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FORM 20-F Grupo Casa Saba, S.A.B. de C.V.

FORM 20-F Grupo Casa Saba, S.A.B. de C.V.

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On March 25, <strong>20</strong>10, <strong>Casa</strong> <strong>Saba</strong> entered into a credit agreement with Scotiabank Inverlat, S. A. to liquidate the bank loans payable by Drogarias. On March 26, <strong>20</strong>10,<br />

<strong>Casa</strong> <strong>Saba</strong> drew down this credit in the amount of Ps. 5<strong>20</strong> million and on October 3, <strong>20</strong>10 <strong>Casa</strong> <strong>Saba</strong> prepaid this loan with part of the proceeds from the Acquisition Loan.<br />

On August 30, <strong>20</strong>10, the Company entered into the Acquisition Loan. Certain subsidiaries of the Company executed the Acquisition Loan as joint obligors. HSBC<br />

Mexico and HSBC Bank (Chile) were appointed as collateral agents in the respective countries. The Acquisition Loan bears interest at the TIIE rate plus a margin. However, un<strong>de</strong>r the<br />

Acquisition Loan the Company had to pay each Len<strong>de</strong>r the principal amount of the Acquisition Loan, in a single payment, twelve (12) months after the disbursement date, unless the<br />

Acquisition Loan term was exten<strong>de</strong>d to an additional seven year period. The obligations un<strong>de</strong>r the credit agreement are guaranteed by the Company and the majority of the subsidiaries.<br />

See “Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.” and Note 23(g) to our consolidated financial statements.<br />

As publicly disclosed by the Company on August 10, <strong>20</strong>11, we entered into an Amendment Agreement with regard to the Acquisition Loan, which exten<strong>de</strong>d the loan<br />

term for seven years. The effectiveness of such Amendment Agreement was subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions prece<strong>de</strong>nt, all of which were satisfied by GCS in September<br />

<strong>20</strong>11. The Amen<strong>de</strong>d and Restated Acquisition Loan inclu<strong>de</strong>s the affirmative and negative covenants that are customary for this type of transactions.<br />

As of December 31, <strong>20</strong>11, the Distribution Division had arranged for short-term revolving credit lines for a total aggregate principal amount of Ps. 2,110.0 million with<br />

the following len<strong>de</strong>rs: Banco Santan<strong>de</strong>r S.A. Institución <strong>de</strong> Banca Múltiple, <strong>Grupo</strong> Financiero Santan<strong>de</strong>r, BBVA Bancomer, S.A., Institución <strong>de</strong> Banca Múltiple, <strong>Grupo</strong> Financiero BBVA<br />

Bancomer, Banco Autofín México, S.A. Institución <strong>de</strong> Banca (Mi Banco), Banco Ve por Más, Financiera Bajío, IXE Banco and Banca Mifel.<br />

In addition, the Mexican Retail Division had a total aggregate principal amount of Ps. 423.5 in short-term credit facilities with the following len<strong>de</strong>rs: BBVA Bancomer,<br />

S.A., Institución <strong>de</strong> Banca Multiple, <strong>Grupo</strong> Financiero BBVA Bancomer, HSBC Mexico, S.A. and Banco Inbursa, S.A.<br />

These facilities may each be accessed <strong>de</strong>pending on our cash flow requirements. The Company does not provi<strong>de</strong> guarantees for any of these facilities. The loans<br />

ma<strong>de</strong> un<strong>de</strong>r these facilities bear interest at variable rates <strong>de</strong>pending on the Equilibrium Interbank Interest Rate (TIIE) published periodically by Banco <strong>de</strong> México plus an average of<br />

approximately 2.5 percentage points. The basis points which will be ad<strong>de</strong>d to TIIE <strong>de</strong>pend on negotiations and prevailing market conditions.<br />

In Chile, for the year en<strong>de</strong>d December 31, <strong>20</strong>11 Farmacias Ahumada, S.A. had arranged for short-term revolving credit lines for a total aggregate principal amount of Ps.<br />

773.3 million with the following len<strong>de</strong>rs: BBVA, Bancomer, S.A., Banco <strong>de</strong> Chile, Banco Estado, Banco Santan<strong>de</strong>r, S.A. and Banco CorpBanca, S.A. As is the case in Mexico, these<br />

facilities may each be accessed <strong>de</strong>pending on our cash flow requirements and the Company does not provi<strong>de</strong> guarantees for any of these facilities. The loans ma<strong>de</strong> un<strong>de</strong>r these<br />

facilities are negotiated with fixed rates that average approximately 7.2%.<br />

As of December 31, <strong>20</strong>11, our Brazilian subsidiary, CSB Drogarias, had arranged for short-term revolving credit lines for a total aggregate principal amount of Ps. 186.4<br />

million with the following len<strong>de</strong>rs: Banco Santan<strong>de</strong>r, S.A., Banco Bra<strong>de</strong>sco, S.A. and Banco Itaú, S.A. The loans ma<strong>de</strong> un<strong>de</strong>r these facilities are negotiated with fixed rates that average<br />

approximately 1.4%.<br />

See “Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.” and Note 23(g) to our consolidated financial statements for additional information<br />

regarding market risks.<br />

See Note 12 to our consolidated financial statements for further <strong>de</strong>scription of our in<strong>de</strong>btedness.<br />

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