UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of December 2006

GRUPO AEROPORTUARIO DEL SURESTE, S.A.B. de C.V.

(SOUTHEAST AIRPORT GROUP)

 

(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)

México

 

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

Bosque de Alisos No. 474 – 4th Floor

Bosques de las Lomas

05120 México, D.F.

 

(Address of principal executive offices)

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

 

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 the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)

 

Yes   

No  x  

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

 

 

 

Contacts:

 

ASUR

Lic. Adolfo Castro

(52) 55-5284-0408

acastro@asur.com.mx

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

Breakstone Group

Michael Fehle / Susan Borinelli

(646) 452-2336 / 2333

mfehle@breakstone-group.com

 

 

 

ASUR CEO to depart at year end,

replacement may be named at next board meeting

 

Mexico City, December 22, 2006 - Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) (ASUR), today announced that Mr. Kjeld Binger, ASUR’s CEO, has resigned from his position with Copenhagen Airports A/S and consequently from his position with ASUR. Mr Binger’s resignation will be effective as of December 31st, 2006.

Mr. Binger has resigned to take a position with another company.

 

Inversiones y Técnicas Aeroportuarias, S.A. de C.V. (ITA), ASUR’s strategic partner, will continue to supply technical assistance as it has over the past 7 years. In accordance with ASUR’s bylaws, ITA will also promptly provide candidates for the position of ASUR’s CEO.

 

ASUR’s Chairman, Fernando Chico Pardo, reported that ASUR’s current management will assume Mr. Binger’s responsibilities until a new CEO can be appointed. He stressed that ASUR’s relationship with its strategic operational partner, Copenhagen Airports A/S, will remain unchanged. He commented, “We believe that Mr. Binger’s replacement could be named at the next meeting of ASUR’s Board of Directors on January 19 2006.”

 

About ASUR:

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (ASUR) is a Mexican airport operator with concessions to operate, maintain and develop the airports of Cancun, Merida, Cozumel, Villahermosa, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Huatulco, Tapachula and Minatitlan in the southeast of Mexico. The Company is listed both on the Mexican Bolsa, where it trades under the symbol ASUR, and on the NYSE in the U.S., where it trades under the symbol ASR. One ADS represents ten (10) series B shares.

 

Some of the statements contained in this press release discuss future expectations or state other forward-looking information. Those statements are subject to risks identified in this press release and in ASUR’s filings with the SEC. Actual developments could differ significantly from those contemplated in these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking information is based on various factors and was derived using numerous assumptions. Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and, except as may be required by applicable law, we do not have an obligation to update or revise them, whether as a result of new information, future or otherwise.

 

- END -

 

 

 

 

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.

  Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V.
 

By:   /s/ ADOLFO CASTRO RIVAS           
    Adolfo Castro Rivas
    Director of Finance

 

Date: December 22, 2006