ICA Announces Sale of 2.9% OMA Shares
August 07 2015 - 9:20AM
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 07, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)
-- Empresas ICA, S.A.B. de
C.V. (BMV:ICA) (NYSE:ICA), the largest infrastructure and
construction company in Mexico, announced today that it sold 2.9%
of its shareholdings in OMA in a private transaction. The proceeds
will be used to pay debt.
Aeroinvest, S.A. de C.V., a wholly owned
subsidiary of ICA, sold 11,581,300 OMA Series B shares on August 6,
at a price of Ps. 83.50 per share. The closing price of OMA
Series B shares on the Mexican Stock Exchange on August 6 was
83.62. After this transaction, ICA holds directly and
indirectly 33.35% of OMA, and exercises control through its 74.5%
ownership of SETA, which holds all OMA's Series BB shares.
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.
For more information,
please contact: |
|
|
Elena
Garcia |
Gabriel de la
Concha |
elena.garcia@ica.mx |
gabriel.delaconcha@ica.mx |
|
Chief Financial
Officer |
Gabriela Orozco |
|
gabriela.orozco@ica.mx |
In the US: |
|
Daniel Wilson, Zemi
Communications |
relacion.inversionistas@ica.mx |
+(1212) 689 9560 |
+(5255) 5272 9991 x
3608 |
dbmwilson@zemi.com |
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behalf of NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions clients.
The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely
responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the
information contained therein.
Source: Empresas ICA, S.A.B. de C.V. via
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