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Corporacion GEO Reports Industry Record Revenue and EBITDA Growth


MEXICO CITY, July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Corporacion GEO S.A.B de C.V. (BMV: GEOB; CORPGEO MX, ADR Level I CUSIP: 21986V204; Latibex: XGEO) GEO, one ofMexico's leading low-income housing developers, today announced 2Q08 results. Year-on-year sales, EBITDA and net income rose 27.1%, 25.2% and 11.1%, respectively.

Luis Orvananos Lascurain, Chairman and CEO of Corporacion GEO, commented: "We reported another excellent quarter, with record revenue and EBITDA growth, building on our first quarter's strong results. This performance once again is validation of the success of our strategy: to focus on the fast-growing economic and affordable housing segment. GEO is clearly filling a need for an important segment of the population, supported by the Government's social policy. We sold more than 13,000 homes this quarter, 61% of which reflect the strong demand from this segment. Top line growth also underscores the success of the measures implemented to reduce production seasonality."



    Financial Highlights
                                                   Second Quarter
    Income Statement Data                      2008        2007    YoY var.

                            Sales (units)     13,009      10,399     25.10%
                                 Revenues   $4,615.6    $3,631.2     27.11%
                             Gross Profit   $1,228.8      $986.6     24.54%
                             Gross Margin      26.62%      27.17%    -0.55 pp
                         Operating Profit     $790.1      $623.4     26.73%
                         Operating Margin      17.12%      17.17%    -0.05 pp
                                   EBITDA   $1,096.9      $876.0     25.22%
                            EBITDA Margin      23.77%      24.12%    -0.36 pp
                               Net Profit     $432.3      $389.2     11.07%
                               Net Margin       9.37%      10.72%    -1.35 pp
                           Free Cash Flow    -$576.3     -$872.6   $296.30


                                                    Six-Month Period
    Income Statement Data                       2008         2007   YoY var.

                            Sales (units)      24,300       19,518    24.50%
                                 Revenues    $8,114.5     $6,509.3    24.66%
                             Gross Profit    $2,155.8     $1,753.7    22.93%
                             Gross Margin       26.57%       26.94%   -0.37 pp
                         Operating Profit    $1,361.6     $1,080.9    25.97%
                         Operating Margin       16.78%       16.61%    0.17 pp
                                   EBITDA    $1,913.2     $1,538.8    24.34%
                            EBITDA Margin       23.58%       23.64%   -0.06 pp
                               Net Profit      $753.3       $679.5    10.87%
                               Net Margin        9.28%       10.44%   -1.15 pp
                           Free Cash Flow   -$1,770.6    -$1,774.3     $3.7


                                      Second Quarter        Quarter - Quarter
    Balance Sheet Data             2008      2007  YoY var.   1Q08    QoQ var.

      Cash and Cash Equivalents $1,709.1  $1,893.5  -9.74%  $1,633.6   4.62%
    Acc. Receivable to Revenues    47.22%    43.57%  3.65 pp   44.65%  2.57 pp
                       Net Debt $4,760.7  $2,826.9     68%  $4,363.7   9.10%
              Interest Coverage      2.8       2.9  -0.08        3.0  -0.15
           Debt to EBITDA (LTM)     1.65      1.42   0.23       1.62   0.03
                      ROE (LTM)    20.25%    29.66% -9.41 pp   20.86% -0.61 pp


"We made headway in the development ofMexico's first sustainable city. We are the leader in this Government-supported initiative, having sold 20,000 homes atZumpango to date with another 8,000 to 9,000 under construction this year."

In closing, Mr. Orvananos Lascurain said, "The clearly defined strategy we have established ensures GEO's continued progress towards our goals, realizing our vision for 2012. We remain committed to creating sustainable communities and cities while increasing productivity and efficiencies through the launch of GEO's "Alpha Project", the housing industry's first prefabricated components factory inLatin America. Our objective is to become the leader in quality, brand, innovation, service and value added features for low-income housing, while maintaining our focus on profitability and financial strength."

Unless otherwise stated, all financial figures discussed in this announcement, are unaudited, prepared in accordance to Mexican Financial Reporting Standards (NIF's) and represent comparisons between the three-month periods ended June 30, 2008, and the equivalent three-month periods ended June 30, 2007 and March 31, 2007. Results for 2Q07 are expressed in constant Mexican Pesos, as of December 31, 2007, while 1Q08 and 2Q08 results are in nominal pesos. Tables state figures in millions of pesos, unless otherwise noted.

