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BORROWINGS (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
BORROWINGS  
Schedule of current and non-current financial debt

As of December 31, 

Current

    

2024

    

2023

Bank overdrafts - principal

123,446

51,205

Bank and other financial entities loans – principal

 

141,326

 

445,867

Notes – principal

650,688

411,523

Loans for purchase of equipment

6,440

33,931

Interest and related expenses

150,841

284,524

 

1,072,741

 

1,227,050

Non-current

 

  

 

  

Notes – principal

 

1,304,594

 

2,175,746

Bank and other financial entities loans – principal

136,159

870,357

Loans for purchase of equipment

7,927

23,355

Interest and related expenses

356,583

337,652

 

1,805,263

 

3,407,110

Total borrowings

 

2,878,004

 

4,634,160

Schedule of nature and movements of financial debt

Total

    

Cash items

    

Non-cash items

    

12.31.2024

At the beginning of the year

 

4,634,160

Proceeds from borrowings – principal

 

997,103

997,103

Payment of borrowings – principal

 

(1,121,138)

(1,121,138)

Repurchase of Notes

 

(26,540)

(26,540)

Payment of interests and related expenses

(320,545)

(320,545)

Payment of DFI

(4,820)

(4,820)

Proceed from bank overdrafts net of payment

199,407

199,407

Trade payables cancelled with borrowings

23,425

23,425

Accrued interest and other financial cost (*)

 

234,992

234,992

Foreign currency exchange gains (**)

(1,688,908)

(1,688,908)

Currency translation adjustments

 

(49,132)

(49,132)

Total at 12/31/24

(276,533)

(1,479,623)

2,878,004

(*)

Not includes $2,747 million corresponding to net income generated by DFI.

(**)

Not includes $(1,092) million corresponding to net losses generated by DFI and others.

    

    

    

Total 

Cash items

Non-cash items

12.31.2023

At the beginning of the year

 

3,181,724

Proceeds from borrowings – principal

 

718,975

 

 

718,975

Payment of borrowings – principal

 

(497,703)

 

 

(497,703)

Payment of interests and related expenses

 

(380,250)

 

 

(380,250)

Payment of DFI

 

(70,460)

 

 

(70,460)

Proceed from bank overdrafts net of payment

 

126,316

 

 

126,316

Trade payables cancelled with borrowings

 

 

74,268

 

74,268

Accrued interest and other financial cost (*)

 

 

23,351

 

23,351

Foreign currency exchange gains (**)

 

 

1,411,042

 

1,411,042

Currency translation adjustments

 

 

46,897

 

46,897

Total at 12/31/23

 

(103,122)

 

1,555,558

 

4,634,160

Total at 12/31/22

 

(198,761)

 

(***)(145,418)

 

  

(*)

Not includes $2,705 million corresponding to net income generated by DFI.

(**)

Not includes ($50,398) million corresponding to net losses generated by DFI and others.

(***)Includes $72,805 million of new loans that do not represent cash movement.

Schedule of loans agreements of bank and other financing entities loans

Principal

residual

Interest

Accouting balance (*)

nominal value

Maturity

payment 

As of December 31,

Entities

  

  

Currency

  

  

(in millions)

  

  

date

  

  

Amortization

  

  

Interest rate

  

  

Spread

  

  

date

  

  

2024

  

  

2023

US$

03/2027

Semiannually

between 4.43% and 7.18%

Semiannually

174,636

International
Finance
Corporation
(IFC) (1)

US$

Between 08/2024 and 08/2025

Semiannually

Variable annual rate:
SOF 6 months

between 5.03% and 5.28%

Semiannually

219,656

US$

08/2029 (1)

Semiannually from 08/2024

6.50%

Semiannually

334,831

Inter-American
Investment
Corporation
(IIC) (1)

US$

12/2024

Semiannually

Variable annual rate: SOF 6 months

6.28%

Semiannually

30,705

Inter-American
Development
Bank
(IDB) (2)

US$

99

06/2027

Semiannually

Variable annual rate: SOF 6 months

between 7.18% and 9.18%

Semiannually

101,219

535,546

China
Development
Bank Shenzhen
Branch (CDB) (3)

RMB

882

12/2027

Semiannually

Annual fixed
rate of 4.95%

n/a

Semiannually

114,597

257,414

Finnvera

 

US$

31

 

Between 11/2025 and 11/2026

 

Semiannually

 

Variable annual rate: SOF 6 months

 

between 1.47% and 1.63

%

Semiannually

 

28,913

 

