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Central Puerto S.A. – ‘20-F’ for 12/31/22 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On: Wednesday, 4/26/23, at 4:59pm ET · For: 12/31/22 · Accession #: 1654954-23-5229 · File #: 1-38376

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 4/26/23  Central Puerto S.A.               20-F       12/31/22  121:20M                                    Blueprint/FA

Annual or Annual-Transition Report by a Foreign Non-Canadian Issuer — Form 20-F — SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 20-F        Annual or Annual-Transition Report by a Foreign     HTML   6.01M 
                Non-Canadian Issuer                                              
 2: EX-1.1      English Translation                                 HTML     53K 
 3: EX-8.1      List of Subsidiaries                                HTML     31K 
 6: EX-13.1     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     27K 
 4: EX-12.1     Statement re: the Computation of Ratios             HTML     27K 
 5: EX-12.2     Statement re: the Computation of Ratios             HTML     31K 
12: R1          Cover                                               HTML    105K 
13: R2          Consolidated Statement of Income                    HTML     83K 
14: R3          Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income      HTML     60K 
15: R4          Consolidated Statement of Financial Position        HTML    133K 
16: R5          Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity         HTML     66K 
17: R6          Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows                HTML    125K 
18: R7          Corporate information and main business             HTML     83K 
19: R8          Basis of preparation of the consolidated financial  HTML    205K 
                statements                                                       
20: R9          Investment in associates                            HTML     51K 
21: R10         Operating segments                                  HTML    162K 
22: R11         Revenues                                            HTML     43K 
23: R12         Operating expenses                                  HTML     99K 
24: R13         Other income and expenses                           HTML     85K 
25: R14         Income tax                                          HTML    127K 
26: R15         Earnings per share                                  HTML     40K 
27: R16         Inventories                                         HTML     56K 
28: R17         Property, plant and equipment                       HTML    128K 
29: R18         Intangible assets                                   HTML     89K 
30: R19         Financial assets and liabilities                    HTML    406K 
31: R20         Non-financial assets and liabilities                HTML    116K 
32: R21         Cash and cash equivalents                           HTML     37K 
33: R22         Equity reserves and dividends                       HTML     33K 
34: R23         Provisions                                          HTML     66K 
35: R24         Information on related parties                      HTML    103K 
36: R25         Financial risk management objectives and policies   HTML     68K 
37: R26         Contracts, acquisitions and agreements              HTML     48K 
38: R27         Tax integral inflation adjustment                   HTML     32K 
39: R28         Measures in the Argentine economy                   HTML     34K 
40: R29         Subsequent events                                   HTML     30K 
41: R30         Basis of preparation of the consolidated financial  HTML    246K 
                statements (Policies)                                            
42: R31         Basis of preparation of the consolidated financial  HTML     40K 
                statements (Table)                                               
43: R32         Investment in associates (Tables)                   HTML     49K 
44: R33         Operating segments (Tables)                         HTML    159K 
45: R34         Revenues (Tables)                                   HTML     43K 
46: R35         Operating expenses (Tables)                         HTML     99K 
47: R36         Other income and expenses (Tables)                  HTML     86K 
48: R37         Income tax (Tables)                                 HTML    129K 
49: R38         Earnings per share (Tables)                         HTML     39K 
50: R39         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     56K 
51: R40         Property plant and equipment (Tables)               HTML    126K 
52: R41         Intangible assets (Tables)                          HTML     81K 
53: R42         Financial assets and liabilities (Tables)           HTML    375K 
54: R43         Nonfinancial assets and liabilities (Tables)        HTML    122K 
55: R44         Cash and cash equivalents (Tables)                  HTML     36K 
56: R45         Provisions (Tables)                                 HTML     65K 
57: R46         Information on related parties (Tables)             HTML     98K 
58: R47         Financial risk management objectives and policies   HTML     59K 
                (Tables)                                                         
59: R48         Corporate information and main business (Details    HTML     35K 
                Narrative)                                                       
60: R49         Basis of preparation of the consolidated financial  HTML     53K 
                statements (Details )                                            
61: R50         Basis of preparation of the consolidated financial  HTML     78K 
                statements (Details Narrative)                                   
62: R51         Investment in Associates (Details )                 HTML     43K 
63: R52         Investment in Associates (Details Narrative)        HTML     51K 
