SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of October 2015
Commission File Number: 001-13464
Telecom Argentina S.A.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Alicia Moreau de Justo, No. 50, 1107
Buenos Aires, Argentina
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Telecom Argentina S.A.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| 1. | English translation of a letter submitted to the Comisión Nacional de Valores (CNV) dated October 15, 2015. | |
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Buenos Aires, October 15, 2015 |
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Comisión Nacional de Valores
Att: Mr. Cristian Girard
Dear Sir,
RE.: Information published on the AFTIC´s website.
I am writing to you as Chairman of Telecom Argentina S.A. (‘Telecom Argentina’) to provide information related to that submitted to the National Securities Commission on October 25, 2014.
At that time it was informed that Telecom Italia S.p.A (‘Telecom Italia’), the indirect controlling shareholder of Telecom Argentina, had accepted an offer of Fintech Group (‘Fintech’) to amend and restate the original agreement signed on November 13, 2013, regarding the acquisition by Fintech of the total shareholding in Telecom Argentina, that Telecom Italia and its controlled company Telecom Italia International, N.V. had at that time through Sofora Telecomunicaciones SA (‘Sofora’) and Nortel Inversora S.A.
It was also informed that the sale of the 51% controlling interest in Sofora was conditional upon obtaining regulatory approval by the then Argentine Secretaría de Comunicaciones and would not occur until such approval was obtained. In the interim, a 17% minority interest in Sofora was sold to Fintech, as it was informed to such National Securities Commission through a relevant fact filed on October 29, 2014.
Today, the Argentine Federal Authority for Information Technology and Communications (‘AFTIC’), an organization that has absorbed the functions of Argentine Secretaría de Comunicaciones, published a press release on its website where it is informed that the Board of the AFTIC resolved to refuse the authorization for the transfer to Fintech of the controlling shareholding that Telecom Italia owns in Sofora. The text of the resolution informed by AFTIC has not been published yet.
This information can be accessed through the following link:
http://www.aftic.gob.ar/institucional/nuevas-definiciones-en-la-quinta-reunion-de-directorio-de-aftic_n997
Sincerely,
| Telecom Argentina S.A. |
| /s/ Oscar C. Cristianci |
| Chairman |
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.
| Telecom Argentina S.A. | ||||||
| Date: October 16, 2015 | By: | /s/ Oscar Carlos Cristianci | ||||
| Name: Oscar Carlos Cristianci | ||||||
| Title: Chairman of the Board of Directors | ||||||