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 March, 2016
 
EMPRESA DISTRIBUIDORA Y COMERCIALIZADORA NORTE S.A. (EDENOR)
(DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING COMPANY OF THE NORTH )
 
(Translation of Registrant's Name Into English)
 
Argentina
 
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
 
Av. del Libertador 6363,
12th Floor,
City of Buenos Aires (A1428ARG),
Tel: 54-11-4346-5000
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
 
Form 20-F  X      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.)

Yes           No  X  

(If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-               .)
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

Buenos Aires, March 8, 2016

 

 

 

Messrs.

BUENOS AIRES STOCK EXCHANGE

 

 

Messrs .

NATIONAL SECURITIES COMMISSION

175  25 de Mayo Street

Issuers Division

 

 

Dear Sirs,

 

As required by section 62 of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange Regulations and Resolution No. 2/12, I hereby inform you that at the Company Board of Directors meeting held on March 8, 2016, the following documents were approved: Annual Report, Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Comprehensive Income, Statement of Changes in Equity, Statement of Cash Flows, Notes to the Financial Statements, Informative Summary and the information required by section 68 of the aforementioned regulations, related to the year ended December 31, 2015.

 

The profit for the year ended December 31, 2015 amounts to $ 1.1 billion, as compared to the $ 779.7 million loss recorded in the year ended December 31, 2014. Furthermore, the operating profit amounts to $ 2.2 billion due to the recording of income, not transferred to the electricity rate, for $ 5.6 billion resulting from the partial recognition of higher costs set forth in the Adjustment Agreement entered into by and between the Company and the Federal Government in November 2005, the application of the theoretical electricity rate schedule authorized by SE Resolution No. 32/2015, the recognition as income of PUREE-related funds, and the regularization of loans for consumption (mutuums) granted to cover higher salary costs, which demonstrated that it was necessary to definitively restore the economic and financial equation of the public service, object of the concession, that had deteriorated as a consequence of the freezing of electricity rates and the constant increase in costs. The new administration has begun to revert this situation thanks to the implementation, as from February 1, 2016, of a new electricity rate schedule, whose impact will have to be assessed in the fiscal year underway.

 

In the previously mentioned framework, the Company has continued making investments, which reached a record high annual amount of $ 2.5 billion, mainly allocated to improving service quality and safety levels and meeting the increasing demand.

 

Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A.

Av. Del Libertador 6363 Piso 1° – (C1428ARG) Capital Federal – Tel.: (54-11) 4346-5088 / 5113 – Fax: (54-11) 4346-5301

 


 

 

The amounts disclosed below are stated in thousands of Argentine pesos and arise from the Financial Statements:

 

                                                                                                Year ended

                                                                                                   December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year

 

 

 

 

 

Attributable to the owners of the parent

Profit

1,142,443

Attributable to non-controlling interests

 

0

 

Profit

1,142,443

 

Other comprehensive loss for the year

 

 

 

 

 

Attributable to the owners of the parent

Loss

(2,391)

Attributable to non-controlling interests

 

0

 

Loss

(2,391)

 

Total comprehensive income for the year

 

 

 

 

 

Attributable to the owners of the parent

Income

1,140,051

Attributable to non-controlling interests

 

0

 

Income

1,140,051

 

 

 

 

Detail of Equity

 

 

Share Capital– Nominal Value (1)

 

906,455

Share Capital – Adjustment to Capital (2)

 

408,063

Additional paid-in capital

 

3,452

Legal Reserve

 

0

Other Comprehensive Loss

 

(42,253)

Unappropriated Retained Earnings

 

249,336

Total attributable to the owners of the Company

 

1,525,053

Non-controlling interests

 

0

Total Equity

 

1,525,053

 

(1)      Includes 9,412 related to treasury shares.

(2)      Includes 10,347 related to treasury shares.

 

 

Furthermore, and as required by sub-sections o), p) and q) of section 62, we inform the following:

 

Class of shares

Number of shares

% on Share Capital

 

 

 

A

462,292,111

51.00

B

442,210,385

48.78

C

1,952,604

0.22

Total

906,455,100

100.00

 

 

Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A.

Av. Del Libertador 6363 Piso 1° – (C1428ARG) Capital Federal – Tel.: (54-11) 4346-5088 / 5113 – Fax: (54-11) 4346-5301

 


 

 

The class “A” shares are owned by Electricidad Argentina S.A. (EASA), domiciled at 3302 Ortiz de Ocampo Street, Building 4 of the City of Buenos Aires. The class “B” shares are currently traded at the New York Stock Exchange (through American Depositary Shares –“ADSs”) and the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange. As of December 31, 2015, the Company has 9,412,500 treasury shares.

 

An amount of 1,952,604 class “C” shares, which are held by Banco de la Nación Argentina as trustee of the Company Employee Stock Ownership Program, remains outstanding.  Moreover, IEASA S.A., domiciled at 3302 Ortiz de Ocampo Street, Building 4 of the City of Buenos Aires, owns 99.99% of EASA’s voting shares.

 

The Company does not have debt securities convertible into shares, nor there exist stock options of the Company’s shares.

 

The development of the Unappropriated Retained Earnings account is as follows:

 

 

In thousands of Argentine pesos

Accumulated deficit at beginning of year

(893,107)

Profit for the year

1,142,443

Unappropriated Retained Earnings at end of year

249,336

 

The Board of Directors proposes that the profit for the year be allocated as follows:

 

 

In thousands of Argentine pesos

To Legal Reserve

57,172

To Voluntary Reserve for Future Investments and Other Financial Requirements

 

192,164

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VICTOR A RUIZ

Officer in charge of Market Relations

 

Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A.

Av. Del Libertador 6363 Piso 1° – (C1428ARG) Capital Federal – Tel.: (54-11) 4346-5088 / 5113 – Fax: (54-11) 4346-5301

 

 

 
 
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.



 
 
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A.
     
     
  By:   /s/ Leandro Montero
  Leandro Montero
  Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
Date: March 22, 2016

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