UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 20-F

OR

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012

2015

OR

OR

Date of event requiring this shell company report ____________

For the transition period from ____________ to ___________

Commission File Number: 333-7480

INDUSTRIAS BACHOCO, S.A.B. DE C.V.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Bachoco Industries

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

The United Mexican States
(Jurisdiction of incorporation
or organization)

Avenida Tecnologico No. 401

Ciudad Industrial, C.P. 38010

Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico.
(Address of principal executive offices)

Daniel Salazar Ferrer

Avenida Tecnologico No. 401

Ciudad Industrial C.P. 38010

Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico

Telephone: (+011-52-461-618-3555)

Facsimile: (+011-52-461-611-6502)

Email:inversionistas@bachoco.net

(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:Act: None

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:Act: None

Indicate the number of outstanding Shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report:

Series B Capital Stock:       600,000,000 Shares

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Industrias Bachoco, S.A.B. de C.V. is a holding company with no operations other than holding the stock of its subsidiaries. Our two main subsidiaries are Bachoco, S.A. de C.V. (“BSACV”), located in Mexico, and Bachoco USA, LLC (“Bachoco USA”) located in the United States (or U.S.of America (“United States” or “U.S.”). Bachoco USA, LLC is a subsidiary we formed on March 2, 2012 to serve as the holding company for O.K. Industries, Inc., the American poultry company we acquired in November 2011.

References herein to “Bachoco,” “we,” “us,” “our,” “its” or the “Company” are, unless the context requires otherwise, to Industrias Bachoco, S.A.B. de C.V. and its consolidated subsidiaries as a whole.

Additionally, references herein to “OK Industries” or “OK Foods” are, unless the context requires otherwise, to Bachoco USA LLC and its consolidated subsidiaries as a whole.

We are incorporated under the laws of the United Mexican States (“Mexico”), but we have operations in both Mexico and the United States.U.S. Our principal executive offices are located in Mexico at Avenida Tecnologico No. 401, Ciudad Industrial, zip code 38010, Celaya, State of Guanajuato, Mexico, and our main telephone number is +52 (461) 618 3500, or +52 (461) 618 3555.

Presentation of Information

Fiscal Year

The fiscal year for Bachoco and its subsidiaries in Mexico ends in December each year. The fiscal year for Bachoco USA and its subsidiaries in the U.S. ends in April each year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of our consolidated financial statements, the accounting year period for all the Company’s subsidiaries ends on December 31.

Currency

Except as otherwise indicated, all data in the financial statements included below and in Item 18 (which together with the attached notes constitute our “Audited Consolidated Financial Statements”) and the selected financial information included throughout this Form 20-F (this “Annual Report”) have been presented in millions of nominal pesos unless otherwise indicated. References herein to “pesos” or “Ps.“$”are to the lawful currency of Mexico.

References herein to “dollars”, “U.S. dollars”, “U.S.$”“dollar” or “$“USD$” are to the lawful currency of the United States of America, except that "$" is also used for pesos in the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements.America.

This Annual Report contains translations of certain peso amounts into dollars at specified rates solely for the convenience of the reader. Unless otherwise indicated, such dollar amounts have been translated from pesos at an exchange rate of Ps 12.87$17.21 to $1.00 dollar,USD$1.00 (one dollar), the exchange rate on December 31, 2012,2015, according to theBanco de Mexico (or the “Central Bank”).

Accounting Practices

In January 2009, theComision Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (Mexican Banking and Securities Commission or “CNBV”) published certain amendments to the Rules for Public Companies and other participants in the Mexican Securities Market that require public companies to report financial information in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”), effective as of January 1, 2012.

Following these amendments, on January 1, 2012, we adopted IFRS, meeting the CNBV requirements. At the same time, our financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, and the opening balance as of Janua ry 1, 2011, were converted from Mexican Financial Reporting Standards (MFRS) to IFRS to make them comparable to our financial statements for fiscal year 2012.

Our Audited Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report have been prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards, or IFRS, as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or IASB.