79,980

Export Development Canadá (EDC) (4)

 

US$

34

 

Between 12/2026 and 12/2030

 

Semiannually

 

Variable annual rate: SOF 6 months

 

between 1.63% and 6.65

%

Semiannually

 

33,274

 

43,836

BBVA

$

67

 

07/2025

 

Monthly

 

Annual fixed rate of 47.90

%

n/a

 

Monthly

 

68

 

324

PSA Finance Argentina

$

147

 

07/2025

 

Monthly

 

Annual fixed rate of 42.90

%

n/a

 

Monthly

 

151

 

730

Rombo Compañía Financiera

$

118

 

07/2025

 

Monthly

 

Annual fixed rate between 70.9% and 77.9

%

n/a

Monthly

 

124

 

531

Cisco Systems Capital Corporation (Cisco) (5) and Bank of China (Huawei import) (6)

US$

13.7

between 10/2022 and 11/2026

Quarterly basis

Annual fixed rate between 4.00% and 6.5

%

n/a

Quarterly basis

15,723

59,101

 

between 01/2025 and 12/2027

 

Semiannually

 

 

 

 

25,000

02/2025

Annual fixed rate of 38.375

%

n/a

At maturity date

28,249

Banco Nación (7)

$

10,000

08/2025

In one installment at maturity date

Annual fixed rate of 35

%

n/a

At maturity date

10,326

10,000

 

09/2025

 

 

Annual fixed rate of 32.38

%

n/a

 

At maturity date

 

10,026

 

(*)These accounting balances include interest and related expenses.

(1)The Company has used US$508 million ($528,665 million in current currency as of December 31, 2024) of the funds obtained from the Series 21 Notes for the payments and prepayments of the following loans:

- IFC: The Company used funds totaling US$368 million, of which US$342 million was used for the payment of principal and US$26 million for the payment of interest and related expenses. As of December 31, 2024, IFC loans are fully paid.

- IIC: The Company used funds totaling US$140 million, of which US$135 million was for the payment of principal and US$5 million for the payment of interest and related expenses. As of December 31, 2024, loans with IIC are fully paid.

(2)On October 17, 2023, the Company subscribed two new tranches (5 and 6) under the IDB loan for a total of US$120 million, equivalent to $41,145 million ($126,817 million in current currency as of December 31, 2023), net of issuance expenses for $866 million ($2,670 million in current currency as of December 31, 2023). The funds were used to pay for the 5G spectrum.

In December 2024, the Company has prepaid a part of the loan totaling US$46 million (includes payment of principal and interest), equivalent to $48,038 million in current currency as of December 31, 2024.

(3)In November 2024, the Company has paid a part of the loan totaling RMB156 million (includes payment of principal and interest), equivalent to $22,802 million in current currency as of December 31, 2024.
(4)On May 5, 2023, the Company submitted a proposal for an export credit line for a total amount of up to US$50 million to EDC, the official export credit agency of Canada.

The funds received will be used to finance up to 100% of the payments due to “Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy” and/or “Nokia Spain S.A.”, received from August 30, 2022 until November 1, 2024.

During 2024 and 2023, the Company received a disbursement for a total amount of US$11.6 million ($12,969 million in current currency as of December 31, 2024), and U$12.7 million ($14,806 million in current currency as of December 31, 2024), maturing in May 2030. The principal disbursed accrues compensatory interest at a semi-annual SOFR plus a margin of 6.65 percentage points.

(5)During August 2024, through the liquidation of BOPREAL bonds, the Company prepaid its loan with the supplier for US$18 million (principal of US$17.6 million and interest of US$0.4 million). This negotiation resulted in a reduction of US$1.8 million ($1,903 million in current currency as as of December 31, 2024) recognized in “Borrowings renegotiation results” item, within Financial results from borrowings.
(6)In December 2024, The Company subscribed an equipment loan of US$10.1 million, equivalent to $10,456 million.
(7)In the months of August, November and December 2024, the Company subscribed loans totaling $45,000 million ($48,214 million in current currency as of December 31, 2024).
Telecom Argentinas  
BORROWINGS  
Schedule of notes borrowings

Accouting

Amount

balance (*)

  

  

involved

  

  

Issuance

  

  

Maturity

  

  

  

  

  

  

Interest payment

  

  

As of December 31,

Series

Currency

(in millions)

date

date

Amortization

Interest rate

date

2024

  

  

2023

1

US$

    

400

(1)

07/2019

    

07/2026

    

In one installment at maturity date

    

