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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001193125-07-097161.txt : 20070501
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-07-097161
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070501
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070501
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070501

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TELECOM ARGENTINA SA
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000932470
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13464
		FILM NUMBER:		07803913

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		MAIPU 1210
		STREET 2:		PISO 9
		CITY:			BUENOS AIRES
		STATE:			C1
		ZIP:			1006
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5419684000

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TELECOM ARGENTINA STET FRANCE TELECOM SA
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950809
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<HR SIZE="2" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>FORM 6-K </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>Report of Foreign Issuer </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For the month of May, 2007 </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Commission File Number: 001-13464 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>Telecom Argentina S.A. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Translation of
registrant&#146;s name into English) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Alicia Moreau de Justo, No.&nbsp;50, 1107 </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Buenos Aires, Argentina </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Address of
principal executive offices) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or
will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form 20-F&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT FACE="WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form 40-F&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#168;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is
submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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the information contained in this Form, the Registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: </FONT></P> <P
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the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): <U>N/A</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR SIZE="2" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left">

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>Telecom Argentina S.A. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">TABLE OF CONTENTS </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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SIZE="1"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Item&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Summary of the resolutions passed by the General Ordinary, Extraordinary and Special Class C Meetings held on April&nbsp;27, 2007.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press Release, regarding the resolutions passed by the Shareholders Meeting held on April&nbsp;27, 2007 and the Board of Directors held on that same date.</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item 1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><U>

<IMG SRC="g71347telecom.gif" ALT="LOGO"> </U></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>FREE TRANSLATION </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>TELECOM ARGENTINA STET-FRANCE TELECOM S.A. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Summary of the resolutions passed by the
General Ordinary, </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Extraordinary and Special Class C Meetings held on April&nbsp;27, 2007 </U></B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">18 Shareholders attended the Meeting, 6 under their own name, and 12 by representation, with an aggregate number of 756,341,496 shares entitling to an equal number of
votes, and representing 76.83% of the capital and votes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The resolutions of the General Ordinary and Extraordinary Meetings with respect to items 1&ordm;,
2&ordm;, 4&ordm;, 5&ordm;, 6&ordm;, 7&ordm;, 8&ordm;, 9&ordm;, and 10&ordm; of the Agenda were approved by a majority of the computable votes and those relative to items 3&ordm; and 11&ordm; were unanimously approved taking into account only the
computable votes, and not considering for the base of calculation the voluntary abstentions. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The resolutions passed upon considering each of the items of
the Agenda are the following: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>1&ordm;) Appointment of two shareholders to approve and sign the minutes. </U></B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Mr Jos&eacute; Gustavo Pozzi representative of Nortel Inversora S.A., and Mr.&nbsp;Osvaldo Jorge Pibida, representative of JP Morgan Chase Bank National Association
Buenos Aires Branch. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>2&ordm;) Review of the documents provided for in Section&nbsp;234, Subsection 1 of Law N&ordm; 19,550, the Comisi&oacute;n
Nacional de Valores Regulation and the Listing Regulations of the Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires, and of the accounting documents in English language required by the U.S. Securities&nbsp;&amp; Exchange Commission regulation for the 18th fiscal
year ended on December&nbsp;31, 2006. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The whole of the documentation submitted for the consideration of the shareholders was approved in the same
manner as presented by the Board of Directors, the Audit Committee, and the Surveillance Committee, except for the proposal included in the Annual Report related to the allocation of Unappropriated Retained Earnings, which was specifically dealt
with in another item of the Agenda. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>3&ordm;) Consideration of the Earnings of the Fiscal Year and the proposal of the Board of Directors to transfer
the entire negative balance of the Retained Earnings as of December&nbsp;31, 2006. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Meeting approved the transfer to the new fiscal year of the entire negative balance of retained earnings as of
December&nbsp;31, 2006. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>4&ordm;) Review of the performance of the Board of Directors and the Surveillance Committee acting during the 18th fiscal
year. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The performance of the Board of Directors and the Surveillance Committee holding office during the eighteenth fiscal year was approved.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>5&ordm;) Review of the Board of Directors&#146; compensation (P$1,877,000,- allocated amount) for the fiscal year ended on December&nbsp;31, 2006,
which recorded a loss under the terms of the Regulation of the </U></B><B><I><U>Comisi&oacute;n Nacional de Valores.</U></I></B><B><U> </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A global fee
of $1,877,000 for the Board of Directors that held office during the eighteenth fiscal year was approved, to be payable to the independent directors, as determined by the Board of Directors. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>6&ordm;) Authorization to the Board of Directors to make advance payments of fees payable up to P$2,000,000 to those directors who during the 19th fiscal year
qualify as &#147;independent directors&#148;, or to those who perform technical and administrative tasks or special assignments, contingent upon the decision passed at the shareholders meeting that reviews the documents of such fiscal year
</U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Board of Directors was authorized, ad-referendum to what is decided in the respective Shareholders Meeting, to make advances of fees to the
directors that during the nineteenth fiscal year qualify as &#147;independent directors&#148;, or that perform technical and administrative tasks, or that take part of special commissions entrusted by the Board of Directors, for an amount of up to
P$2,000,000. The Board was allowed to increase the maximum amount, under the basis of a reasonable parameter, in case the Argentine economy experiences an inflationary process. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>7&ordm;) Fees payable to the Surveillance Committee acting during the 18th fiscal year. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Surveillance
Committee that acted during the eighteenth fiscal year was assigned a global fee of P$345.000.- </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>8&ordm;) Election of regular and alternate directors
to serve office during the 19th fiscal year. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The number of acting and alternate directors to hold office during the nineteenth fiscal year was
established in 6 and 6, respectively. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following were appointed acting directors: Messrs. Oscar Carlos Cristianci, Carlos Alberto Felices, Enrique
Garrido, Raul Antonio Miranda, Julio Pedro Naveyra, and Gerardo Werthein. The following were appointed alternate directors: Messers. Jorge Alberto Firpo, and Marco Emilio Patuano (as </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">alternates, indistinctly, of Messrs. Cristianci, and Felices); Mr. Gustavo Enrique Garrido (as alternate of Mr.&nbsp;Enrique Garrido), Mr.&nbsp;Eduardo
Federico Bauer (as alternate to Mr. Gerardo Werthein), Mr.&nbsp;Adrian Werthein (as alternate, indistinctively, of Messrs. Miranda and Gerardo Werthein), and Mr.&nbsp;Esteban Gabriel Macek (as alternate, indistinctively, of Messrs. Miranda and
Naveyra). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The acting directors Messrs. Raul Antonio Miranda, Julio Pedro Naveyra, and the alternate director Mr.&nbsp;Esteban Gabriel Macek qualify as
&#147;independent&#148;, in accordance to the Rules of the Comisi&oacute;n Nacional de Valores and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The acting director Mr. Enrique Garrido and his alternate Mr.&nbsp;Gustavo Enrique Garrido qualify as
&#147;independent&#148; in accordance to the Rules of Securities and Exchange Commission. The rest of the nominated directors qualify as &#147;non-independent&#148;. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>9&ordm;) Election of regular and alternate members of the Surveillance Committee for the 19th fiscal year. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Messrs. Jorge Luis Perez Alati, Silvia Graciela Poratelli and Gerardo Prieto were appointed as acting syndics, while as alternates Mr. Diego Serrano Redonnet (as alternate of Mr.&nbsp;Perez Alati) and Mrs.&nbsp;Jacqueline Berzon, (as
alternate to Messrs. Poratelli) and Mr.&nbsp;Guillermo Feldberg (alternate to Mr Prieto) were appointed. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>10&ordm;) Appointment of the independent
auditors who shall review the financial statements for the 19th fiscal year and establishing their compensation as well as that payable to the auditors acting during the fiscal year ended on December&nbsp;31, 2006. </U></B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Price Waterhouse&nbsp;&amp; Co. SRL&#148; was appointed as External Auditors of the Financial Statements of the nineteenth fiscal year, while Mr. Juan Carlos Grassi
will act as acting Certified Public Accountant and Mr.&nbsp;Carlos Nestor Martinez will act as alternate. In addition, the compensation was resolved to be established by the Shareholders Meeting considering such Financial Statements, empowering the
Audit Committee to establish service modalities and make advances. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As to the compensation to the External Auditors providing services during the Fiscal
Year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006, the same was established in the total amount of $ 3.331,029, VAT excluded, of which $1.150.000 corresponds to fees for auditing services related to the financial statements and $2.161.029 to fees for the auditing
activities performed in relation to the certification of Section&nbsp;404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>11&ordm;) Consideration of the budget to be
assigned to the Audit Committee for fiscal year 2007. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The budget for the performance of the Audit Committee for the fiscal year to be closed in
December&nbsp;31, 2007 was set at P$700,000. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Ms.&nbsp;Nora Lavorante attended the Meetings on behalf of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Carlos Alberto Felices </I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B><I>Chairman </I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Item 2 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right">

