In accordance with the stipulation of the Despacho do Chefe de Executivo No. 117/2015, the withdrawal period for the MOP10 banknotes (see attached file) issued by Banco Nacional Ultramarino S.A. (“BNU”) (Authorized by Decreto Lei No.40/91/M on July 8) and by Bank of China (Macau Branch) (“BOC”) (Authorized by Decreto Lei No.8/95/M on January 30) will be expired on May 26, 2018.  Hence, the Monetary Authority of Macao would like to remind citizens in possession of the aforementioned banknotes to have their notes exchanged at Issuing Banks before the said deadline.  The two Issuing Banks have no further obligations to exchange such notes from the public after the end of the final withdrawal period.