EX-99.7 8 a17-12147_2ex99d7.htm EX-99.7

Exhibit 7

 

Annex II

 

Unaudited* Special-Purpose Combined Financial Statements as of December 31, 2016.

 


* The special-purpose unconsolidated financial statements attached hereto were prepared to comply with local Argentine laws. Such financial statements were not audited.

 



 

TELECOM ARGENTINA S.A. (Surviving company)

TELECOM PERSONAL S.A. (Absorbed company)

NORTEL INVERSORA S.A. (Absorbed company)

SOFORA TELECOMUNICACIONES S.A. (Absorbed company)

 

SPECIAL-PURPOSE COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2016

 



 

SPECIAL-PURPOSE COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2016

 

INDEX

 

Special-purpose combined financial statements

Notes to the Special-purpose combined financial statements

 



 

TELECOM ARGENTINA S.A.
(Surviving company)

 

Legal address: Alicia Moreau de Justo 50 — Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

 

Main activity of the Company: the provision, directly or through third parties or associated with third parties, of ICT Services, whether fixed, mobile, wired, wireless, national or international, with or without own infrastructure, within the framework of the applicable licenses, and the provision of Audiovisual Communication Services.

 

Date of Registration in the IGJ:

Of the bylaws: July 13, 1990

Of the last amendment: September 26, 2015

 

Date of expiration of the bylaws: July 13, 2089

 

CAPITAL STOCK

As of December 31, 2016

(in Argentine pesos)

 

 

 

Registered, subscribed and authorized for offering

 

Type of shares

 

Outstanding
shares

 

Treasury shares

 

Total capital
stock

 

Ordinary shares of $1 argentine peso of nominal value each and entitled to one vote each:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class “A”

 

502,034,299

 

 

502,034,299

 

Class “B”

 

466,890,558

 

15,221,373

 

482,111,931

 

Class “C”

 

234,748

 

 

234,748

 

Total

 

969,159,605

 

15,221,373

 

984,380,978

 

 

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TELECOM PERSONAL S.A. (Absorbed company)

 

Main activity of the company: the provision, directly or through third parties or associated with third parties, of ICT Services, whether fixed, mobile, wired, wireless, national or international, with or without own infrastructure, within the framework of the applicable licenses, and the provision of Audiovisual Communication Services.

 

Controlling company: Telecom Argentina S.A.

 

Controlling company’s equity interest over capital stock and voting rights: 99.992%

 

NORTEL INVERSORA S.A. (Absorbed company)

 

Main activity of the company: Investment

 

Controlling company: Sofora Telecomunicaciones S.A.

 

Controlling company’s equity interest over capital stock and voting rights: 78.3784%

 

Controlling company’s economic rights over capital stock: 51.04%

 

SOFORA TELECOMUNICACIONES S.A. (Absorbed company)

 

Main activity of the company: Investment

 

Controlling company: Fintech Telecom LLC

 

Controlling company’s equity interest over capital stock and voting rights: 68%

 

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SPECIAL-PURPOSE COMBINED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

 AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2016

 

(In millions of Argentine pesos)

 

 

 

Telecom
Argentina
(a)

 

Telecom
Personal
(a)

 

Nortel
(a)

 

Sofora
(a)

 

Elimination of
intercompany
balances (b)

 

Total
combined (c)

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

244

 

3,583

 

57

 

312

 

 

4,196

 

Investments

 

193

 

1,558

 

 

93

 

 

1,844

 

Trade receivables

 

1,847

 

5,693

 

 

 

(144

)

7,396

 

Other receivables

 

248

 

688

 

1

 

2

 

(13

)

926

 

Inventories

 

10

 

1,209

 

 

 

 

1,219

 

Total current assets

 

2,542

 

12,731

 

58

 

407

 

(157

)

15,581

 

Non-Current Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade receivables

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

Other receivables

 

68

 

348

 

2

 

 

(107

)

311

 

Income tax assets

 

677

 

 

 

 

 

677

 

Investments

 

10,255

 

1,444

 

10,752

 

5,510

 

(26,425

)

1,536

 

Property, plant and equipment (“PP&E”)

 

11,453

 

9,541

 

 

 

 

20,994

 

Intangible assets

 

429

 

7,086

 

 

 

 

7,515

 

Total non-current assets

 

22,896

 

18,419

 

10,754

 

5,510

 

(26,532

)

31,047

 

TOTAL ASSETS

 

25,438

 

31,150

 

10,812

 

5,917

 

(26,689

)

46,628

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade payables

 

2,507

 

6,082

 

2

 

 

(144

)

8,447

 

Deferred revenues

 

100

 

314

 

 

 

(13

)

401

 

Financial debt

 

41

 

2,999

 

 

 

 

3,040

 

Salaries and social security payables

 

1,220

 

385

 

1

 

 

 

1,606

 

Income tax payables

 

195

 

509

 

3

 

40

 

 

747

 

Other taxes payables

 

219

 

919

 

 

 

 

1,138

 