Bachoco prepared its opening statement of financial position under IFRS as of January 1, 2011, following the guidance set forth by IFRS 1, First time adoption (“IFRS 1”). The options selected by Bachoco in the migration to IFRS and the effects on its opening statement of financial position as of January 1, 2011, according to IFRS 1, as well as the effects on its statement of financial position as of December 31, 2011, and its statements of comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2011, as compared to Bachoco’s previously reported amounts under MFRS, are described in note 33 to our Audited Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this annual report.

The rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or SEC,(the “SEC”), do not require foreign private issuers that prepare their financial statements on the basis of IFRS (as published by the IASB) to reconcile such financial statements to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP.GAAP”). As such, while Industrias Bachoco S.A.B. de C.V. has in the past reconciled its consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with MFRSMexican Financial Reporting Standards (MFRS) to U.S. GAAP, those reconciliations are no longer presented in Bachoco’s filings with the SEC.

Other References

Bachoco’s production volume is measured in “tons”, which term refers to metric tons of 1,000 kilograms, equal to 2,204.6 pounds; the term “billion” refers to one thousand million (1,000,000,000).

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The body of generally accepted accounting principles is commonly referred to as “GAAP.” For this purpose, a non-GAAP financial measure is generally defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)SEC as a numerical measure of a company’s historical or financial performance, financial position or cash flows that excludes amounts, or is subject to adjustments that have the effect of excluding amounts, that are included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP in the statement of comprehensive income, statement of financial position or statement of cash flows (or equivalent statements) of the company; or includes amounts, or is subject to adjustments that have the effect of including amounts, that are excluded from the most directly comparable measure so calculated and presented.

The Company discloses in this Annual Report the so-called non-GAAP financial measures of EBITDA result, Adjusted EBITDA result, EBITDA margin, Adjusted EBITDA margin, and Net debt. EBITDA result is defined as profit before income tax expense (benefit), comprehensive financial income (expense), net and depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA result is defined as profit before income tax expense (benefit), comprehensive financial income (expense), net, depreciation and amortization and other expense (income), net.depreciation. EBITDA margin is defined as EBITDA result divided by total net revenues. Adjusted EBITDA margin is defined as Adjusted EBITDA result divided by total net revenues. Net debt is defined as long-term debt (including the current portion) plus short term debt minus cash and cash equivalents.equivalents, primary financial instruments and derivative financial instruments. The non-GAAP financial measures of EBITDA result Adjusted EBITDA result, EBITDA margin and Adjusted EBITDA margin are not a substitutesubstitutes for the GAAP measure of net income. Rather, these measures are provided as additional information to complement the GAAP measure of net incomeprofit for the year by providing further understanding of the Company’s results of operations from management’s perspective. Additionally, the non-GAAP financial measure of Net debt is not a substitute for the GAAP measure of Total debt. Rather, this measure is provided as additional information to contemplate the GAAP measure of Total debt by providing further understanding of the Company’s debt obligations. Accordingly, theyEBITDA result, EBITDA margin and Net debt should not be considered in isolation noror as a substitutesubstitutes for an analysis of the Company’s financial performance, liquidity or debt obligations.

Company management believes that disclosure of these non-GAAP measures are an important supplemental measure of the Company’s operating performance and debt obligations because investors, financial analysts and other interested parties frequently use EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Net debt in the evaluation of other companies in the same industry in which the Company operates.

Market Data

This Annual Report contains certain statistical information regarding the Mexican chicken, egg and balanced feed (or “feed”) markets. We have obtained this information from a variety of sources, including but not limited to;Union Nacional de Avicultores (the National Poultry Union or “UNA”), theConsejo Nacional de Fabricantes de Alimentos Balanceados y de la Nutricion Animal, A.C. (or “CONAFAB”), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (or “USDA”), and theBanco thede Mexico (the Bank of Mexico), among others.

Other sources of statistical information used by the Company includeConsejo Mexicano de Porcicultura (the Mexican Pork Council or “CMP”),Secretaria de Agricultura, Ganaderia, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y AlimentosAlimentacion (“Ministry(Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishing and Food”Food or “SAGARPA”), among others.

The producers’ associations rely principally on data provided by their members. Information for which no source is cited was prepared by us on the basis of our knowledge of the Mexican chicken, egg, feed, turkey and swine markets and the wide variety of information available regarding these markets. The methodology and terminology used by different sources are not always consistent, and data from different sources are not readily comparable.

