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BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS WITH COMPANIES UNDER SECTION 33 - LAW No. 19,550 AND RELATED PARTIES | 12 Months Ended
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BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS WITH COMPANIES UNDER SECTION 33 - LAW No. 19,550 AND RELATED PARTIES |
BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS WITH COMPANIES UNDER SECTION 33 - LAW No. 19,550 AND RELATED PARTIES | NOTE 27 - BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS WITH COMPANIES UNDER SECTION 33 - LAW No. 19,550 AND RELATED PARTIES ​ a) Controlling Company CVH is the controlling company of Telecom Argentina, holding directly and indirectly 28.16% of the capital stock of the Company. Additionally, both VLG (controlled by CVH) and Fintech, contributed to the Voting Trust, in accordance with the Shareholders´ Agreement, shares representing 10.92% of the capital of the Company so the shares subject to such agreement represent 21.84% of the total capital of the Company (the “Shares in Trust”). Shareholders’ Agreement: Fintech - CVH On July 7, 2017 CVH, VLG, Fintech Media LLC (merged to date with Fintech), Fintech Advisory Inc., GC Dominio S.A. (all of them direct or indirect shareholders of Cablevisión S.A.) and Fintech (direct or indirect shareholder of Telecom Argentina) entered into a shareholders’ agreement that governs the exercise of their rights as shareholders of the Company. The Shareholders´ Agreement establishes basically:
| ● | the representation in the corporate bodies, provided that subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions and as long as CVH holds a certain percentage of Telecom Shares, CVH shall be entitled to designate the majority of the directors, members of the
|  | Executive Committee, Audit Committee, Supervisory Committee, CEO and any other Key Employee (other than the CFO and the Internal Auditor). CVH shall also be entitled to nominate the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Fintech to nominate de Vice chairman of the Board of Directors.
| ● | a scheme of supermajorities and required votes for the approval by the Shareholders´ Meetings or Board of Directors´ Meetings, respectively, of certain matters such as: i) the approval of the Business Plan and the Annual Budget of Telecom Argentina; ii) amendments of the bylaws, iii) changes in Independent Auditors, iv) the creation of committees of the Board of Directors, v) hiring of Key Employees as defined in the Shareholders´ Agreement (Key employees will be proposed by CVH, except for the CFO and the internal auditor); vi) merger of Telecom or any other controlled entity, vii) acquisitions of certain assets, viii) sale of certain assets, ix) capital increases; x) incurrence of indebtedness over certain limits, xi) capital investments not contemplated in the Business Plan and the Annual Budget above certain amounts; xii) related party transactions, xiii) contracts that may impose restrictions to the distribution of dividends; xiv) new lines of business or discontinuing existing lines of business; xv) contracting for significant amounts not contemplated in the Business Plan and the Annual Budget, among others.
Voting trust pursuant to the Shareholders’ Agreement between Fintech and CVH In accordance with the Shareholders´ Agreement, on April 15, 2019, a Voting Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) was regularized, under which Fintech and VLG (i) each contributed with 235,177,350 shares of Telecom in a voting trust (the “Voting Trust”) which, when added to the shares that CVH holds (directly and indirectly) in Telecom, exceed fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares, and (ii) CVH and Fintech each appointed a co-trustee. The shares contributed to the Voting Trust will be voted by the co-trustee of CVH in accordance with the vote of CVH or following the instructions of CVH, except in respect of certain matters subject to veto under the Shareholders´ Agreement, in which case will be voted by the co-trustee of Fintech in accordance with the vote of Fintech or following the instructions of Fintech. Public Tender Offer due to change of control On June 21, 2018, CVH informed the Company that it was promoting and formulating a mandatory public tender offer due to a change of control (“PTO”) for all Class B Shares issued by Telecom Argentina listed on BYMA (including outstanding Class C Shares of Telecom Argentina that might be converted into Class B Shares before the expiration deadline) (the “PTO Shares”) at a price of $110.85 Argentine pesos per PTO Share (previously deducting the items detailed in the OPA announcement). Pursuant to public releases published by CVH, as part of the administrative process to authorize the PTO, the CNV expressed its disagreement with the price announced by CVH and took the position that the price per PTO Share should be US$4.8658 payable in Argentine pesos at the foreign exchange rate in effect on the business day immediately prior to the settlement of the PTO. CVH considered the CNV’s position