Other liabilities

 

52

 

14

 

7

 

7

 

 

80

 

Provisions

 

215

 

56

 

 

 

 

271

 

Total current liabilities

 

4,549

 

11,278

 

13

 

47

 

(157

)

15,730

 

Non-Current Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade payables

 

11

 

141

 

 

 

 

152

 

Deferred revenues

 

428

 

106

 

 

 

(107

)

427

 

Financial debt

 

 

8,318

 

 

 

 

8,318

 

Salaries and social security payables

 

177

 

7

 

 

 

 

184

 

Deferred income tax liabilities

 

 

555

 

2

 

 

 

557

 

Income tax payables

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

Other liabilities

 

169

 

1

 

 

 

 

170

 

Provisions

 

761

 

581

 

 

 

 

1,342

 

Total non-current liabilities

 

1,553

 

9,709

 

2

 

 

(107

)

11,157

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

 

6,102

 

20,987

 

15

 

47

 

(264

)

26,887

 

 


(a)         As included in the special-purpose unconsolidated financial statements of each company approved by the respective Board of Directors on March 31, 2017.

(b)         Includes the elimination of the equity interests among the Absorbed companies and their respective equities.

(c)          Information on the main accounts is given in Note 4 to these special-purpose combined financial statements.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this special-purpose combined statement of financial position.

 

 

Mariano Ibáñez

 

Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

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SPECIAL-PURPOSE COMBINED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2016

(cont.)

(In millions of Argentine pesos)

 

 

 

Telecom
Argentina
(a)

 

Telecom
Personal
(a)

 

Nortel
(a)

 

Sofora
(a)

 

Elimination of
intercompany
balances (b)

 

Total
combined (c)

 

EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Stock — Outstanding shares

 

969

 

1,553

 

68

 

440

 

(2,061

)

969

 

Inflation adjustment of capital stock — Outstanding shares

 

2,646

 

349

 

108

 

 

(457

)

2,646

 

Capital Stock — Treasury shares

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

Inflation adjustment of capital stock — Treasury shares

 

42

 

 

 

 

 

42

 

Share issue premiums

 

 

 

15

 

 

(15

)

 

Treasury shares acquisition cost/Subsidiary´s treasury shares acquisition cost

 

(461

)

 

(155

)

(79

)

234

 

(461

)

Legal reserve

 

734

 

380

 

180

 

99

 

(659

)

734

 

Special reserve for IFRS implementation

 

351

 

405

 

204

 

 

(609

)

351

 

Voluntary reserve for capital investments

 

3,191

 

 

 

 

 

3,191

 

Voluntary reserve for future investments/working capital financing

 

2,904

 

1,470

 

 

 

(1,470

)

2,904

 

Voluntary reserve for future dividends payments

 

4,272

 

2,536

 

8,339

 

4,331

 

(15,206

)

4,272

 

Reserve for specific uses related to the Reorganization (d)

 

 

 

 

 

405

 

405

 

Other comprehensive results

 

698

 

658

 

386

 

196

 

(1,240

)

698

 

Retained earnings

 

3,975

 

2,812

 

1,652

 

883

 

(5,347

)

3,975

 

TOTAL EQUITY

 

19,336

 

10,163

 

10,797

 

5,870

 

(26,425

)

19,741

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 

25,438

 

31,150

 

10,812

 

5,917

 

(26,689

)

46,628

 

 


(a)         As included in the special-purpose unconsolidated financial statements of each company approved by the respective Board of Directors on March 31, 2017.

(b)         Includes the elimination of the equity interests among the Absorbed companies and their respective equities.

(c)          Information on the main accounts is given in Note 4 to these special-purpose combined financial statements.

(d)         Corresponds to the net amount equivalent to the total net assets identified in the respective special-purpose unconsolidated financial statements of Nortel and Sofora as of December 31, 2016 deducting their direct or indirect holdings in Telecom Argentina (equity method) which have future specific uses provided in the Preliminary Reorganization Agreement. Further information on their use is given in Note 6 to these special-purpose combined financial statements.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this special-purpose combined statement of financial position.

 

 

Mariano Ibáñez

 

Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

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NOTES TO THE SPECIAL-PURPOSE COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2016

(In millions of Argentine pesos or otherwise expressly indicated)

 

INDEX

 

Note

 

Concept

 

Page

 

 

Glossary of terms

 

6

1

 

Purpose of the special-purpose combined financial statements

 

7

2

 

Basis of consolidation of the special-purpose combined financial statements

 

8

3

 

Basis of preparation of the special-purpose combined financial statements and significant accounting policies

 

8

4

 

Breakdown of the main accounts of the special-purpose combined financial statements as of December 31, 2016

 

9

5

 

Share distribution ratios

 

11

6

 

Pro forma information on Telecom Argentina´s Equity as Surviving company

 

13

 

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

 

The following explanations are not intended as technical definitions, but to assist the general reader to understand certain terms as used in these special-purpose combined financial statements.

 

Company or Telecom Argentina: Telecom Argentina S.A.

