Argentina: Caja de Valores S.A. to substitute Citibank Argentina in its role as custodian : Superseded
Note: This Announcement has been superseded by Announcements A15070 and A15071, which contain new and updated information.
Effective
immediately
in light of Citibank Argentina’s announcement ARGESW00315, dated 30 March 2015, following Resolution N° 17.634/15, the Comisión Nacional de Valores (CNV - National Securities Commission - local SEC) appointed Caja Valores S.A. to substitute Citibank Argentina as Clearstream Banking’s1 custodian in the Argentine market. Citibank Argentina is no longer allowed to provide custody services to its customers, including but not limited to, Instruction Pre-Matching & Settlement, Corporate Action / Income Collection, Transaction and Position Reporting.
Impact to customers
Customers of Clearstream Banking should note that any securities transactions received in respect of securities sub-deposited with Citibank Argentina will be rejected, and pending instructions will be cancelled, for the time being, pending clarification of the situation in the local market.
Further information
For further information, customers may contact Clearstream Banking Client Services or their Relationship Officer.
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1. Clearstream Banking refers collectively to Clearstream Banking AG, registered office at 61, Mergenthalerallee, 65760 Eschborn, Germany and registered in Register B of the Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main, Germany under number HRB 7500, and Clearstream Banking S.A., registered office at 42, avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg, and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B-9248.