Annual fixed rate of 8.00%

Semiannually

    

171,319

    

722,712

5

US$

389

(1)
(2)

08/2020

08/2025

In four installments of: 3%
at 02/2023 30% at 08/2023 33%
at 08/2024 34% at 08/2025

Annual fixed rate of 8.50%

Semiannually

120,235

477,965

8

UVA

 

134

(3)

01/2021

 

01/2025

 

In one installment at maturity date

 

Annual fixed rate of 4.00%

Semiannually

 

169,165

 

135,887

9

 

US$linked

 

92

 

06/2021

 

06/2024

 

In one installment at maturity date

 

Annual fixed rate of 2.75%

Quarterly basis

 

 

161,953

10

UVA

 

127

 

12/2021

 

06/2025

 

In one installment at maturity date

 

0%

 

n/a

 

164,638

 

127,660

12

 

US$linked

 

23

 

03/2022

 

03/2027

 

In one installment at maturity date

 

Annual fixed rate of 1.00%

Quarterly basis

 

106,348

 

185,676

 

US$linked

 

75

 

08/2022

 

03/2027

 

In one installment at maturity date

 

Annual fixed rate of 1.00%

Quarterly basis

14

US$linked

62.4

02/2023

02/2028

In one installment at maturity date

Fixed rate of 1.00%

Quarterly basis

64,465

109,873

15

US$linked

87.4

(4)

06/2023

06/2026

In one installment at maturity date

0%

n/a

97,138

174,442

16

US$linked

180.4

(5)

07/2023

07/2025

In one installment at maturity date

0%

n/a

195,002

361,167

18

UVA

75

(6)

11/2023

11/2027

In one installment at maturity date

Annual fixed rate of 1.00%

Quarterly basis

115,149

94,466

19

US$linked

34.6

(7)

11/2023

11/2026

In one installment at maturity date

0%

n/a

87,250

170,594

30.9

(7)

12/2023

11/2026

20

US$linked

59.7

(8)

06/2024

06/2026

In one installment at maturity date

Annual fixed rate of 5%

Quarterly basis

86,411

21.6

(8)

06/2024

06/2026

21

US$

500

(1)

07/2024

07/2031

115.3

(1)

07/2024

07/2031

In three installments of:
33% at 07/2029
33% at 07/2030
34% at 07/2031.

Annual fixed rate of 9.50%

Semi-annual

874,271

1.9

(1)

08/2024

07/2031

200

(1)

10/2024

07/2031

22

US$ linked

33.7

(9)

08/2024

02/2026

In one installment at maturity date

Annual fixed rate of: 2%

Quarterly basis

34,944

23

US$

75

(10)

11/2024

11/2028

In one installment at maturity date

Annual fixed rate of 7%

Quarterly basis

77,613

(*)These accounting balances include interest and related expenses.

(1)Series 21 Notes: In June 2024, the Company issued US$500 million, the subscription price was under par, so at the date of issuance, the Company obtained, net of issuance costs, US$493 million ($531,597 million in current currency as of December 31, 2024). In July and August, 2024, the Company exchanged US$115.3 million ($ 120,049 million in current currency as of December 31, 2024) and US$ 1.9 million ($ 2,050 million in current currency as of December 31, 2024), respectively, of Series 21 Notes for part of its Series 1 Notes maturing in 2026. This transaction was recognized as a debt extinguishment, recognizing a gain of $256 million that is included in “Borrowings renegotiation results” item, within Financial results from borrowings. In October 2024, the additional issuance of US$200 million, which subscription price was above par, so as of the issuance date, the Company obtained net funds from issuance expenses amounting to US$211 million (equivalent to $219.941 million in current currency as of December 31, 2024). The Company used funds amounting to US$704 million to the payment, repayment, payment of principal and interest of the following borrowings: a) IFC for US$342 million, b) IIC for US$135 million; c) payment of interest and related expenses for US$31 million, d) repurchase of Series 5 Notes for US$20 million (we recognized a gain on the repurchase of Notes of $407 million was recognized, which is included in the line “Repurchase of Notes” within “Financial results from borrowings”), e) prepayment of part of the principal and payment of interest of Series 1 Notes for US$133 million; f) payment of capital and interest of Series 8 Notes for US$5 million; and g) payment of interest of Series 21 Notes for US$38 million.

As of December 31, 2024, after the payments made with the funds of Series 21 Notes, the outstanding principal of Series 1 Notes amounts to US$162.7 million.