 

BCBA (Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires): The Buenos Aires Stock Exchange.

 

CNV (Comisión Nacional de Valores): The Argentine National Securities Commission.

 

CPCECABA (Consejo Profesional de Ciencias Económicas de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires): The Professional Council of Economic Sciences of the City of Buenos Aires.

 

ENACOM: the Regulatory Authority, the National Communications Agency.

 

ENARD (Ente Nacional de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo): National High Sport Performance Organization.

 

FACPCE (Federación Argentina de Consejos Profesionales en Ciencias Económicas): Argentine Federation of Professional Councils of Economic Sciences.

 

Fintech:  Fintech Telecom LLC, Sofora’s controlling company.

 

IASB:  International Accounting Standards Board.

 

ICT: Information and Communication Technologies.

 

IFRS:  International Financial Reporting Standards, as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

 

IDC (Impuesto a los débitos y créditos bancarios): Tax on deposits to and withdrawals from bank accounts.

 

IGJ (Inspección General de Justicia): General Board of Corporations.

 

LGS (Ley General de Sociedades): Argentine Corporations Law No. 19,550 as amended. Since the enforcement of the new Civil and Commercial Code its name was changed to “General Corporations Law”.

 

Nortel: Nortel Inversora S.A., the parent company of the Company.

 

Núcleo: Núcleo S.A.

 

Personal or Telecom Personal: Telecom Personal S.A.

 

PP&E:  Property, plant and equipment.

 

RT 26: Technical Resolution No. 26 issued by the FACPCE, amended by RT 29 and RT 43.

 

SAC:  Subscriber Acquisition Costs.

 

SC (Secretaría de Comunicaciones): The Argentine Secretary of Communications, former regulatory authority.

 

Sofora: Sofora Telecomunicaciones S.A. Nortel’s controlling company.

 

Telecom USA: Telecom Argentina USA Inc.

 

VAT: Value added tax.

 

Shares to be distributed: means the 502,034,299 Telecom Argentina’s Class A Shares and 36,832,408 Telecom Argentina’s Class B Shares currently held by Nortel; all of which shall be distributed among the holders of shares of Sofora and the holders of Nortel’s B Preferred Shares of as set forth in Note 5 to these special-purpose combined financial statements.

 

Sofora’s F Shares of Common Stock: means the 298,997,360 shares of common stock, with one vote each and a par value of one Argentine Peso, issued by Sofora and held by Fintech, which, once the procedure of amortization of the Shares Subject to Amortization is finished, shall represent 100% of the capital stock of Sofora.

 

Shares Subject to Amortization or Sofora’s W Shares of Common Stock: means the 140,704,640 shares of common stock, with one vote each and a par value of one Argentine Peso, issued by Sofora and held by WAI, consisting of Sofora’s Block A and Sofora’s Block B, all of which are subject to total amortization and cancellation pursuant to the terms of Section 223 of the LGS with the resulting capital reduction in accordance with the resolutions approved by the General Unanimous Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting of Sofora held on March 28, 2017.

 

Allowed Distributions: means an amount in Argentine Pesos equal to the amount of the respective “Distributable Net Amounts” of Nortel and Sofora that Nortel and Sofora may to distribute to their respective shareholders as provisional, regular or any other kind of dividends, as from the date of this Agreement until the Reorganization Effectiveness Date (see Note 1), without modifying Nortel’s Preferred B Share Distribution Ratio or Sofora’s Ordinary Distribution Ratio (both definitions are included in Note 5).

 

Distributable Net Amounts: means, with respect to Nortel and Sofora, as applicable, the net amount in Argentine Pesos equal to total net assets identified in the respective special-purpose Unconsolidated Financial Statements of Nortel and Sofora as of December 31, 2016, minus (i) their respective direct and indirect holdings in Telecom Argentina (book value); and (ii) the amount allocated to pay the amortization of the Shares Subject to Amortization; plus or minus the profits or losses, as applicable, resulting from the management and administration of Nortel and Sofora until the Reorganization Effectiveness Date.

 

Market Price: equal to the average market price of Telecom Argentina’s Class B Shares listed on the Merval at the end of each trading day starting on January 2, 2017 until March 20, 2017.

 

WAI: means W de Argentina — Inversiones S.A.

 

Participating Companies: Sofora, Telecom Personal, Nortel and Telecom Argentina, all of them together.

 

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NOTE 1 — PURPOSE OF THE SPECIAL-PURPOSE COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

On March 17, 2017 Telecom Argentina was notified of the intention of Sofora’s shareholders, indirect controlling company of Telecom Argentina, that the Boards of Directors of Sofora, Nortel and Telecom Personal shall evaluate a corporate reorganization (“the Reorganization”) among those companies (“the Absorbed companies”) and Telecom Argentina as the continuing company (“the Surviving company”). The purpose of the Reorganization is to simplify the corporate structure of Telecom Argentina in line with international standards and market practices.

