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 April, 2009

 

 

Irsa Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Irsa Investments and Representations Inc.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

Republic of Argentina

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Bolívar 108

(C1066AAB)

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    

 

 

 

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IRSA INVERSIONES Y REPRESENTACIONES SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA

(THE “COMPANY”)

REPORT ON FORM 6-K

Attached is an English translation of the summary of the letter dated April 14, 2009 filed by the Company with the Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires and the Comisión Nacional de Valores.

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By letter dated April 14, 2009, the Company reported that, on April 7, 2009 it acquired a nominal value of 8,465,000 of Alto Palermo S.A. (“APSA”)’s Series No. 2 Notes due 2012 (Argentine Peso-Linked Note).

Furthermore, on the same letter, the Company also reported that on April 8 2009, it acquired a nominal value of US$ 3,000,000 of APSA’s 7.875% Series No. 1 Notes due 2017, originally issued for a nominal value of US$ 120,000,000.

Consequently, since the Company’s last report to the Comisión Nacional de Valores, on February 2, 2009, its ownership of APSA’s 7.875% Series No. 1 Notes due 2017, has increased in a nominal value of 12,855,000.

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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.

 

Dated: April 17, 2009.