144 1 dp19138_144-exp.htm FORM 144
 
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 144
NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
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SEC USE ONLY
DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
     
CUSIP NUMBER
     
ATTENTION:
Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale
or executing a sale directly with a market maker.
WORK LOCATION
     
 
1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER   (Please type or print)
YPF Sociedad Anónima
 
(b) IRS IDENT. NO.
521612271
(c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
001-12102
1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER
 
STREET
Macacha Güemes 515
CITY
Buenos Aires
STATE
C1 Argentina
ZIP CODE
1364 AR
(e) TELEPHONE NO.
AREA CODE
54
NUMBER
13267265
2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE
SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
Repsol Exploración, S.A.
 
(b) RELATIONSHIP TO  ISSUER
Shareholder and 100% owned subsidiary of Issuer’s parent company, Repsol YPF, S.A.
(c) ADDRESS STREET
Paseo de la Castellana 280
CITY
Madrid
STATE
U3 Spain
ZIP CODE
28046
INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
3 (a)
(b)
SEC USE ONLY
(c)
(d)
(e)
 
(f)
(g)
 
Title of the
Class of
Securities
To Be Sold
Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the
Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker
who is Acquiring the Securities
Broker-Dealer
File Number
Number of Shares
or Other Units
To Be Sold
(See instr. 3(c))
Aggregate
Market
Value
(See instr. 3(d))
Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding
(See instr. 3(e))
Approximate Date of Sale
(See instr. 3(f))
(MO. DAY YR.)
Name of Each
Securities
Exchange
(See instr. 3(g))
Class D shares of common stock, either in the form of shares or American Depositary Shares (each representing one Class D share of common stock)
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
880 Carillon Parkway
St. Petersburg, FL 33716
     
1,641,060
$66,315,235
393,312,793 shares, of which 393,235,456 are Class D shares
September 2010
NYSE; Buenos Aires Stock Exchange
               
 
INSTRUCTIONS:
1.
(a)    Name of issuer
(b)    Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number
(c)    Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any
(d)    Issuer’s address, including zip code
(e)    Issuer’s telephone number, including area code
3.
(a)   Title of the class of securities to be sold
(b)   Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
(c)   Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
(d)   Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
(e)   Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
(f)   Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
(g)   Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold
2
(a)    Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
(b)    Such person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
(c)    Such person’s address, including zip code
 
   
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TABLE I — SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold
and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
Title of the Class
Date you
Acquired
Nature of Acquisition Transaction
Name of Person from Whom Acquired
(If gift, also give date donor acquired)
Amount of
Securities Acquired
Date of
Payment
Nature of Payment
Class D shares of common stock, either in the form of shares or American Depositary Shares (each representing one Class D share of common stock)
January 2001
Merger transaction involving inter alia YPF Sociedad Anónima and Repsol Argentina, S.A., a subsidiary of Repsol Exploración, S.A (the “Merger”)
Share issuance by YPF Sociedad Anónima in connection with the Merger
1,641,060, of which 1,641,060 held as of the date hereof
January 2001
Repsol Argentina, S.A. shares exchanged for YPF Sociedad Anónima shares in connection with the Merger
 
INSTRUCTIONS:
If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given.  If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.
 

TABLE II — SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
Name and Address of Seller
Title of Securities Sold
Date of Sale
Amount of
Securities Sold
Gross Proceeds
N/A
 
 
N/A
N/A
None
N/A
 
REMARKS:
 
(1)      The shares of Class D common stock, either in the form of shares or American Depositary Shares (each representing one Class D share of common stock) (together, “Common Stock”), of YPF Sociedad Anonima to be sold by Repsol Exploración, S.A. (“Repsol Exploración”) should be aggregated with the shares of Common Stock to be sold by Repsol YPF, S.A., Repsol Exploración’s parent company.  Repsol Exploración and Repsol YPF, S.A. are filing separate Forms 144 for aggregate sales of up to 3,305,520 shares of Common Stock.
 
INSTRUCTIONS:
See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144.  Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition.  In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.
 
ATTENTION:  The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.  If such person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date.
September 8, 2010
 
/s/  Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta Luca de Tena
DATE OF NOTICE
 
(SIGNATURE)
DATE OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION,
IF RELYING ON RULE 10B5-1
 
The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.  At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.

ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)