 

Likewise, the General Unanimous Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting of Sofora held on March 28, 2017 has approved:

 

a)             the total amortization of 140,704,640 shares of common stock representing 32% of its capital stock held by WAI pursuant to Section 223 of the LGS, which shall be totally cancelled by Sofora in two installments and its capital stock shall be reduced in an amount of $140,704,640, all of which shall occur before the date of Reorganization.

 

b)             the issuance of Sofora’s Class “A” dividend certificates pursuant to Section 228 of the LGS in favor of WAI in a total amount of US$ 470 million less approximately $141 million corresponding to the amortization of shares described in a) above. Those dividend certificates shall be redeemable at Sofora’s option and will have preferential right to the payment of cash dividends approved by Sofora (or the surviving company of a merger, limited to the shares of the surviving company given to Sofora’s shareholders in accordance with the Ordinary Distribution Ratio); without this implying an obligation of Sofora or the surviving company on future distribution of dividends.

 

The Reorganization shall be effective as of 12 am of the day in which the Presidents of the Board of Directors of the Participating Companies (hereinafter, the “Reorganization Effectiveness Date”), execute a minute of transfer of operations recording that: (i) Telecom Argentina has set up its technical-operational systems to assume Telecom Personal, Nortel and Sofora’s operations and activities; and (ii) as of the Reorganization Effectiveness Date the transfer of the operations and activities of the Absorbed companies into Telecom Argentina is perfected because the following conditions to which the Reorganization is subject (the ENACOM’s authorizations, the WAI’s Sofora shares subject to amortization have been fully amortized and the final reorganization agreement has been executed, among others), have been complied with; as from that date the transfer of all the assets and liabilities of the Absorbed companies to the Surviving Company will be effective, causing the Surviving company to acquire ownership of all rights and assume all obligations and liabilities of any nature of the Absorbed companies, all subject to the corporate approvals required under the applicable regulations and the registration of the merger and dissolution without liquidation of the Absorbed companies before the IGJ.

 

Meanwhile, the Absorbed companies and Telecom Argentina are performing all the necessary procedures before the regulatory and administrative entities and stock exchanges and markets of the country and abroad (CNV, BCBA, Merval, ENACOM and any governmental or other entity), necessary to carry out and perfect the Reorganization.

 

Notwithstanding this, Telecom Argentina and the Absorbed companies agree to continue with the ordinary course of their business and agree neither to establish limitations on the administration of their respective activities nor to establish guarantees for compliance with the normal development thereof until the Reorganization is perfected.

 

The Participating Companies agree on a corporate reorganization through a merger by absorption of Sofora, Nortel and Telecom Personal, as Absorbed companies, into Telecom Argentina, as Surviving company, pursuant to the terms of Sections 82 and 83 of the LGS, and within the tax framework provided by Sections 77 et seq. of Law No. 20,628 of Income Tax, as amended and complemented, the CNV Regulations, the BCBA Regulations, the IGJ Regulations and other regulations applicable.

 

So, these special-purpose combined financial statements as of December 31, 2016 have been prepared with the only purpose of the Reorganization abovementioned.

 

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NOTE 2 -       BASIS OF CONSOLIDATION OF THE SPECIAL-PURPOSE COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The special-purpose combined financial statements as of December 31, 2016 have been prepared summarizing all the figures included in each special-purpose unconsolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2016 of Telecom Argentina, Personal, Nortel and Sofora, with their Reports of Independent Accountants dated March 31, 2017, considering Telecom Argentina as the Surviving company.

 

The abovementioned special-purpose unconsolidated financial statements have been combined on a line-by-line basis, as required by IFRS 10.

 

NOTE 3 -       BASIS OF PREPARATION OF THE SPECIAL-PURPOSE COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

a)             Basis of preparation

 

As required by the CNV for most of public companies, these special-purpose combined financial statements have been prepared in accordance with RT 26 of FACPCE (as amended and adopted by the CPCECABA).

 

Given its specific purpose described in Note 1, these special-purpose combined financial statements do not include the following statements: the special income statement, the special statement of changes in equity, the special statement of cash flows or the notes and other information required by IFRS.

 

These special-purpose combined financial statements are a free translation from the original special-purpose combined financial statements issued in Spanish and filed to the CNV in Argentina and contain the same information to the original version.

 

These special-purpose combined financial statements are presented in millions of pesos, so the accounting balances have been rounded. The effect of the aforementioned rounding is non-material for the special-purpose combined financial statements taken as a whole.

 

The preparation of these special-purpose combined financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires the Company’s Management to use certain critical accounting estimates. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

These special-purpose combined financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as there is a reasonable expectation that Telecom Argentina will continue its operational activities in the foreseeable future (and in any event with a time horizon of more than twelve months).

 

These special-purpose combined financial statements as of December 31, 2016 were approved by resolution of the Board of Directors’ meeting held on March 31, 2017.

 

b)             Significant accounting policies

 

These special-purpose combined financial statements as of December 31, 2016 and the special-purpose unconsolidated financial statements of Telecom Argentina, Personal, Nortel and Sofora have been prepared using similar accounting policies.

