MONTERREY, Mexico, April 16, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, known as OMA (Nasdaq:OMAB) (BMV:OMA), announces the resolutions passed by the Annual General Shareholders' Meeting held in Mexico City today.
The resolutions included:
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Payment of a cash dividend of Ps. 400 million, or Ps. 1.00 per share. The dividend will be paid in four equal quarterly installments of Ps. 0.25 per share on July 15, 2010, October 15, 2010, January 15, 2011, and April 15, 2011; and
- Allocate up to Ps.400 million for acquisition of Company's Series B shares during the 2010 fiscal year and until the next Annual Shareholders' Meeting approves the 2010 results.
The Shareholders' Meeting also approved all the reports presented, ratified all the members of the Board of Directors, and designated the independent board member Luis Guillermo Zazueta Domínguez as chairman of the Special Committee of the Board in the areas of audit, corporate practices, finance, and planning.
A summary of the minutes of the Shareholders' Meeting is available in the investor relations section of OMA's webpage, http://ir.oma.aero.
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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 and commercial areas inside Terminal 2 of the Mexico City airport. OMA employs over 960 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 9001:2000. 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). Please visit our website, www.oma.aero.