Grupo Carso SA DE CV - GCARSOA1- Profile

Grupo Carso SA de CV(CARSO). The Group's principal activities are carrying out activities through its direct or indirect subsidiaries and investing in its associated companies. These activities include operating department stores, gift stores, discotheques, restaurants, cafeterias, pastry shops and managing commercial centers; manufacturing and distributing products for the construction market, automotive, energy and telecommunications industries. It is also involved in manufacturing and selling products derived from copper and aluminum; producing and selling all types of coverings for walls and floors. Other activities include contracting tobacco harvests and manufacturing cigars, holding company shares in the property leasing, hotel, lithography and book binding, and printing sectors and manufacturing flexible packaging, providing hotel services, operating various branches of engineering, including the project and construction of all types of public works, industrial and electromechanical. Commercial acctd for 34% of 2005 revs; Auto & Telecom, 18%; Tobacco, 18%; Aluminum & Copper, 9% and Others, 21%