 

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NOTE 4 — BREAKDOWN OF THE MAIN ACCOUNTS OF THE SPECIAL-PURPOSE COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2016

 

 

 

Telecom 
Argentina

 

Telecom 
Personal

 

Nortel

 

Sofora

 

Elimination of
intercompany
balances (b)

 

Total 
combined (c)

 

CURRENT ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a) Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

6

 

6

 

 

 

 

12

 

Banks

 

77

 

727

 

7

 

251

 

 

1,062

 

Time deposits

 

61

 

837

 

 

 

 

898

 

Lebacs at amortized cost

 

 

604

 

 

 

 

604

 

Other short-term investments

 

100

 

1,409

 

50

 

61

 

 

1,620

 

 

 

244

 

3,583

 

57

 

312

 

 

4,196

 

b) Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Government bonds at fair value

 

184

 

1,272

 

 

93

 

 

1,549

 

Provincial government and Municipal bonds at amortized cost

 

9

 

13

 

 

 

 

22

 

Government bonds at amortized cost in foreign currency

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

3

 

Other short-term investments

 

 

270

 

 

 

 

270

 

 

 

193

 

1,558

 

 

93

 

 

1,844

 

c) Trade receivables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services and equipment

 

1,921

 

5,990

 

 

 

 

7,911

 

Balances with Companies Law No. 19,550

 

98

 

144

 

 

 

(144

)

98

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

(172

)

(441

)

 

 

 

(613

)

 

 

1,847

 

5,693

 

 

 

(144

)

7,396

 

d) Other receivables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid expenses

 

139

 

428

 

1

 

2

 

 

570

 

Expenditure reimbursement

 

 

126

 

 

 

 

126

 

Receivables for return of handsets under warranty

 

 

29

 

 

 

 

29

 

Balances with Companies Law No. 19,550

 

 

25

 

 

 

(13

)

12

 

Tax credits

 

31

 

14

 

 

 

 

45

 

Guarantee deposits

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

10

 

Restricted funds

 

26

 

7

 

 

 

 

33

 

Non deliverable forward

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

2

 

PP&E disposal receivables

 

17

 

1

 

 

 

 

18

 

Tax on personal property — on behalf of Shareholders

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

Other

 

37

 

57

 

 

 

 

94

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

(10

)

(11

)

 

 

 

(21

)

 

 

248

 

688

 

1

 

2

 

(13

)

926

 

e) Inventories

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed telephones and equipment

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

Mobile handsets

 

 

1,255

 

 

 

 

1,255

 

Mobile handsets in transit

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

 

Allowance for obsolescence of inventories

 

(1

)

(47

)

 

 

 

(48

)

 

 

10

 

1,209

 

 

 

 

1,219

 

NON CURRENT ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

f) Trade receivables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

g) Other receivables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit on SC Resolution No.  41/07 and IDC

 

57

 

 

 

 

 

57

 

Prepaid expenses

 

42

 

202

 

2

 

 

 

246

 

Tax on personal property — on behalf of Shareholders

 

18

 

 

13

 

 

 

31

 

Restricted funds

 

16

 

17

 

 

 

 

33

 

Tax credits

 

1

 

10

 

17

 

 

 

28

 

Balances with Companies Law No. 19,550

 

1

 

107

 

 

 

(107

)

1

 

Guarantee deposits

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

12

 

Other

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

Allowance for regulatory matters

 

(57

)

 

 

 

 

(57

)

Allowance for tax credits

 

 

 

(17

)

 

 

(17

)

Allowance for tax on personal property

 

(18

)

 

(13

)

 

 

(31

)

 

 

68

 

348

 

2

 

 

(107

)

311

 

h) Income tax assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

86

 

 

 

 

 

86

 

Provisions

 

341

 

 

 

 

 

341

 

Termination benefits

 

82

 

 

 

 

 

82

 

Other, net

 

262

 

 

 

 

 

262

 

Deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PP&E

 

(477

)

 

 

 

 

(477

)

Intangible assets

 

(83

)

 

 

 

 

(83

)

Total net deferred tax assets

 

211

 

 

 

 

 

211

 

Actions for recourse tax receivable

 

466

 

 

 

 

 

466

 

 

 

677

 

 

 

 

 

677

 

 

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Telecom 
Argentina

 

Telecom 
Personal

 

Nortel

 

Sofora

 

Elimination of
intercompany
balances (b)

 

Total 
combined (c)

 

i) Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telecom Argentina

 

 

 

10,751

 

 

(10,751

)

 

Personal

 

10,163

 

 

1

 

 

(10,164

)

 

Nortel

 

 

 

 

5,510

 

(5,510

)

 

Telecom USA

 

83

 

 

 

 

 

83

 

Núcleo

 

 

1,128

 

 

 

 

1,128

 

Government bonds at amortized cost in foreign currency

 

 

255

 

 

 

 

255

 

Provincial government and Municipal bonds at amortized cost — dollar linked

 

