Accounting Manual for Stock Exchanges

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THE COMMITTEE OF STANDARDS OF THE CENTRAL RESERVE BANK OF EL SALVADOR,

CONSIDERING:

I. That in accordance with the Law on Supervision and Regulation of the Financial System, the Financial Supervision and Regulation System is created, which is constituted by the Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador and the Superintendence of the Financial System, with the former, through the Committee of Standards, being responsible for approving the necessary technical regulatory framework for the adequate application of the laws that regulate the members of the financial system and other supervised entities. II. That article 4, letter c) of the Law on Supervision and Regulation of the Financial System establishes that the Superintendence of the Financial System has among its powers to carry out individual and consolidated supervision of the members of the financial system, as well as the supervision of other regulated subjects. III. That article 7 of the Law on Supervision and Regulation of the Financial System establishes who are subject to the provisions of said Law and therefore to the supervision of the Superintendence of the Financial System. IV. That article 35, letter f) of the Law on Supervision and Regulation of the Financial System establishes that it is the obligation of the supervised entities the adequate accounting disclosure of the economic and financial reality, having to have the backing of their internal and external audits. V. That article 99, letter c) of the Law on Supervision and Regulation of the Financial System, establishes that it corresponds to the Committee of Standards of the Central Reserve Bank, the approval of the Technical Standards for the preparation, presentation and dissemination of the Financial Statements and supplementary information of the members of the financial system; the determination of accounting obligations and the principles in accordance with which they must keep their accounts and the establishment of criteria for the valuation of assets, liabilities and the constitution of provisions and reserves for risks. VI. That in accordance with article 101, fourth paragraph of the Law on Supervision and Regulation of the Financial System, the powers to approve, modify and repeal technical norms that must be complied with by the members of the financial system and other supervised entities are transferred to the Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador.

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THEREFORE,

by virtue of the regulatory powers conferred upon it by article 99 of the Law on Supervision and Regulation of the Financial System, AGREES, to issue the following: ACCOUNTING MANUAL FOR STOCK EXCHANGES

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS Comprises the general application provisions in the recording of operations of Stock Exchanges. CHAPTER II FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND PUBLISHED Comprises the provisions relating to the submission of financial statements to the Superintendence of the Financial System, the publication thereof, among other provisions. CHAPTER III CHART OF ACCOUNTS Comprises the list of accounts provided for the accounting of the respective operations.

CHAPTER IV ACCOUNT APPLICATION MANUAL Comprises the description of the concept of the accounts and the main applications by which they will be affected.

CHAPTER V FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Includes the models of Financial Statements. CHAPTER VI OTHER PROVISIONS AND VALIDITY Comprises provisions corresponding to sanctions, repeals, aspects not foreseen and validity.

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1. This document and the provisions contained therein, shall be applied by all entities authorized to operate as Stock Exchanges.
2. The accounts contained in the Manual do not imply by themselves an authorization to carry out the operations to which they refer, entities must adhere to the current legal and regulatory standards.
3. Stock Exchanges may not use new accounts or primary and secondary sub-accounts without prior written authorization from the Central Reserve Bank, through its Committee of Standards. However, they may open additional analytical accounts to those established in the Chart of Accounts, from the eighth and ninth digits, to the degree and detail they consider necessary for a better recording and control of their operations.
4. To incorporate additional analytical accounts or accounts with more digits in the Chart of Accounts, intended to identify banking entities, the codes and denominations established by the Central Reserve Bank, through its Committee of Standards, must be used.
5. Stock Exchanges must submit the monthly trial balance electronically, with the main accounts and all corresponding sub-accounts, up to the last level of information, in accordance with what is established in letter D of Chapter II of this Accounting Manual.
6. The own Investment portfolio must be valued daily, in such a way that accounting records are posted timely with the variations in the value of said assets. All of the above in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. C. STRUCTURE, CODIFICATION AND DENOMINATION
7. DEFINITION OF COMPONENTS OF THE CHART STRUCTURE The Chart has been structured on the basis of a decimal coding system, with an account denomination that contemplates different levels of aggregation, distinguishing:

Element: Identified by the first digit Item: Identified by the first two digits Account: Identified by the first three digits Sub-account: Identified by the first four digits Sub-subaccount: Identified by the first five digits Detail: Identified by the first seven digits Sub-detail: Identified by the first nine digits 2. ACCOUNTING ELEMENTS The elements defined within the structure are associated with the rights, obligations and equity of Stock Exchanges, as well as with the rights and obligations of clients intermediated through the exchanges and changes in such elements. The established elements are presented below. CODE DESCRIPTION 1 ASSET 2 LIABILITY 3 EQUITY 4 EXPENSES 5 INCOME 6 OWN COMMITMENT AND CONTROL CONTINGENCIES 7 CREDITOR COMMITMENT AND CONTROL CONTINGENCIES 8 DEBTOR STOCK EXCHANGE DEPOSIT, CUSTODY AND CONTROL ACCOUNTS OF SECURITIES 9 CREDITOR STOCK EXCHANGE DEPOSIT, CUSTODY AND CONTROL ACCOUNTS OF SECURITIES 3. GROUPING ITEMS Identified by the second digit, starting from one (1), these items are detailed below: CODE DESCRIPTION 1 ASSET 11 CURRENT ASSET 12 NON-CURRENT ASSET 2 LIABILITY 21 CURRENT LIABILITY 22 NON-CURRENT LIABILITY 3 EQUITY 31 CAPITAL

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4. LEDGER ACCOUNTS Group homogeneous economic events, identified by the third digit starting with zero (0), allowing a maximum of ten accounts to be grouped for each item of the accounting elements, an example of account coding is presented below:

CODE DESCRIPTION 110 CASH AND ITS EQUIVALENTS 111 BANKS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 112 RESTRICTED AVAILABLE

5. SUB-ACCOUNTS Identified by the fourth digit, they represent aggregations of economic events that provide valuable financial information, coded from the zero (0) digit, allowing up to ten sub-accounts to be generated from the ledger account, an example of coding is presented below: CODE TYPE DESCRIPTION 110 ACCOUNT CASH AND ITS EQUIVALENTS 1100 SUB-ACCOUNT PETTY CASH 1101 SUB-ACCOUNT GENERAL CASH

6. SUB-SUBACCOUNTS Identified by the fifth digit, they represent aggregations of economic events that provide financial information, allowing up to ten sub-subaccounts to be generated, grouped within the sub-accounts; this level of coding will be used in the present structure only for the following group of accounts, sub-accounts and sub-subaccounts: CODE TYPE DESCRIPTION 620 ACCOUNT OBLIGATIONS FOR SECURITIES DELIVERED IN SUB- CUSTODY 6200 SUB-ACCOUNT FIXED INCOME SECURITIES 62000 SUB-SUBACCOUNT OWN 62001 SUB-SUBACCOUNT THIRD PARTIES 6201 SUB-ACCOUNT VARIABLE INCOME SECURITIES 62010 SUB-SUBACCOUNT OWN 62011 SUB-SUBACCOUNT THIRD PARTIES 720 ACCOUNT SUB-CUSTODIES OF SECURITIES 7200 SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-CUSTODIES OF FIXED INCOME SECURITIES 72000 SUB-SUBACCOUNT OWN 72001 SUB-SUBACCOUNT THIRD PARTIES 7201 SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-CUSTODIES OF VARIABLE INCOME SECURITIES 72010 SUB-SUBACCOUNT OWN 72011 SUB-SUBACCOUNT THIRD PARTIES