RESULTS FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2008

Revenues

Revenues for the quarter rose 27.1% year-on-year to Ps.4,615.6 million. This revenue growth was driven primarily by a 25.1% increase in the number of homes sold, a total of 13,009 units, compared to 10,399 units sold in 2Q07, as GEO continued to implement its strategy that focuses on the high-growth, low-income segment of the population. In fact, 61.8% of total sales for the quarter were concentrated in the lower income segment, compared to 53% in 2007. This is in line with our 2008 objective to reach 60% of total units sold in the low-income segment. Including the affordable plus segment, over 90% of units sold were at the affordable entry level. This strategy had a marginal impact on our average selling price, which increased 2.7% year-on-year to Ps.332,852.

The strong increase in revenue in 2Q08 exceeds the average growth expected for a second quarter, reflecting the change in seasonality of GEO's business. While traditionally the first half of the year represented 40% of annual sales, the objective is to bring that percentage up to approximately 45%, reducing seasonality.



    Table 1: Revenue, Units & Average Selling Price

                                            2Q08      2Q07    Change  % Change

    Revenue (million Ps.)                  4,615.6   3,631.2    984.4   27.1%
    Units Sold                              13,009    10,399    2,610   25.1%
    Avg. Selling Price (Ps.)               332,852   324,031    8,821    2.7%


                                            1H08      1H07    Change  % Change

    Revenue (million Ps.)                  8,114.5   6,509.3  1,605.2   24.7%
    Units Sold                              24,300    19,518    4,782   24.5%
    Avg. Selling Price (Ps.)               332,852   323,585    9,267    2.9%



    Table 2: Sales Mix*

                                               2Q08              1H08
         Sales Mix                     Revenue     Units   Revenue    Units
                                               -% of total-       -% of total-
    Lower-End
    Economic (up to $187,158)             3.2%      6.0%     4.3%     7.8%
    Lower Affordable (up to 255,811)     26.3%     38.4%    27.4%    39.1%
    Affordable (up to $319,764)          14.7%     17.4%    14.7%    17.1%
        Total Lower-End                  44.3%     61.8%    46.4%    64.1%
    Higher End
    Affordable Plus (up to $599,558)     39.9%     30.9%    39.0%    29.5%
    Middle Income (up to $1,090,396)     13.6%      6.7%    12.1%     5.8%
    Residential ( above $1,090,396)       2.2%      0.6%     2.5%     0.7%
        Total Higher End                 55.7%     38.2%    53.6%    35.9%
    TOTAL                                 100%      100%     100%     100%

    *Sales mix breakdown follows methodology implemented by INFONAVIT.


Homes sold through INFONAVIT mortgages represented 68% of total units, up from 56% in the second quarter of last year. Homes sold through FOVISSSTE represented over 18.2% of total units, up from 17.7% last year. This increase is evidence of INFONAVIT and FOVISSSTE's support of GEO's product, and is further validation of GEO's strategy to increase its focus on the low-income segment, which is served by these institutions. Sales distribution by mortgage type for the second quarter was as follows:


    Table 3: Sales Mix by Mortgage Type

                                        2Q08              2Q07
                                            % of              % of
                                  units     total     units   total   % Change

    Infonavit                     8,846      68%      5,823     56%     12 pp
    FVSSST,Banks,Sofoles          4,164      32%      4,576     44%    -12 pp
    TOTAL                        13,009     100%     10,399    100%   0.00%


                                        1H08              1H07
                                            % of              % of
                                  units     total     units   total   % Change

    Infonavit                    16,646      68%     10,656     55%     13 pp
    FVSSST,Banks,Sofoles          7,655      32%      8,862     45%    -13 pp
    TOTAL                        24,300     100%     19,518    100%   0.00%



    Table 4: 2Q08 Average Selling Price

    Lower-End
    Economic                        184,998
    Lower Affordable                233,591
    Affordable                      286,584

    Higher End
    Affordable Plus                 439,720
    Middle Income                   688,824
    Residential                   1,236,305

    Average Selling Price           332,852



    Table 5: Quarterly Average Selling Price

    1Q07                            323,078
    2Q07                            324,031
    3Q07                            324,402
    4Q07                            328,983
    1Q08                            323,716
    2Q08                            332,852


Operating Profit

Operating profit for the quarter increased 26.7% year-on-year to Ps.790 million with operating margin declining 5 bps to 17.1% during the period. This reflects the combined effect of the 55 bps decrease in gross margin following the change in sales mix as the Company increases its focus on the fast growing lower income segments, largely offset by a 50 bps SG&A improvement. Improvement in SG&A as a percentage of sales was due to tighter administrative cost control and streamlining of the administrative functions, including a staff reduction.