 

61

 

 

 

 

61

 

Provincial government and Municipal bonds at amortized cost

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

2003 Telecommunications Fund

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

10,255

 

1,444

 

10,752

 

5,510

 

(26,425

)

1,536

 

j) PP&E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land, buildings and installations

 

1,059

 

211

 

 

 

 

1,270

 

Computer equipment and software

 

774

 

1,253

 

 

 

 

2,027

 

Switching and transmission equipment (i)

 

2,631

 

1,982

 

 

 

 

4,613

 

Mobile network access and external wiring

 

4,545

 

3,919

 

 

 

 

8,464

 

Construction in progress

 

1,646

 

1,133

 

 

 

 

2,779

 

Other tangible assets

 

284

 

338

 

 

 

 

622

 

Subtotal PP&E

 

10,939

 

8,836

 

 

 

 

19,775

 

Materials

 

730

 

839

 

 

 

 

1,569

 

Impairment of PP&E

 

(173

)

(109

)

 

 

 

(282

)

Valuation allowance for materials and impairment of materials

 

(43

)

(25

)

 

 

 

(68

)

 

 

11,453

 

9,541

 

 

 

 

20,994

 

k) Intangible assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3G/4G licenses

 

 

5,105

 

 

 

 

5,105

 

Other licenses

 

 

588

 

 

 

 

588

 

Rights of use and exclusivity agreements

 

213

 

21

 

 

 

 

234

 

Service connection or habilitation costs

 

119

 

 

 

 

 

119

 

SAC fixed services

 

96

 

 

 

 

 

96

 

SAC mobile services

 

 

1,372

 

 

 

 

1,372

 

Other intangible assets

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

429

 

7,086

 

 

 

 

7,515

 

CURRENT LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

l) Trade payables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PP&E

 

1,340

 

2,975

 

 

 

 

4,315

 

Other assets and services

 

983

 

2,071

 

2

 

 

 

3,056

 

Inventory

 

1

 

675

 

 

 

 

676

 

Agent commissions

 

 

353

 

 

 

 

353

 

Balances with Companies Law No. 19,550

 

183

 

8

 

 

 

(144

)

47

 

 

 

2,507

 

6,082

 

2

 

 

(144

)

8,447

 

m) Deferred revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On capacity rental

 

40

 

 

 

 

 

40

 

On connection fees

 

35

 

 

 

 

 

35

 

Balances with Companies Law No. 19,550

 

13

 

 

 

 

(13

)

 

On mobile customer loyalty programs

 

 

85

 

 

 

 

85

 

On prepaid calling cards

 

12

 

214

 

 

 

 

226

 

Other

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

100

 

314

 

 

 

(13

)

401

 

n) Financial debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank overdrafts — principal

 

41

 

1,666

 

 

 

 

1,707

 

Bank loans — other - principal

 

 

620

 

 

 

 

620

 

Notes — principal

 

 

566

 

 

 

 

566

 

Accrued interest

 

 

145

 

 

 

 

145

 

Non deliverable forward

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

41

 

2,999

 

 

 

 

3,040

 

o) Salaries and social security payables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vacation and bonuses

 

811

 

287

 

1

 

 

 

1,099

 

Social security payables

 

292

 

90

 

 

 

 

382

 

Termination benefits

 

117

 

8

 

 

 

 

125

 

 

 

1,220

 

385

 

1

 

 

 

1,606

 

p) Income tax payables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax payables

 

465

 

1,586

 

11

 

60

 

 

2,122

 

Withholdings and payments in advance of income taxes

 

(275

)

(1,077

)

(8

)

(20

)

 

(1,380

)

Law No. 26,476 Tax Regularization Regime

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

195

 

509

 

3

 

40

 

 

747

 

q) Other taxes payables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax withholdings

 

121

 

195

 

 

 

 

316

 

VAT, net

 

49

 

304

 

 

 

 

353

 

Internal taxes

 

 

138

 

 

 

 

138

 

Tax on Universal Service

 

 

110

 

 

 

 

110

 

Regulatory fees

 

 

59

 

 

 

 

59

 

Turnover tax

 

23

 

52

 

 

 

 

75

 

Municipal taxes

 

18

 

35

 

 

 

 

53

 

Retention Decree No. 583/10 ENARD

 

 

26

 

 

 

 

26

 

Tax on personal property — on behalf of Shareholders

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

219

 

919

 

 

 

 

1,138

 

 

 

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Telecom 
Argentina

 

Telecom 
Personal

 

Nortel

 

Sofora

 

Elimination of
intercompany
balances (b)

 

Total 
combined (c)

 

r) Other liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compensation for directors and members of the Supervisory Committee

 

32

 

12

 

7

 

7

 

 

58

 

Guarantees received

 

10

 

2

 

 

 

 

12

 

Other

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

52

 

14

 

7

 

7

 

 

80

 

s) Provisions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Civil and commercial proceedings

 

103

 

6

 

 

 

 

109

 

