Form 6-K GRUPO FINANCIERO GALICIA For: Oct 25

 

 

FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

 

 

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of October, 2016

Commission File Number: 0-30852

 

 

GRUPO FINANCIERO GALICIA S.A.

(the “Registrant”)

 

 

Galicia Financial Group S.A.

(translation of Registrant’s name into English)

Tte. Gral. Juan D. Perón 430, 25^th 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-             

 

 

 

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FORM 6-K

Commission File No. 0-30852

 

Month Filed		Event and Summary		Exhibit No.
October, 2016		Notice of Material Event dated October 24, 2016, regarding a class action lawsuit brought against Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires S.A. by the Asociación para la Defensa de Usuarios y Consumidores.		99.1

 

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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: October 25, 2016		By:		/s/ Pedro Alberto Richards
				Name:		Pedro Alberto Richards
				Title:		Chief Executive Officer

 

Exhibit 99.1

October 24, 2016

Buenos Aires

To: Comisión Nacional de Valores (Argentine National Securities Commission)

Re: Material Event

To whom it may concern,

We are writing to inform you that on October 21, 2016, our main subsidiary, Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires S.A. (“Banco Galicia”), received a notification that a class action lawsuit was filed by the Asociación para la Defensa de Usuarios y Consumidores (the Association for the Defense of Users and Consumers or “ADUC”), a local association for the defense of consumers, objecting to a stamp tax that Banco Galicia applies to its customers when signing consumer contracts under the jurisdiction of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.

The lawsuit was filed at the Commercial Court of First Instance number 20, Secretariat 40.

Banco Galicia is analyzing the content and implications of the lawsuit. Banco Galicia believes that the claim is not supported.

Yours faithfully,

 

 

A. Enrique Pedemonte

Attorney in fact

Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A.

 

 

This document constitutes an unofficial translation into English of the original document in Spanish, which

document shall govern in all respects, including with respect to any matters of interpretation.

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