ICA Announces Unwinding of Equity Swap Involving OMA Shares
January 08 2016 - 11:30PM
Empresas ICA, S.AB. de C.V. (BMV:ICA)
(NYSE:ICA)
, the largest infrastructure and
construction company in Mexico, confirmed today the unwinding of an
equity swap transaction between its subsidiary, Aeroinvest, and
Banco Santander (México) S.A. (“Santander”) in respect of 27.8
million Series B shares in Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte,
S.A.B. de C.V. (“OMA”). After this transaction, ICA holds a
26.28% ownership interest in OMA in the form of Series B and Series
BB shares, directly and indirectly, through Aeroinvest and SETA.
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.mx.
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
In the US:
Daniel Wilson, Zemi Communications
+(1212) 689 9560
dbmwilson@zemi.com