Financial highlights - Provides a snapshot of CEMEX’s 1999 financial performance.

To our stockholders - CEMEX Chairman & CEO, Lorenzo H. Zambrano, reviews the company’s operational and financial performance, business strategy, and industry challenges.

why? Highlights exemplary moments that demonstrate why existing and potential stockholders should look at CEMEX as a long- term investment opportunity.

Review of operations - Summarizes international market highlights and value opportunities.

Selected consolidated financial information - Reviews relevant financial data for 1999 and the preceding years.

Management discussion and analysis - Examines the results of 1999.

Financial statements - Presents audited financial results under Mexican GAAP.

The terms we use - Provides a glossary of relevant financial and industry terms.

Board of directors and officers - Gives the composition of the company’s Board and biographical information about CEMEX’s top executives.

Directory - Lists CEMEX’s global offices.

Investor information - Provides helpful investor and media contacts.

Founded in 1906, CEMEX is one of the three largest cement companies in the world, with approximately 65 million metric tons of production capacity. Through operating subsidiaries positioned in four different continents, CEMEX is engaged in the production, distribution, marketing, and sale of cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and clinker. In addition, the company is the world’s leading producer of white cement and the world’s largest trader of cement and clinker.

Mission
CEMEX’s mission is to serve the global building needs of its customers and build value for its stakeholders by becoming the world’s most efficient and profitable multinational cement company.