Forward-looking Statements

We may from time to time make written or oral forward-looking statements in our periodic reports to the SEC on Forms 20-F and 6-K, in our annual reportAnnual Report to stockholders, in offering circulars and prospectuses, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by one of our officers, directors or employees to analysts, institutional investors, representatives of the media and others.

Examples of such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: (i) projections of revenues, income (or loss), earnings (or loss) per share, capital expenditures, dividends, capital structure or other financial items or ratios; (ii) statements of our plans, objectives or goals or those of our management, including those relating to new contracts; (iii) statements about future economic performance; and (iv) statements of assumptions underlying such statements. Words such as “believe,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “expect,” “intend,” “target,” “estimate,” “project,” “predict,” “forecast,” “guideline,” “should” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements.

Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, and a number of unexpected changes could cause actual results to deviate from our plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions. We recognize that the accuracy of our predictions and our ability to follow through on our intentions depend on factors beyond our control. The potential risks are many and varied, but include unexpected changes in: economic, weather and political conditions; raw material prices; competitive conditions; and demand for chicken, eggs, turkey, balanced feed, beef and swine.

Part I

ITEM 1. Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers

Not applicable.

ITEM 2. Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable

Not applicable.

ITEM 3. Key Information

The financial information set forth below is derived from our Audited Consolidated Financial Statements, which are included in Item 18. We provide details on the figures and year-to-year changes in our Audited Consolidated Financial Statements.

The tables below present our key financial information for the fiscal years indicated. Except as otherwise indicated, the amounts are presented in millions of nominal pesos, except per share amounts, which are presented in pesos in accordance with IFRS.pesos.

STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS DATA

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION DATA

Other Indicators

The tables set below present key indicators for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 to 2012.indicators.

VOLUME SOLD BY BUSINESS LINE

Gross Domestic Product, Inflation Rate and CETES

The chart below includes Mexican gross domestic product (“GDP”) and Inflation Rateinflation rate data from 20082011 to 2012,2015, and the average interest rates on 28-day Mexican treasury bills (“CETES”), as provided by the Mexican Central Bank.

Gross Domestic Product

Mexico has experienced economic growth in the last five years, but to varying degrees. In 2015, the Mexican GDP was 2.5%, higher than the growth reached in 2014, which was 2.1%. In 2013, Mexican GDP was 1.1% and in 2012 and in 2011, Mexican GDP was 3.9%.

Interest Rates

Mexico historically has had, and may continue to have, high real and nominal interest rates. The interest rates on 28-day Mexican government treasury securities averaged 2.9%, 2.7%, 3.8%, 3.9% and 4.3% for 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. High interest rates in Mexico could increase our financing costs and thereby impair our financial condition, results of operations and cash flow.

Inflation Rates

Inflation rates in Mexico have remained on the low end for more than a decade. The annual rate of inflation, as measured by changes in the Mexican National Consumer Price Index, or NCPI, was 2.1% in 2015, 4.1% in 2014, 3.97% in 2013, 3.6% in 2012 and 3.8% in 2011, according to theBanco de Mexico.An adverse change in the Mexican economy may have a negative impact on price stability and result in higher inflation than its main trading partners, including the United States.

GDP, INFLATION RATE AND CETES DATA

On April 17, 2013,10, 2016, the 28 day CETES rate was 3.81%3.73%.

In 2008, the exchange rate of the peso against the U.S. dollar was highly volatile. While during the first half of the year, the Mexican peso strengthened its position with respect to the U.S. dollar, the Mexican peso experienced a steep depreciation during the second half of the year and the peso-dollar exchange rate at year-end had depreciated by 21.0% with respect to December 31, 2007.

During 2009, although the Mexican peso-dollar exchange rate depreciated during the first half of 2009, the peso stabilized and strengthened its position in the second half of 2009, leading the Mexican peso-dollar exchange rate to appreciate 5.4% in 2009 with respect to the exchange rate in effect on December 31, 2008.

In 2010, the Mexican peso strengthened its position during the year as compared to the dollar, appreciating approximately 5.3% since the end of 2009, while the inflation rate for 2010 was 4.40%.Exchange Rates

During the first half of 2011, the exchange rate of the peso to the dollar was stable, showedshowing an average rate of Ps.11.89$11.89 per one dollar. This stability changed drastically during the second half of the year, werewhere we observed a higher average rate peso-dollar of Ps.12.97,$12.97 per one dollar, with a final depreciation of 13.0% by the end of the year with respect to year-end of 2010.

