“ABERTIS” | Is a leading infrastructure manager in Europe, carrying out in the field of motorways, telecommunications, parking and logistic parks. |
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“ACS” | signifies Construction and Services Activities (Actividades de Construcción y Servicios) and is the owner of DCA |
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“ADSs” | signifies the 47,685,000 American Depositary Shares, which represent 476,850,000 “Series B” shares of GAP offered in the International Offering and listed on NYSE |
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“AENA” | ssignifies the Spanish state-owned company, Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea, which is the main airport operator of Spain |
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“AENA Internacional” | signifies Aena Desarrollo Internacional S.A. (previously known as Aena Servicios Aeronauticos S.A.) which is a subsidiary of AENA and owns 33.32.789% of the shares of Aeropuertos Mexicanos del Pacifico, S.A. de C.V. (AMP), at the printing of this report |
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“AMP” | Signifies Aeropuertos Mexicanos del Pacifico S.A., de C.V. |
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“APN” | signifies Aeropuertos del Pacífico del Noroeste, S.A. de C.V., the consortium between Holdimex and Inversora |
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“ASA” | signifies Airport and Auxiliary Services Agency (Aeropuertos Y Servicios Auxiliares) |
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“Accival” | Acciones y Valores Banamex, S.A. de C.V., Casa de Bolsa, a member of Grupo Financiero Banamex |
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“Aeroméxico” | signifies Aerovías de México, S.A. de C.V., controlled by Consorcio Aeroméxico, S.A. de C.V. |
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“Airports” | signifies the twelve (12) airports operated by GAP in the Pacific Region, including Guadalajara Int’l Airport, Tijuana Int’l Airport, Puerto Vallarta Int’l Airport, Los Cabos Int’l Airport, Hermosillo Int’l Airport, Guanajuato Int’l Airport, Morelia Int’l Airport, La Paz Int’l Airport, Mexicali Int’l Airport, Los Mochis Int’l Airport, Aguascalientes Int’l Airport and Manzanillo Int’l Airport |
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“BMV” | signifies the Mexican Stock Exchange (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A. de C.V.) |
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“Bancomext” | signifies the National Trade Bank (Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior, S.N.C.) |
“CANAERO” | signifies the National Air Transportation Commission (Camara Nacional de Aerotransporte) |
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“CMA” | signifies the Mexican company, Controladora Mexicana de Aeropuertos, S.A. de C.V. |
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“CNA” | signifies the National Water Commission (Comisión Nacional del Agua) |
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“CNBV” | signifies the Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission (Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores) |
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“COFECO” | signifies Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission (Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica) |
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“CONAPO” | signifies the Mexican National Population Council (Consejo Nacional de Población) |
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“CPI” | signifies the Mexican Consumer Price Index (Indice Nacional de Precios al Consumidor) published by the Banco de México |
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“CSS” | signifies Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, which acted in the Public Offering as the International Investment Bank and Global Coordinator |
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“Cetes” | signifies Mexican Treasury Bills (Certificados de la Tesorería de la Federación) |
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| “Cintra” | signifies Cintra, S.A. de C.V., a company belonging to financial organizations and the Federal Government or organizations, such as the Institute for the Protection of Bank Savings (Instituto para la Protección al Ahorro Bancario), which represents approximately 46.5% of the paid capital and is the owner of Aeromexico |
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| “Circular Unica” | signifies the general regulations, which repealed several previously enacted Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission regulations that provide a consolidated set of rules governing issuers and issuer activity, among other things. It was published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación on March 19, 2003 |
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| “Commercial Aviation Passengers” | signifies the twelve airports conferred to the concessionaire by the Federal Government, via the SCT, to operate and manage the airports |
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“Concessionaire” | signifies each of the 12 airport subsidiaries of GAP, which has the concession to operate one of the airports |
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“Connecting Passengers” | signifies passengers who change aircraft because a direct flight does not exist between their departure city and final destination. In order to reach their destination, the carrier establishes an itinerary to be transported through an intermediate airport. If, in this airport the passenger changes planes, they will be considered a connecting passenger, if and only if the connection is done less than 24 hours after the plane’s arrival. If the connecting passengers exceed the time, they will pay the TUA unless delays for “force majeure” or defect in the aircraft |
