TO
BUSINESS AND FOREIGN EDITORS:
Bachoco
Announces Dividends
CELAYA,
Mexico, April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Industrias Bachoco S.A.B. de C.V.
("Bachoco" or "the Company") (NYSE: IBA; BMV: Bachoco), Mexico's leading
producer and processor of poultry products, announced today that its Board
of
Directors approved a dividend payment for 2008 during the Company's Annual
Shareholder Meeting held today in Mexico City.
The
Board
set a cash dividend payment of Ps. 0.5898 per share outstanding and Ps. 7.0776
per ADS (an ADS equals twelve shares).
The
dividend will be paid in three equal installments of Ps. 0.1966 per share
equivalent and Ps. 2.3592 per ADS on the following dates in 2008: May 14,
July 9
and October 8.
Company
Description
Industrias
Bachoco S.A.B. de C.V. (also referred to in this report as Bachoco or the
Company) was founded by the Robinson Bours family in 1952. The Company is
the
largest poultry company in Mexico, with over 700 production and distribution
facilities currently organized in nine complexes throughout the country.
Bachoco's main business lines are chicken, eggs and balanced feed; the Company
is also present in other business like swine, beef, margarine and turkey,
in
Mexico. The Company's headquarters are in Celaya, Guanajuato, located in
Mexico's central region.
Industrias
Bachoco made an initial public stock offering in September 1997. Its securities
are listed and traded on the BMV (Bachoco) and on the NYSE (IBA).
For
more
information, please visit Bachoco's website at http://www.bachoco.com.mx
or
contact our IR department.
This
press release contains certain forward-looking statements that are subject
to a
number of uncertainties, assumptions and risk factors that may influence
its
accuracy. Actual results may differ. Factors that could cause these projections
to differ include, but are not limited to: supply and demand, industry
competition, environmental risks, economic and financial market conditions
in
Mexico and operating cost estimates. For more information regarding Bachoco
and
its outlook, please contact the Company's Investor Relations
Department.
IR
Contacts:
Daniel
Salazar, CFO
Claudia
Cabrera, IRO
Ph.
011
52 (461)618 35 55
inversionistas@bachoco.net
In
New
York:
Lucia
Domville
The
Global Consulting Group
Ph.
(646)
284 9416
ldomville@hfgcg.com
SOURCE
Industrias Bachoco, S.A.B. de C.V.
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04/23/2008
/CONTACT:
Investors, Daniel Salazar, CFO, or Claudia Cabrera, IRO,
+011-52-461-618-35-55,
inversionistas@bachoco.net; or Lucia Domville, The Global Consulting Group,
+1-646-284-9416, ldomville@hfgcg.com, for Industrias Bachoco/
/First
Call Analyst: /
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Contact: /
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site: http://www.bachoco.com.mx /
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