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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

[_]REGISTRATION STATEMENT [x]ANNUAL REPORT [_]TRANSITION REPORT [_]SHELL COMPANY REPORT

FORM 20-F

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022

 

Commission File Number: 001-34429

PAMPA ENERGíA S.A.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Pampa Energy Inc.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

Argentina

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Maipú 1

C1084ABA, City of Buenos Aires

Argentina

(Address of principal executive offices)

María Carolina Sigwald

Maipú 1

C1084ABA, City of Buenos Aires

Argentina

Tel.: + 54 11 4344 6000 / Fax: + 54 11 4344 6473

(Name, telephone, e-mail and/or facsimile number and address of company contact person)

 

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class Trading Symbol Name of each exchange
on which registered

Common Stock

American Depositary Shares, each representing

25 shares of common stock, par value Ps.1.00 per share

 

PAM

New York Stock Exchange*

New York Stock Exchange

* Not for trading, but only in connection with the registration of American Depositary Shares, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:

None

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report:

1,379,765,666 outstanding shares of common stock, par value Ps.1.00 per share, excluding 3,878,939 treasury shares.

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yes No

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large Accelerated Filer Accelerated Filer
Non-Accelerated Filer Emerging Growth Company

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

 

 
 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (§ 15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.

 

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive based compensation received by any of the registrants executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

U.S. GAAP International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board Other

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.

Item 17  Item 18

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes No
 

 

 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS  
Item 1. Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers 7
Item 2.  Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable 7
Item 3.  Key Information 7
EXCHANGE RATES 7
RISK FACTORS 8
Item 4. Information on the Company 43
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPANY 43
OUR BUSINESS 44
Organizational structure 51
Our Generation Business 53
Our Oil and Gas Business 61
Our Petrochemicals Business 75
Our Holding and Other Business 76
IT and Cybersecurity 81
Quality, Health, Safety and Environment 82
Corporate Responsibility 85
Property, Plant and Equipment 88
Insurance 88
Patents and Trademarks 88
THE ARGENTINE ENERGY SECTOR 89
Item 4A. Unresolved Staff Comments 119
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects 119
Item 6.  Directors, Senior Management and Employees 147
Item 7.  Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions 159
Item 8. Financial Information 161
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 161
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 161
DIVIDENDS 166
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES 166
Item 9. The Offer and Listing 166
TRADING HISTORY 166
THE ARGENTINE SECURITIES MARKET 168
Item 10. Additional Information 173
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION 173
MATERIAL CONTRACTS 180
EXCHANGE CONTROLS 180
TAXATION 187
DOCUMENTS ON DISPLAY 195
Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk 196
Item 12. Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities 196
Item 13. Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies 198
Item 14. Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds 198
Item 15. Controls and Procedures 198
Item 16A. Audit Committee Financial Expert 199

 

 
Item 16B. Code of Ethics 199
Item 16C. Principal Accountant Fees and Services 199
Item 16D. Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees 200
Item 16E. Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers 201
Item 16F. Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant 202
Item 16G. Corporate Governance 202
Item 16H.  Mine Safety Disclosure 206
Item 16I.  Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections. 206
Item 17. Financial Statements 207
Item 18. Financial Statements 207
Item 19. Exhibits 207

 

 

PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION

This document comprises Pampa’s annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2022 . This annual report was approved by our Board of Directors by resolution following its meeting held on April 28, 2023. In this annual report, we use the terms “we”, “us”, “our”, “registrant” and the “Company” to refer to Pampa and its subsidiaries.

 

Financial Information

This annual report contains our audited consolidated statements of financial position as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2022, and the notes thereto (the “Consolidated Financial Statements”).

Our Consolidated Financial Statements are set forth in Item 18 beginning on page F-1 of this annual report. Our Consolidated Financial Statements are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (the “IASB”). The Consolidated Financial Statements included in this annual report have been approved by resolution of the Board of Directors’ meeting of the Company held on March 9, 2023 and by the Shareholder’s meeting held on April 26, 2023.

The Consolidated Financial Statements have been audited by Price Waterhouse & Co. S.R.L., an independent registered public accounting firm in Buenos Aires, Argentina whose report is included in this annual report.

