UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of June, 2016
Commission File Number: 001-14270
NORTEL INVERSORA S.A.
(Translation of registrant’s name into
English)
Alicia Moreau de Justo 50
Piso 11
C1107AAB-Buenos Aires
Argentina
(Address of principal executive offices)
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NORTEL
INVERSORA S.A.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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English translation of a letter submitted to the
Buenos
Aires Stock Exchange dated June 3, 2016
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NORTEL INVERSORA S.A.
Buenos Aires,
June 3, 2016
Mr.
Roberto Chiaramoni
Assistant
Manager in charge of the
Technical
and Negotiable Securities Management
Buenos
Aires Stock Exchange
Re.:
Actions filed before the General
Arbitration
Tribunal of the
Buenos
Aires Stock Exchange
Dear Sir,
I am pleased
to address this letter in my capacity as President of Nortel Inversora S.A. (hereinafter, the “
Company
”) in
order to inform that two dummy shareholders who appear as holders of one Class B preferred share each,
pro se
and on behalf
of two offshore companies who allege to be holders of ADRs issued by the depository bank under the Company’s ADRs program,
have filed two complaints against this Company before the Arbitration Tribunal of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange in the cases
“Braslyn Ltd. and Other v Nortel Inversora S.A. on Declaratory Action (File No. 1106/16)” and “Braslyn Ltd. and
Other v Nortel Inversora S.A. on Nullity of Shareholders’ Meeting (File No. 1107/16)”.
In the
first referred case they requested a declaration on whether the Class B Preferred Shares of the Company have voting rights or not
as a consequence of Telecom Argentina S.A.’s financial
indebtedness
ratio having been exceeded from 1.75 to 1 in the year 2002 as a result of the devaluation, the “pesification” of tariffs,
and other governmental measures adopted at that time. Such situation was remedied in the year 2006 as expressed in the shareholders’
meeting held on April 27, 2007, which was approved by the Company’s shareholders and had not been previously challenged.
Following there is a transcription of the explanation given at the Special General Shareholders’ Meeting held on April 8,
2016 to two of the plaintiffs registered with one Class B Preferred Share, each, to participate therein, as can be read in the
minutes of such shareholders’ meeting: “
It is noteworthy that the attendants to the meeting with two Class B Preferred
Shares allege that preferred shares are shares with voting rights. According to Article 4 of the By-Laws, section 217 of Law 19,550,
and the conditions under which the preferred shares were issued, NORTEL’s preferred shares were issued with no voting rights,
except for the cases expressly provided for this type of shares in the referred documentation. Currently, there is no existence
of the cases expressly provided for under the issuance conditions and the Law, which would revive NORTEL’s Class B preferred
shares’ voting rights
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NORTEL INVERSORA S.A.
In
fact, in the General Regular Shareholders’ Meeting No. 33, held on April 27, 2007, which considered the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2006, the Annual Report transcribed in the Board Minutes 175, the Summary Report, the Report provided in Section 68
of the Listing Regulations of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, the Balance Sheet, the Profit and Loss Statement, the Statement
of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity and Cash Flow, with all their supplementary charts, notes, and annexes, and all of which
are transcribed in the Inventory Book No. 10, were unanimously approved.
In
the above-referenced Annual Report and in relation to the “
Voting rights of Class A and Class B Preferred Shares
”,
it was expressly stated that “As from April 25, 2002, the shareholders of Class “A” Preferred Shares exercise
voting rights, since the Base Dividend (as defined in the issuance conditions of such Class “A” Preferred Shares) corresponding
to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, had not been paid, nor the subsequent ones. Additionally, as Telecom surpassed its
total liabilities/shareholders ‘equity ratio of 1.75/1 (set forth in subparagraph “F”, article 9 of the issuance
conditions of Class “B” preferred shares), as from September 13, 2002, the holders of Class “B” Preferred
Shares also obtained voting rights in accordance with the terms and conditions of the issuance applicable to this class of shares.
Such right was exercised by both classes of shares as from the year 2002 for the joint election of a regular director and an alternate
director. Considering that according to Telecom’s individual financial statements as of December 31, 2006, Telecom’s
total liabilities/shareholders’ equity ratio has ceased to surpass the 1.75/1 ratio,
as from the approval of such financial
statements the voting rights of the holders of Class “B” Preferred Shares have ceased
(remaining in effect the
voting rights of the holders of Class “A” Preferred Shares as a consequence of the lack of payment of the Base Dividend,
as detailed hereinabove).
Since
then, and after more than eight years of proceedings, according to the terms of issuance of the preferred shares, no shareholder
has questioned the reality of the facts that have taken place, nor challenged the validity of the corporate acts performed. In
addition, it is worth noting that there is no past record in the company that any holder of Class B preferred shares has petitioned,
in a similar manner as that sought by both attendants to this meeting who have taken the floor before me. Under such conditions,
I vote in favor of rejecting the claim which seeks to recognize voting rights to the Class B Preferred Shares on the basis of its
inadmissibility and the fact that such shares are entitled to no voting rights, according to the above-mentioned.”
NORTEL INVERSORA S.A.
In the
second complaint, they requested the nullity of the resolution related to item 5 included in the agenda of the Special General
Shareholders’ Meeting held on April 8, 2016, whereby the granting of indemnity was resolved, within the scope and to the
extent permitted by law, for a term period of 6 years, to the regular and alternate members of the Board of Directors and the Statutory
Audit Committee who have resigned from their positions as a result of the change in the Company’s controlling shareholder,
and to the former Company’s directors and statutory auditors appointed or designated directly or indirectly by the former
controlling shareholder.
The Company
has answered both complaints and considers that the same are inadmissible, that the plaintiffs have no legal standing to file such
complaints, and that the holders of the ADRs issued abroad by Morgan Guaranty Trust under the legislation of the State of New York,
which have no authorization for public offering in Argentina and have never been listed in the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, and
which are not listed or traded, nor have been traded in the past, in the Buenos Aires Securities Market, are not entitled to raise
questions that are subject to mandatory arbitration before the Permanent Tribunal of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange set out under
Section 46 of Law 26,831. The Company is still analyzing the actions available against the measures adopted by the plaintiffs.
Yours sincerely,
Nortel
Inversora S.A.
/s/
Baruki González
Baruki
González
President
SIGNATURES
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.
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Nortel Inversora S.A.
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Date: June 6, 2016
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By:
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/s/ María Blanco
Salgado
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Name:
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Maria Blanco Salgado
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Title:
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Officer in Charge of Market Relations
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