    Table 6: Operating Profit & Margin

                                       2Q08                 2Q07
                                million     % of     million    % of      %
                                 of Ps.   revenues    of Ps.  revenues  Change

    Revenue                     4,615.6    100.0%    3,631.2    100%    27.1%
    Gross Profit                1,228.8     26.6%      986.6   27.2%    24.5%
    SG&A                          438.7      9.5%      363.2   10.0%    20.8%
    Operating Profit              790.1     17.1%      623.4   17.2%    26.7%


                                       1H08                 1H07
                                million     % of     million    % of      %
                                 of Ps.   revenues    of Ps.  revenues  Change

    Revenue                     8,114.5    100.0%    6,509.3    100%    24.7%
    Gross Profit                2,155.8     26.6%    1,753.7   26.9%    22.9%
    SG&A                          794.3      9.8%      672.8   10.3%    18.1%
    Operating Profit            1,361.6     16.8%    1,080.9   16.6%    26.0%


EBITDA

EBITDA for the quarter increased 25.2% year-on-year to Ps.1,096.9 million pesos, with EBITDA margin down 36 bps to 23.8% from 24.1% in 2Q07. This reduction was mainly due to the decrease in gross margin explained above. Growth in capitalized expenses exceeded revenue growth, as more debt was used to finance the higher growth in 2Q08 to change production seasonality.


    Table 7: EBITDA
                                                              Abs.     %
                                      2Q08        2Q07       Change  Change

    Operating Profit                  790.1       623.4       166.7   26.7%
    Operating Margin                   17.1%       17.2%                -5 bps
    Capitalized Interest Expenses     257.9       199.5        58.4   29.3%
    Capitalized Repomo                 -4.4       -11.1         6.7  -60.7%
    Amortization & Depreciation        53.3        64.1       -10.8  -16.8%
    EBITDA                          1,096.9       876.0       220.9   25.2%
    EBITDA Margin                      23.8%       24.1%               -36 bps
    EBITDA in US$ millions            106.4        81.3        25.1   30.9%
    EBITDA per Share (LTM)              7.3         6.4         0.9   14.1%


                                                              Abs.      %
                                      1H08        1H07       Change   Change

    Operating Profit                1,361.6     1,080.9       280.7   26.0%
    Operating Margin                   16.8%       16.6%                17 bps
    Capitalized Interest Expenses     426.5       349.3        77.2   22.1%
    Capitalized Repomo                -10.5       -18.2         7.7  -42.3%
    Amortization & Depreciation       135.7       126.7         9.0    7.1%
    EBITDA                          1,913.2     1,538.8       374.4   24.3%
    EBITDA Margin                      23.6%       23.6%                -6 bps
    EBITDA in US$ millions            185.6       142.9        42.7   29.9%
    EBITDA per Share (LTM)              7.3         6.4         0.9   14.1%


Comprehensive Result of Financing

Comprehensive Result of Financing for the quarter rose 37.6% year-on-year to Ps.117.8 million. This largely reflected the Ps.50.6 million increase in financial expenses resulting from the increase in working capital loans, financial leasing and long term debt used to finance the Company's growth and to reduce the seasonality of our business.

GEO's monetary position declined by Ps.12.7 million year-on-year as this effect was eliminated at the beginning of 2008, a result of the application of the new Mexican accounting principles.


