BUENOS
AIRES, Oct. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Banco
BBVA Argentina S.A (NYSE; BYMA; MAE: BBAR; LATIBEX: XBBAR)
announced today the approval of dividend payment
The Shareholders of Banco BBVA Argentina S.A. are hereby
notified that in accordance with the resolutions of the General
Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting held on
April 28, 2023, the authorization of
the Argentine Financial and Exchange Institutions Authority of the
Argentine Central Bank obtained on May 31,
2023 and the Board of Directors' meeting held on
June 7, 2023, the shares of Banco
BBVA Argentina S.A., the Bank will proceed to make available and
pay to its existing shareholders on the Bank's share register, as
of October 27, 2023 ("Cut-Off Date")
of Installment 6, as of November 1,
2023 ("Payment Date"), a dividend, by means of the delivery
of:
(i) Payment in Kind: Up to 8,254,072,169 par value of the
National Treasury Bill in Pesos Adjusted by CER at a discount due
November 23, 2023 (ISIN ARARGE520DT9)
Ticker X23N3 (CV code 9197) at a ratio of par value 13.4714156856
of the above mentioned security for each Company share of Ps. 1 par
value, which represents 1370.99 % of the capital stock of Ps.
612,710,079. Fractions of less than 1 will be settled in Pesos;
or
(ii) Cash option: Up to Ps. 8,400,169,246.50 at a ratio of
Ps. 13.7098597435 for each Company share of Ps. 1 par value.
Payments will be made in kind, except for those shareholders
who expressly elect to receive their dividend in cash in Argentine
pesos. The final amounts of the nominal values or pesos
detailed in items (i) and (ii) above will depend on the exercise of
the option of payment in pesos.
General terms and conditions of dividend payment
Payment date: November 1
Cut-off date: October 27
Those shareholders who hold their shares in the Shareholders
Registry kept by Caja de Valores
S.A. on behalf of Banco BBVA Argentina S.A. should contact
such entity at the e-mail address corporateactions-arg@bbva.com to
obtain information on the procedure applicable for the purpose of
disposing of the securities as dividends in kind.
It is expressly stated that the Shareholders holdings recorded
as of the Cut-Off Date for each installment will be the only ones
taken into account for purposes of the payment of the declared
dividend. Notices given by those who are not holders of shares of
Banco BBVA Argentina S.A. as of the Cut-Off Date shall be deemed
not to have been submitted and shall be null and void.
Cash payment option
Those shareholders who wish to receive their dividend in
Argentine pesos must send a written notice, signed by the holder of
the shares, from October 17 through October
27, 2023, inclusive, on business days within said period,
from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., to
Banco BBVA Argentina S.A. at the following e-mail address:
corporateactions-arg@bbva.com, or to Reconquista 199 EP, Autonomous
City of Buenos Aires, C/O Ezequiel Serra. The option will be valid
exclusively for this installment. Those shareholders who hold their
shares in a Caja de Valores
depositary must send such notice through their custodian agent,
detailing ownership and account number. The resulting funds will be
wired to the bank account informed by their agent.
Such option may not be partially exercised, and will apply to
the total of the shareholder's position as of the cut-off date.
The dividend will be made available through Banco BBVA Argentina
S.A. from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at
Av. Córdoba 111, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
Payment in Kind
The dividend will be made available as from the date indicated
above, through Caja de Valores S.A.,
located at 25 de Mayo 362, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, on
business days from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00
p.m., where the required formalities must be complied with
and settlements will be made in accordance with the regulatory
deadlines.
American Depositary Shares (ADSs)
Holders of American Depositary Shares (ADSs) will receive
payment through the depository bank, Bank of New York Mellon, as of
the date resulting from the application of the rules in force in
the jurisdiction where Banco BBVA Argentina S.A.'s ADSs are listed.
In this regard, the cut-off and/or payment dates may differ from
those reported herein.
Tax withholdings
From the distribution of dividends, the amounts duly paid by
Banco BBVA Argentina S.A., in its capacity as Substitute Obligor
for the Personal Property Tax corresponding to the periods 2021 and
2022 of Shareholders who have been subject to such tax, shall be
deducted, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms of the
last paragraph of section incorporated by Law No. 26,452 after
section 25 of Law No. 23,966.
It is also informed that such payment is subject to the 7%
withholding established in article 97 of the Income Tax Law, text
as amended in 2019 (provided that the beneficiaries of the
dividends are individuals and undivided estates resident in the
country and beneficiaries abroad) but will not be subject to the
35% withholding established in article 74 of the Income Tax Law,
text as amended in 2019". For those shareholders included in the
law, a ratio of nominal value 12,5284165876 of the mentioned
security will be taken for each Company share of Ps. 1 par value,
and in case of option in Argentine pesos to a ratio of value Ps.
12,7501695614.- for each Company share of $
1 par value.
Investor Relations
contact
investorelations-arg@bbva.com
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