ISSUE OF $100,000,000 BARBADOS GOVERNMENT 6?% DEBENTURES 2021

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ISSUE OF $100,000,000 BARBADOS GOVERNMENT 6?% DEBENTURES 2021

Applications are invited for subscription to this Debenture on Monday, September 28, 2009, opening on Thursday, October 01, 2009. The Debenture will be issued at par with a fixed interest rate of 6?% payable on March 31 and September 30 of each year. The interest due to Pensioners 60 years and over residing in Barbados will not be subject to withholding tax.

Non-residents seeking tax exemption must satisfy the Commissioner of Inland Revenue of their status before exemption is granted. However, for all persons resident in the island, the interest from these Debentures will be taxed separately from other income at a rate not exceeding 12½%.  These Debentures will be repayable at par on September 30, 2021.  The issue will remain opened until the Central Bank advises that it has been fully subscribed.

Prospectuses may be obtained from the Central Bank of Barbados, our website www.centralbank.org.bb, th?e Accountant General or any commercial bank. Application forms should be addressed to the Director, Banking, Currency & Investments Department, Central Bank of Barbados, Tom Adams Financial Centre, P.O. Box1016, Bridgetown.

September 22, 2009

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