Buenos Aires, November 9, 2016
Messrs
BUENOS AIRES STOCK EXCHANGE
Messrs
NATIONAL SECURITIES COMMISSION
Issuers Division
Dear Sirs,
As required by section 63 of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange Regulations, Resolution No. 2/12 and Section 3, caption 35 of Title XII, Chapter I, Part II of the Regulations of the National Securities Commission, I hereby inform you that at the Company’s Board of Directors’ meeting held on November 9, 2016, the following documents were approved: Condensed Statement of Financial Position, Condensed Statement of Comprehensive Income, Condensed Statement of Changes in Equity, Condensed Statement of Cash Flows, Notes, Informative Summary and the information required by section 68 of the aforementioned regulations, relating to the nine-month interim period ended September 30, 2016.
The amounts disclosed below are stated in thousands of Argentine pesos and arise from the Condensed Interim Financial Statements.
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Nine-month interim period ended September 30, 2016 |
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Loss for the period |
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Attributable to the owners of the parent |
Loss |
(1,842,232) |
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Attributable to non-controlling interests |
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0 |
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|
Loss |
(1,842,232) |
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Other comprehensive income for the period |
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|
|
|
|
|
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Attributable to the owners of the parent |
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0 |
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Attributable to non-controlling interests |
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0 |
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|
|
0 |
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Total comprehensive loss for the period |
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|
|
|
|
|
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Attributable to the owners of the parent |
Loss |
(1,842,232) |
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Attributable to non-controlling interests |
|
0 |
|
|
Loss |
(1,842,232) |
The Company’s result of operations for the nine-month period amounts to a loss of $ 1.8 billion. This result has been significantly affected by the granting of different provisional remedies, requested in the framework of actions for the protection of a constitutional right that was violated (“acciones de amparo”) brought against the Federal Government and the National Regulatory Authority for the Distribution of Electricity’s resolutions that provided for temporary tariff increases, in favor of the customers that come within the scope thereof, mainly in La Matanza and Pilar jurisdictions, ordering that the tariff increases granted as from February 1, 2016, be suspended retroactively to that date, that the billing of the increases be interrupted, and that the amounts already collected as a consequence of consumption recorded during that time frame be reimbursed.
This situation of uncertainty, together with the increase in the cost of penalties, among the main effects, generated a loss that resulted in the Company’s recording a negative equity of $317.2 million at the end of the period. If by the end of the current fiscal year the Company continues to record negative equity, it will fall within the grounds for corporate dissolution due to the loss of capital stock under the terms of the Business Organizations Law. The Company’s Management is taking all the steps available to revert this situation.
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A.
Av. Del Libertador 6363 Piso 1° – (C1428ARG) Capital Federal – Tel.: (54-11) 4346-5088 / 5113 – Fax: (54-11) 4346-5301
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Detail of Equity |
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Share Capital– Nominal Value (1) |
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906,455 |
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Share Capital – Adjustment to Capital (2) |
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408,063 |
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Additional paid-in capital |
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3,452 |
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Legal Reserve |
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73,275 |
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Voluntary Reserve |
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176,061 |
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Other Comprehensive Loss |
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(42,253) |
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Accumulated Deficit |
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(1,842,232) |
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Total attributable to the owners of the Company |
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(980,055) |
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Non-controlling interests |
|
0 |
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Total Equity |
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(317,179) |
(1) Includes 9,412 relating to treasury shares.
(2) Includes 10,347 relating to treasury shares.
Furthermore, and as required by sub-sections o), p) and q) of section 62, we inform the following:
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Class of shares |
Number of shares |
% on Share Capital |
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A |
462,292,111 |
51.00 |
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B |
442,210,385 |
48.78 |
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C |
1,952,604 |
0.22 |
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Total |
906,455,100 |
100.00 |
The class “A” shares are owned by Electricidad Argentina S.A. (EASA), domiciled at 1 Maipú Street of the City of Buenos Aires. The class “B” shares are currently traded at the New York Stock Exchange (through American Depositary Shares –“ADSs”) and the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange. As of September 30, 2016, the Company has 9,412,500 treasury shares.
An amount of 1,952,604 class “C” shares, which are held by Banco de la Nación Argentina as trustee of the Company Employee Stock Ownership Program, remains outstanding. Moreover, IEASA S.A., domiciled at 1 Maipú Street of the City of Buenos Aires, owns 99.99% of EASA’s voting shares.
The Company does not have debt securities convertible into shares, nor there exist stock options of the Company’s shares.
Yours sincerely,
VICTOR A. RUIZ |
Officer in charge of Market Relations |
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A.
Av. Del Libertador 6363 Piso 1° – (C1428ARG) Capital Federal – Tel.: (54-11) 4346-5088 / 5113 – Fax: (54-11) 4346-5301
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Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A. | ||
| By: | /s/ Leandro Montero | |
| Leandro Montero | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||