- Report of Foreign Issuer (6-K)
September 28 2009 - 2:33PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
Report
of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the
month of September, 2009
Telefónica
de Argentina S.A.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Telefonica of Argentina
Inc.
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
Avenida
HUERGO 723
Ground
Floor
(C1107A0H)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
(Address
of principal executive office)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file
annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained
in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission
pursuant
to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
If “Yes”
is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant
in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):
N/A
Telefónica
de Argentina S.A.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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Letter
to the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange regarding exchange rate
clarification
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Telefónica
de Argentina S.A.
Buenos
Aires, September 28
th
,
2009
Messrs.
Comisión
Nacional de Valores [National Securities and Exchange Commission]
Ref.:
Telefónica de Argentina S.A. – Relevant Fact Notice
Dear
Sir,
I am
writing to you in my capacity as attorney of Telefónica de Argentina S.A., with
main place of business at Avenida Ingeniero Huergo 723, ground floor, City of
Buenos Aires, in order to attach hereto a copy of a supplementary Press Release
related to the offer to buy corporate bonds issued by the Company and reported
last Friday 25.
Yours
sincerely,
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/s/
Santiago Barca
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Attorney
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Title
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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TELEFÓNICA DE ARGENTINA
S.A.
ANNOUNCES CLARIFICATION OF SOURCE OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE TO BE
USED IN CONNECTION WITH ITS TENDER OFFER FOR ITS 8.850% CONVERSION NOTES DUE
AUGUST 2011, 9.125% NOTES DUE NOVEMBER 2010 AND 8.850% NOTES DUE AUGUST
2011
BUENOS
AIRES, ARGENTINA, September 28, 2009 — Telefónica de Argentina S.A. (the “
Company
”) announced today that
in connection with its previously announced cash tender offers (the “
Offers
”) for its outstanding
8.850% Conversion Notes due August 2011, 9.125% Notes due November 2010 and
8.850% Notes due August 2011 (collectively, the
“Notes
”) it will use the EMTA
ARS Industry Survey Rate (the “
EMTA Rate
”), and not the
exchange rate as reported by Argentina’s Central Bank (
tipo de cambio de
referencia
), to determine the Argentine
peso/
U.S. Dollar exchange
rate for purposes of any payments to be made in Argentine
pesos
pursuant to the
Offers. The EMTA Rate will also be used for purposes of determining
whether the foreign exchange rate condition to the Offers has been
satisfied.
The EMTA
Rate can be accessed via:
https://mbrservices.net/emtatest/currate.asp.
This
press release is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to purchase
any Notes. The Offers are being made only through an Offer to
Purchase dated September 24, 2009 (the “
Offer to Purchase
”) and a
related Letter of Transmittal dated September 24, 2009 (the “
Letter of Transmittal
”), and
the information in the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal is hereby
amended and supplemented by the information contained in this press
release.
The
Offers are not being made to holders of Notes in any jurisdiction in which the
making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities or
blue sky laws or other laws of such jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction
where the laws require the Offers to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the
Offers will be deemed to be made on behalf of the Company by the dealer manager
or one or more registered broker dealers under the laws of such
jurisdiction.
About
Telefónica de Argentina S.A.
Telefónica
de Argentina S.A. was incorporated in Argentina in 1990 as an Argentine
sociedad anónima
(a limited
liability company). Telefónica de Argentina S.A. has a non-expiring
license to provide telecommunications services throughout Argentina. Telefónica
de Argentina S.A. also provides other telephone-related services such as
international long-distance service, data transmission and Internet
service.
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CONTACT:
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Telefónica de
Argentina S.A.
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Irene
Bertuzzi
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(54 11)
4332-3857
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bertuzzi@telefonica.com.ar
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SOURCE:
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Telefónica de
Argentina S.A.
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SIGNATURE
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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Telefónica
de Argentina S.A.
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Date:
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September
28, 2009
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By:
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/s/
Pablo Luis Llauró
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Name:
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Pablo
Luis Llauró
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Title:
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Assistant
General Counsel
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