ICA Annual Shareholders' Meeting Elects a New Board Member
April 24 2015 - 4:35PM
- Seven independent directors on 12 person
board
Empresas ICA, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV:ICA) (NYSE:ICA),
the largest infrastructure and construction company in Mexico,
announced that its Annual Shareholders' Meeting held yesterday
elected one new independent board member, ratified the other
members of the Board of Directors, and elected the chairs of the
board committees.
The Board of Directors has 12 members, including seven
independent members. The chairs and all members of the Board
Committees are independent directors.
Board Member |
Position |
1. Bernardo Quintana Isaac |
Chairman/Patrimonial |
2. José Luis Guerrero Álvarez |
Patrimonial |
3. Fernando Flores y Pérez |
Independent |
4. Alonso Quintana Kawage |
Patrimonial |
5. Elsa Beatriz García Bojorges |
Independent |
6. Margarita Hugues Vélez |
Independent |
7. Salvador Alva Gómez |
Independent |
8. Diego Quintana Kawage |
Patrimonial |
9. Ricardo Gutiérrez Muñoz |
Independent |
10. Carlos Guzman Bofill |
Independent |
11. Eduardo Revilla Martínez |
Patrimonial |
12. Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor |
Independent |
Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor was elected as an Independent Member of
the Board of Directors at the Shareholders' Meeting.
Ambassador Sepúlveda served as a Member of the International
Court of Justice in the Hague from 2006 to 2015, and was appointed
its Vice President for 2012 to 2015. He also was a member of the
International Law Commission of the United Nations. He was
previously Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador of
Mexico to the United States and to the United Kingdom. Holds a
degree in Law, magna cum laude from the Universidad Nacional
Autonoma de Mexico, or UNAM and an L.L.M. in International Law from
Cambridge University. He was a professor of International Law at
the Colegio de Mexico for almost 40 years. He has been awarded
Spain's Principe de Asturias, a decoration to individuals, entities
or organizations from around the world who make notable
achievements in the sciences, humanities, and public affairs.
Likewise, awarded the International Public Administration Award and
the National Jurisprudence Award. He was ICA's General
Counsel from 1997 to 2005.
The Shareholders' Meeting also elected the chairs of the Board
Committees:
- Audit Committee: Elsa Beatriz García Bojorges
- Corporate Practices: Fernando Flores y Pérez
- Finance, Planning, and Sustainability: Fernando Flores y
Pérez.
The summary of the resolutions of the Annual Shareholders'
Meeting and the biographies of all the members of the board may be
found on the Investor Relations/Corporate Governance of ICA's
corporate website, http://ica.com.mx.
This press release contains projections or other forward-looking
statements related to ICA that reflect ICA's current expectations
or beliefs concerning future events. Such forward-looking
statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties and may
differ materially from actual results or events due to important
factors such as changes in general economic, business or political
or other conditions in Mexico, Latin America or elsewhere, changes
in capital markets in general that may affect policies or attitudes
towards lending to Mexico or Mexican companies, changes in tax and
other laws affecting ICA's businesses, increased costs,
unanticipated increases in financing and other costs or the
inability to obtain additional debt or equity financing on
attractive terms and other factors set forth in ICA's most recent
filing on Form 20-F and in any filing or submission ICA has made
with the SEC subsequent to its most recent filing on Form 20-F. All
forward-looking statements are based on information available to
ICA on the date hereof, and ICA assumes no obligation to update
such statements.
Empresas ICA, S.A.B. de C.V. is Mexico's largest
infrastructure company. ICA carries out large-scale civil and
industrial construction projects and operates a portfolio of
long-term assets, including airports, toll roads, water systems,
and real estate. Founded in 1947, lCA is listed on the Mexican and
New York Stock exchanges. For more information, visit
ir.ica.com.mx
CONTACT: For more information, please contact:
Elena Garcia
elena.garcia@ica.mx
Gabriela Orozco
gabriela.orozco@ica.mx
relacion.inversionistas@ica.mx
+(5255) 5272 9991 x 3608
Gabriel de la Concha
gabriel.delaconcha@ica.mx
Corporate Finance Director and Treasurer
Victor Bravo
victor.bravo@ica.mx
Chief Financial Officer
In the US:
Daniel Wilson, Zemi Communications
+(1212) 689 9560
dbmwilson@zemi.com