    Table 8: Comprehensive Result of Financing

                                           2Q08    2Q07   Change    % Change

    Interest Income                        -11.4   -17.8     6.4    -36.0%
    Interest Expense                       145.2    94.6    50.6     53.5%
    Exchange Rate Loss                     -16.0    -3.9   -12.1    310.3%
    Monetary Loss                            0.0    12.7   -12.7   -100.0%
    Integral Cost of Financing             117.8    85.6    32.2     37.6%


                                           1H08    1H07   Change    % Change

    Interest Income                        -28.3   -58.0    29.7     -51.3%
    Interest Expense                       250.6   180.5    70.1      38.8%
    Exchange Rate Loss                     -18.3     0.4   -18.8   -4561.0%
    Monetary Loss                            0.0    13.3   -13.3    -100.0%
    Integral Cost of Financing             203.9   136.2    67.7      49.7%


Net Profit, Margin & ROE

Net Profit for the quarter rose 11.1% to Ps.432.3 million, equivalent to an EPS of Ps.0.80, from a net profit of Ps.389.2 million, or an EPS of Ps.0.73, in 2Q07. Net Profit margin, however, declined 135 bps to 9.4% during the period, due to increases in the Comprehensive Result of Financing, tax provision and Minority Interest. The effective income tax rate (provision) for 2Q08 rose to 32.8% compared with 28.5% in 2Q07, mainly reflecting inflationary fiscal effects that increased the taxable amounts. Additionally, the Ps.17.2 million increase in minority interest was the result of land acquisitions through joint ventures with Prudential Real Estate Investors and Solida Banorte, announced in 2004 and 2007, respectively.

Earnings per share for the last twelve-months decreased 10.4% to Ps.2.83 from Ps.3.16 in 2Q07. Return on Majority Equity in 2Q08 declined to 20.3% year over year from 29.7% in 2Q07, and quarter-on-quarter by 61 bps from 20.9%.


    Table 9: Net Profit
                                           2Q08    2Q07   Change    % Change

    Earnings before Taxes                  669.0   544.9   124.1      22.8%
    Income Tax                             219.1   155.3    63.8      41.1%
    Minority Interest                       17.6     0.4    17.2    4275.8%
    Net Profit                             432.3   389.2    43.1      11.1%
    Net Profit Margin                        9.4%   10.7%             -135 bps
    Earnings per Share                      0.80    0.73    0.07       9.6%
    Earnings per Share (LTM)                2.83    3.16   -0.33     -10.4%


                                           1H08     1H07   Change   % Change

    Earnings before Taxes                 1153.5   956.6   196.9      20.6%
    Income Tax                             793.8   683.9   109.9      16.1%
    Minority Interest                       40.5     4.5    36.0     803.8%
    Net Profit                             753.3   679.5    73.8      10.9%
    Net Profit Margin                        9.3%   10.4%             -115 bps
    Earnings per Share                      1.40    1.27    0.13      10.2%
    Earnings per Share (LTM)                2.83    3.16   -0.33     -10.4%



    FINANCIAL STRUCTURE

Cash & Cash Equivalents

Cash balance as of June 30, 2008 was Ps.1,709.1 million, down 9.7% versus Ps.1,893.5 million as of June 30, 2007 (net of restricted cash at that date), and up by Ps. 75.5 million on a sequential basis.

Accounts Receivable and Collections

Accounts Receivable as of June 30, 2008 increased 29% against 2Q07 or Ps.1,761 million, closing at Ps.7,829.4 million. The Accounts Receivable to Revenues ratio was 47.2%, 3.7 percentage points above the 2Q07 level. This Ps.596.9 million increase is due mainly to the change in seasonality of the business, reflected in a considerable increase in units sold while still in production, to be finished and paid for during the second half of 2008.


    Table 10: Accounts Receivable to Revenues Ratio

                               2Q08      1Q08      4Q07      3Q07      2Q07

    Revenues (LTM)           16,580.8  15,596.3  14,975.6  14,451.8  13,929.4
    Accounts Receivables      7,829.4   6,963.3   6,159.4   6,912.0   6,068.4
    Ratio                        47.2%     44.6%     41.1%     47.8%     43.6%



    Inventories and Land Bank

Inventories as of June 30, 2008 rose 19.6% to Ps.9,513.7 million against 2Q07, as follows:

    Table 11: Inventories

                                          2Q08      2Q07      Change  % Change

    Construction in Progress            4,393.1    3,502.4      890.7    25.4%
    Construction Materials                625.6      586.1       39.5     6.7%
    Short Term Land Inventory           1,575.2    1,158.9      416.3    35.9%
    Long Term Land Inventory            2,919.8    2,704.2      215.6     8.0%
    Inventories                         9,513.7    7,951.5    1,562.2    19.6%

Construction in Progress and Materials at the end of June 2008 grew year-on-year by Ps.930.2 million, a 22.8% increase, in line with GEO's operating growth.


