OMA Final Prospects
167,026,086 Series B Shares
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V.
Common Stock
in the form of American
Depositary Shares (ADSs)
and Series B Shares
83,513,040 Series B shares are initially being offered in the United States and elsewhere outside of Mexico in the form of ADSs and Series B shares. An additional 83,513,046 Series B shares are being concurrently offered in Mexico.
The selling stockholder is selling all of the ADSs and Series B shares. We will not receive any proceeds from this global offering.
Prior to this global offering, there has been no public market for the ADSs or Series B shares. The initial offering price for each ADS is U.S. $18.00, and the initial offering price for each Series B share is U.S. $2.25, reflecting the ratio of eight Series B shares per ADS. In the Mexican offering, the initial public offering price for each Series B share is Ps. 24.85, which is the approximate peso equivalent of the international offering price per Series B share of U.S. $2.25, based on an exchange rate of Ps. 11.0454 per U.S. $1.00. The ADSs have been approved for listing on The NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol ‘‘OMAB’’ and the Series B shares have been approved for listing on the Mexican Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘‘OMA.’’
The underwriters have an option to purchase a maximum of 12,526,952 additional Series B shares to cover over-allotments of shares.
The underwriters in the Mexican offering have an option to purchase a maximum of 12,526,962 additional Series B shares to cover over-allotments of shares.
Investing in the ADSs or Series B shares involves risks. See ‘‘Risk Factors’’ on page 21.
Delivery of the ADSs and the Series B shares is expected to be made on or about December 4, 2006.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission (Comision Nacional Bancaria y de Valores ´ ) nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Application has been made for the registration of the Series B shares in the Mexican National Securities Registry (Registro Nacional de Valores) maintained by the Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission and in the Special Section (Seccion Especial ´ ) maintained by the Mexican National Securities Registry. Such registration is not a certification as to the investment quality of the securities, the solvency of the issuer or the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this prospectus.