Buenos Aires, September 18, 2013
COMISIÓN NACIONAL DE VALORES
Argentine Securities and Exchange Commission
25 de Mayo 175
Issuers´ Sub-Management Office
BOLSA DE COMERCIO DE BUENOS AIRES
Argentine Stock Exchange
Sarmiento 299
Re.:Material Fact-Offer to sell subsidiary EMDERSA.
Dear Sirs,
I hereby address you in the name and on behalf ofEmpresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (EDENOR)(“the Company”) and in compliance with applicable statutory rules, for the purpose of informing you that at the meeting held on September 17, the Company´s Board of Directors approved the delivery to Energía Riojana S.A. (ERSA), in its capacity as purchaser and assignee, and to the Government of the Province of La Rioja, in its capacity as the purchaser’s controlling shareholder, an irrevocable offer to (i) sell EDENOR´s indirect shareholding in Empresa Distribuidora Eléctrica Regional S.A. (EMDERSA), which is Empresa Distribuidora de Electricidad de La Rioja (EDELAR)`s parent company, and (ii) assign for a valuable consideration certain EDENOR´s receivables in relation to EMDERSA and EDELAR. The effective term of this offer is ten (10) business days as from its date of receipt by the intended addressee.
Best regards,
Carlos D. Ariosa
Attorney-in-fact
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A. | ||
By: | /s/ Leandro Montero | |
Leandro Montero | ||
Chief Financial Officer |