The purpose of this letter is to comply with the requirements of article 23 of Chapter VII of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange Regulations, in order to report changes in the composition of the Board of Directors of YPF S.A. and the Senior Management Structure of YPF S.A.
In this regard, please be advised that the Board of Directors of the Company, at its meeting held on December 22, 2015, ratified the CEO and the other Vice Presidents pertaining to the Senior Management Structure of the Company.
Additionally, please be advised that the Company received a notice from the National State shareholder stating that Mr. Emilio José Apud has been designated as a Director for Class “A” shares.
Please also be advised that the Board of Directors of the Company considered and resolved to accept the resignations of Mr. Héctor Walter Valle, Mr. José Iván Brizuela, Mr. Sebastián Uchitel, Mr. Ignacio Perincioli, Mr. Jorge Manuel Gil and Mr. Omar Chafí Félix as Directors, and of Mr. Edgardo Raúl Valfre, Mr. Oscar Alfredo Cretini and Mr. Francisco Ernesto García Ibáñez as Alternate Directors for the Class D Shares, respectively, for strictly personal reasons.
In addition, in accordance with article 258 of the General Companies Law 19,550 and article 13 of the Bylaws –Vacancies–, the members of the Supervisory Committee for Class D shares designated Mr. Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez, Mr. Carlos Felices, Mr. Fabián Jorge Rodríguez Simón and Mr. Daniel Gustavo Montamat as Directors for Class D shares as a result of the vacancies produced by the resignations set forth in our prior communication of December 4, 2015; and Mr. Juan Franco Donnini, Mr. Néstor José Di Pierro and Mr. Enrique Andrés Vaquié as Directors for Class D shares to replace Mr. Ignacio Perincioli, Mr. Jorge Manuel Gil and Mr. Omar Chafí Félix; and Mr. Pedro Martín Kerchner Tomba, Mr. Lucio Mario Tamburo and Mr. Luis Gustavo Villegas as Alternate Directors for Class D shares, to replace Mr. Edgardo Raúl Valfre, Mr. Oscar Alfredo Cretini and Mr. Francisco Ernesto García Ibáñez. The term of all these designations will run until the election of new directors at a shareholders meeting.
At the same meeting, the Board of Directors designated Mr. Germán Fernández Lahore as Legal Affairs Corporate Vice-President. In addition, please be advised that Ms. Doris Capurro will no longer serve in the role of Communication and Institutional Relations Vice-President.
Finally, we regret to inform you of the passing of Mr. Héctor Valle, a member of the Board of Directors of the Company and of its Audit Committee.
Yours faithfully,