0001144204-13-009817.txt : 20130219 0001144204-13-009817.hdr.sgml : 20130219 20130219061730 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-13-009817 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130219 FILED AS OF DATE: 20130219 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130219 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Industrias Bachoco S.A.B. de C.V. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001044896 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: POULTRY SLAUGHTERING AND PROCESSING [2015] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33030 FILM NUMBER: 13621359 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 48 WALL ST STREET 2: C/O BANK OF NEW YORK CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10286 BUSINESS PHONE: 2128151727 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: AV. TECNOLOGICO 401 COL. INDUSTRIAL STREET 2: CELAYA GUANAJUATO CITY: MEXICO STATE: O5 ZIP: 9999999999 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: INDUSTRIAS BACHOCO SA DE CV DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970825 6-K 1 v335557_6k.htm 6-K

 

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

Report of Foreign Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 Or 15d-16 Of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

For the month of February, 2013

 

BACHOCO INDUSTRIES

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

 

Avenida Tecnológico #401

38010 Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico

(Address of principal office)

 

 

 

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)

 

(Check One) Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨

 

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing information to the Commission

pursuant to Rule 12g-3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)

 

(Check One) Yes ¨ No x

 

(If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b). 82_

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,

thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

  Industrias Bachoco, S.A. de C.V.
(Registrant)
   
Date: February 14, 2013 By:  /s/ Daniel Salazar Ferrer, CFO
   

 

 

 

 EX-99.1 2 v335557_ex99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

Sanitary Authorities Confirm Avian Flu

CELAYA, Mexico, Feb. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Industrias Bachoco S.A.B. de C.V. ("Bachoco" or "the Company") (NYSE: IBA; BMV: Bachoco), Mexico's leading producer and processor of poultry and other food products, announced today:

The Mexican Sanitary Authority SENASICA (Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Inocuidad y Calidad Alimentaria) confirmed the presence of avian influenza H7N3 at some of the Company's farms. All of the affected farms are located in the same region within the State of Guanajuato.

The Company is working with sanitary authorities to control the outbreak by taking necessary actions, such as applying a vaccination program, among others.

SENASICA also highlighted the fact that this influenza does not represent any risk to humans, neither by direct contact nor from the consumption of poultry products. SENASICA also pointed out that the supply of poultry products in the Mexican market is not at risk.

Bachoco continues to reinforce biosecurity measures across all of its facilities and is analyzing further steps to mitigate any possible negative effects.

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Industrias Bachoco is the leader in the Mexican poultry industry, and one of the largest poultry producers globally.

The Company was founded in 1952, and became a public Company in 1997, via a public offering of shares on the Mexican and The New York Stock Exchange. Bachoco is a vertically integrated Company headquartered in Celaya, Guanajuato located in Central Mexico. Its main business lines are: chicken, eggs, balanced feed, swine, and turkey and beef value-added products. Bachoco owns and manages more than a thousand facilities, organized in nine productive complexes and 64 distribution centers in Mexico, and a productive complex in the United States. Currently the Company employs more than 25,000 people. In 2011, the Company reported net sales of Ps. 27.7 billion.

The Company is rated AA (MEX), representing high credit quality by Fitch Mexico, S.A. de C.V., and HR AA+ which signals that the Company and the offering both have high credit quality by HR Ratings de Mexico S.A. de C.V.

DISCLAIMER

The document contains certain information that could be considered forward looking statements concerning anticipated future events and performance of the Company. The statements reflect management's current beliefs based on information currently available and are not guarantees of future performance and are based on our estimates and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including those described in our Annual Information Form, which could cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this document. Those risks and uncertainties include risks associated with ownership in the poultry industry, competition for investments within the poultry industry, shareholder liability, governmental regulation, and environmental matters. As a result, there can be no assurance that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. Except as required by applicable law Industrias Bachoco, S.A.B. de C.V. undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement.



CONTACT: IR Contacts, Daniel Salazar, CFO, and Claudia Cabrera, IRO, +011-52-461-618-3555, inversionistas@bachoco.net, both of Industrias Bachoco