Consistent with Item 18 of Form 20-F, we provide the disclosure required under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 932 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) relating to extractive activities—Oil and Gas (formerly, FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 69—Disclosures about Oil and Gas Producing Activities) (“ASC Topic 932”), as is required regardless of the basis of accounting on which we prepare our financial statements.

Functional and Presentation Currency

The information included in the Consolidated Financial Statements has been recorded in the functional currency of the Company, which is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the Company operates. The Company’s functional currency is U.S. Dollars, which is also the presentation currency.

 

The results and financial position of subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates that have a different functional currency have been translated into the Company’s functional currency and the results from the translation process have been recognized in “Other Comprehensive Income (loss)”. For more information, see Note 4.3 to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

Rounding

Certain figures included in this annual report (including percentage amounts) have been subject to rounding adjustments. Accordingly, certain totals may therefore not precisely equal the sum of the numbers presented.

PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION CONCERNING RESERVES

 

The proved hydrocarbon reserves included in this report for the year ended December 31, 2022, are those that we have the right to extract and sell based on assignments granted to us by the respective governmental authorities.

 

The estimates of our remaining proved recoverable oil and gas reserve volumes for the five years ended December 31, 2022 included in this report have been calculated according to the technical definitions required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. GaffneyCline conducted reserves audits of our estimates of our proved reserves as of December 31, 2022. All reserves estimates involve some degree of uncertainty. For a description of the risks relating to reserves and reserves estimates, see “Item 3—Key Information—Risk Factors—Risk Relating to our Oil and Gas Business—Our estimated oil and gas reserves are based on assumptions that may prove inaccurate,” and “—We face significant competition in the acquisition of exploratory acreage and oil and natural gas reserves.”

 
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This annual report contains estimates and forward-looking statements, principally in “Item 3. Risk Factors,” “Item 4. Our Business” and “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects.” Some of the matters discussed herein concerning our business operations and financial performance include estimates and forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

Our estimates and forward-looking statements are mainly based on our current expectations and estimates on future events and trends that affect or may affect our business and results of operations. Although we believe that these estimates and forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, they are subject to several risks and uncertainties and are made in light of information currently available to us.

Our estimates and forward-looking statements may be influenced by the following factors, among others:

-the availability of financing at reasonable terms to Argentine companies, such as us;
-uncertainties relating to future government approvals or legal actions, such as provisional remedies, that could affect our tariffs;
-changes in the price of hydrocarbons and their derivatives;
-changes in the price of power and other related services;
-the volume of crude oil, natural gas and derivatives we produce and sell;
-our ability to renew certain concessions;
-the ability to develop and monetize conventional and unconventional reserves;
-our ability to develop our expansion projects and to win awards for new potential projects;
-changes to our reserves estimates;
-the treatment of the tariff update according to RTI;
-electricity shortages;
-changes in the laws and regulations applicable to the energy sector in Argentina;
-government interventions, resulting in changes in the economy, taxes, tariffs, the regulatory framework or environmental matters, or in the delay or withholding of governmental approvals;
-general economic, social and political conditions in Argentina, and other regions where we, our subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures operate, such as the rate of economic growth, fluctuations in exchange rates of the Peso or inflation;
-more severe restrictions on the ability to exchange Pesos into foreign currencies or to transfer funds abroad;
-competition in the electricity sector, public utility services and related industries;
-competition in the hydrocarbon sector and related industries;
-obsolescence of products manufactured in our petrochemical facilities;
-export limitations to our production;
-import restrictions on consumables that are key for the maintenance of our assets;
-the impact of high rates of inflation on our costs;
-the effect of steep local currency depreciation on our Peso-denominated revenues;
-changes to our capital expenditure plans;
-the failure of governmental authorities to approve proposed measures or transactions described in this annual report;
-deterioration in regional and local business and economic conditions in or affecting Argentina;
-any potential negative consequences arising in connection with our potential mergers, acquisitions, divestitures or other corporate reorganizations;
-changes in general economic, business, political or other conditions in Argentina or changes in general economic or business conditions in other Latin American countries;
-the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and any subsequent mandatory regulatory restrictions or containment measures imposed in response thereto;
-risks related with cybersecurity events, including potential cyberattacks;
-the risks associated with climate change and severe weather events;
-the transition process and phasing out of LIBOR; and
-other risks factors discussed under “Item 3. Risk Factors.”