64: R53         Operating segments (Details)                        HTML     85K 
65: R54         Operating segments (Details Narrative)              HTML     31K 
66: R55         Revenues (Details)                                  HTML     45K 
67: R56         Operating expenses (Details)                        HTML     45K 
68: R57         Operating expenses (Details 1)                      HTML     66K 
69: R58         Operating expenses (Details Narrative)              HTML     31K 
70: R59         Other income and expenses (Details)                 HTML     49K 
71: R60         Other income and expenses (Details 1)               HTML     49K 
72: R61         Other income and expenses (Details 2)               HTML     37K 
73: R62         Other income and expenses (Details 3)               HTML     39K 
74: R63         Other Income and Expenses (Details Narrative)       HTML     41K 
75: R64         Income tax (Details)                                HTML     41K 
76: R65         Income tax (Details 1)                              HTML     33K 
77: R66         Income tax (Details 2)                              HTML     51K 
78: R67         Income tax (Details 3)                              HTML     59K 
79: R68         Income tax (Details 4)                              HTML     36K 
80: R69         Income tax (Details Narrative)                      HTML     33K 
81: R70         Earnings per share (Details)                        HTML     33K 
82: R71         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     45K 
83: R72         Inventories (Details 1)                             HTML     42K 
84: R73         Property plant and equipment (Details)              HTML     81K 
85: R74         Intangible assets (Details)                         HTML     54K 
86: R75         Intangible assets (Details Narrative)               HTML     30K 
87: R76         Financial assets and liabilities (Details)          HTML     55K 
88: R77         Financial assets and liabilities (Details 1)        HTML     42K 
89: R78         Financial assets and liabilities (Details 2)        HTML     39K 
90: R79         Financial assets and liabilities (Details 3)        HTML     35K 
91: R80         Financial assets and liabilities (Details 4)        HTML     44K 
92: R81         Financial assets and liabilities (Details 5)        HTML     47K 
93: R82         Financial assets and liabilities (Details 6)        HTML     49K 
94: R83         Financial assets and liabilities (Details 7)        HTML     75K 
95: R84         Financial assets and liabilities (Details 8)        HTML     53K 
96: R85         Financial assets and liabilities (Details 9)        HTML     78K 
97: R86         Financial assets and liabilities (Details           HTML    144K 
                Narrative)                                                       
98: R87         Non-financial assets and liabilities (Details)      HTML     45K 
99: R88         Non-financial assets and liabilities (Details 1)    HTML     48K 
100: R89         Non-financial assets and liabilities (Details 2)    HTML     42K  
101: R90         Non-financial assets and liabilities (Details 3)    HTML     39K  
102: R91         Non-financial assets and liabilities (Details 4)    HTML     43K  
103: R92         Non-financial assets and liabilities (Details 5)    HTML     35K  
104: R93         Non-financial assets and liabilities (Details 6)    HTML     39K  
105: R94         Cash and cash equivalents (Details)                 HTML     35K  
106: R95         Equity reserves and dividends (Details Narrative)   HTML     36K  
107: R96         Provisions (Details)                                HTML     56K  
108: R97         Provisions (Details narrative)                      HTML     32K  
109: R98         Information on related parties (Details)            HTML     60K  
110: R99         Information on related parties (Details Narrative)  HTML     37K  
111: R100        Financial risk management objectives and policies   HTML     32K  
                (Details)                                                        
112: R101        Financial risk management objectives and policies   HTML     32K  
                (Details 1)                                                      
113: R102        Financial risk management objectives and policies   HTML     42K  
                (Details 2)                                                      
114: R103        Financial risk management objectives and policies   HTML     33K  
                (Details Narrative)                                              
115: R104        Contracts acquisitions and agreements (Details      HTML     42K  
                Narrative)                                                       
116: R105        Measures in the Argentine economy (Details          HTML     30K  
                Narrative)                                                       
119: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    238K  
117: XML         XBRL Instance -- cepu_20f_htm                        XML   5.07M  
118: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    279K  
 9: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- cepu-20221231_cal               XML    226K 
11: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- cepu-20221231_def                XML    784K 
 8: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- cepu-20221231_lab                     XML   1.39M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- cepu-20221231_pre              XML   1.20M 
 7: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- cepu-20221231                         XSD    412K 
120: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              423±   577K  
121: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001654954-23-005229-xbrl      Zip   1.95M

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