    Total land bank inventories increased Ps.631.9 million or 16.4% against
2Q07. As of June 30, 2008, GEO's land bank was equivalent to 298,119 units,
through a combination of its own land, land outsourcing, optioned land and
joint ventures with Prudential Real Estate Investors and Banorte's Solida.
Through these, GEO controls a land bank representing 4.5 to 5 years of
continued annual unit production growth, with low financial cost and limited
ownership risk.


    Table 12: Land Bank
                                                     % of                % of
                                         2Q08        Total     2Q07      Total

    Owned                               141,106       47.3%   137,592    46.3%
    GEO JV's                             98,238       33.0%   105,720    35.5%
    Optioned                             49,646       16.7%    45,149    15.2%
    Land Outsourcing                      9,129        3.1%     9,010     3.0%
    Total Land Bank                     298,119      100.0%   297,471   100.0%


Operating Free Cash Flow

During 2Q08 GEO generated a negative Free Cash Flow of Ps.576.3 million, compared with negative Ps.872.6 million in 2Q07, an improvement of Ps.296.4 million. The following table shows the breakdown of Operating Free Cash Flow for the second quarter and first half of 2008 versus 2007:


    Table 13: Free Cash Flow
                                          2Q08       2Q07    Change   % Change

    EBITDA                               1,096.9     876.0    220.9     25.2%
    Interest Income                         11.4      17.8     -6.4    -36.0%
    Sources of Cash                      1,108.3     893.8    214.5     24.0%
    Interest Expenses                     -403.1    -294.1   -109.0     37.1%
    Working Capital                       -639.6     186.0   -825.6   -443.9%
    Real Estate Inventories               -336.5  -1,597.3  1,260.8    -78.9%
    CAPEX                                   -1.1     -69.1     68.0    -98.4%
    Other                                 -324.6       5.9   -330.5  -5612.5%
    FX                                      16.0       3.9     12.1    311.6%
    Inflation Adj.                           4.4      -1.7      6.0   -360.6%
    Uses of Cash                        -1,684.6  -1,766.4     81.8     -4.6%
    Free Cash Flow                        -576.3    -872.6    296.4    -34.0%


                                           1H08      1H07    Change  % Change

    EBITDA                               1,913.2   1,538.8    374.4     24.3%
    Interest Income                         28.3      58.0    -29.7    -51.2%
    Sources of Cash                      1,941.5   1,596.7    344.8     21.6%
    Interest Expenses                     -677.0    -529.8   -147.2     27.8%
    Working Capital                     -1,550.7    -839.1   -711.6     84.8%
    Real Estate Inventories             -1,160.8  -1,804.2    643.4    -35.7%
    CAPEX                                  -84.1    -178.6     94.5    -52.9%
    Other                                 -268.2     -23.7   -244.4   1029.5%
    FX                                      18.3      -0.4     18.8  -4561.0%
    Inflation Adj.                          10.5       4.9      5.6    114.9%
    Uses of Cash                        -3,712.1  -3,371.1   -341.0     10.1%
    Free Cash Flow                      -1,770.6  -1,774.3      3.7     -0.2%

    * The effect of Minority Interest is not considered in the calculation of
      the Operating Free Cash Flow.


Debt and Structure of Financial Liabilities

Total Debt for 2Q08 increased year-on-year by Ps.1,600 million, or 32.9%. As a result, the leverage ratio rose to 1.3x from 1.2x as of June 2007, but remained unchanged quarter-on-quarter. During this period however, GEO's profile improved with short-term debt falling to 55.9% of total debt, at June 30, 2008 from 59.6% of total debt at June 30, 2007.

Bridge Loans represented 34.1% of Total Debt, and are used to finance the construction of approximately 30,500 homes at GEO's 107 business units. Bridge loan structures are based on project cycles, with their maturity always exceeding the period required for each project's completion and payment collection. Bridge loan payment is also linked to housing sales, not to a specific date, and GEO obtains a new bridge loan for each project, with the physical project acting as collateral.

GEO has available lines of credit in excess of Ps. 8,833 million pesos; of which Ps. 3,624 correspond to bridge loans, Ps. 5,209 to credits for land purchase, direct credits, commercial papers, euro-commercial paper, the Certificados Bursatiles program (medium term notes program) and leasing. This access to capital provides the Company with financial resources necessary to guarantee the long-term continuity of its operations.


    Table 14: Debt Indicators

                                           2Q08      2Q07     Change  % Change

    Total Debt                            6,469.8   4,869.8   1,600.0    32.9%
    Net Debt                              4,760.7   2,826.9   1,933.8    68.4%
    Total Debt/EBITDA                        1.65      1.42       0.2    16.2%
    Net Debt/EBITDA                          1.21      0.82       0.4    47.6%
    Short Term Debt / Total Debt             55.9%     59.6%        -    -3.7%
    Long Term Debt / Total Debt              44.1%     40.4%        -     3.7%
    Liquidity (CA/CL)                        2.24      2.17       0.1     7.0%


Year-on-year, the average cost of debt rose 24 bps to 9.39% in 2Q08, mainly reflecting the leader rate (TIIE) increase. The following table provides a breakdown of the Company's average cost of debt at the end of 2Q08.


    Table 15: Financial Liabilities as of June 30, 2008

                                                 % of       Average   Average
                                       Amount    Total       Cost       Rate

    Mortgage Bridge Loans             2,206.2    34.10%    TIIE + 1.4   9.69%
    Loans for Land Purchase             569.2     8.80%    TIIE + 1.3   9.56%
    Direct Loans                         92.3     1.43%    TIIE + 0.8   9.03%
    Leasing                             288.7     4.46%    TIIE + 1.5   9.73%
    Certificado Bursatil (notes) -
     Short Term                         280.0     4.33%    TIIE + 0.6   9.48%
    Certificado Bursatil (notes) -
     Long Term                        2,719.0    42.03%    TIIE + 1.7   8.67%
    Eurocommercial Paper                314.4     4.86%       6.64%     6.64%
    Average Cost of Debt              6,469.8      100%       n/a       9.39%

    * Excludes banking fees, issuance expenses and expenses.


LABOR & HEADCOUNT

As of June 30, 2008, GEO had 13,271 temporary workers, up 3.2% from 2Q07. In addition, non-union management and fixed personnel consisted of 7,139 employees, an increase of 8.1% when compared to June 2007. The increase in administrative, technical and commercial staff is based on GEO's current and expected growth rate, which will assure continuity of its new talent program.

SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM

During the second quarter of the year, GEO purchased 420,000 shares through the buyback program and sold 432,700 shares. Therefore, the number of shares in the Buyback Fund at the end of the quarter was 2,184,200. In addition, total shares outstanding as of June 30, 2008 were 537,848,659.

KEY EVENTS FOR THE QUARTER

INFONAVIT Best Post-Sales Award: Last June, Victor Borras, General Director of INFONAVIT, presented GEO with an award at INFONAVIT'S 4th Economic Housing Forum for best post-sales support services and maintenance practices at GEO's "Joyas delDesierto", a housing development located in the city of Torreon, Coahulila.

New Joint Venture: GEO completed a joint venture with "Multimedios Redes" in June, providing GEO's customers access to triple play services (telephone, broadband Internet and cable) without up-front costs for our customers. These kinds of synergies provide important value-added services and underscore GEO's commitment to its clients.

GEO Evolution ERP Project (ERP) Milestones: During 2Q08, GEO made major advances on its ERP project. This project represents a total investment of more than US$20 million and has already been fully implemented at GEO's corporate offices and inMexico's central region or approximately 40% of GEO's total business. Implementation in the southern region (Jalisco andGuerrero) will continue throughout 3Q08 with full and complete implementation expected by the 1H09.

EXPECTATIONS FOR FY2008

Management maintains its financial expectations as revised within our 1Q08 earnings announcement. Management confirms revenue and EBITDA growth expectations of 12% to 14% in real terms, equivalent to 16% to 18% in nominal terms -- assuming inflation levels of 4%. In addition, management continues to expect the accounts receivable to sales ratio to end the year between 42% to 44%. Net debt at year-end is expected to decline to the range of $3.9 to $4.2 billion pesos. As a result, the total debt to EBITDA ratio is anticipated to range between 1.4 to 1.6 times. Furthermore, for 2008 we expect a negative free cash flow between $1.0 to $1.2 billion pesos.