 

 
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The words “believe”, “may”, “will”, “aim”, “estimate”, “continue”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “expect” and similar words are intended to identify estimates and forward-looking statements. Estimates and forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they were made, and we undertake no obligation to update or to renew any estimates and/or forward-looking statements because of new information, future events or other factors. Estimates and forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. Our future results may differ materially from those expressed in these estimates and forward-looking statements. In light of the risks and uncertainties described above, the estimates and forward-looking statements discussed in this annual report might not occur and our future results and our performance may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements due to factors including, but not limited to, those mentioned above.

 
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GLOSSARY

 

Glossary of certain terms used in this Annual Report

 

Unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms have the meanings shown below:

 

·“ADR”: American Depositary Receipt;
·“ADS” or “ADSs”: American Depositary Shares;
·“AFIP”: Federal Administration of Public Revenue (Administración Federal de Ingresos Públicos);
·“ANSES”: National Social Security Agency (Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social);
·“Anti-Money Laundering Law”: Law No. 25,246, subsequently amended by, among others, Laws No. 26,087, 26,119, 26,268, 26,683, 26,733, 26,734 and Decree No. 27/2018;
·“Authorized Markets”: securities markets in Argentina that require authorization from the CNV to operate;
·“BCRA” or “Central Bank”: Central Bank of the Republic of Argentina (Banco Central de la República Argentina);
·“Banco Nación”: Banco de la Nación Argentina;
·“BASE”: Buenos Aires Stock Exchange;
·“bbl”: Barrel of crude oil;
·“BCL”: Business Corporation Law;
·“Board of Directors”: the board of directors of Pampa Energía S.A.;
·“boe”: Barrel of oil equivalent;
·“ByMA”: Argentine stock exchange and markets (Bolsas y Mercados Argentinos S.A.);
·“CAMMESA”: Wholesale Electric Market Administration Company (Compañía Administradora del Mercado Eléctrico Mayorista Sociedad Anónima);
·“Caja de Valores”: Caja de Valores S.A.;
·“CC”: Combined Cycle;
·“CENCH”: unconventional hydrocarbon exploitation concession;
·“CIESA” Compañía de Inversiones de Energía;
·“CISA”: Comercializadora e Inversora S.A. (former Pampa Comercializadora S.A.);
  · “CITELEC” Compañía Inversora en Transmisión Eléctrica Citelec S.A.;
  · “CML”: Capital Markets Law No. 26,831, as amended by, among others, Law 27,440;
·“CMIEE”: Average Incremental Charge of Surplus Demand (Cargo Medio Incremental de la Demanda Excedente);
·“CNG”: compressed natural gas;
·“CNV”: Comisión Nacional de Valores;
·“Corporate Criminal Liability Law”: Corporate Criminal Liability Law No. 27,401;
·“Covid-19”: the novel coronavirus, pneumonia originating in Wuhan, China;
·“CPB”: Central Piedra Buena S.A. or “Central Térmica Piedra Buena”;
·“CPI”: Consumers Prices Index;
·“CSJN”: Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación;
·“CTB”: CT Barragán S.A. (former Parques Eólicos Argentinos S.A.);
·“CTEB”: Central Térmica Ensenada de Barragán;
·“CTIW”: Central Térmica Ingeniero White;
·“CTG”: Central Térmica Güemes S.A.;
·“CTGEBA” or “Genelba”: Central Térmica Genelba;
·“CTLL”: Central Térmica Loma La Lata S.A. or “Central Térmica Loma La Lata”;
·“CTP”: Central Térmica Piquirenda;
·“CTPP”: Central Térmica Parque Pilar;
·“DNU”: Necessity and Urgency Decree;
·“DoP”: delivery or pay;
·“Pampa Bloque18”: Pampa Bloque18 S.A. (former EcuadorTLC S.A.);
·“Edenor”: Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A.;
·“Edesur”: Empresa Distribuidora Sur S.A.;
·“EMESA”: Empresa Mendocina de Energía Sociedad Anónima;
·“ENARSA”: Energía Argentina S.A. (former Integración Energética Argentina S.A.);
·“ENARGAS”: Ente Nacional Regulador del Gas or National Gas Regulatory Entity;
·“ENRE”: Ente Nacional Regulador de la Electricidad or Electricity Regulatory Entity;
·“ENOPSA”: Energía Operaciones ENOPSA S.A. (former Petrobras Energía Operaciones Ecuador S.A.);
·“Energy Plus” or “Energía Plus”: a program under SE Resolution 1,281/2006;
·Exchange Act”: United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
·“FCA”: United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority;
  · “FO or GO”: Fuel Oil or Gas Oil;
 
