20-F/A 1 cresud-20f2019amendment.htm PRIMARY DOCUMENT Blueprint
 
United States
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 20-F / A
 
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
OR
 
 
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the fiscal year ended: June 30, 2019
 
OR
 
 
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
OR
 
 
SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of event requiring this shell company report ___
 
For the transition period from ___ to___
 
Commission file number: 001-29190
 
Cresud SOCIEDAD ANONIMA COMERCIAL INMOBILIARIA FINANCIERA Y AGROPECUARIA
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Cresud Inc.
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)
 
Republic of Argentina
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
Moreno 877, 23rd Floor,
(C1091AAQ) City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
Matías Iván Gaivironsky
Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
Tel +(5411) 4323-7449 – ir@cresud.com.ar
Moreno 877, 24th Floor,
(C1091AAQ) City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)
 
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
 
 
 
Name of each exchange on which registered
 
 
 
American Depositary Shares (ADSs), each representing
ten shares of Common Stock
 
 
 
Nasdaq National Market of the
Nasdaq Stock Market
Common Stock, par value Ps.1.00 per share
 
 
 
Nasdaq National Market of the
Nasdaq Stock Market*
 
 
*
Not for trading, but only in connection with the registration of American Depositary Shares, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
 
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None
 
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the period covered by the annual report: 501,642,804.
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act:
 
Yes No
 
If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
Yes No
 
Note: Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their obligations under those Sections
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
 
Yes No
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
 
Yes No
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or an emerging growth company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.:
 
Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer Non-accelerated filer Emerging growth company
 
 If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
 
†The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.
 
 
Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:
 
U.S. GAAP
International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board
Other
 
If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.
 
Item 17 Item 18
 
If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
 
Yes No
 
(APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 23 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by the court. Yes No
 
Please send copies of notices and communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission to:
Carolina Zang
 
David Williams
 
 
Jaime Mercado
Zang Bergel & Viñes Abogados
 
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Florida 537 piso 18º
C1005AAK Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
 
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10019
 
 
 
 
 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
This Amendment No. 1 on Form 20-F/A (the “Amendment”) is being filed by Cresud Sociedad Anonima Comercial Inmobiliaria Financiera y Agropecuaria (“CRESUD” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) to amend the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019, originally filed with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission on October 31, 2019 (the “Original Filing”). The Company is filing this Amendment solely for purposes of amending the disclosure relating to the independent directors of the Company.
 
This Amendment consists solely of the cover page and this explanatory note. Except as described above, this Amendment does not amend any information set forth in the Original Filing or reflect any events that occurred subsequent to the filing of the Original Filing on October 31, 2019. Accordingly, this Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing and with our filings with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission subsequent to the Original Filing.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees
 
A. DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT
 
Board of Directors
 
We are managed by a board of directors. Our bylaws provide that our Board of Directors shall consist of a minimum of three and a maximum of fifteen regular directors and the same or less numbers of alternate directors. Currently, our board is composed by twelve regular directors and three alternate directors. Each director and alternate director is elected by our shareholders at an annual ordinary meeting of shareholders usually for a three-year term, provided, however, that of the board of directors is elected each year. The directors and alternate directors may be re-elected indefinitely.
Alternate directors will be summoned to exercise their functions in case of absence, vacancy or death of a regular director or until a new director is appointed.
 
Our current board of directors was elected at the shareholders’ meetings held on October 31, 2017, October 29, 2018 and October 30, 2019 for terms expiring in the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively. Our current directors are as follows:
 
Directors(1)
Date of Birth
Position in Cresud
Term Expires(2)
Date of Current Appointment
Current Position Held Since
Eduardo Sergio Elsztain
01/26/1960
Chairman
06/30/2020
10/31/2017
1994
Saúl Zang
12/30/1945
First Vice-Chairman
06/30/2020
10/31/2017
1994
Alejandro Gustavo Elsztain
03/31/1966
Second Vice-Chairman and CEO
06/30/2022
10/30/2019
1994
Gabriel A.G. Reznik
11/18/1958
Regular Director
06/30/2021
10/29/2018
2003
Jorge Oscar Fernández
01/08/1939
Regular Director
06/30/2021
10/29/2018
2003
Fernando Adrián Elsztain
01/04/1961
Regular Director
06/30/2022
10/30/2019
2004
Pedro Damasco Labaqui Palacio
02/22/1943
Regular Director
06/30/2021
10/29/2018
2006
Daniel E. Mellicovsky
01/17/1948
Regular Director
06/30/2020
10/31/2017
2008
Alejandro Gustavo Casaretto
10/15/1952
Regular Director
06/30/2020
10/31/2017
2008
Liliana Glikin
03/29/1953
Regular Director
06/30/2022
10/30/2019
2019
Hector Rogelio Torres
12/30/1954
Regular Director
06/30/2022
10/30/2019
2019
Alejandro Mario Bartolome
09/12/1954
Regular Director
06/30/2022
10/30/2019
2019
Gastón Armando Lernoud
06/04/1968
Alternate Director
06/30/2020
10/31/2017
1999
Enrique Antonini
03/16/1950
Alternate Director
06/30/2022
10/30/2019
2007
Eduardo Kalpakian
03/03/1964
Alternate Director
06/30/2022
10/30/2019
2007
 
(1) The business address of our management is Moreno 877, 23rd Floor, (C1091AAQ) Buenos Aires, Argentina.
 
(2) Term expires at the annual ordinary shareholders’ meeting.
 
Liliana Glikin, Hector Rogelio Torres and Alejandro Mario Bartolome qualify as independent, in accordance with the CNV Rules.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 19. Exhibits
 
Documents filed as exhibits to this Amendment No. 1:
 
Exhibit No. 
 
Description of Exhibit
 
12.1
Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002
12.2
Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002
13.1
Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
13.2
Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F/A and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on Form 20-F on its behalf.
 
 
 
CRESUD SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA COMERCIAL INMOBILIARIA FINANCIERA Y AGROPECUARIA
 
 
 
Date January 6, 2020
By:
/s/ Matías I. Gaivironsky
 
 
Name Matías I. Gaivironsky
 
 
Title Chief Financial and Administrative Officer