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Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anonima – ‘20-F’ for 12/31/18 – ‘XML’

On:  Tuesday, 4/30/19, at 3:39pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/18   ·   Accession #:  1193125-19-129126   ·   File #:  1-38262

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 4/30/19  Loma Negra Compania Indu… Anonima 20-F       12/31/18  186:15M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Annual Report by a Foreign Non-Canadian Issuer   —   Form 20-F   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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                Other Related Parties Balances and Transactions                  
37: R25         Other Recievables                                   HTML     69K 
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39: R27         Cash and Banks                                      HTML     61K 
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43: R31         Accounts Payable                                    HTML     65K 
44: R32         Provisions                                          HTML     77K 
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49: R37         Segment Information                                 HTML    128K 
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63: R51         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     64K 
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64: R52         Critical Accounting Judgments and Key Sources Used  HTML     59K 
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65: R53         Net Revenue (Tables)                                HTML     62K 
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                Income (Tables)                                                  
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                Statements - Summary of Significant Investments in               
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96: R84         Basis of Preparation of the Consolidated Financial  HTML     57K 
                Statements - Summary of Significant Investments in               
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                Statements - Summary of Financial Information on                 
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                Statements - Summary of Financial Information on                 
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                Statements - Summary of Financial Information on                 
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100: R88         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML    162K  
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
101: R89         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     75K  
                Disclosure of Information About Unconsolidated                   
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                Entity (Detail)                                                  
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                for Estimating Uncertain - Additional Information                
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103: R91         Critical Accounting Judgement and Key Sources used  HTML     79K  
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                Table (Detail)                                                   
108: R96         Other Gains and Losses - Summary of Other Gains     HTML     77K  
                And Losses (Detail)                                              
109: R97         Tax on Debits and Credits to Bank Accounts -        HTML     66K  
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
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                Costs (Detail)                                                   
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                (Parenthetical) (Detail)                                         
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                Expense, Current and Deferred (Detail)                           
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                Tax (Detail)                                                     
115: R103        Income Tax Expense - Summary of Unrecognized        HTML     62K  
                Taxable Temporary Difference Associated with                     
                Investments (Detail)                                             
116: R104        Earnings Per Share - Summary of Earnings and        HTML     60K  
                Weighted Average Number of Ordinary Shares used in               
                Calculation of Basic Earnings per Share (Detail)                 
117: R105        Earnings Per Share - Summary of Earnings and        HTML     55K  
                Weighted Average Number of Ordinary Shares used in               
                Calculation of Basic Earnings per Share                          
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118: R106        Property of Plant and Equipment - Summary of        HTML     99K  
                Property, Plant and Equipment (Detail)                           
119: R107        Property of Plant and Equipment - Summary of        HTML    128K  
                Breakdown of Property, Plant and Equipment                       
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120: R108        Intangible Assets - Schedule of Intangible Assets   HTML     60K  
                (Detail)                                                         
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                Intangible Assets (Detail)                                       
122: R110        Investments- Summary of Investments (Detail)        HTML     67K  
123: R111        Investments- Summary of Investments                 HTML     70K  
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126: R114        Business Combination Under Common Control -         HTML    106K  
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                Transactions Recognised Separately from                          
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128: R116        Business Combination Under Common Control -         HTML     74K  
                Summary of Cash Generated by Acquisition of                      
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                Other Related Parties Balances and Transactions -                
                Schedule of Outstanding Balances Between the Group               
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                Associates and Other Related Parties (Detail)                    
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                Other Related Parties Balances and Transactions -                
                Summary of Balances of Related Party Transactios                 
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133: R121        Parent Company, Other Shareholders, Associates and  HTML     74K  
                Other Related Parties Balances and Transactions -                
                Disclosure of Transactions Between the Group and                 
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                (Detail)                                                         
134: R122        Parent Company, Other Shareholders, Associates and  HTML     59K  
                Other Related Parties Balances and Transactions -                
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
135: R123        Parent Company, Other Shareholders, Associates and  HTML     60K  
                Other Related Parties Balances and Transactions -                
                Disclosure of Dividend (Detail)                                  
136: R124        Other Receivables - Summary of Other Receivables    HTML     88K  
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137: R125        Trade Accounts Receivable - Summary of Trade        HTML     75K  
                Accounts Receivables (Detail)                                    
138: R126        Trade Accounts Receivable - Summary of Maturities   HTML     70K  
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139: R127        Trade Accounts Receivable - Summary of Financial    HTML     81K  
                Assets That Are Either Past Due or Impaired                      
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                Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Detail)                         
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                Summary of Capital Stock and Other Capital Related               
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143: R131        Capital Stock and Other Capital Related Accounts -  HTML     56K  
                Summary of Issued, Paid-in and Registered Capital                
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144: R132        Capital Stock and Other Capital Related Accounts -  HTML     57K  
                Summary of Issued, Paid-in and Registered Capital                
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145: R133        Capital Stock and Other Capital Related Accounts -  HTML     85K  
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
146: R134        Reserves and Accumulated Other Comprehensive        HTML     73K  
                Income - Schedule of Accumulated Other                           
                Comprehensive Income (Detail)                                    
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                Borrowings (Detail)                                              
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                C.I.A.S.A. (Detail)                                              
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                Borrowings (Detail)                                              
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                Liabilities (Detail)                                             
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                Information About Cash and Cash Equivalents                      
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                Transactions (Detail)                                            
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                Assets and Financial Liabilities are Measured at                 
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