Company: CRESW
Filing Date: 2025-10-24
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001654954-25-012195
Chunk: 67

Company: CRESUD INC
Filing Date: 2025-10-24
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 3
Chunk 67
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 the Central Bank to source part of its funding requirements. In 2022, public sector expenditure increased approximately 54.8% and the Argentine Government achieved a primary fiscal deficit of 2.4% of Argentina’s GDP, according to the Argentine Ministry of Treasury. In 2023, public sector revenues decreased approximately 4.7%, mainly as a result of the significant decrease in income as a result of the drought which occurred in Argentina in 2023, public expenditures decreased 4.9%, mainly due to a reduction in real terms in social benefits and subsidies, and the Argentine Government achieved a primary fiscal deficit of 2.9% of Argentina’s GDP. In 2024, public sector revenues increased approximately 7.2% in real terms and public expenditures decreased 4.4% compared to 2023, mainly due to the reduction of public works, and the Argentine Government achieved a primary fiscal surplus of 1.8% of Argentina’s GDP.

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Despite the commitment from the current Argentine administration to eliminate the fiscal deficit, and the achievement of a financial and primary fiscal surplus in 2024, we cannot assure you that such levels of public expenditures and public sector revenues can be sustained by the Argentine Government. As a result, we cannot assure you that in the future the Argentine Government will not seek to finance its deficit by gaining access to the liquidity available in the local financial institutions. In that case, the initiatives of the Argentine Government that increase the exposure of local financial institutions to the public sector could affect the liquidity and asset quality of the financial system and have a negative effect on clients’ confidence in the financial system.

Argentina’s ability to obtain financing from international markets could be limited, which may impair its ability to implement reforms and foster economic growth.

Argentina’s history of external debt defaults and prolonged litigation with holdout creditors may repeat in the future and prevent Argentine companies such as us from accessing international capital markets, or may result in higher costs and more onerous financing conditions, which could negatively affect our business, financial condition, operating results, and ability to meet our obligations. Following the default on its external debt in 2001, Argentina attempted to restructure its outstanding debt through exchange offers in 2005 and again in 2010. Holders representing approximately 93% of Argentina’s defaulted debt participated in the exchanges, but several bondholders did not participate and initiated legal actions against Argentina. The Argentine Government eventually reached agreements with such bondholders after more than 15 years of litigation. Additionally, in