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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FORM 20-F Annual and transition report of foreign private issuers pursuant to sections 13 or 15(d) Filing Date: 2018-04-19 | Period of Report: 2017-12-31 SEC Accession No. 0001193125-18-122635 (HTML Version on secdatabase.com) FILER GRUPO FINANCIERO GALICIA SA Mailing Address Business Address TTE. GRAL. JUAN D. PERON TTE. GRAL. JUAN D. PERON CIK:1114700| IRS No.: 000000000 | State of Incorp.:C1 | Fiscal Year End: 1231 430 430 Type: 20-F | Act: 34 | File No.: 000-30852 | Film No.: 18763854 25TH FLOOR 25TH FLOOR SIC: 6029 Commercial banks, nec BUENOS AIRES C1 BUENOS AIRES C1 CP1038AAJ CP1038AAJ 0115411434 Copyright © 2018 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Table of Contents AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON APRIL 19, 2018 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 20F (Mark One) ☐ Registration Statement pursuant to Section 12(b) or (g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or ☒ Annual Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 or ☐ Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the transition period from to or ☐ Shell Company Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of event requiring this Shell Company Report Commission File Number 000-30852 GRUPO FINANCIERO GALICIA S.A. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) GALICIA FINANCIAL GROUP (Translation of Registrants name into English) REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA (Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. Tte. Gral. Juan D. Perón 430, 25th floor C1038 AAJ-Buenos Aires, Argentina (Address of principal executive offices) Copyright © 2018 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Pedro A. Richards, Chief Executive Officer Tel: 54 11 4 343 7528 / Fax: 54 11 4 331 9183, [email protected] Perón 430, 25° Piso C1038AAJ Buenos Aires ARGENTINA (Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person) Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: American Depositary Shares, each representing ten Class B ordinary Shares Name of each exchange on which registered Nasdaq Capital Market Title of each class Class B Ordinary Shares, Ps.1.00 par value, (not for trading but only in connection with the listing of the American Depositary Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market) Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuers classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report: Class A Ordinary Shares, Ps.1.00 par value 281,221,650 Class B Ordinary Shares, Ps.1.00 par value 1,145,542,947 Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No ☒ If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes ☐ No ☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒ No ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See definition of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, and emerging growth company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): Large accelerated filer ☒ Accelerated filer ☐ Non-accelerated filer ☐ Emerging growth Company ☐ If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ The term new or revised financial accounting standard refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012. Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing: Copyright © 2018 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document U.S. GAAP ☐ International Financial Reporting Standards Other ☒ As issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ☐ Indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow. Item 17 ☐ Item 18 ☒ If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒ Copyright © 2018 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION 1 FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS 2 PART I 4 Item 1. Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers 4 Item 2. Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable 4 Item 3. Key Information 4 Item 3.A. Selected Financial Data 4 Exchange Rate Information 6 Item 3.B. Capitalization and Indebtedness 7 Item 3.C. Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds 7 Item 3.D. Risk Factors 7 Item 4. Information on the Company 21 History and Development of the Company 21 Organizational Structure 22 History 24 Business 33 Competition 51 Sales and Marketing 53 Property 55 Capital Investments and Divestitures 56 Selected Statistical Information 57 Government Regulation 89 Argentine Banking Regulation 93 Credit Cards Regulation 102 Concealment and Laundering of Assets of a Criminal Origin 103 Item 4.A. Unresolved Staff Comments 104 Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects 105 Item 5.A. Operating Results 105 Overview 105 The Argentine Economy 105 The Argentine Financial System 107 The Argentine Insurance Industry 108 Inflation 108 Currency Composition of Our Balance Sheet 109 Results of Operations for the Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2017 December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 110 U.S. GAAP and Argentine Banking GAAP Reconciliation 124 Results by Segments 130 Consolidated Assets 138 Exposure to the Argentine Public Sector 140 Funding 140 Contractual Obligations 146 Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements 147 Critical Accounting Policies 148 U.S. GAAPCritical Accounting Policies 149 Principal Trends 153 Item 5.B. Liquidity and Capital Resources 155 LiquidityHolding Company on an Individual Basis 155 Consolidated Cash Flows 156 Banco Galicias Liquidity Management 158 Capital 160 Capital Expenditures 160 Item 5.E. Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements 160 Item 5.F. Contractual Obligations 161 Copyright © 2018 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document i Copyright © 2018 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page Item 5.G. Safe Harbor 161 Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees 161 Our Board of Directors 161 Our Audit Committee 163 Our Supervisory Committee 164 Compensation of Our Directors 165 Management of Grupo Financiero Galicia 165 Board of Directors of Banco Galicia 166 Functions of the Board of Directors of Banco Galicia 167 Banco Galicias Executive Officers 169 Banco Galicias Supervisory Committee 172 Compensation of Banco Galicias Directors and Officers 173 Employees 173 Nasdaq Corporate Governance Standards 174 Share Ownership 176 Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions 176 Major Shareholders 176 Related Party Transactions 177 Item 8. Financial Information 179 Legal Proceedings 179 Dividend Policy and Dividends 180 Significant Changes 182 Item 9. The Offer and Listing Market Regulations 183 Shares and ADSs 183 Argentine Securities Market 185 Market Regulations 186 Item 10. Additional Information 187 Description of Our Bylaws 187 Exchange Controls 194 Taxation 194 Argentine Taxes 195 Material Contracts 202 Documents on Display 202 Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 202 General 202 Interest Rate Risk 204 Foreign Exchange Rate Risk 206 Currency Mismatches 207 Market Risk 209 Cross-Border Risk 210 Overseas Foreign Currency Transfer Risk 211 Risk Exposures in the Non-financial Public Sector 211 Operational Risk and Technological Risk 211 Item 12. Description of Securities Other Than Equity Securities 214 Item 12.D. American Depositary Shares 214 Fees and Charges Applicable to ADS Holders 214 Fees and Direct and Indirect Payments Made by the Depositary to Us 214 PART II 215 Item 13. Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies 215 Item 14. Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds 215 Item 15. Controls and Procedures 215 Item 16.A. Audit Committee Financial Expert 216 Item 16.B. Code of Ethics 216 Item 16.C. Principal Accountants Fees and Services 216 Copyright © 2018 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved.