PRESS RELEASE ~~Negotiations with Alliance Boots come to a conclusion without yielding an agreement México, D.F. December 11, 2013. Today,~~ Grupo Casa Saba, S.A.B. de C.V. (“GCS”) ~~has~~(BMV: ~~announced~~SAB*) informs that, ~~the~~as ~~negotiations~~of ~~with British company~~today, ~~Alliance~~it ~~Boots,~~has ~~have~~signed ~~ended~~a ~~without~~stock anpurchase agreement ~~due~~with toPharma ~~GCS’s~~Equity ~~reluctance~~Global Fund LLC and World Global Equity Fund LLC to ~~accept~~sell ~~any~~all of its subsidiaries dedicated to the ~~different~~pharmaceutical ~~economic~~products ~~offers~~wholesale ~~presented~~and bydistribution ~~Alliance~~business ~~Boots~~for a total consideration of approximately $4,500 million Mexican Pesos. ~~GCS~~The ~~informs~~transaction ~~that~~includes ~~its~~the ~~analysis~~assumption of ~~strategic~~all ~~options~~liabilities ~~has~~related ~~not~~to ~~yet~~this ~~concluded,~~business ~~including~~as ~~alternatives~~well ~~such~~ as the ~~recapitalization~~entirety of ~~certain~~its ~~subsidiaries,~~operational ~~mergers,~~and ~~strategic~~real ~~alliances~~estate ~~and/or~~assets. ~~the~~The ~~total~~closing ~~divestiture~~ of ~~certain~~the ~~businesses.~~transaction ~~Such~~is asubject ~~process~~to ~~could~~customary ~~conclude~~corporate ~~with~~and ~~one~~regulatory ofapprovals ~~the~~for ~~aforementioned~~this ~~transactions~~type of transaction. ~~GCS~~As ~~reiterates~~part of its ~~commitment~~strategy to ~~promptly~~strengthen ~~inform~~its ~~the~~balance ~~market~~sheet, inGCS awill ~~timely~~use ~~manner,~~the ~~regarding~~net proceeds from such transaction to reduce bank debt at the ~~conclusions~~GCS level. As a result of this ~~process~~transaction, asGCS ~~new~~will ~~negotiations~~focus ~~evolve~~exclusively on its pharmacy retail business in Mexico and ~~relevant~~Chile ~~milestones~~and ~~are~~its ~~reached~~GNC franchise in Brazil. Estructura Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to GCS.

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