In 2012, the Mexican peso strengthened its position during the year as compared to the U.S. dollar, according to the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, with the average peso-dollar exchange rate being Ps. 13.15$13.15 and appreciated with respect to the U.S. dollar by 7.1% at year-end (or 7.9% according withBanco de Mexico’ statistics).

In 2013, the exchange rate of the peso against the dollar started the year strong with an upward trend, but ended the year with a slight depreciation of 1.0% compared with December 31, 2012.

During most of 2014, the Mexican peso-dollar exchange rate was stable. This stability changed drastically toward the end of the year, when we observed a higher Mexican peso-dollar exchange rate, leading the Mexican peso-dollar exchange rate to depreciate 11.2% in 2014 with respect to the exchange rate in effect on December 31, 2013.

During the first half of 2015, the exchange rate of the peso against the dollar was stable. This stability changed toward the end of the year, as we observed an average rate of $16.59 per one dollar in the second half of the year, with a net depreciation of 14.3% by the end of the year with respect to year-end 2014.

The following table sets forth the high, low, average and year-end exchange rates for cable transfers in pesos as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, for periods indicated:

EXCHANGE RATE FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS

Source: http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h10/Hist/dat00_mx.htm.

On April 17, 2013,March 31, 2016, the exchange rate for cable transfers in pesos as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York was Ps. 12.23$17.214 per $1.00one dollar.

Not applicableapplicable.

Not ApplicableApplicable.

The Company is exposed to a wide range of risks. Note that the order in which the below risks are described does not necessarily reflect the effect that any of the below risks would have on the Company.

Risks Related to Economic, Political and Regulatory Conditions

Bachoco’s core businesses are performedconducted in Mexico and in the United States;States and, therefore its performance depends, among other factors, on the economic conditions prevailing in those countries, and particularly in Mexico. The Company'sCompany’s risk exposure related to economic conditions includes risks related to economic performance, exchange rates, interest rates, as well as other political, economic and social events that may negatively affect the Company's performance.Company’s performance and may result in lower demand for, and lower real pricing of, our products.

Additionally, the Mexican economy continues to be heavily influenced by the U.S. economy, and therefore, deterioration in economic conditions in the U.S. economy may affect the Mexican economy. Prolonged periods of weak economic conditions in Mexico may have, and in the past have had, a negative effect on our Company and a material adverse effect on our results and financial condition.

Unfavorable economic conditions in Mexico or the United States, such as a recession or increases in interest and inflation rates could have an adverse effect on our financial performance.

If the Mexican or U.S. economies experience a high inflation rate, recession or economic slowdown, consumers may not be able to purchase our products as usual, especially in Mexico, where these factors have a direct impact on the consumers, and as a consequence our earnings may be adversely affected.

High interest rates in Mexico or in the U.S. could adversely affect our costs and our earnings due to the impact those changes have on our variable-rate debt instruments andinstruments; on the other hand, we may benefit from the interest we earn on our cash balance. Mexico historically has had, and may continue to have, high real and nominal interest rates.

A strong variation in the exchange rates between the peso and dollar could negatively affect our financial results, as a greater percentage of our sales are made in pesos, and a large percentage of our raw material purchases are made in dollars.

Furthermore, the Company could be adversely affected by negative economic conditions prevalent in the U.S. or other countries, even when economic conditions in such countries may differ significantly from economic conditions in Mexico, as investors’ reactions to developments in any of these other countries may have an adverse effect on our Securities.securities. Consequently, the market value of our securities may be adversely affected by events taking place outside of Mexico or the U.S.

Political events and regulatory changes in México, including transition to a new presidential administration,Mexico could affect Mexican economic conditions and, as a consequence, negatively affect our operations.

The Company has operations in both Mexico and the U.S., but However, it is incorporated under the laws of Mexico, andwhere a greater percentage of ourits sales are made in Mexico.made. Accordingly we foresee an impact mainly from negative developments in the political, regulatory and economic conditions in Mexico.

