Grupo Elektra Press Release MEXICO CITY, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grupo Elektra S.A. de C.V. ("The Company"; BMV: ELEKTRA*; NYSE: EKT; Latibex: XEKT), Latin America's leading specialty retailer, consumer finance and banking and financial services company announced today it furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form 6-K an English translation of its Spanish- language, Mexican Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004. As was previously announced, on June 30, 2005, the company filed its Mexican Annual Report for 2004 with the Mexican National Securities and Banking Commission as required by Mexican law. That report includes Grupo Elektra's audited consolidated financial statements for the three fiscal years ended December 31, 2004, which were prepared in accordance with Mexican GAAP and certified by the company's independent auditors Castillo Miranda y Compania, S.C. On July 1, 2005, the company announced that, pursuant to Rule 12b-25, it had filed with the SEC a notice of late filing of its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004. The company noted today that the preparation of its 2004 Form 20-F continues to be delayed and that it cannot reasonably estimate when it will be in a position to file its Form 20-F with the SEC. Except for historical information, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Risks that may affect Grupo Elektra are identified in its Form 20-F and other filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Grupo Elektra is Latin America's leading specialty retailer, consumer finance and banking services company. Grupo Elektra sells retail goods and services through its Elektra, Salinas y Rocha, Bodega de Remates and Elektricity stores and over the Internet. The Group operates more than 1,000 stores in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Peru. Grupo Elektra also sells and markets its consumer finance, banking and financial products and services through its more than 1,440 Banco Azteca branches located within its stores, as a stand-alone, and in other channels in Mexico and Panama. Banking and financial services include consumer credit, personal loans, money transfers, extended warranties, savings accounts, term deposits, pension-fund management and insurance. Contact: Esteban Galindez, CFA Director of Finance and I.R. Grupo Elektra S.A. de C.V. Tel. +52 (55) 1720-7819 Fax. +52 (55) 1720-7822 DATASOURCE: Grupo Elektra S.A. de C.V. CONTACT: Esteban Galindez, CFA, Director of Finance and I.R. of Grupo Elektra S.A. de C.V., +52-55-1720-7819, Fax, +52-55-1720-7822, Web site: http://www.grupoelektra.com.mx/

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