United States
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 20-F / A
☐ | REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
OR
☒ | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the fiscal year ended: June 30, 2019
OR
☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
OR
☐ | SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of event requiring this shell company report ___ For the transition period from ___ to___ |
Commission file number: 001-29190
Cresud SOCIEDAD ANONIMA COMERCIAL INMOBILIARIA FINANCIERA Y AGROPECUARIA
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Cresud Inc.
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)
Republic of Argentina
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
Moreno 877, 23rd Floor,
(C1091AAQ) City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
(Address of principal executive offices)
Matías Iván Gaivironsky
Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
Tel +(5411) 4323-7449 – ir@cresud.com.ar
Moreno 877, 24th Floor,
(C1091AAQ) City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
(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 | Name of each exchange on which registered | |||
American Depositary Shares (ADSs), each representing ten shares of Common Stock | Nasdaq National Market of the Nasdaq Stock Market | |||
Common Stock, par value Ps.1.00 per share | Nasdaq National Market of the Nasdaq Stock Market* |
* | 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 period covered by the annual report: 501,642,804.
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
Note: Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their obligations under those Sections
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 and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) 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 definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.:
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 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
If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
☐ Yes ☒ No
(APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 23 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by the court. Yes ☐ No ☐
Please send copies of notices and communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission to:
Carolina Zang | David Williams | |
Jaime Mercado | ||
Zang Bergel & Viñes Abogados | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | |
Florida 537 piso 18º C1005AAK Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. | 425 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10019 |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 on Form 20-F/A (the “Amendment”) is being filed by Cresud Sociedad Anonima Comercial Inmobiliaria Financiera y Agropecuaria (“CRESUD” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) to amend the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019, originally filed with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission on October 31, 2019 (the “Original Filing”). The Company is filing this Amendment solely for purposes of amending the disclosure relating to the independent directors of the Company.
This Amendment consists solely of the cover page and this explanatory note. Except as described above, this Amendment does not amend any information set forth in the Original Filing or reflect any events that occurred subsequent to the filing of the Original Filing on October 31, 2019. Accordingly, this Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing and with our filings with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission subsequent to the Original Filing.
Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees
A. DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT
Board of Directors
We are managed by a board of directors. Our bylaws provide that our Board of Directors shall consist of a minimum of three and a maximum of fifteen regular directors and the same or less numbers of alternate directors. Currently, our board is composed by twelve regular directors and three alternate directors. Each director and alternate director is elected by our shareholders at an annual ordinary meeting of shareholders usually for a three-year term, provided, however, that of the board of directors is elected each year. The directors and alternate directors may be re-elected indefinitely.
Alternate directors will be summoned to exercise their functions in case of absence, vacancy or death of a regular director or until a new director is appointed.
Our current board of directors was elected at the shareholders’ meetings held on October 31, 2017, October 29, 2018 and October 30, 2019 for terms expiring in the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively. Our current directors are as follows:
Directors(1) | Date of Birth | Position in Cresud | Term Expires(2) | Date of Current Appointment | Current Position Held Since |
Eduardo Sergio Elsztain | 01/26/1960 | Chairman | 06/30/2020 | 10/31/2017 | 1994 |
Saúl Zang | 12/30/1945 | First Vice-Chairman | 06/30/2020 | 10/31/2017 | 1994 |
Alejandro Gustavo Elsztain | 03/31/1966 | Second Vice-Chairman and CEO | 06/30/2022 | 10/30/2019 | 1994 |
Gabriel A.G. Reznik | 11/18/1958 | Regular Director | 06/30/2021 | 10/29/2018 | 2003 |
Jorge Oscar Fernández | 01/08/1939 | Regular Director | 06/30/2021 | 10/29/2018 | 2003 |
Fernando Adrián Elsztain | 01/04/1961 | Regular Director | 06/30/2022 | 10/30/2019 | 2004 |
Pedro Damasco Labaqui Palacio | 02/22/1943 | Regular Director | 06/30/2021 | 10/29/2018 | 2006 |
Daniel E. Mellicovsky | 01/17/1948 | Regular Director | 06/30/2020 | 10/31/2017 | 2008 |
Alejandro Gustavo Casaretto | 10/15/1952 | Regular Director | 06/30/2020 | 10/31/2017 | 2008 |
Liliana Glikin | 03/29/1953 | Regular Director | 06/30/2022 | 10/30/2019 | 2019 |
Hector Rogelio Torres | 12/30/1954 | Regular Director | 06/30/2022 | 10/30/2019 | 2019 |
Alejandro Mario Bartolome | 09/12/1954 | Regular Director | 06/30/2022 | 10/30/2019 | 2019 |
Gastón Armando Lernoud | 06/04/1968 | Alternate Director | 06/30/2020 | 10/31/2017 | 1999 |
Enrique Antonini | 03/16/1950 | Alternate Director | 06/30/2022 | 10/30/2019 | 2007 |
Eduardo Kalpakian | 03/03/1964 | Alternate Director | 06/30/2022 | 10/30/2019 | 2007 |
(1) The business address of our management is Moreno 877, 23rd Floor, (C1091AAQ) Buenos Aires, Argentina.
(2) Term expires at the annual ordinary shareholders’ meeting.
Liliana Glikin, Hector Rogelio Torres and Alejandro Mario Bartolome qualify as independent, in accordance with the CNV Rules.
Item 19. Exhibits
Documents filed as exhibits to this Amendment No. 1:
Exhibit No. | Description of Exhibit |
12.1 | Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 |
12.2 | Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 |
13.1 | Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
13.2 | Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
SIGNATURES
The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F/A and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on Form 20-F on its behalf.
CRESUD SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA COMERCIAL INMOBILIARIA FINANCIERA Y AGROPECUARIA | ||
Date January 6, 2020 | By: | /s/ Matías I. Gaivironsky |
Name Matías I. Gaivironsky | ||
Title Chief Financial and Administrative Officer |