CEMEX' shares trade on the Mexican Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CEMEXCPO. CEMEX's shares also trades on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of ADRs under the ticker symbol CX.

A "Certificado de Participación Ordinario," or Ordinary Participation Certificate, is the type of equity security that CEMEX trades on the Mexican Stock Exchange.

An ADR is a negotiable U.S. certificate representing ownership of shares in a non-U.S. corporation. ADRs are quoted and traded in U.S. dollars in the U.S. securities market.

ADRs were specifically designed to facilitate trading of non-U.S. securities by U.S. investors. ADRs trade, clear and settle in accordance with U.S. market regulations and permit prompt dividend payments and corporate action notification. If an ADR is exchange-listed, investors also benefit from readily available price and trading information.

To learn more about ADRs, please visit Citibank's ADR frequently asked questions.

One CEMEX ADR traded on the NYSE represents ten of CEMEX CPOs.

CEMEX has a direct stock purchase plan (DSPP). Please click on the following link for information.

As of June 30, 2008, CEMEX had approximately 7,773 million CPOs outstanding, representing approximately 777.3 million ADRs.

Please click here to learn more about our dividend program.

CEMEX publishes quarterly and annual reports in the Mexican stock exchange, which might be considered equivalent to the United States' 10Qs and 10Ks, and as a non-US company files a 20F report with the Securities and Exchange Commission every year. The form 20F, among other disclosures, presents stockholders' equity and net income reconciled to U.S. GAAP. As a company committed to transparency, CEMEX makes every effort to adhere to the standard practices and disclosure policies of the international capital markets. You can find our quarterly releases, annual reports, and 20Fs in our reports page.

The official accounting standard for CEMEX is Mexican GAAP, which is the accounting standard in our quarterly and annual reports. The 20F report presents stockholders' equity and net income reconciled to U.S. GAAP.

CEMEX’s official accounting currency is the Mexican peso. However, both our quarterly and annual reports offer a convenience translation of our financial statements in U.S. dollars.

As of June 30, 2008, our net debt, which equals total debt minus the fair value of cross currency swaps associated with debt minus cash and cash equivalents, was US$17,593 million.

CEMEX’s credit ratings are as follows:

To better align our executives' interests with those of our stockholders, we began offering executives a new stock-ownership program in 2005. As of June 30, 2008, our executives held 62,126,622 restricted CPOs representing 0.8% of our total CPOs outstanding.

CEMEX's markets and their respective 2007 percentage of sales are Mexico (18%), the United States (23%), Spain (10%), United Kingdom (10%), Rest of Europe (20%) and Rest of the World (19%).

Please click here for the list of analysts that provide coverage of CEMEX.

Our main headquarters are located in Monterrey, Mexico. The address is Av. Ricardo Margain #325, Col. Valle del Campestre, San Pedro Garza García, N.L., Mexico 66265. You can also see our offices around the world in our global directory.

As of June 30, 2008, CEMEX had 64,170 employees worldwide.

Environmental consciousness is part of our corporate culture. In 2002 we were awarded the coveted Gold Medal for our International Corporate Environmental Achievement. This annual award recognizes and honors a corporation that demonstrates preeminent leadership in and contributes to worldwide environmental quality. Please click here for in-depth information on our environmental culture.