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·“FODER”: Fondo para el Desarrollo de Energía Renovables;
·“FONINVEMEM”: Fund for Investments required to increase the Power Supply in the Electricity Wholesale Market (Fondo Para Inversiones Necesarias que Permitan Incrementar la Oferta de Energía Eléctrica en el Mercado Eléctrico Mayorista);
  · “Foundation”: Fundación Pampa Energía S.A;
  · “GaffneyCline”: Gaffney, Cline & Associates;
  · “G&P”: Gas y Petróleo de Neuquén S.A.;
  · “GDP”: Gross Domestic Product;
  · “GHG” Greenhouse gas;
  · “Greenwind”: Greenwind S.A.;
  · “GO and FO”: natural gas or liquid fuels;
  · “GT”: gas turbine;
  · “GU”: Large Users (Grandes Usuarios);
  · “GUMA”: Major Large Users (Grandes Usuarios Mayores);
  · “GUME”: Minor Large Users (Grandes Usuarios Menores);
  · “GUDI”: Major Distribution Users (Grandes Usuarios del Distribuidor);
·“HIDISA”: Hidroeléctrica Diamante S.A.;
·“HINISA”: Hidroeléctrica Los Nihuiles S.A.;
·“HMRT”: hours with a high thermal demand;
·“HPPL”: Pichi Picún Leufú Hydroelectric Complex
·“Hydrocarbons Law”: Law No. 17,319 as amended by Law No. 27,007;
·“IGJ”: City of Buenos Aires’s Public Registry of Commerce (Inspección General de Justicia);
·“IMF”: International Money Fund;
·“INDEC”: National Statistics and Census Institute (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos);
·“Independent Reserves Engineers Firm”: Gaffney, Cline & Associates;
·“IPIM”: Wholesale Domestic Price Index (Índice de Precios Internos al por Mayor);
·“IREC”: International Renewable Energy Certificates;
·“J.P. Morgan”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A;
·“LPG”: liquefied petroleum gas;
·“MAE”: Mercado Abierto Electrónico S.A.
·“MAT”: Term Market (Mercado a Término);
·“MAT ER”: Renewable Energy Term Market;
·“MBTU”: millions of British Thermal Units (BTU);
·“MDP”: Ministry of Productive Development (former SGE)
·“ME&M”: Ministry of Energy and Mining;
·“MLC”: Free Exchange Market (Mercado Libre de Cambios);
·“National CPI”: a CPI which is based on a survey conducted by the INDEC and several provincial statistical offices in 39 urban areas including each of Argentina’s provinces;
·“NYSE”: New York Stock Exchange;
  · “OCP”: Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados Ltd.;
  · “Official Gazette”: Official Gazette of Argentina (Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina);
  · “Oldelval”: Oleoductos del Valle S.A.;
·“Pampa” or “the Company”: Pampa Energía S.A.;
·“PDVSA”: Petróleos de Venezuela S.A.;
·“PEA”: Parque Eólico Arauco II
·“PEB”: Pampa Energía Bolivia S.A. (former “PBI” - Petrobras Bolivia Internacional S.A.);
·“PEMC”: Parque Eólico Ingeniero Mario Cebreiro;
·“PEN”: National Executive Branch (Poder Ejecutivo Nacional);
·“PEO”: Petrobras Energía Operaciones S.A.;
·“PEPE II”: Parque Eólico Pampa Energía II;
·“PEPE III”: Parque Eólico Pampa Energía III;
·“PEPE IV”: Parque Eólico Pampa Energía IV:
·“PEPE VI”: Parque Eólico Pampa Energía VI;
·“Pesos” or “Ps.”: Argentine Pesos;
·“Petrobras Argentina”: Petrobras Argentina S.A.;
·“Petrobras”: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A;
·“Petrolera Pampa”: Petrolera Pampa S.A.;
·“PGSM”: Puerto General San Martin;
·“PISA”: Pampa Inversiones S.A.;
  · “PIST”: Transportation System Entry Point or natural gas price at the wellhead (Punto de Ingreso al de Sistema de Transporte);
 
