and employment contracts, which, as of today Monday, October 6th, should have started to be implemented in its testing phase. Unfortunately the new system is not operating regularly. For this reason we suggest waiting a few days to legalize settlement documents and contracts, as so far we do not know how the new system will work and is not fully enabled. We will report later on further developments. We hope that this general information is useful. We will be glad to assist with any particular concern if required. Best Regards Dra. Patricia Andrade Noboa, Peña, Larrea & Torres Abogados Quito: Av. Amazonas No. 4080 y Naciones Unidas Edificio Puerta del Sol, Piso 4. Telf. (593-2) 226 1817 / 226 1818 / 226 1819 - Fax: 226 1766 Guayaquil: Junín No. 105 y Malecón Simón Bolívar, Edif. Vista al Río, Piso 2. Telf. (593-4) 2300814 / 2300327 - Fax: 2302113 @legalecuador