(2)Series 5: On August 6, 2024, the Company paid a part of principal on the Series 5 Notes for US$128.3 million ($133,842 million in current currency as of December 31, 2024) was made. As of December 31, 2024, after the cancellations made, the nominal residual capital of ON 5 amounts to US$73.2 million.
(3)Series 8 Notes: In December 2024, the Company repurchased Series 5 Notes for $5,851 million, for which it recognized a gain on the repurchase of Notes of $53 million, which is included in the line “Repurchase of Notes” within “Financial results from borrowings.”
(4)Series 15 Notes: The subscription price was above par, so that on the date of issuance, its value was $24,474 million ($110,145 million in current currency as of December 31, 2024), equivalent to US$102.3 million without considering the issuance expenses.
(5)Series 16 Notes: The subscription price was above par, so that on the date of issuance, its value was $57,186 million ($247,007 million in current currency as of December 31, 2024), equivalent to US$213.2 million without considering the issuance expenses.
(6)Series 18 Notes, the subscription price was above par, so that on the date of issuance, its value was $37,435 million ($102,279 million in current currency as of December 31, 2024), equivalent to US$213.2 million, of which the Company received funds for $56,906 million ($64,948 million in current currency as of December 31, 2024) and $13,512 million ($36,917 million in current currency as of December 31, 2024) (equivalent to 34.1 million UVAs of nominal value) through the exchange of a portion of Series 7 Notes, net of issuance expenses for $151 million ($414 million in current currency as of December 31, 2024).
(7)Series 19 Notes, the subscription price was above par, so that on the date of issuance, its value was $17,058 million ($46,606 million in current currency as of December 31, 2024), equivalent to US$48.3 million without considering the issuance expenses. For the additional Series 19 Notes, the subscription price was above par, so that on the date of issuance, its value was $18,102 million, equivalent to US$49.9 million without considering the issuance expenses.
(8)Series 20 Notes: the subscription price was above par. The Company issued Notes for a nominal value of $55,619 million, equivalent to US$59.7 million. Of the total issued, the Company obtained proceeds net of issuance expenses of $46,210 million ($55.976 million in current currency as of December 31, 2024), equivalent to US$51.8 million, and an non cash proceed of $9,128 million ($11,057 million in current currency as of December 31, 2024), equivalent to US$9.8 million, was made through the exchange of a portion of the Series 9 Notes. This transaction was recognized as a debt extinguishment, recognizing a gain of $0.4 million that is included in “Borrowings renegotiation results” item, within Financial results from borrowings.

Series 20 Notes additional issuance, the subscription price was above par. The Company obtained proceeds net of issuance expenses of $20,225 million ($24,499 million in current currency as of December 31, 2024), equivalent to US$21.6 million.

(9)Series 22 Notes: The subscription price was above par. The Company issued Notes for a nominal value of $31,732 million, equivalent to US$33.7 million. Of the total issuance, the Company obtained proceeds net of issuance expenses of $31,574 million ($35,393 million in current currency as of December 31, 2024).
(10)Series 23 Notes: The subscription price was above par. The Company issued Notes for a nominal value of US$75 million. Of the total issuance, the Company obtained proceeds net of issuance expenses of US$74.7 million ($77,438 million in current currency as of December 31, 2024).
Nucleo  
BORROWINGS  
Schedule of notes borrowings

Amount

Interest

Accouting balance (*)

involved

Issuance

Maturity

payment 

As of December  31,

Series

Currency

(in millions)

date

date

Amortization

Interest rate

date

2024

2023

1

 

Gs.

 

120,000

 

03/2019

 

03/2024

 

In one installment at maturity date

 

Annual fixed rate of 9.00

%  

Quarterly basis

 

 

28,819

2

 

Gs.

 

30,000

 

03/2019

 

03/2024

 

In one installment at maturity date

 

Annual fixed rate of 9.00

%  

Quarterly basis

 

 

7,177

3

 

Gs.

 

100,000

 

03/2020

 

03/2025

 

In one installment at maturity date

 

Annual fixed rate of 8.75

%  

Quarterly basis

 

13,261

 

24,045

4

 

Gs.

 

130,000

 

03/2021

 

01/2028

 

In one installment at maturity date

 

Annual fixed rate of 7.10

%  

Quarterly basis

 

17,506

 

31,702

5

 

Gs.

 

120,000

 

03/2021

 

01/2031

 

In one installment at maturity date

 

Annual fixed rate of 8.00

%  

Quarterly basis

 

16,176

 

29,294

(*)These accounting balances include interest and related expenses.