unfounded and initiated the legal proceeding “Cablevisión Holding S.A. c/ Comisión Nacional de Valores s/ Medidas Cautelares” (File. No. 7998/18) in the Federal Civil and Commercial Court No. 3. On November 1, 2018, the Federal Civil and Commercial Court No. 3 confirmed a preliminary injunction obtained by CVH and ordered the CNV to abstain for six months from issuing any decision with respect to the authorization of the PTO promoted by CVH on June 21, 2018. On June 10, 2019 CVH informed Telecom that on such date CVH was served with notice of a preliminary injunction rendered on May 9, 2019 in the case “Burgueño Daniel v. Executive Branch - CNV on (Autonomous) Preliminary Injunction” (File No. 89537/18) pending before the Court of Appeals on Administrative Litigation Matters No. 1, Secretariat No. 1, suspending the process relating to the PTO, until the CNV resolves on the applicability of Resolution No. 779/18 or the expiration of the term contemplated in section 5 of Law No. 26,854 governing injunctions. This preliminary injunction was extended by several succeeding court decisions, being the last one the court decision rendered on May 15, 2020, which extended the mentioned preliminary injunction for six months. ​ On July 6, 2020 CVH informed Telecom that on such date CVH was served with notice of a decision rendered on July 3, 2020 by the Chamber V of the Federal Court of Appeals on Administrative Litigation Matters in re “Burgueño Daniel v. Executive Branch - CNV on (Autonomous) Preliminary Injunction” (File No. 89537/18), whereby said Court decided to interrupt the judicial recess period only to consider the appeal filed by the CNV on May 26, 2020, dismiss such appeal and, consequently, confirm the extension of the preliminary injunction granted thereunder. ​ On the other hand, on July 19, 2019, CVH was served with notice of a resolution rendered on the same date by the Chamber I of the Federal Court of Appeals on Civil and Commercial Matters in re “Cablevisión Holding S.A. v. Argentine Securities Commission on Injunctions” (File No. 7998/18), lifting the preliminary injunction granted to CVH whereby the CNV was ordered to abstain from issuing any decision with respect to the authorization of the PTO. The resolution also provided that an appeal by CVH to CNV’s decision with respect to the PTO would have a suspensive effect. CVH filed a federal extraordinary proceeding against the Federal Civil and Commercial Court of Appeal’s decision, which was dismissed on December 26, 2019. However, as explained above, the PTO remained at the time subject to the preliminary injunction obtained by a shareholder of CVH – Daniel Burgueño – in the separate legal proceedings mentioned in the previous paragraphs. On November 26, 2019, CVH was served with a notice of a proceeding initiated by a shareholder of CVH, Mr. Daniel Burgueño, in re “Burgueño, Daniel Fernando v. EN-CNV s/ Proceso de Conocimiento” (File No. 33763/19), pending before the National First Instance Court on Federal Administrative Litigation Matters No. 1, Secretariat No. 1. Mr. Burgueño seeks the court to rule that CVH is not required to conduct the PTO as a result of the change of control in Telecom in light of paragraph k) of Section 32 of Resolution CNV No. 779/18, regulating Law No. 26,831 (as amended by Law No. 27,440). ​ On December 27, 2019, CVH informed Telecom that on such date CVH was served with notice of the first instance court’s decision in re “Burgueño, Daniel Fernando v. EN-CNV s/ Proceso de Conocimiento” (File No. 33763/19) ruling in favor of the complaint brought by Mr. Burgueño, confirming that CVH’s does not have the obligation to conduct the PTO according to Resolution CNV No. 779/18, specifically Section 32, paragraph k), and ordering the CNV to deem the proceedings initiated in connection with the PTO concluded, and also ordered CVH to cease with the PTO. ​ On September 8, 2020, CVH informed Telecom that on such date CVH was served with notice of a decision rendered by the Chamber V of the Federal Court of Appeals on Administrative Litigation Matters in re “Burgueño Daniel Fernando v. EN - CNV s/ Proceso de Conocimiento” (File. No. 33763/19), rejecting the appeal filed by the CNV of the decision rendered by the court of first instance mentioned in the prior paragraph. ​ Finally, on October 29, 2020, CVH informed Telecom that on such date CVH was served with notice of the judgment of Chamber V of the Federal Court of Appeals on Administrative Litigation Matters issued in re “Burgueño Daniel Fernando v. EN - CNV s/ Proceso de Conocimiento” (File. No. 33763/19) dismissing the extraordinary appeal filed by the CNV against the first instance judgment rendered on September 8, 2020 mentioned in the prior paragraph. ​ On February 17, 2022, the Supreme Court of Justice dismissed the direct appeal filed by the CNV, not admitting the extraordinary appeal filed by the CNV against the resolution rendered by Chamber V of the Federal Court of Appeals on Administrative Litigation Matters. ​ b) Related Parties For the purposes of these consolidated financial statements, related parties are those individuals or legal entities which are related to Telecom in terms of IAS 24. c) Balances with Companies under section 33 - Law No. 19,550 and Related Parties
