6-K

FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of December, 2017

Commission File Number: 0-30852

GRUPO FINANCIERO GALICIA S.A.

(the “Registrant”)

Galicia Financial Group S.A.

(translation of Registrant’s name into English)

Tte. Gral. Juan D. Perón 430, 25^th Floor

(CP1038AAJ) Buenos Aires, Argentina

(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 by furnishing the information contained in this form, the Registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Securities and Exchange 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-             

FORM 6-K

Commission File No. 0-30852

Month Filed	Event and Summary	Exhibit No.
December, 2017	Notice of Material Event, dated December 28, 2017, regarding the receipt by a subsidiary of the Registrant of certain funds from the Registrant in connection with a previously disclosed plan to increase the capital of the subsidiary.	99.1

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.

	GRUPO FINANCIERO GALICIA S.A. (Registrant)
Date: December 29, 2017	By:	/s/ Pedro Alberto Richards
		Name: Pedro Alberto Richards
		Title:   Chief Executive Officer

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

December 28, 2017

Buenos Aires

To: Comisión Nacional de Valores (Argentine National Securities Commission)

Re: Notice of Material Event

To whom it may concern,

We are writing to you to inform that, on December 27, 2017, our main subsidiary, Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires Sociedad Anónima (the “Bank”), in accordance with the resolutions adopted by the shareholders of the Bank at the General Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting held on December 14, 2017, received a capital contribution made by its shareholder and parent entity, Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A., in LEBAC (l17E8) in an amount equal to Ps. 10,000,000,000 (ten billions pesos). The Bank is seeking authorization for the capital increase from the Argentine Central Bank.

Yours faithfully,

A. Enrique Pedemonte

Attorney in fact

Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A.

This document constitutes an unofficial translation into English of the original document in Spanish, which document shall govern in all

respects, including with respect to any matters of interpretation.

Tte. Gral. Perón 430, 25° piso (C1038AAJ) Buenos Aires – Argentina Tel. 4343-7528 Fax 4331-9183 www.gfgsa.com