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8. SUB-DETAIL OPENING OF ANALYTICAL ACCOUNTS FOR BANKS Bank accounts will be generated in accordance with the following list, assigning the eighth and ninth digits for their identification. DIGITS FINANCIAL INSTITUTION 00 CENTRAL RESERVE BANK 01 AGRICULTURAL BANK S.A. 02 DAVIVIENDA SALVADORIAN BANK, S.A. 03 MORTGAGE BANK OF EL SALVADOR 04 CUSCATLAN BANK OF EL SALVADOR, S.A. 05 AGRICULTURAL PROMOTION BANK 07 CITIBANK N.A. BRANCH EL SALVADOR 08 BANK OF CENTRAL AMERICA, S.A. 09 ATLANTIDA BANK EL SALVADOR, S.A. 10 ABANK BANK EL SALVADOR, S. A. 11 CREDICOMER, S.A. 12 AZUL BANK OF EL SALVADOR, S.A. 13 PROMERICA BANK S.A. 15 NEW YORK BANK 16 STATE STREET 17 JP MORGAN 18 CLEAR STREAM BANKING 19 INDUSTRIAL BANK EL SALVADOR, S.A. 20 INTEGRAL SUPPORT BANK, S.A.

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E. ACCOUNTING RECORDS

1. ACCOUNTING BOOKS The movement and balance of accounts will be recorded in the main books, and that of sub-accounts in auxiliary books that are considered necessary. The main books that must be legalized are the following: a. Journal. b. Ledger (If they consider it convenient, they can legalize the books in one single JOURNAL - LEDGER). c. Financial Statements Book. Accounting records must comply with what is established in Title II, of Book Two, of the Code of Commerce, insofar as it is applicable. In particular in the Financial Statements Book, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Results, the Statement of Cash Flows, the Statement of Changes in Equity, the Statement of Stock Exchange Operations and of Deposit and Custody of Securities and the corresponding notes must be posted, in accordance with what is established in article 442 of the Code of Commerce. The figures posted in this book must be presented in absolute values including cents, in a comparative manner with the figures of the previous year.

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G. REGISTRATION AND ARCHIVING OF ACCOUNTING DOCUMENTATION The operations registered in the books listed in letter E, must be backed by the corresponding supporting documentation and comply with the standards established in the Code of Commerce. Operations will be posted as they are carried out, this without prejudice to the sanctions, fines and others that Stock Exchanges may incur for such delays established in accordance with the applicable legal standards by other government entities.

H. SEPARATION OF INCOME AND EXPENSES To associate income with the corresponding expenses, it has been segregated in the following way: ORDINARY INCOME AND EXPENSES Operating Income-Operating Expenses Financial Income-Financial Expenses

EXTRAORDINARY INCOME AND EXPENSES Extraordinary Income-Extraordinary Expenses

I. APPROVAL AND MODIFICATION OF ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS The accounting system consists of the methods and records established to identify, gather, analyze, classify, record and report the transactions of an entity, as well as to maintain the accounting of assets, liabilities, equity, control accounts, and results of operations, and stock exchange, custody and deposit of securities accounts. The accounting system comprises:

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1. DESCRIPTION OF ACCOUNTING SYSTEM 1.1. ENTITY GENERALITIES Name or Trade Name, Tax Identification Number (NIT) and Taxpayer Registration Number (NRC), Address and Telephone, etc. 1.2. DATA OF REGISTRATION OF THE CONSTITUTION DEED 1.3. NAME AND REGISTRATION NUMBER OF THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR 1.4. ADOPTED ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES Consists of presenting the accounting policies and procedures that Stock Exchanges will use, in accordance with the minimum disclosures required by the Accounting Manual for Stock Exchanges and the applicable International Financial Reporting Standards. 1.5. DETAIL OF PROJECT OF NOTES TO BE USED IN THE PUBLICATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Consists of describing the notes to the financial statements to be prepared, in accordance with the minimum disclosures required by the Accounting Manual for Stock Exchanges and the applicable International Financial Reporting Standards.
2. REQUIREMENTS OF ACCOUNTING RECORDS 2.1. WAY OF KEEPING ACCOUNTING BOOKS

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