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25. The Company's Share-based Compensation Plan
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Companys Share-based Compensation Plan  
The Company's Share-based Compensation Plan

In 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors proposed that the treasury shares be used for the implementation of a long-term incentive plan in favor of executive directors, managers or other personnel holding key executive positions in the Company in an employment relationship with the latter and those who in the future are invited to participate, in accordance with the provisions of section 67 of Law No. 26,831 on Capital Markets. The plan was ratified and approved by the ordinary and extraordinary shareholders’ meeting held on April 18, 2017.

 

At the date of issuance of these financial statements, the Company awarded a total of 1,618,332 shares to executive directors and managers as additional remuneration for their performance in special processes developed during fiscal years 2016 and 2017.

 

The fair value of the previously referred to shares at the award date, amounted to $ 49.4 million and has been recorded in the Salaries and social security taxes line item, with a contra account in Equity. The amount recorded in Equity is net of the tax effect.