MONTERREY, Mexico, Nov. 7, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V., known as OMA (Nasdaq: OMAB ) (BMV: OMA ), announces the date for the remaining capital reduction payment as approved by its annual shareholders' meeting.
The Annual General Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting on April 16, 2013 approved, among other matters, reduction of the Company's capital by Ps. 1,200 million, by means of a reimbursement to shareholders to be paid in five installments, with the fourth and fifth payments to be made no later than January 31, 2014 and April 30, 2014, respectively.
OMA's Board of Directors, meeting on November 5 th , approved paying the fourth and fifth installments in a single payment on November 29, 2013, after taking into account the Company's liquidity position. A total payment of Ps. 400 million, or Ps.1.00 per share, will be made against delivery of coupons 27 and 28, attached to the definitive share certificates.
Payment will be made at the offices of the share depositary, S.D. Indeval, S.A. de C.V. (INDEVAL), Reforma No. 255, 3er. piso, Colonia Cuauhtémoc 06500, México, D.F. Mexico, on Monday-Friday from 9:30am to 1pm.
Payment will be made to shareholders registered in OMA's share registry maintained by INDEVAL, or to others who demonstrate their ownership of shares or certificates in accordance with Mexico's Securities Markets Law.
The record date for payment will be November 28, 2013, for both owners of shares as well as holders of American Depositary Shares (ADSs).
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About OMA
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V., known as OMA, operates 13 international airports in nine states of central and northern Mexico. OMA's airports serve Monterrey, Mexico's third largest metropolitan area, the tourist destinations of Acapulco, Mazatlán, and Zihuatanejo, and nine other regional centers and border cities. OMA also operates a hotel inside Terminal 2 of the Mexico City airport. OMA employs over 1,000 persons in order to offer passengers and clients, airport and commercial services in facilities that comply with all applicable international safety, security standards, and ISO 9001:2008. OMA's strategic shareholder members are ICA, Mexico's largest engineering, procurement, and construction company, and Aéroports de Paris Management, subsidiary of Aéroports de Paris, the second largest European airports operator. OMA is listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange (OMA) and on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (OMAB). For more information, visit http://ir.oma.aero .
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