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 February, 2006

 


 

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 on February 6, 2006 filed by Company with the Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires and the Comisión Nacional de Valores:


By letter dated February 6, 2006, the Company reported that has exercised the conversion of 5,000,000 Convertible Notes of face value US$ 1 of IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones S.A. (“IRSA”) into 9,174,311 ordinary shares of IRSA. As a result of this conversion the Company increase its participation from 21.1% to 23.0%. Consequently, the amount of IRSA’s shares held by the Company goes from 77,850,702 to 87,025,013. The conversion was performed according to terms and conditions established in the prospectus of issuance at the conversion rate of 1.83486 shares, face value pesos 1 per Convertible Note of face value US$ 1.


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: February 9, 2006