Form 6-K

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15b-16 OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of July, 2009

 

 

CRESUD SOCIEDAD ANONIMA COMERCIAL INMOBILIARIA

FINANCIERA Y AGROPECUARIA

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

CRESUD INC.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

Republic of Argentina

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Moreno 877, 23rd Floor, (C1091AAQ)

Buenos Aires, Argentina

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Form 20-F      T                    Form 40-F              

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes                              No      T    

 

 

 


CRESUD S.A.C.I.F. and A.

(THE “COMPANY”)

REPORT ON FORM 6-K

Attached is an English translation of the summary of the letter dated July 24, 2009, filed by the Company with the Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires and the Comisión Nacional de Valores:


By letter dated July 24, 2009, the Company reported that its 100% Subsidiary Agrology, in order to strengthen the Company’s strategic assets, has acquired under a private transaction with effective settlement and payment date as of July 24, 2009 the amount of 1,190,159 common shares and 323,528 GDRs of IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima (“IRSA”), for a total amount of Ps. 8,109,805.

Therefore, the Company’s direct and indirect interest in IRSA reached a 56.01%.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

CRESUD SOCIEDAD ANONIMA COMERCIAL INMOBILIARIA

FINANCIERA Y AGROPECUARIA

 

By:  

/S/ Saúl Zang

Name:   Saúl Zang
Title:   Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors

Dated: July 24, 2009.