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 December 2013
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.
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| 1. | English translation of letter to the Argentine National Securities Commission dated December 13, 2013 regarding withdrawal and distribution of the Reserve for Future Cash Dividends created by the General Shareholders’ Meeting held on April 23, 2013 adjourned to May 21, 2013. |
Buenos Aires, December 13, 2013
Mr. Chairman of the
Comisión Nacional de Valores
Lic. Alejandro Vanoli
Dear Sirs,
| RE.: | Withdrawal and distribution of the Reserve for Future Cash Dividends created by the General Shareholders’ Meeting held on April 23, 2013 adjourned to May 21, 2013. |
I am writing to you as Responsible for Market Relations of Telecom Argentina S.A (“Telecom Argentina” or the “Company”) to inform you that today the Company’s Board of Directors decided to fully withdraw the Reserve for Future Cash Dividends created by the General Shareholders’ Meeting held on April 23, 2013 adjourned to May 21, 2013 and to distribute the amount withdrawn as cash dividends.
The Reserve for Future Cash Dividends consisted of a total amount of P$ 1,000,000,000, that the Board of Directors has decided to withdraw and distribute as cash dividends.
The Board of Directors also decided that the cash dividend payment should be made available to Shareholders as from December 27, 2013 or on the subsequent date following the rules governing the jurisdictions where the Company is listed. The amount to be distributed is equivalent to P$1.03182179 per outstanding share of P$1 nominal value, representing 103.182179% of the outstanding capital.
The Company shall publish on the CNV’s Autopista de la Información Financiera (‘AIF’) the payment announcement in the terms established by article 40, Chapter III, Title II of the CNV’s Rules (New Rules 2013).
The Company’s Board of Directors decided to withdraw and distribute the Reserve for Future Cash Dividends in accordance to the powers delegated to it by the General Shareholders’ Meeting to withdraw and distribute such Reserve in one or more occasions.
Sincerely,
| Telecom Argentina S.A. |
| /s/ Pedro Insussarry |
| Reponsible for Market Relations |
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: December 13, 2013 | By: | /s/ Enrique Garrido | ||||||
| Name: | Enrique Garrido | |||||||
| Title: | Chairman | |||||||