    SECOND QUARTER 2008 EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL / WEBCAST

    Date:                Friday, July 25, 2008

    Time:                11:00 a.m. US (ET) - 10:00 a.m. Mexico City (CT)
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    Presenters:          Arq. Luis Orvananos, Chairman and CEO; Saul
                         Escarpulli, CFO; and Hans Schroeder, Investor
                         Relations Officer

    Dial-in Numbers:     US Dial-in number  +1 888.713.4209
                         Int. Dial-in number  +1 617.213.4863

    Access code:         27348124

    Webcast:             A live web cast of the conference call and replay
                         will be available at: www.corporaciongeo.com

    2Q08 Earnings:       Press release on Thursday, July 24, 2008 (After
                         Market Close)

    Replay of this call: Starting Friday, July 25, 2008 at 12:00 PM US ET,
                         ending at midnight US ET on Friday, August 1, 2008.
                         Dial-in number: +1 888-286-8010 (US & Canada);
                         +1 617-801-6888 (International & Mexico).
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About Corporacion GEO S.A.B. de C.V.

Corporacion GEO is a leading housing developer inMexico and one of the most important inLatin America. The Company is engaged in all aspects of design, development, construction, marketing, sales and delivery of low-income, middle-class and residential housing developments inMexico. With operations in 33 cities across 15 states, GEO is one of the most geographically diversified homebuilders inMexico. Since its inception GEO has sold more than 400,000 homes which currently provide housing to 1,600,000 people. More information can be found at www.casasgeo.com

Safe Harbor Statement

This release contains forward-looking statements regarding the Company's results and business prospects. The readers should know that the results obtained may differ from that stated on this release. Past performances do not guarantee the behavior of future performances. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any of these statements, either as a result of new information, future actions or other related events.



    Corporacion Geo, S.A.B. de C.V.
    CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT
    (figures for 1H 07, expressed as of December 31, 2007)*

                                                                Variation
                Concept               1H 08      1H 07         $         %

    Revenues                        8,114,471  6,509,279  1,605,192      24.7%
    Cost of Goods Sold              5,958,656  4,755,595  1,203,061      25.3%
             Gross Profit           2,155,815  1,753,684    402,131      22.9%
    Gross Margin                         26.6%      26.9%           -0.4%
    SG&A Expenses                     794,261    672,816    121,446      18.1%
    SG&A Expenses to Revenues             9.8%      10.3%           -0.5%
           Operating Profit         1,361,554  1,080,869    280,685      25.9%
    Operating Margin                     16.8%      16.6%            0.2%

                EBITDA              1,913,244  1,538,764    374,480      24.3%
    EBITDA Margin                        23.6%      23.6%           -0.1%

    Other Expenses - (Income)           4,144    -11,887     16,031    -134.9%

    Interest Income                   -28,261    -57,979     29,718     -51.3%
    Interest Expense                  250,551    180,477     70,073      38.8%
    Exchange Loss - (Profit)          -18,345        411    -18,756   -4561.0%
    Monetary Loss - (Income)               -5     13,281    -13,286      -100%
    Comprehensive Result of
     Financing                        203,940    136,191     67,749      49.7%

          Profit before Taxes       1,153,470    956,565    196,905      20.6%
    Profit before Taxes Margin           14.2%      14.7%           -0.5%
    Income Taxes                      359,647    272,621     87,026      31.9%
    Tax Rate                             31.2%      28.5%            2.7%
    Profit before Minority Interest   793,823    683,944    109,879      16.1%
    Profit before Minority Interest
     Margin                               9.8%      10.5%           -0.7%
    Minority Interest                  40,524      4,484     36,040     803.8%
              Net Profit              753,299    679,460     73,838      10.9%
    Net Margin                            9.3%      10.4%           -1.2%

    * thousands of Mexican Pesos



    Corporacion Geo, S.A.B. de C.V.
    CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT
    (figures for June 2007, expressed as of December 31, 2007) *

                                                                 Variation
                 Concept                2Q 2008    2Q 2007      $         %

    Revenues                           4,615,607  3,631,202  984,405    27.1%
    Cost of Goods Sold                 3,386,848  2,644,597  742,251    28.1%
               Gross Profit            1,228,759    986,604  242,154    24.5%
    Gross Margin                            26.6%      27.2%        -0.5%
    SG&A Expenses                        438,667    363,156   75,511    20.8%
    SG&A Expenses to Revenues                9.5%      10.0%        -0.5%
             Operating Profit            790,092    623,449  166,644    26.7%
    Operating Margin                        17.1%      17.2%        -0.1%

