Company: TCMFF
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001104659-25-019133
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Company: TELECOM ARGENTINA SA
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 3
Chunk 21
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Financial institutions are particularly subject to significant regulation from multiple regulatory authorities, all of which may, among other things, establish limits on commissions and impose sanctions on financial institutions. The lack of a stable regulatory framework, or changes to such regulatory framework by the Argentine government, could impose significant limitations on the activities of financial institutions and could induce uncertainty with respect to the financial system stability.
The persistence of the current economic crisis or the instability of one or more of the larger banks, public or private, could have a material adverse effect on the prospects for economic growth and political stability in Argentina, resulting in a loss of consumer confidence, lower disposable income and fewer financing alternatives for consumers. These conditions would have a material adverse effect on us by resulting in lower usage of our services, lower sales of devices and the possibility of a higher level of uncollectible accounts or an increase in the credit risk of the counterparties regarding the Company investments in local financial institutions. In addition, exchange controls and restrictions on transfers abroad and capital inflows limit the availability of international credit.
We are subject to Argentine and international anti-corruption, anti-bribery and Anti-Money Laundering Laws and may be subject to compliance with economic and trade sanctions programs. Our failure to comply with these laws and programs could result in penalties, which could harm our reputation and have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (“FCPA”), the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development Anti-Bribery Convention, the Argentine Corporate Criminal Liability Law (Ley de Responsabilidad Penal Empresaria), and other applicable anti-corruption laws prohibit companies and their intermediaries from offering or making improper payments (or giving anything of value) to government officials and/or persons in the private sector for the purpose of influencing them or obtaining or retaining business and require companies to keep accurate books and records and maintain appropriate internal controls. In particular, the Argentine Corporate Criminal Liability Law provides for the criminal liability for corporate entities for criminal offences against public administration and transnational bribery committed by, among others, its attorneys-in-fact, directors, officers, employees, or representatives. Relatedly, we may be subject to compliance with economic and trade sanctions programs, including certain of which that are administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), which prohibit or restrict transactions or dealings with certain territories, governments, organizations, and individuals. Although these programs differ from one sanction regime