<IMG SRC="g71347telecom.gif" ALT="LOGO"> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>FREE TRANSLATION </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>TELECOM ARGENTINA STET-FRANCE TELECOM S.A. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS, SYNDICS, EXTERNAL
AUDITORS </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>AND MEMBERS OF AUDIT COMMITTEE </U></B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-bottom:3px;line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The resolutions passed by the Shareholders Meeting held on April&nbsp;27, 2007 and the Board of Directors held on
that same date, with respect to the conformation of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Committee, the External Auditors and the Audit Committee of Telecom Argentina S.A. that will held office during the 19</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>th</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"> Fiscal Year (January 1</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>st</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">, 2007 to December&nbsp;31</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>st</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">, 2007): </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>BOARD OF DIRECTORS:</U> Chairman: </B>Carlos Alberto Felices. <B>Vice-Chairman</B>: Gerardo Werthein. <B>Acting Directors</B>: Oscar Carlos Cristianci, Enrique Garrido, Raul Antonio Miranda, and Julio Pedro
Naveyra. <B>Alternate Directors</B>: Eduardo Federico Bauer, Jorge Alberto Firpo, Mr Gustavo Enrique Garrido, Esteban Gabriel Macek, Marco Emilio Patuano, Mr.&nbsp;Adrian Werthein. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE: </U>Acting Syndics: </B>Jorge Luis Perez Alati, Silvia Graciela Poratelli and Gerardo Prieto. <B>Alternates Syndics:</B> Diego Serrano Redonnet, Jacqueline Berzon, and Mr.&nbsp;Guillermo
Feldberg. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>EXTERNAL AUDITORS: </U></B><U>Price Waterhouse&nbsp;&amp; Co. <B>Acting Certified Public Accountant</B>: Juan Carlos Grassi. <B>Alternate
Certified Public Accountant</B>: Carlos N&eacute;stor Mart&iacute;nez.<B> </B></U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>AUDIT COMMITTEE: </U></B><U>Enrique Garrido, Ra&uacute;l Antonio
Miranda and Julio Pedro Naveyra (&#147;financial expert&#148; of the Audit Committee).<B> </B></U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:36px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Carlos Alberto Felices
</I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Chairman </I></B></FONT></P>

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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">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. </FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Amadeo R. V&aacute;zquez</FONT></TD></TR>
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