Mexican political events may significantly affect our operations. In July 2012, we had presidentialJune 2015, federal elections took place in Mexico, including, among others, the election of 500 representatives of the Mexican Congress and as a result, the leadership partynine governors of Mexico changed.various Mexican states. We cannot predict anythe impact of the election resultsthese elections may have on future business conditions in Mexico. A new administrationThese, and future, federal elections may result in regulatory gridlock orgovernment instability and political uncertainty, which could have an adverse effect on Mexican economic policy and as a result, it could affect our business, financial position and operating results.

In July 2012, Enrique Peña Nieto of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional was elected as President of Mexico. After taking office he started to implement significant changes in laws, public policy and regulations in areas such as the energy sector and fiscal affairs, all of which are still in process of becoming fully implemented, and it is still unclear what effects these and other possible reforms may have on the contrary, itMexican economy.

Political disagreements between the executive and the legislative branches could result in a major regulatory change,deadlock and prevent the timely implementation of political and economic reforms. We cannot provide any assurances that political developments in Mexico, over which couldwe have no control, will not have an adverse effect on our business, financial position and results of operations.condition or results.

AlthoughIn November 2016, presidential elections will take place in the recent U.S. presidential election did notthat will result in a change of the nations'nation’s leadership since President Obama cannot run for re-election. Such political change and any other political or regulatory change in the U.S. regarding Mexico may also affect the economic conditions in Mexico and, as a consequence, affect our financial performance.

Government regulations in Mexico and the U.S. could cause a material increase in the Company'sCompany’s costs of operations and thus could have a negative impact on our results of operations.

Every region thatin which Bachoco operates is subject to extensive federal, state and foreign laws and regulations that govern the production, packaging, storage, moving and marketing in the food industry and the poultry industry in particular, including several provisions relating to the discharge of materials into the environment.

We may be subject to fines, closures of our facilities, asset seizures, injunctions or criminal sanctions if we are held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be non-compliant with any of the applicable laws and regulations.

The adoption of new regulations or changes in the prevailing regulatory environment governing the food industry may entail restrictions in the daily operation of our Company, or increases in our expenses or production costs, conditions that could negatively affect our financial results.

Additionally, the imposition of new taxes or changes in the existing tax rates in Mexico or the U.S. could have an adverse impact on our operations and, as a result, negatively affect our financial results.

Risks Related to Bachoco and the Poultry Industry

The poultry industry in Mexico and the U.S., as well as the chicken industry in other countries, has undergone cyclical periods of higher prices and profitability, followed by overproduction, leading to periods of lower prices and profitability.

The market that we serve is subject to volatility with respect to supply and raw material prices, which affects our product prices. We cannot assure youcan provide no assurance that future cyclicality, excess supply, increases in main raw materials prices, or downturns in real prices will not adversely affect our financial results.

The largest single component of our cost of sales is the cost of grains used to prepare balanced feed, including sorghum and corn, and some other ingredients such as: soybean meal and marigold extract, among others.

Increase or volatility in main raw materials prices may adversely affect orour operating and financial results.

The price of most of these raw materials is subject to significant volatility resulting from weather conditions, the size of harvests, governmental agricultural policies, currency exchange rates, transportation, storage costs, and other factors.

Furthermore, the cost of corn in the U.S. may be affected by an increase in the demand both of ethanol and feed production, which can reduce the supply of corn in the U.S. market, adversely affecting our operations in the U.S.

High prices or volatility in main raw materials could adversely affect our production costs and as a consequence our financial results.

Excess

Supply, demand and the prices we are able to charge for our products may fluctuate due to competition from other food producers and the economic performance in supply or downturns in product pricesthe countries we are present may adversely affect our operating and financial results.

Excess in chicken or eggs supply caused by increases in production from our competitors coupled with a weak demand for our products in the markets we operate may result in a downturn in prices for these products, and as a result, our operating margins and financial results could be negatively affected.

We face competition from other chicken producers in all markets in which we sell our products. These chicken producers have the financial resources and operating strengths to directly compete with our Company. We expect to continue to face strong competition in every market, as our existing or new competitors are likely to broaden their product lines and extend their geographic markets. Accordingly, we can provide no assurance that our performance will not be adversely affected by increased competition.

