BUENOS AIRES, Argentina,
Nov. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Banco
Macro S.A. (NYSE: BMA; BCBA: BMA) informs you that, at today's
meeting, the Board of Directors of Banco Macro has considered and
decided to approve the leave of absence requested by Mr.
Jorge Horacio Brito as Director and
Chairman of Banco Macro S.A., pursuant to the terms in which said
request was communicated through a Relevant Event ("Hecho
Relevante") dated Friday 17th. Mr. Delfín Jorge Ezequiel Carballo, in his capacity as
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, shall chair the Board of
Directors until the next General Shareholder's Meeting.
At the same meeting, the Board of Directors was informed by the
specific area of the Bank about the actions carried out in relation
to companies and natural persons mentioned in the media as a result
of an ongoing legal case. As from the report received, in the cases
in which some of the aforementioned kept operations with the Bank
between the years 2010 and 2012, the Bank has acted in compliance
with the internal rules of procedures, the regulations governing
the activity and rules regarding Anti Money Laundering Activities.
With respect to the latter, timely and in compliance with the
applicable regulations, the Bank conducted a Suspicious Activity
Report ("Reporte de Operación Sospechosa") in March 2012 and two following supplements, all
related to operations from January to March
2012 for an amount of Ps.7,300,000. The actions carried out
by the Bank in this connection have not been subject to any
observations or comment neither by the supervisory agencies nor by
any judicial authority.
This press release is available under the "Financial
Information/Press Releases" section, or, in the Spanish version
under "Información Financiera/Comunicados de Prensa", of Banco
Macro's Investor Relations web site.
This press release includes statements concerning potential
future events involving Banco Macro that could differ materially
from the events that actually occur. The differences could be
caused by a number of risks, uncertainties and factors relating to
Banco Marco's business. Banco Macro will not update any
forward-looking statements made in this press release to reflect
future events or developments.
IR Contact in Buenos
Aires:
Jorge Scarinci | Chief Financial
Officer
Nicolás A. Torres | Investor Relations
E-mail: investorelations@macro.com.ar | Phone: (5411) 5222 6682
About
Banco Macro S.A (NYSE: BMA; Buenos
Aires: BMA) is a universal bank, with focus in low & mid-income
individuals and small & mid-sized companies. The Bank started
operating in 1985 as non-banking financial institution and today
has grown to be the private local bank with the largest branch
network in the country.
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