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Marval O’Farrell Mairal Advised on Pampa Energia’s Bond Issuance

August 11, 2020

Pampa Energía S.A. ("Pampa Energía"), a leading Argentine company in the oil, gas and electric power industry, successfully completed the placement and issuance in the local market of class 6 corporate bonds with a nominal value in pesos of ARS 6,355,109,030, subscribed and integrated in Pesos and/or in kind, by delivering class 4 and/or class 5 corporate bonds (the "Notes Series 6" or the "Notes", indistinctly).

Pampa Energía was advised by Salaverri, Burgio & Wetzler Malbrán; while Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires S.A.U. and Banco Santander Río S.A., which acted as arrangers (together, the "Arrangers"); the Arrangers, together with HSBC Bank Argentina S.A., Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Argentina) S.A. acted as placement agents (together, the “Placement Agents”); and Banco BBVA Argentina S.A., BACS Banco de Crédito y Securitizacion S.A., Banco Hipotecario S.A., Banco Mariva S.A., Banco de Servicios y Transacciones S.A., SBS Trading S.A., Balanz Capital Valores S.A.U., Puente Hnos. S.A., Invertir en Bolsa S.A., Banco Comafi S.A., Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires and Allaria Ledesma y Cía. S.A., acted as sub-placement agents (together, the “Sub-Placement Agents”, and them, along with the Placement Agents, the "Transaction Agents"), were advised by Marval O'Farrell Mairal.

The Notes were issued on July 29, 2020, under the Non-Convertible Simple Notes and/or Negotiable Obligations Convertible into Shares Program for up to USD 2,000,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) (the "Program"). Notes Series 6, denominated and payable in Pesos, bear a variable interest rate resulting from the addition of the Applicable Margin to the Reference Rate. The Notes will mature on August 29, 2021.

Pampa Energía is currently the largest independent energy integrated company in Argentina, with active participation in the country’s electricity and gas value chain.

 

Legal advisors to Pampa Energía S.A.:

Salaverri, Burgio & Wetzler Malbrán: Partner Roberto Lizondo. Associates Natalia Ostropolsky, Fiamma Toto Ruá and Ramón Augusto Poliche.

In-house counsel: Victoria Hitce, María Agustina Montes and Débora Tortosa Chavez.

 

Legal advisors to the Arrangers and Transaction Agents:

Marval O’Farrell Mairal: Partner Hernan Slemenson. Associates María Manuela Lava and Jacqueline Berkenstadt.