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  · “Plan Gas.Ar”: the Plan to Promote Argentine Natural Gas Production;
·“Polisur”: PBB Polisur S.A;
·“PPA” or “PPAs”: relevant wholesale electricity supply agreements or power purchase agreements (Contratos de Abastecimiento Mayorista de Electricidad);
·“PROCELAC”: Procuraduría de Criminalidad Económica y Lavado de Activos;
·“Public Emergency Law: Law No. 25,561 – the Public Emergency and Exchange Rate Regime Reform Law;
  · “QHSE”: Quality, Health, Safety and Environment;
·“Refinor”: Refinería del Norte S.A.;
  · “RENPER”: National Registry of Renewable Source Electric Power Generation Projects (Registro de Proyectos de Generación de Energía Eléctrica de Fuente Renovable);
·“Reserves Report”: the year-end reserves report by Gaffney, Cline & Associates;
·“RTI”: Revisión Tarifaria Integral (Comprehensive Tariff Review);
·“SACDE”: Sociedad Argentina de Construcción y Desarrollo Estratégico S.A.;
·“SADI”: the Argentine Electricity Interconnected Grid (Sistema Argentino de Interconexión);
·“SBR”: styrene butadiene rubber;
·“SE”: Secretariat of Energy (Secretaría de Energía);
·“SEC”: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission;
·“Securities Act”: U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
·“SEE”: Subsecretariat of Electric Energy, former Secretariat of Electric Energy (Subsecretaría de Energía Eléctrica);
·“SGE”: Former Government Secretariat of Energy (former Ministry of Energy (former ME&M)) (former Secretaría de Gobierno de Energía (former Ministry of Energy (former ME&M));
·“SHC”: Undersecretary of Hydrocarbons and Fuels (Subsecretaría de Recursos Hidrocarburíferos (former Secretaría de Recursos Hidrocarburíferos);
·“Social Solidarity and Productive Reactivation Law”: Law No. 27,541;
·“SOFR”: Secured Overnight Financing Rate;
·“SRRYME”: Secretary of Renewable Resources and Electricity Market (Secretaría de Recursos Renovables y Mercado Eléctrico);
·“ST”: steam turbine;
·“TGS”: Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A.;
·“TJSM”: Termoeléctrica José de San Martín S.A.;
·“TMB”: Termoeléctrica Manuel Belgrano S.A.;
·“ToP”: take or pay;
·“Transba”: Empresa de Transporte de Energía Eléctrica por Distribución Troncal de la Provincia de Buenos Aires Transba S.A.;
·“Transener”: Compañía de Transporte de Energía Eléctrica en Alta Tensión Transener S.A.;
·“UIF”: Financial Information Unit (Unidad de Información Financiera);
·“U.S.”: United Stated of America;
·“US$ and/ or U.S. Dollars”: U.S. currency;
·“UTEs”: joint operations (Unión Transitoria);
·“VAR”: Vientos de Arauco Renovables S.A.U.
·“VAT”: Value Added Tax;
·“WEM”: Wholesale Electricity Market;
·“WEM Large Users”: WEM users with a capacity higher than 300 KW;
·“WEMTF”: Wholesale Electricity Market of Tierra del Fuego;
·“YPF”: YPF S.A.
 
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Item 1.Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers

 

Not applicable.

