We advised on the issuance of secured Series IV Treasury Notes of the Province of Neuquén.

New Deal - September 14, 2022

On September 6, the Province of Neuquén (the “Province”), has successfully issued the Treasury Notes Series IV for a total aggregate amount of AR$10.000.000.000 according to the following:

i) Treasury Notes Series IV Class 1 maturing on September 6, 2023, issued for a total aggregate amount of AR$939,665,603, with a nominal annual variable rate equivalent to the Badlar rate plus a margin of 7,00%, secured with resources under the Federal Tax Co-Participation Regime paid to the Province;

ii) Treasury Notes Series IV Class 2 Trench A maturing on March 6, 2024, issued for a total aggregate of U$S22,704,315 with a nominal annual interest rate of 3.96%, secured with resources under the Federal Tax Co-Participation Regime paid to the Province; and

iii) Treasury Notes Series IV Class 2 Trench B maturing on March 6, 2025, issued for a total aggregate of U$S42.612.669, with a nominal annual interest rate of 5.49%, secured with certain Oil Royalties paid to the Province.

Banco Provincia del Neuquén S.A. acted as principal arranger, placement agent and calculation agent; Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires S.A.U. and Banco Macro S.A. acted as co-arrangers; and Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires S.A.U., Macro Securities S.A., Adcap Securities Argentina S.A., Banco Patagonia S.A., Balanz Capital Valores S.A.U., Banco de Servicios y Transacciones S.A., Compañía Financiera Argentina S.A., Banco Comafi S.A. and TPCG Valores S.A.U. acted as co-placement agents.

TCA Tanoira Cassagne advised the issuer, through a team led by partners Alexia Rosenthal and Jaime Uranga and associates Juan Sanguinetti, Pilar Domínguez Pose and Juan Manuel Simó.

Bruchou & Funes de Rioja advised the co-arrangers and co-placement agents, through partner Alejandro Perelsztein and associates Leandro E. Belusci, Manuel Etchevehere and Sebastián Pereyra Pagiari.