6-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of February 2012

EMPRESA DISTRIBUIDORA Y COMERCIALIZADORA NORTE S.A. (EDENOR)

(DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING COMPANY OF THE NORTH )

(Translation of Registrant's Name Into English)

Argentina

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Av. del Libertador 6363,

12th Floor,

City of Buenos Aires (A1428ARG),

Tel: 54-11-4346-5000

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)

Form 20-F  X     Form 40-F 

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)

Yes   No  X  

(If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-.)

This Form 6-K for Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (“EDENOR”) contains:

Exhibit 1 Letter dated February 15, 2012 addressed to the Comisión Nacional de Valores

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A.

By: /s/ Luis Pablo Rogelio Pagano        

Luis Pablo Rogelio Pagano

Chief Financial Officer

Date: February 16, 2012

EX-1

Exhibit 1

Buenos Aires, February 15, 2012

Mr. President

Comisión Nacional de Valores

Dr. Alejandro Vanoli

S           /           D

Re: EDENOR S.A. – Relevant Event – 
Resignation of the Chairman of the Board of 
Directors and CEO.   

Dear Sirs:

Pursuant to Section 2, Chapter XXI of the regulations of the Comisión Nacional de Valores (General Resolution No. 368/2001, as amended) I hereby inform you as a relevant event of Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (“EDENOR”) that, on the date hereof, EDENOR received in its principal corporate offices the resignation of the Chairman of its Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Alejandro Macfarlane. Mr. Macfarlane’s resignation is based on personal reasons, and is neither sudden nor does it affect the ordinary course of business of the company.

According to the foregoing, EDENOR has called a meeting of its Board of Directors to be held tomorrow to consider the resignation of Mr. Macfarlane and the appointment of a new Chairman of its Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the company.

Yours sincerely,

Diego Manuel Allegue

Attorney-in-fact

Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (Edenor S.A.)

Avda. del Libertador 6363 – Piso 12 – Buenos Aires, A1428ARG – Argentina – Tel.: 4346-5057 – Fax: 4346-5327