Raising animals and meat processing involve animal health and disease control risks, which can have an adverse impact on our results of operations.

Our operations in Mexico and in the U.S. depend on raising animals and meat processing, which are subject to risks such as diseases (like different types of influenza)avian flu) and contamination during production, packaging, storage or distribution processes. Such diseases may cause bans from countries we export to. Any such ban could affect export prices, and therefore our financial results.

Live chickens and swine are susceptible to infections by a variety of microbiological agents that may result in higher mortality rates, affecting our earnings and financial results.

Our chicken, turkey, beef and eggs products are subject to contamination during its processing, packaging, distribution or conservation. Potential contamination of our products during processing, however, could affect a larger number of our products, which may have a significant impact on our results.

HurricanesNatural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes or other adverse weather conditionsearthquakes may result in additional losses of inventory and damage to our plants and equipment.

Natural disasters could significantly damage our facilities. Our facilities in Mexico are susceptible mainly to earthquakes and hurricanes. Our facilities near Mexico’s coast are most vulnerable to the risk of severe weather. Our U.S. facilities are located in Georgia, Arkansas and Oklahoma, a region vulnerable to being hit by tornadoes. Extensive damage to these facilities could affect our ability to conduct our regular production and, as a result, reduce our operation results.

Our growth through mergers, acquisitions or joint ventures may be impacted by challenges in integrating significant acquisitions.

We have made in the past, and may make in the future, certain acquisitions in order to continue our growth. Acquisitions involve risks, including, among others, the following: failure of acquired businesses to achieve expected results; inability to retain or hire key personnel of acquired businesses; inability to retain the same client and supplier base; and inability to achieve expected synergies and/or economies of scale. If we are unable to successfully integrate or manage our acquired businesses, we may not realize anticipated cost savings and revenue growth, which may result in reduced profitability or losses.

Increased competition may adversely affect our performance.

We face competition from other chicken producers in all of the markets in which we sell our products, these chicken producers also have substantial financial resources and operating strengths to directly compete with our Company. We expect to continue to face strong competition in every market, as our existing or new competitors are likely to broaden their product lines and extend their geographic markets. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that our performance will not be adversely affected by increased competition.

Elimination of tariff barriers may adversely affect our performance.

U.S. producers may increase exports to Mexico asbecause chicken, eggs and swine are free of import quotas to Mexico according to the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”). Poultry producers in the United States have developed low cost production methods and have been successful in exporting primarily frozen and value-added poultry to other countries, especially in periods of overcapacity in the United States, a condition that could have a material adverse effect on our performance in Mexico.

Regulations on animal health and environmental changes in Mexico could affect Mexican poultry industry conditions and, as a consequence, negatively affect ourthe Company.

Our processes are subject to several animal health and environmental regulations that include animal raising, transportation, packaging, storage and distribution regulations. Drastic changes in any of these regulations could negatively affect our daily operations and inabilityability to supply our products, and, as a consequence, affect our financial results. ItChanges in regulations may also may includerequire the implementation of new processes or equipment to comply with the new regulations, a condition that may negatively affect our liquidity, as our capital investments could increase.

Our inability to maintain good relationships with our work force and its labor union may affect our processes and, as a consequence, our financial results.

If we are unable to maintain good relations with our employees and with our labor union we may be faced with significant work stoppages as a result of labor problems, a condition that may affect our processes and our operating results.

Risks relating to Bachoco’s investors and its American Depositary Receipts (or ADRs)

The Robinson Bours family owns 82.75%73.25% of our total shares outstanding and their interests may differ from other security holders. With that percentage they hold the power to elect a majority of the members of our Board of Directors and have the power to determine the outcome of certain other actions requiring the approval of our stockholders, including whether or not dividends are to be paid and the amount of such dividends.

The Company trades its ADR’sADRs on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) with each ADR representing twelve common shares.

The prevailing market prices for the ADRs and the Sharesshares could decline if the Robinson Bours family sold substantial amounts of their Shares,shares, whether directly, or indirectly, through two Mexican trusts through which they hold their Shares,shares, or if the perception arose that such a sale could occur. See Item 7 for more details about the Company’s trusts.