● | Companies under section 33 - Law No. 19,550 – Associates
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CURRENT ASSETS | ​ | As of December 31,
Trade receivables |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Ver TV | ​ | 1 | ​ | 1
​ | ​ | 1 | ​ | 1
Other receivables | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
La Capital Cable | ​ | 336 | ​ | 433
Ver TV | ​ | 2 | ​ | 4
​ | ​ | 338 | ​ | 437
CURRENT LIABILITIES | ​ |  | ​ |
Trade payables | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
TSMA | ​ | 1 | ​ | —
​ | ​ | 1 | ​ | —
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● | Related parties
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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
CURRENT ASSETS | ​ | As of December 31,
Trade receivables |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Other related parties | ​ | 224 | ​ | 353
​ | ​ | 224 | ​ | 353
Other receivables | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Other related parties | ​ | 4 | ​ | 7
​ | ​ | 4 | ​ | 7
CURRENT LIABILITIES | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Trade payables | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Other Related parties | ​ | 1,986 | ​ | 2,359
​ | ​ | 1,986 | ​ | 2,359
​ d) Transactions with Companies under section 33 - Law No. 19,550 and related parties ● Companies under section 33 - Law No. 19,550– Associates ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | Transaction | ​ | Years ended December 31,
​ |  | ​ |  | 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Profit (loss)
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Revenues
La Capital Cable | ​ | Services revenues and other revenues | ​ | 70 |  | 90 |  | 129
Ver TV | ​ | Services revenues and other revenues | ​ | — | ​ | 12 | ​ | 4
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 70 |  | 102 |  | 133
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Operating costs
La Capital Cable | ​ | Fees for services | ​ | (178) |  | (175) |  | (156)
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | (178) |  | (175) |  | (156)
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Financial results
Ver TV | ​ | Interests | ​ | — |  | — |  | 97
La Capital Cable | ​ | Interests | ​ | — | ​ | — | ​ | 45
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | — |  | — |  | 142
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● | Related Parties
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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | Transaction | ​ | Years ended December 31,
​ |  | ​ |  | 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Profit (loss)
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Revenues
Other Related parties | ​ | Services and advertising revenues | ​ | 497 |  | 617 |  | 623
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 497 |  | 617 |  | 623
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Operating costs
Other Related parties | ​ | Programming costs | ​ | (6,977) |  | (8,234) |  | (9,344)
Other Related parties | ​ | Editing and distribution of magazines | ​ | (1,235) |  | (1,660) |  | (2,209)
Other Related parties | ​ | Advisory services | ​ | (892) |  | (1,030) |  | (1,414)
Other Related parties | ​ | Advertising purchases | ​ | (725) |  | (1,087) |  | (1,455)
Other Related parties | ​ | Other purchases and commissions | ​ | (307) |  | (376) |  | (450)
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | (10,136) |  | (12,387) |  | (14,872)
​ The transactions discussed above were made on terms no less favorable to Telecom than would have been obtained from unaffiliated third parties. When Telecom’s transactions represented more than 1% of its total shareholders’ equity, they were approved according to Law No. 26,831, the Bylaws and the Executive Committees’ Faculties and Performance Regulation. e) Key Managers Compensation for Directors for technical-administrative functions and Key Managers includes fixed and variable compensation, retention plans, social security contribution, and, in some cases, accrued severance compensation. Compensation for Directors and Key Managers of Telecom Argentina for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 amounted to $2,775, $1,184 and $1,454, respectively (in currency of the transaction date), and were recorded as expenses under the line item “Employee benefits expenses and severance payments”. As of December 31, 2022, an amount of $1,295 remained unpaid. Telecom Argentina has recorded a provision of $435, $418 and $86 for the fees of its Board of Directors’ members for the year ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively (in currency of the transaction date). As of December 31, 2022, an amount of $28 remained unpaid. The members and alternate members of the Board of Directors do not hold executive positions in the Company or Company’s subsidiaries.

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