SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of March, 2018
Commission File Number: 0-30852
GRUPO FINANCIERO GALICIA S.A.
(the Registrant)
Galicia Financial Group S.A.
(translation of Registrants name into English)
Tte. Gral. Juan D. Perón 430, 25th Floor
(CP1038AAJ) Buenos Aires, Argentina
(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 ☒ Form 40-F ☐
Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this form, the Registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes ☐ No ☒
If Yes is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the Registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ________
FORM 6-K
Commission File No. 0-30852
Month Filed | Event and Summary | Exhibit No. | ||
March, 2018 | Notice of Material Event regarding the Registrants notice of shareholders meeting and the agenda for the Registrants shareholders meeting. | 99.1 |
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.
GRUPO FINANCIERO GALICIA S.A. (Registrant) | ||||||
Date: March 12, 2018 | By: | /s/ Pedro Alberto Richards | ||||
Name: Pedro Alberto Richards | ||||||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 99.1
Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A.
CUIT: 30-70496280-7
NOTICE OF SHAREHOLDERS MEETING
All shareholders of Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. (the Company) are invited to the Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting (the Meeting) to be held on April 24, 2018, at 11:00 AM (first call), at Tte. Gral. Juan D. Perón 430, Basement-Auditorium, Buenos Aires (not the Companys registered office), with the following AGENDA:
1º Appointment of two shareholders to sign the minutes.
2º Examination of the business affairs of our subsidiary, Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires S.A. (Banco Galicia). Position to be adopted by the Company over the issues to be addressed at Banco Galicias next shareholders´ meeting.
3° Examination of the Balance Sheet, the Income Statement, and other documents as set forth in Section 234, subsection 1 of the General Law of Companies and the Annual Report and Report of the Supervisory Audit Committee for the 19th fiscal year ended December 31, 2017.
4º Treatment to be given to the fiscal years results. Increase to the discretionary reserve. Dividends distribution.
5º Approval of the Board of Directors and Supervisory Audit Committees performances.
6º Supervisory Audit Committee´s compensation.
7° Board of Directors´ compensation.
8° Granting of authorization to the Board of Directors to make advance payments of directors fees during the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2018. Ad-referendum of the shareholders meeting that considers the documentation corresponding to said fiscal year.
9º Election of three trustees and three alternate trustees for a one-year term of office.
10° Determination of the number of directors and alternate directors until reaching the number of directors determined by the shareholders meeting.
11° Compensation of the independent accountant certifying the financial statements for the 2017 fiscal year.
This constitutes an unofficial English translation of the original Spanish document. The Spanish document
shall govern all respects, including interpretation matters.
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Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A.
CUIT: 30-70496280-7
12º Appointment of the independent accountant and alternate accountant to certify the financial statements for the 2018 fiscal year.
13º Delegation of the necessary powers to the Board of Directors and/or sub-delegation to one or more of its members and/or to one or more members of the Company´s management and/or to whom the Board of Directors designates in order to determine the terms and conditions of the global program for the issuance of simple, short, mid-and/or long term negotiable obligations, not convertible into shares, and the negotiable obligations that will be issued under the same program.
According to current regulations it is necessary to state that during the 2017 fiscal year there have been no circumstances of those included in Section 71 of Law 26,831 (Ley de Mercado de Capitales).
Notes:
1. | Shareholders are hereby notified that in order to attend the Meeting, they must deliver a certification evidencing their book-entry shares, as issued by Caja de Valores S.A., on or before April 18, 2018 (from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.), at Tte. Gral. Juan D. Perón 430, 25th. Floor, Buenos Aires, so that the shares can be registered in the Meetings attendance record book. |
2. | When considering the approval for the increase of the facultative reserve in item 4 of the agenda, the majorities established by article 244, last part, of the General Law of Companies will be required. |
3. | Shareholders are hereby reminded that the Argentine National Securities Commission requires compliance with the procedures set forth in Chapter II, Title II of its regulations (N.T.2013). |
A. Enrique Pedemonte
Attorney in law
This constitutes an unofficial English translation of the original Spanish document. The Spanish document
shall govern all respects, including interpretation matters.
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