The market value of our securities may be affected by economic and market conditions prevailing in any other country, although economic conditions in such countries may differ significantly from economic conditions in Mexico,Mexico. Investors’ reactions to developments in any of these other countries may have an adverse perception and, consequently, the market value of our securities may be adversely affected by events elsewhere.

Payment of cash dividends may be affected by the exchange rate of the peso versus the dollar.

Because we pay cash dividends in pesos, exchange rate fluctuations will affect the U.S. dollar amounts received by holders of ADRs upon conversion of such cash dividends by The Bank of New YorkBNY Mellon, who acts as our Depositary Bank.

The protection afforded to minoritynon-controlling stockholders in Mexico is different from that in the United States.

Under Mexican law, the protection afforded to minority stockholders is different from thosethat in the United States. In particular, the law concerning fiduciary duties of directors is not well developed, there is no procedure for class actions or stockholder derivative actions, and there are different procedural requirements for bringing stockholder lawsuits. As a result, in practice it may be more difficult for the minority stockholders of Bachoco to enforce their rights against us or our directors or our controlling stockholder than it would be for stockholders of a U.S. company.

Our bylaws restrict the ability of non-Mexican stockholders to invoke the protection of their governments with respect to their rights as stockholders.

As required by Mexican law, our bylaws provide that non Mexicannon-Mexican stockholders shall be considered as Mexicans with respect to their ownership interests in Bachoco and shall be deemed to have agreed not to invoke the protection of their governments in certain circumstances. Under this provision, a non Mexicannon-Mexican stockholder is deemed to have agreed not to invoke the protection of its own government by asking such government to interpose a diplomatic claim against the Mexican government with respect to the stockholder’s rights as a stockholder, but is not deemed to have waived any other rights it may have, including any rights under the U.S. federal securities laws, with respect to its investment in Bachoco. If you invoke such governmental protection in violation of this agreement, your Sharesshares could be forfeited to the Mexican government.

Our bylaws may only be enforced in Mexico.

Our bylaws provide that legal actions relating to the execution, interpretation or performance of the bylaws may be brought only in Mexican courts. As a result, it may be difficult for non-Mexican stockholders to enforce their stockholder rights pursuant to the bylaws.

It may be difficult to enforce civil liabilities against us or our directors, officers and controlling persons.

We are organized under the laws of Mexico, and most of our directors, officers and controlling persons reside outside the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to affect service of process within the United States on such persons or to enforce judgments against them. This pertains also to any action based on civil liabilities under the U.S. federal securities laws. There is doubt as to the enforceability against such persons in Mexico, whether in original actions or in actions to enforce judgments of U.S. courts of liabilities based solely on the U.S. federal securities laws.

Non-Mexican stockholders may not be entitled to participate in future preemptive rights offerings.

Under Mexican law and our bylaws, if we issue new Sharesshares for cash as part of a capital increase, we must grant our stockholders the right to purchase a sufficient number of Sharesshares to maintain their existing ownership percentage in the Company (“preemptive rights”). We can allow holders of ADRs in the United States to exercise preemptive rights in any future capital increase only in one of the following two circumstances: (i) we file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange CommissionSEC with respect to that future issuance of Shares;shares; or (ii) the offering qualifies for an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.Act of 1933, as amended.

We make no promises that we will file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange CommissionSEC to allow holders of ADRs in the United States to participate in a preemptive rights offering. As a result, the equity interests of such holders in the Company may be diluted proportionately. In addition, under current Mexican law, it is not practicable for the depositary to sell preemptive rights and distribute the proceeds from such sales to ADR holders.

Corporate disclosure and accounting in Mexico may differ from other countries.

There may be less, or different, publicly available information about issuers of securities in Mexico than is regularly published by or about issuers of securities in other countries with highly developed capital markets. In addition, due to country-by-country differences in accounting and other reporting principles and standards, our corporate disclosures may differ in content from disclosures made under other principles and standards.

ITEM 4. Information of the Company

The Company was legally formed in Mexico as Industrias Bachoco, S.A.B. de C.V., on April 17, 1980, in Obregon, State of Sonora, Mexico, and is frequently referred to as Bachoco.

