Grupo Aeroportuario del PacÃfico, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: PAC; BMV: GAP) ("the Company" or "GAP") today announced that the following actions and developments took place during the Company's General Annual Shareholders' Meeting held April 27, 2011:
Resolutions of the Meeting:
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| I | The following reports were approved: | |
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| a) The Chief Executive Officer's report regarding the results of operations for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, in accordance with Article 44, Section XI of Mexican Securities Market Law and Section 172 of the Mexican General Corporations Law, together with the external auditor's report on the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries. | ||
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| b) The Board of Directors' opinion regarding the Chief Executive Officer's report. | ||
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| c) The Board of Directors' report pursuant to Article 172, clause b) of the Mexican General Corporations Law, which contains the Company's critical accounting policies and criteria, as well as the information used to prepare the Company's financial statements. | ||
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| d) The report on operations and activities in which the Board of Directors intervened during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, pursuant to the Mexican Securities Market Law. | ||
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| e) The annual report on the activities undertaken by the Audit and Corporate Practices Committee pursuant to Article 43 of the Mexican Securities Market Law. | ||
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| f) The report on the Company's compliance with tax obligations for the fiscal year from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009. | ||
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| II | Approval of the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, including the balance sheet, the income statement, the statement of changes in financial position, and the cash flow statement, with respect to the January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010 fiscal year, and approval of the external auditor's report regarding the above-mentioned financial statements. | |
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| III | Approval of the Company's net income for the period ended December 31, 2010, which was Ps. 1,500,160,109.00 (ONE BILLION, FIVE HUNDRED MILLION, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED AND NINE PESOS), 5% (FIVE PERCENT) of this amount, or Ps. 75,008,005.00 (SEVENTY FIVE MILLION, EIGHT THOUSAND AND FIVE PESOS) be allocated towards increasing the Company's legal reserves, with the remaining balance of Ps. 1,425,152,104.00 (ONE BILLION, FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE MILLION, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY TWO THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR PESOS) allocated to the account for net income pending allocation. | |
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| IV | Approval of the use of a portion of net income pending application, which was Ps. 1,428,888,771.00 (ONE BILLION, FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY EIGHT MILLION, EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE PESOS), to declare a dividend of Ps. 1.9231 (ONE POINT NINE TWO THREE ONE PESOS) per each of the 540,782,400 outstanding shares, excluding the number of repurchased shares as per Article 56 of Mexican General Corporations Law. The remaining net income pending application following the dividend payment will remain as net income pending application. The dividend will be paid out in the following manner: | |
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| a) $1.4424 (ONE POINT FOUR FOUR TWO FOUR PESOS) on or before May 31, 2011. | ||
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| b) $0.4807 (POINT FOUR EIGHT ZERO SEVEN PESOS) on or before November 30, 2011. | ||
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| V | Approval of the repurchase of shares in the maximum amount approved by the July 22, 2010 Shareholder Meeting, and the cancellation of any amount not used for repurchases. | |
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| Likewise, Ps. 473,500,000.00 (FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS) was approved as the maximum amount to be allocated toward the repurchase of the Company's shares or of credit instruments that represent these shares for the 12 months following April 27, 2011, in accordance with Article 56, Section IV of the Mexican Securities Market Law. | ||
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| VI | The Strategic Partner's report was received designating the proprietary and alternate board members that will represent Series BB shareholders: | |
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Proprietary                              Alternate | ||
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Guillermo Diaz de Rivera Alvarez         Jorge Sepúlveda GarcÃa | ||
Demetrio Ullastres Llorente              Carlos del Rio Carcaño | ||
Javier MarÃn San Andrés                  MarÃa de los Reyes Escrig Teigeiro | ||
Rodrigo Marabini Ruiz                    Vicente Grau Alonso | ||
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| VII | The Nomination and Compensation Committee's report regarding the nomination request from a minority shareholder for the designation of two Board Members was received. The Nomination and Compensation Committee made known that in accordance with the Company's by-laws, the shareholder is only entitled to appoint a single Board Member. | |
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| VIII | Approval of the Nomination and Compensation Committee's proposal of nominees to the Company's Board of Directors as representatives of Series "B" shareholders: | |
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| José Manuel Rincón Gallardo Purón | ||
| Ernesto Vega Velasco | ||
| Francisco Glennie y Graue | ||
| León Falic | ||
| Carlos Bravo | ||
| Jaime Cortés Rocha | ||
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| GRUPO MEXICO's decision regarding which proposed board member will be appointed from the two that were proposed to the Nominations and Compensation Committee remains pending. | ||
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| IX | The appointment of Mr. Guillermo DÃaz de Rivera Alvarez as Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors in accordance with Article 16 of the Company's By-Laws was approved. | |
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| X | The compensation proposed by the Nomination and Compensation Committee for the Company's Board of Directors was approved. | |
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| XI | The reelection of Mr. Francisco Glennie y Graue as a member of the Board of Directors on behalf of Series "B" shareholders so that he may continue to be a member of the Company's Nomination and Compensation Committee in accordance with Article 29 of the Company's By-Laws was approved. | |
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| XII | The Nomination and Compensation Committee's proposal to designate Mr. José Manuel Rincón Gallardo Purón as President of the Audit and Corporate Practices Committee was approved. | |
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| XIII | The report complying with Article 29 of the Company's by-laws disclosing transactions by related parties that were equal to or greater than US$ 3,000,000.00 (THREE MILLION U.S. DOLLARS), or its equivalent in Mexican pesos or other legal tender in circulation outside Mexico, if any, was delivered. | |
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Developments of the Meeting:
During the course of the meeting, representatives of Banamex, a holder of approximately 0.93% of the total outstanding shares, or 5,230,800 shares, as well as IXE, a holder of approximately 0.0009% of the outstanding shares, or 6,200 shares, argued primarily about what they perceived was a null meeting. They have taken the position that the meeting was convened by an improperly constituted Board of Directors. They also argue that the meetings that took place on July 22-25 and September 1-4 of 2010 are also invalid. The first, they argued, was invalid for the same reason, namely that it was convened by an improperly constituted Board of Directors. The second meeting, they argued, was invalid because it took place in violation of a court order. Additionally, they argued that the proper and legitimate Board of Directors is the one that was in place prior to April 27, 2010 as recognized by the Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation in July of 2010.
