ICA Annual Shareholders' Meeting Elects a New Board Member
April 24 2015 - 4:46PM
- Seven independent directors
on 12 person board
MEXICO CITY, April 24, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
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
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