                  EBITDA               1,096,916    875,988  220,928    25.2%
    EBITDA Margin                           23.8%      24.1%        -0.4%

    Other Expenses - (Income)              3,301     -7,035   10,335  -146.9%

    Interest Income                      -11,388    -17,801    6,413   -36.0%
    Interest Expense                     145,204     94,552   50,652    53.6%
    Exchange Loss - (Profit)             -15,980     -3,883  -12,097   311.6%
    Monetary Loss - (Income)                  -5     12,749  -12,754    -100%
    Comprehensive Result of Financing    117,830     85,617   32,213    37.6%

           Profit before Taxes           668,961    544,866  124,095    22.8%
    Profit before Taxes Margin              14.5%      15.0%        -0.5%
    Income Taxes                         219,140    155,287   63,853    41.1%
    Tax Rate                                32.8%      28.5%         4.3%
     Profit before Minority Interest     449,822    389,579   60,242    15.5%
    Profit before Minority Interest
     Margin                                  9.7%      10.7%        -1.0%
    Minority Interest                     17,564        401   17,163  4275.8%
                Net Profit               432,257    389,178   43,079    11.1%
    Net Margin                               9.4%      10.7%        -1.4%

    * thousands of Mexican Pesos



     Corporacion Geo, S.A.B. de C.V.
     CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
     (figures for June 2007, expressed as of December 31, 2007) *

                                                                 Variation
                Concept             June 2008   June 2007       $         %

     Cash and Cash Equivalents      1,709,114   1,893,534   -184,420    -9.7%
     Restricted Cash Equivalents            0     149,375   -149,375    -100%
     Accounts Receivable - Net      7,829,411   6,068,354  1,761,058    29.0%
     Real Estate Inventories
      (WIP+Materials)               5,018,682   4,088,406    930,276    22.8%
     Short-Term Real Estate
      Inventories                   1,575,192   1,158,928    416,264    35.9%
     Other Current Assets             431,093     341,771     89,323    26.1%
         Total Current Assets      16,563,493  13,700,367  2,863,125    20.9%

     Real Estate Inventories
      (Long Term)                   2,919,834   2,704,165    215,669     8.0%
     Investments in Associated
      Companies                       340,732     324,114     16,618     5.1%
     Properties, Machinery and
      Equipment - Net               1,358,248   1,057,488    300,761    28.4%
     Other Assets - Net               863,369     465,387    397,982    85.5%
             Total Assets          22,045,676  18,251,522  3,794,154    20.8%

     Notes Payable to Financial
      Institutions                  3,617,287   2,900,917    716,370    24.7%
     Suppliers                      2,710,401   2,347,923    362,478    15.4%
     Accrued Expenses, Taxes
      Payable and other Current
      Liabilities                   1,065,572   1,050,235     15,338     1.5%
      Total Current Liabilities     7,393,261   6,299,075  1,094,185    17.4%

     Amounts Payable to Suppliers
      of Land                           8,589      34,445    -25,856   -75.1%
     Long Term Debt                 2,852,519   1,968,865    883,654    44.9%
     Deferred Taxes                 2,158,064   1,687,389    470,675    27.9%
     Other Long Term Liabilities       64,976      50,039     14,937    29.9%
           Total Liabilities       12,477,409  10,039,813  2,437,595    24.3%

     Common Stock                     120,461     120,421         40       0%
     Retained Earnings              6,894,887   7,058,971   -164,084    -2.3%
     Net Income                       753,299     679,460     73,838    10.9%
     Other Equity Accounts            870,104    -345,389  1,215,493  -351.9%
     Majority Shareholders' Equity  8,638,750   7,513,463  1,125,287    15.0%
     Minority Interest in
      Consolidated Trusts and
      Subsidiaries                    929,517     698,245    231,271    33.1%
     Total Shareholders' Equity     9,568,267   8,211,708  1,356,559    16.5%
         Total Liabilities and
         Shareholders' Equity      22,045,676  18,251,522  3,794,154    20.8%

    * thousands of Mexican Pesos

SOURCE Corporacion GEO

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