BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Feb. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Nortel Inversora S.A. (NYSE: NTL) whose sole material activity is holding 54.74% of the stock of Telecom Argentina S.A. ("Telecom") informs that Telecom has repurchased 15,221,373 of its own stock as of December 31, 2013. As a result, the political and economic rights of Nortel have increased to 55.60 % of Telecom's outstanding stock as of such date.
Nortel announces consolidated income of AR$ 3,209 million for fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, of which AR$ 1,720 million correspond to Nortel as controlling shareholder.
Relevant matters
Acceptance of an Offer to Acquire a Controlling Shareholding
On November 14, 2013, Telecom Italia S.p.A and Telecom Italia International N.V. (together, the "Sellers") and Tierra Argentea S.A. ("Tierra Argentea", a company controlled by the Sellers) announced their acceptance of an offer made by Fintech Group to acquire the controlling shareholding of Telecom Italia Group in Telecom Argentina, held by the Sellers through their subsidiaries Sofora, Nortel, and Tierra Argentea.
On December 10, 2013, Tierra Argentea entered into an agreement for the transfer to Fintech Group of the Series B shares of Telecom Argentina, representing 1.58% of the capital stock of such Company, and of ADRs of Nortel representing 8% of the aggregate Series "B" Preferred Shares of Nortel.
The closing of the transfer of shares held by the Telecom Italia Group in Sofora is subject to the prior obtaining of certain required regulatory authorizations.
Deduction from the "Voluntary Reserve for the Future Distribution of Dividends" and distribution of cash dividends by Nortel
The Company's Board of Directors, during its meeting held on December 16, 2013, decided to deduct an amount from the "Voluntary Reserve for the Future Distribution of Dividends" –which was created by a resolution approved by the Annual and Extraordinary General Stockholders' Meetings held on April 27, 2012 and April 26, 2013–, and distribute as cash dividends an amount of AR$465 million, of which AR$228 million correspond to Series "B" Preferred Shares and AR$237 million correspond to common stock. The above mentioned dividends were made available as from December 27, 2013.
Summary of the Resolutions approved by the Annual and Extraordinary General Stockholders' Meeting held on April 26, 2013
The Annual and Extraordinary General Stockholders' Meeting held on April 26, 2013 resolved, among other issues:
- to approve the Annual Report and the Financial Statements as of December 31, 2012;
- to create a "Special Reserve resulting from the Adoption of the IFRS" of AR$ 204 million and to allocate an amount of AR$1,466 million to the already existing "Voluntary Reserve for the Future Distribution of Dividends", authorizing the Company's Board of Directors to approve the timing and amounts to be deducted –and their subsequent distribution- from the "Voluntary Reserve for the Future Distribution of Dividends", taking into account the Company's future liquidity;
- the appointment of the members of the Supervisory Committee for fiscal year 2013; and
- the appointment of Price Waterhouse & Co. S.R.L. as the Company's external auditors for fiscal year 2013.
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FINANCIAL TABLES BELOW
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NORTEL INVERSORA S.A.
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FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2013
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(In millions of Argentine pesos, except statistical and ratio data)
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Consolidated Balance Sheet
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2013
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2012
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Total revenues and other income
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27,350
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22,196
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Operating costs
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( 22,850)
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( 18,244)
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Operating Income
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4,500
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3,952
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Financial results, net
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516
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187
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Net income before income tax expenses
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5,016
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4,139
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Income tax expense
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( 1,807)
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( 1,464)
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Net income
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3,209
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2,675
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Other comprehensive income
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133
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90
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Total comprehensive income for the period
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3,342
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2,765
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Consolidated Balance Sheet
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2013
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2012
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Current assets
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9,836
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7,000
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Non-current assets
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13,381
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10,826
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Total assets
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23,217
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17,826
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Current liabilities
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9,086
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5,895
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Non-current liabilities
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2,029
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1,768
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Total liabilities
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11,115
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7,663
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Equity attributable to owners of the parent
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6,603
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5,457
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Noncontrolling interest
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5,499
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4,706
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Total equity
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12,102
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10,163
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Total liabilities and equity
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23,217
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17,826
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Ratios
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Liquidity (a)
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1.08
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1.19
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Indebtedness (b)
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0.92
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0.75
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(a) Current assets to current liabilities
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(b) Total liabilities to shareholders' equity.
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SOURCE Nortel Inversora S.A.