Exhibit 1
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATIONOF POWEROFATTORNEY GRANTEDBY GRUPO MÉXICO, S.A.B. DE
C.V.IN FAVOROFFRANCISCO XAVIER GARCÍADE QUEVEDO TOPETE
“BOOK NUMBER TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN
PUBLIC DEED ONE HUNDREDTWENTY-TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE
IN MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT, on May nine of two thousand seven, before me, Mr. CECILIO GONZÁLEZ MÁRQUEZ, Notary Public number one hundred and fifty one of the Federal District, appeared Mr. ALFREDO GUTIERREZ QUIROZ, in his capacity of special delegate of “GRUPO MÉXICO”, SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA BURSÁTIL DE CAPITAL VARIABLE, and:
Requested this notary to formalize in relevant part the minute of the meeting of the board of directors of the mentioned corporation, held in Mexico City, Federal District, on January twenty six of two thousand and seven at twelve o’clock.
To that effect, such person appearing before me shows to me and I attest that I have seen the respective minute, which is contained in a separate file from the board of directors minutes book, which pursuant to the declaration made under oath, was not available at the moment in which the meeting took place. Pursuant to such request, I transcribe in relevant part the relevant minute, which consists of twelve useful pages with text only on one side and is signed by the president and the secretary of the meeting, certified copies of such minute are attached to the appendix of this deed marked with the letter “A”; and of such minute I copy the relevant sections as follows:
“GRUPO MÉXICO, S.A.B. DE C.V.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
JANUARY 26, 2007
In Mexico City, Federal District, at 12:00 hours of January 26, 2007, a meeting of the Board of Directors of GRUPO MÉXICO, S.A.B. DE C.V. was held at the offices located in 99 Bosques de Ciruelos street, fourth floor, Col. Bosques de las Lomas, with the attendance of theNon-Independent Board Members Messrs. Germán Larrea Mota Velasco, Genaro Larrea Mota Velasco, Oscar González Rocha, Xavier García de Quevedo and Alfredo Casar Pérez. The Independent Board Members Messrs. Claudio X. González, José Mendoza Fernández, Emilio Carrillo Gamboa, Fernando Ruiz Sahagún and Agustín Santamarina V. In addition, Mr. Rolando Vega Iñiguez, Special Advisor to the Board of Directors and Mr. Alberto De la Parra Zavala, Secretary of the corporation, also attended to the meeting.
Having quorum, the meeting was opened with Mr. Germán Larrea Mota Velasco, President of the Board of Directors, acting as President of the meeting, and Mr. Alberto De la Parra Zavala, Secretary of the Board, acting as Secretary of the meeting.