“DCA” | signifies Desarrollo de Concesiones Aeroportuarias S.A. a subsidiary of Actividades de Construcción y Servicios S.A. |
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“DGAC” | signifies the Mexican Bureau of Civil Aviation (Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil) |
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“Dragados” | significa Dragados Concesiones de Infraestructuras S.A. |
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“Dólar” o “US$” | signifies the official currency of the United States |
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“Domestic Passengers” | signifies the sum of all passengers arriving from or going to terminals inside Mexico |
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“EBITDA” | signifies earnings before income tax, depreciation and amortization for GAP and its subsidiaries, calculated under Mexican GAAP |
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“F.B.O.” | signifies one main commercial terminal (not for commercial airlines) or a Fixed Base of Operations |
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“GDP” | signifies Mexican Gross Domestic Product (Producto Interno Bruto de México) |
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“Holdinmex” | signifies Holdinmex, S.A. de C.V. |
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“Hub” | signifies an airport that functions as a flight distribution center via connections in order to arrive at a high number of final destinations |
“IMPAC” | signifies Asset Tax (Impuesto al Activo) |
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“INEGI” | signifies the Mexican National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Information (Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática) |
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“INPP-pys” | signifies the Mexican Producer Price Index excluding petroleum and services (Indice Nacional de Precios al Productor menos petróleo y servicios published by Banco de Mexico) |
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“IPAB” | signifies the Institute for the Protection of Bank Savings (Instituto de Protección al Ahorro Bancario) |
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“ISR” | signifies Income Tax (Impuesto sobre la renta) |
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“Indeval” | signifies S.D. Indeval, S.A. de C.V., Institución para el depósito de Valores |
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“Infant Passenger” | signifies passengers under the age of two (they do not pay TUA) |
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“International Investment Bank” | signifies CSS – Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
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“International Passengers” | signifies the sum of all arriving and departing passengers in terminals to and from countries outside of Mexico |
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| “Investment Banks” | signifies the Mexican Investment Bank together with the International Investment Bank |
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“Key Partner” | signifies the Operating Shareholder and the Mexican Shareholder, shareholders of the Strategic Shareholder. The first one holding 33.32.789% and the second one holding 33.3.605% of the Strategic Shareholder’s capital, at the printing of this report |
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“Law of Waste” | signifies the Law for the Prevention and Integral Waste Management (Ley General para la Prevención y Gestión Integral de Residuos General) |
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“Master Development Plan” | includes investment commitments (including capital expenditures and improvements) applicable to us as concession holder for the succeeding five-year period or (Programa Maestro de Desarrollo y sus modificaciones y actualizaciones) |
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| “Maximum Tariffs” | refers to the maximum amount of revenue (in constant Pesos) per workload unit that an airport may earn annually from services subject to price regulation pursuant to the terms of the concessions of GAP and applicable Mexican law |
“NAFIN” | signifies the Mexican National Credit Institution and Development Bank (Nacional Financiera, S.N.C., Institución de Banca de Desarrollo), which is acting as the settler and trustee of the selling shareholder |
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“NYSE” | signifies the New York Stock Exchange |
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“Operating Shareholder” | signifies AENA Internacional, a company established under Spanish law, with international capacity and recognition to develop aeronautical and commercial activities. The Operating Shareholder holds 33.32.789% of the Strategic Shareholder’s capital, at the printing of this report |
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“Option Contract” | signifies the option contract through which AMP has the right to subscribe up to 5% of the new “Series B” shares (held in treasury of GAP) in three ways, subscribing 2%, 2% and 1% of the equity capital on each date of the financial year, at a price per share of US$ 3.1245397290836 plus an updated annual rate of 5% as of August 25, 1999 |