These same shareholders also pointed out that the appointment of the Board Members for the Series BB shareholders that took place violated the agreements between the Strategic Partner shareholders and that the proposed independent Board Members should not be considered as such. With regards to the meeting agenda items related to the approval of the Financial Statements and the declaration of dividends, these shareholders claimed that the Financial Statements included false statements.
On another note, with regards to item VII of the meeting agenda, an individual claiming to represent Grupo México, S.A.B. de C.V. and Desarrollo e Infraestructura y Transportes México, S.A. de C.V. (representatives from Banamex and Credit Suisse, jointly holders of more than 20% of the outstanding shares of GAP), requested that he be allowed, pursuant to the rights conferred by Article 50 of Mexican Corporations Law, to designate both Alfredo Casar Perez and Eduardo Gallastegui Armella as proprietary Board Members. The Chairman of the Board in turn responded that based on the Company's by-laws and pursuant to the article cited in Mexican Corporations Law, the representative could name only one Board Member on behalf of Grupo México and Desarrollo e Infraestructura y Transportes México. The Chairman then asked the representative to appoint one of the two nominees. At this point, the representative requested that the CNBV (Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores) be consulted on the matter. The Chairman proceeded to read a judicial opinion that was determined at the behest of a shareholder that states that GAP is prohibited from allowing a Series B shareholder that has more than 10% of the capital stock of the company from designating more than one Board Member pursuant to Article 15 of the Company's by-laws. The Chairman once again requested that the representative appoint one of his two nominees as the Board Member, or that alternatively, the first of the two nominees would be designated. The representative mentioned that he was not aware of this judicial opinion, and due to a lack of information, he requested that the Meeting be suspended for three days. The Chairman responded that according to law, only voting on items could be suspended for any period of time and that the particular agenda item at issue was not a voting item. Consequently, the request was denied. The Chairman then appointed the first of the two nominees to the Board of Directors. The representative opposed this designation and requested that his objection to the designation be noted in the minutes of the meeting.
The noted objections will be added to the minutes of the Meeting.
Company Description:
Grupo Aeroportuario del PacÃfico, S.A.B. de C.V. (GAP) operates 12 airports throughout Mexico's Pacific region, including the major cities of Guadalajara and Tijuana, the four tourist destinations of Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, La Paz and Manzanillo, and six other mid-sized cities: Hermosillo, Guanajuato, Morelia, Aguascalientes, Mexicali and Los Mochis. In February 2006, GAP's shares were listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "PAC" and on the Mexican Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "GAP".
This press release may contain forward-looking statements. These statements are not historical facts, and are based on management's current view and estimates of future economic circumstances, industry conditions, company performance and financial results. The words "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "plans" and similar expressions, as they relate to the company, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Statements regarding the declaration or payment of dividends, the implementation of principal operating and financing strategies and capital expenditure plans, the direction of future operations and the factors or trends affecting financial conditions, liquidity or results of operations are examples of forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current views of management and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. There is no guarantee that the expected events, trends or results will actually occur. The statements are based on many assumptions and factors, including general economic and market conditions, industry conditions, and operating factors. Any changes in such assumptions or factors could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.
In accordance with Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and article 42 of the "Ley del Mercado de Valores", GAP has implemented a "whistleblower" program, which allows complainants to anonymously and confidentially report suspected activities that may involve criminal conduct or violations. The telephone number in Mexico, facilitated by a third party that is in charge of collecting these complaints, is 01-800-563-0047. The web site is http://www.lineadenuncia.org/gap. GAP's Audit Committee will be notified of all complaints for immediate investigation.
Contacts:
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Rodrigo Guzmán Perera, Chief Financial Officer
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