Labor claims

 

73

 

18

 

 

 

 

91

 

Regulatory, tax and other matters claims

 

39

 

32

 

 

 

 

71

 

 

 

215

 

56

 

 

 

 

271

 

NON CURRENT LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

t) Trade payables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PP&E

 

11

 

141

 

 

 

 

152

 

 

 

11

 

141

 

 

 

 

152

 

u) Deferred revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On capacity rental

 

234

 

 

 

 

 

234

 

On mobile customer loyalty programs

 

 

106

 

 

 

 

106

 

On connection fees

 

87

 

 

 

 

 

87

 

Balances with Companies Law No. 19,550

 

107

 

 

 

 

(107

)

 

 

 

428

 

106

 

 

 

(107

)

427

 

v) Financial debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank loans — principal

 

 

6,234

 

 

 

 

6,234

 

Notes — principal

 

 

2,084

 

 

 

 

2,084

 

 

 

 

8,318

 

 

 

 

8,318

 

w) Salaries and social security payables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Termination benefits

 

142

 

2

 

 

 

 

144

 

Bonuses

 

35

 

5

 

 

 

 

40

 

 

 

177

 

7

 

 

 

 

184

 

x) Deferred income tax liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

 

(271

)

 

 

 

(271

)

Provisions

 

 

(149

)

 

 

 

(149

)

Termination benefits

 

 

(120

)

 

 

 

(120

)

Deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PP&E

 

 

205

 

 

 

 

205

 

Intangible assets

 

 

584

 

 

 

 

584

 

Cash dividends from foreign companies

 

 

150

 

 

 

 

150

 

Mobile handsets financed sales

 

 

84

 

 

 

 

84

 

Investments

 

 

4

 

2

 

 

 

6

 

Other, net

 

 

68

 

 

 

 

68

 

 

 

 

555

 

2

 

 

 

557

 

y) Income tax payables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Law No. 26,476 Tax Regularization Regime

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

z) Other liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pension benefits

 

164

 

 

 

 

 

164

 

Legal fees

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

Other

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

169

 

1

 

 

 

 

170

 

aa) Provisions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Civil and commercial proceedings

 

122

 

139

 

 

 

 

261

 

Labor claims

 

266

 

111

 

 

 

 

377

 

Regulatory, tax and other matters claims

 

297

 

118

 

 

 

 

415

 

Asset retirement obligations

 

76

 

213

 

 

 

 

289

 

 

 

761

 

581

 

 

 

 

1,342

 

 

NOTE 5 — SHARE DISTRIBUTION RATIOS

 

Telecom Argentina shall not issue new shares as a result of the Reorganization. Shares to Be Distributed, which are currently part of Nortel’s holding in Telecom Argentina, shall be distributed among holders of Sofora’s Shares and Nortel’s Preferred B Shares as follows:

 

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a.1.-                        Holders of Nortel’s Preferred B Shares shall receive Telecom Argentina’s Class B Shares by the following share distribution ratio (“Nortel’s Share distribution ratio”): 134.565053 Telecom Argentina’s Class B Shares for each one of 1,470,455 Nortel’s Preferred B Shares. As a result, holders of Nortel’s Preferred B Shares shall receive an aggregate of 197,871,855 Telecom Argentina’s Preferred B Shares. No new Telecom Argentina Class B Shares shall be issued. Telecom Argentina’s Class B Shares to be received by holders of Nortel’s Preferred B Shares shall arise from (i) the 36,832,408 Telecom Argentina’s Class B Shares held by Nortel as of today, and (ii) the conversion of 161,039,447 Telecom Argentina’s Class A Shares held by Nortel into Class B Shares.

 

a.2.-                         As of the date of the Preliminary Reorganization Agreement, an agreement for the sale of Nortel’s Shareholding in Telecom Personal to Telecom Argentina, current holder of 99.992% of Telecom Personal’s capital stock, shall be executed. As a result, the Surviving company shall become the holder of all the shares representing the capital stock of Telecom Personal. Therefore, the absorption of Telecom Personal by Telecom Argentina shall not cause an economic variation in Telecom Argentina, since the value of the shares representing the capital stock of Telecom Personal shall be replaced by the assets and liabilities’ items included in the balance sheet of Telecom Personal, incorporated in Telecom Argentina pursuant to the merger. As a result, Telecom Personal’s absorption shall not cause a capital increase in Telecom Argentina, no shares of Telecom Argentina shall be issued and no share distribution ratio shall be provided for.

 

b.-                Fintech, as indirect shareholder of Nortel through Sofora, shall receive Telecom Argentina’s Class A Shares by the following share distribution ratio (“Sofora’s Ordinary Distribution Ratio”): 1.14046108 Telecom Argentina’s Class A Shares for each one of the 298,997,360 Sofora’s F Shares of Common Stock. As a result, Fintech shall receive an aggregate of 340,994,852 Telecom Argentina’s Class A Shares, which are currently held by Nortel.