Item 2.Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable

 

Not applicable.

Item 3.Key Information

EXCHANGE RATES

Exchange Rates

The following table sets forth the high, low, average and period-end exchange rates for the periods indicated, expressed in Pesos per U.S. Dollar and not adjusted for inflation. There can be no assurance that the Peso will not depreciate or appreciate again in the future. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York does not report a noon buying rate for Pesos.

    Exchange rates(1)
    (in Pesos per U.S. Dollars)
    High Low Average(2) Period end
Year ended December 31,          
2018   41.250 18.410 28.093 37.700
2019   60.400 36.900 48.234 59.890
2020    84.150  59.815  70.599  84.150
2021    102.720  84.700  95.161  102.720
2022    177.160  103.000  130.810  177.160
           
           
Month          
January 2023    187.000  178.150  182.245  187.000
February 2023    197.150  187.290  191.890  197.150
March 2023    209.010  197.570  203.110  209.010
April 2023(3)    222.000 210.370 216.206  222.000
           

Source: Banco Nación

(1)Represents the average of exchange rates on the last day of each month during the period.
(2)Average of the lowest and highest daily rates in the month.
(3)Represents the average of the lowest and highest daily rates from April 1 through April 27, 2023.

Pursuant to Argentine law, in case we pay dividends, we are required to pay them in cash in Pesos, and exchange rate fluctuations will affect the U.S. Dollar amounts received by holders of American Depositary Shares, on conversion by us or by the depositary of cash dividends on the shares represented by such ADSs. Fluctuations in the exchange rate between the Peso and the U.S. Dollar will affect the U.S. Dollar equivalent of the Peso price of our shares on the BASE and, as a result, can also affect the market price of our ADSs.

 
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RISK FACTORS

 

The following summarizes some, but not all, of the risks provided below. Please carefully consider all of the information discussed in this Item 3.D. “Risk Factors” in this annual report for a more thorough description of these and other risks:

 

Risks Related to Argentina

·A global or regional financial crisis and unfavorable credit and market conditions may negatively affect our liquidity, customers, business and operational results
·The Argentine economy is a vulnerable economy and any significant decline may adversely affect our business, operational results and financial condition
·The impact of the next congressional and presidential elections on the future economic and political environment of Argentina remains uncertain
·The Argentine economy is vulnerable to external shocks that could be caused by significant economic difficulties of Argentina’s major regional trading partners, or by more general “contagion” effects. Such external shocks and “contagion” effects could have a material adverse effect on Argentina’s economic growth, and consequently, on our operational results and financial condition
·The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine could adversely affect the global economy, the Argentine economy and our operational results and financial condition
·Economic and political developments in Argentina, and future policies of the Argentine Government may adversely affect the Argentine economy and the sectors in which we perform our activities
·Exchange rate volatility may adversely affect the Argentine economy
·If the high levels of inflation continue, the Argentine economy and our operational results could be adversely affected
·The interruption of the publication of Argentine economic indexes or changes in their calculation methodologies could affect the projections made by the Company
·Argentina’s ability to obtain financing from international markets could be limited, which may impair its ability to implement reforms and foster economic growth and, consequently, affect our business, results of our operations and growth prospects
·The emergence and spread of a pandemic-level disease or threat to public health, such as Covid-19, may have a material adverse impact on the Argentine and global economy, our business operations, financial condition or results of operations
·Argentine corporations may be restricted from making payments in foreign currencies or from importing certain products
·Argentine public expenditure may generate negative consequences for the Argentine economy
  ·        There is no certainty as to the effects that the measures that the Argentine Government may adopt in order to resolve the crisis in the energy sector will have on our business operations, financial condition or results of operations
·The Argentine economy and finances may be adversely affected as a consequence of a decrease in the international prices of commodities
·The operating costs of the Company could increase as a result of the promotion or adoption of certain measures by the Argentine Government as well as pressure from union sectors
·Failure to adequately address actual and perceived risks of institutional deterioration and corruption may adversely affect Argentina’s economy and financial condition
·The Argentine Government has intervened in the electricity sector in the past, and may continue intervening to adopt, among others, measures in connection with tariffs on public services