Rating agency upgrades EDENOR (EDN) to A+ long-term and A1+ short-term
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (EDENOR) reports that rating agency Fix SCR S.A. Agente Calificadora has upgraded its credit ratings. The company’s long-term issuer rating was raised from A to A+ with a stable outlook. Its short-term issue rating was also upgraded, moving from A1 to A1+. This improvement signals that the agency now views EDENOR’s credit quality more favorably, which can help support market confidence in the company’s ability to meet its financial commitments.
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- Credit rating upgrade: Fix SCR S.A. raised EDENOR’s long-term issuer rating from A to A+ with a stable outlook and its short-term issue rating from A1 to A1+, indicating an improved external assessment of the company’s credit quality.
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Insights
EDENOR receives long- and short-term credit rating upgrades from Fix SCR.
EDENOR discloses that Fix SCR S.A. upgraded its long-term issuer rating from A to A+ with a stable outlook, and its short-term issue rating from A1 to A1+. These steps indicate the agency’s stronger view of the company’s credit profile.
Higher ratings often reflect improved perceived capacity to meet obligations, which can support access to funding and potentially improve financing terms. The stable outlook suggests Fix SCR does not currently anticipate near-term rating pressure, based on information available to the agency at this time.
Investors can use these ratings as one input when assessing EDENOR’s credit standing alongside future disclosures in its Form 20-F and subsequent 6-Ks, where the company provides additional financial and operating details that underpin rating decisions.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of March, 2026
EMPRESA DISTRIBUIDORA Y COMERCIALIZADORA NORTE S.A. (EDENOR)
(DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING COMPANY OF THE NORTH )
(Translation of Registrant's Name Into English)
Argentina
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
Av. del Libertador 6363,
12th Floor,
City of Buenos Aires (A1428ARG),
Tel: 54-11-4346-5000
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form 20-F X 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 X
(If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- .)
March 25th ,2026
Messrs.
COMISIÓN NACIONAL DE VALORES
Subgerencia de Sociedades Emisoras
25 de Mayo 175
City of Buenos Aires
Messrs.
BOLSAS Y MERCADOS ARGENTINOS S.A.
Sarmiento 299
City of Buenos Aires
Ref: Material fact
Risk Rating
Dear Sirs:
I hereby address you on behalf of Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (indistinctly, “EDENOR” or the “Company”) to inform that Fix SCR S.A. Agente Calificadora has upgraded the Company’s long-term issuer rating from A to A+ with a stable outlook, and its short-term issue rating from A1 to A1+.
Yours faithfully.
Lucila Ramallo
Market Relations Officer.
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (EDENOR S.A.)
Avda. del Libertador 6363 – Buenos Aires, C1428ARG – Argentina. Tel.: 4346-5400 Fax: 4346-5327
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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/s/ Germán Ranftl |
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Date: March 25, 2026