 

c.-                 The Participating Companies hereby agree that the respective Distributable Net Amounts of Nortel and Sofora shall not be capitalized in the Surviving company and the Surviving company shall not issue new shares in consideration thereof, since Nortel and Sofora are allowed to distribute to their respective shareholders an amount equal to the Distributable Net Amounts as Allowed Distributions before the Reorganization Effectiveness Date.

 

d.-                Agreement on the Share distribution ratios referred to above (which are certified by Independent External Auditors) was based on the following: (1) Sofora, Nortel, Telecom Argentina and Telecom Personal’s respective net worths and Allowed Distributions; (2) that Nortel and Sofora’s assets consist almost exclusively of their direct and indirect investment in Telecom Argentina, except for the Distributable Net Amounts; (3) neither Sofora nor Nortel have financial debt or other relevant liabilities other than their respective offices’ rents, professional fees, salaries and social security contributions and other expenses arising from their ordinary course of business and payment of Income Tax and other taxes; (4) because the Reorganization will cause Sofora’s dissolution, the Shares to Be Distributed shall not be delivered to Sofora. Instead they shall be directly delivered to the holder of Sofora’s F Shares of Common Stock, which shall be its only holder of shares of common stock, since Sofora’s W Shares of Common Stock are subject to amortization and cancellation that shall be concluded before the Reorganization Effectiveness Date; (5) the historic lack of liquidity and the absence of vote rights of Nortel B Preferred Shares; (6) the fact that, historically, such lack of liquidity and voting rights has caused Nortel’s B Preferred Shares to have a market price significantly lower than the value of Nortel’s shareholding in Telecom Argentina and its economic rights vis a vis the market price of Telecom Argentina’s Class B Shares in the New York Stock Exchange. This difference in price has been of an average of 38.29 % during the last five years, and 28.71% during the last year. Therefore, it was considered reasonable to fix a Nortel’s Preferred B Share distribution ratio that reflects a 25% discount on such preferred shares’ current economic rights, and deliver Telecom Argentina Class B Shares to the holders of Nortel’s Preferred B Shares in proportion to their economic rights newly adjusted by the above mentioned discount; and (7) the valuation report prepared by the Participating Companies’ working team on Telecom Argentina, Telecom Personal and the relative discount of Nortel’s Preferred B Shares for purposes of determining the reasonableness of the Share distribution ratios and the Market Price.

 

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As a consequence of the share distribution ratios abovementioned, after the reorganization’s effect and the conversion of Class A shares to Class B shares, Capital Stock is composed of 340,994,852 Class A Shares, of 643,151,378 Class B Shares (of which 15,221,373 remain as treasury shares) and of 234,748 Class C Shares.

 

NOTE 6 — PRO FORMA INFORMATION ON TELECOM ARGENTINA´S EQUITY AS SURVIVING COMPANY

 

The following is the pro forma information on the estimated Telecom Argentina´s equity as Surviving company as of the Reorganization Effectiveness Date, starting on the figures included in these special-purpose combined financial statements as of December 31, 2016 plus/minus the relevant matters occurred after such date which affected the financial position and certain estimated operations that will occur until the Reorganization Effectiveness Date:

 

 

 

Total Equity as 
of December 
31, 2016

 

Amortization of
Sofora´s shares
(b)

 

Estimated 
operations until 
the 
Reorganization 
Effectiveness 
Date
(c)

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Stock — Outstanding shares

 

969

 

 

 

969

 

Inflation adjustment of capital stock — Outstanding shares

 

2,646

 

 

 

2,646

 

Capital Stock — Treasury shares

 

15

 

 

 

15

 

Inflation adjustment of capital stock — Treasury shares

 

42

 

 

 

42

 

Treasury shares acquisition cost/Subsidiary´s treasury shares acquisition cost

 

(461

)

 

 

(461

)

Legal reserve

 

734

 

 

 

734

 

Special reserve for IFRS implementation

 

351

 

 

 

351

 

Voluntary reserve for capital investments

 

3,191

 

 

 

3,191

 

Voluntary reserve for future investments/working capital financing

 

2,904

 

 

 

2,904

 

Voluntary reserve for future dividends payments

 

4,272

 

 

 

4,272

 

Reserve for specific uses related to the Reorganization

 

405

 

(141

)

(264

)

 

Other comprehensive results

 

698

 

 

 

698

 

Retained earnings

 

3,975

 

 

 

3,975

 

TOTAL EQUITY

 

(a)  19,741

 

(141

)

(264

)

19,336

 

 


(a)         See special-purpose combined statement of financial position as of December 31, 2016.

(b)         See Note 1 to these special-purpose combined financial statements.

(c)          Correspond to the estimated costs resulting from the management and administration of Nortel and Sofora until the Reorganization Effectiveness Date (approximately $28 million), the profits for the sale of Nortel´s holding in Telecom Personal (approximately $3 million) and the estimated dividends to be distributed by Nortel and Sofora until the Reorganization Effectiveness Date (approximately $239 million).

 

 

Mariano Ibáñez

 

Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

 

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