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“Pacifico Cargo” | signifies Pacifico Cargo S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of GAP |
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“Participation Agreement” | signifies the Participation Contract and Appendix signed on August 25, 1999, between SCT, NAFIN, GAP, the subsidiaries of GAP and the Strategic Shareholder, among others, to establish the GAP’s operating structure |
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“Passenger Charges” | see TUA |
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“PCGA in the United States” | signifies the United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles – “The United States GAAP” (Principios de contabilidad generalmente aceptados en México) |
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“Peso” or “$” | signifies the official currency of Mexico |
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“PROFEPA” | signifies the Federal Office for the Protection of the Environment (Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Medio Ambiente) |
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“RNV” | signifies the Mexican Securities Commission (Registro Nacional de Valores) operated by CNBV |
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“Rules” | signifies “General Rules Applicable to Share Acquisitions that Must be Public Information and Public Offerings” issued by the SHCP and the CNBV on April 18, 2002 |
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“SEMARNAT” | signifies The Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales) |
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“SEMARNAT” | signifies The Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales) |
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“SENEAM” | signifies the Mexican Air Traffic Control Authority (Servicios a la Navegación en el Espacio Aéreo Mexicano) |
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“Sale Contract” | signifies the Sale Contract signed on August 25, 1999, between the SCT and the AMP for the acquisition by AMP of 15% of GAP’s equity capital |
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“SAM” | signifies the Mexican Airport System (Sistema Aeroportuario Mexicano) |
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“SHCP” | signifies The Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público) |
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“SIAP” | signifies Servicios a la Infraestructura Aeroportuaria del Pacífico, S.A. de C.V., which is a subsidiary of GAP and grants administrative services to GAP under a contract of administrative services |
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“Secretaría” or “SCT” | signifies The Ministry of Communications and Transportation (Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes) |
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“Selling Shareholder” | signifies Trust No. 5118-4 established on August 24, 1999, published in Nacional Financiera , S.N.C. as founder and trustee |
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“Shareholders’ Agreement” | signifies the contract between the shareholders signed on August 25, 1999, between AMP and NAFIN, which established some reciprocal rights and obligations between the Mexican Government and the Strategic Shareholder to acquire up to an additional 5% of GAP’s equity capital based on the Options Agreement. |
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“Shares” | signifies the 476,850,000 ordinary nominal shares, without expression of nominal value of the “Series B” shares, representing 85% of GAP’s equity capital and the 84,150,000 ordinary nominal shares, of the Series BB shares, representing 15% of GAP’s equity capital |
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“Specific Tariffs” | signifies the unit price for each of the airport’s facilities used by airlines and passengers. They principally consist of a fee for each departing passenger, aircraft landing fees based on the aircraft’s weight and arrival time, an aircraft parking fee, a fee for he transfer of passengers from the aircraft to the terminal building and a security charge for each departing passenger. The fees are established by the airport groups, registered with the SCT and published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación |
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“Strategic Shareholder” | signifies Aeropuertos Mexicanos del Pacífico S.A., de C.V. (AMP) |
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“Technical Assistance Agreement” | signifies the technical assistance and technology transfer agreement signed on August 25, 1999 between GAP, each of their subsidiaries and the AMP to obtain the technical assistance and technology necessary to operate the airports allocated in exchange for a fee. AMP provides management while transferring industry expertise and technology to GAP |
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“Terminal passengers” | signifies the sum of all arriving and departing passengers on commercial and general aviation flights excluding transit passengers |
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“TUA” | signifies the tariff for use of the airport. It is applied to national or international passengers for departure flights for use of airport installations. The TUA is charged to each departing passenger via the airlines |
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“Unión FENOSA” | signifies Grupo Unión FENOSA, S.A., a Spanish energy and telecommunication utility company |
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“Union” | signifies the Mexican National Union of Airport Workers |