(“OHL Mexico” or “the Company”) (BMV: OHLMEX), pursuant to article 50, subparagraph I, b) of the general rules applicable to securities issuers and to other participants of the capital markets, informs the public that Obrascon Huarte Lain, S.A., owner of 100% of the capital of OHL Mexico’s controlling shareholder OHL Concesiones, S.A., today communicated to Spain’s Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores the following relevant event:
“OBRASCON HUARTE LAIN, S.A. (“OHL” or the “Company”), in accordance with what is established in article 228 of the Refunded Text of the Securities Market Law approved by the Real Decreto Legislativo 4/2015, on October 23rd, informs the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (“CNMV”) of the following:
RELEVANT EVENT
In relation to the news that has appeared in the press regarding the eventual exit from the Mexican Stock Exchange (“BMV”) by its participating company OHL Mexico, the Company states the following:
- Preliminary conversations have taken place with an investment fund that has expressed interest in studying the possibility of conducting a joint Public Offer for the shares of OHL Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V.
- In no way OHL is considering investing additional funds for the acquisition of new shares of OHL Mexico S.A.B. de C.V., neither within the framework of the aforementioned Public Offer not in any other type of transaction.
- The realization of said joint Public Offer does not go beyond a mere possibility, given that as of today, there is no agreement executed with said international fund nor with any other investor.
Madrid, July 26, 2016. ”To date, the Company does not have any agreement or authorization from the Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores that implies a delisting from the BMV. Furthermore, the Company reiterates its intention to maintain its operations in Mexico.
