MEXICO CITY, Mexico, July 29 Grupo Casa Saba,S.A.B. de C.V. (SAB) announces the passing of the President of its Board ofDirectors, Mr. Isaac Saba Raffoul, this past Sunday, July 27, 2008. TheGroup's management and staff members are deeply sorry for the loss and extendtheir most sincere condolences to his widow and children.In homage to our founder, at Grupo Casa Saba we will continue to operatebased on his principles of hard work and his commitment to both the companyand its shareholders. Contacts: GRUPO CASA SABA IR Communications: Rodrigo Echagaray, IRO Jesus Martinez Rojas +52 (55) 5284-6672 +52 (55) 5644-1247 [email protected][email protected] Alejandro Sadurni, CFO [email protected]