We are incorporated under the laws of the United Mexican States, but we have operations in both Mexico and the U.S. Our principal executive offices are located in Mexico at Avenida Tecnologico No. 401, Ciudad Industrial, zip code 38010, Celaya, State of Guanajuato, Mexico, and our telephone number is +52 (461) 618 35003500.

Our investor relations department is located at the address above, and can be reached at: email: Inversionistas@bachoco.net; telephone: +52 (461) 618 3555.

Our investor relations agent in the United Statesmain business line is I-adize Corporate Communications, located at 82 Wall Street, Suite 805 in New York, New York.poultry, which includes chicken and eggs. The Company also produces and sells a wide range of other products that include, but are not limited to, balanced feed, live swine, beef and turkey value-added products.

Important events in the development of the Company’s business

We were founded in 1952. It has1952 and have grown from a small commercial table egg operation in the state of Sonora to beinto a vertically integrated Company and the leaderleading poultry company in Mexico and we believeas well as, in our opinion, one of the most important poultry companies worldwide.

In 1963, we started operations in the cities of Navojoa, Los Mochis and Culiacan, producing just table eggs. In 1971, we commenced the production of chicken in an operating facility that we opened in the city of Culiacan.

In 1974, we established a new complex in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico. Our products were widely accepted in that region, which led us to open offices and distribution centers in Mexico City. In 1993, we moved outour headquarters from the Obregon to Celaya city, and opened a new complex in the city of Techamalco,Tecamachalco, in the Southeast of Mexico.

In 1994, we continued expanding our coverage, this time with a new complex in Lagos de Moreno city, in the Western Mexico. By 1994, we had four productive complexes strategically located throughout Mexico and an important presence in the Mexican poultry market share.

In September 1997, we began trading on the Mexican Stock Exchange (or “BMV”) and on the NYSE, with 600 million shares outstanding and a free float of 17.25%, the remaining 82.75% is held since that year by the Robinson Bours Family through two Control trusts.our ADR Level III Facility.

Furthermore, in December, 1999, we acquired Campi. With this acquisition we entered the chicken market in the South of Mexico, starting a new business line selling balanced feed to third parties. In 2001, we established our sixth productive complex in Gomez Palacio city, located in the Northeast of Mexico.

In December 2006, we acquired most of the assets and inventories of Del Mezquital to start a new complex in Hermosillo city, located in Northern Mexico, close to the border with the United States.

In 2007, through a business agreement with Grupo Libra and Grupo Agra we entered in a new business, the sales of turkey and beef value addedvalue-added products, and increased our production capacity of table eggs. Both Companiescompanies are located in Northeast Mexico.

In 2009, we made diverse business agreements with a companies located at the Northeast of Mexico;Mexico. Specifically, to improve capacity and efficiency in our Northeast production complex headquartered in Monterrey, we;we (i) acquired the assets of a balanced feed mill and a soybean processing plant from Productora de Alimentos Pecuarios de Nuevo LeonLeon; (ii) acquired the assets of a chicken processing plant from Avi Carnes MonterreyMonterrey; (iii) entered into agreements to rent breeder farms and egg incubation plants from Reproductoras Asociadas, and one-day-old breeder capacity farms and egg incubation plants from Produccion Avicola Especializada; and (iv) made arrangements with contract growers to acquire their inventories.

In August 20, 2011, we acquired Trosi de Carnes, S.A. de C.V. (or “Trosi”) business;; this facility is located in Monterrey, Northern Mexico. Trosi produces and sells processed beef and chicken.

On November 1, 2011, the Company entered the U.S. market and increased its export business with the acquisition of the American poultry company, OK Foods. This company accounts withhas operations across the River Valley area in Arkansas and Oklahoma. It supplies grocery retailers, food service distributors and commodity customers throughout the U.S. as well as foreign markets. Our U.S. subsidiary, Bachoco USA, LLC, is the holding company of OK Foods.

In December 2011, the Company carried out a transaction to buy certain property assets of Mercantil Agropecuaria Coromuel, S.A. de C.V. (or “MACSA”), whereby, the Company reinforced its presence in the State of Baja California in Mexico, with three distributions centers.

In July 2013, the Company reached an agreement to acquire the Arkansas breeding assets of Morris Hatchery Inc., a U.S. company. These assets comprise mainly of equipment and bird inventory (laying hens that produce hatching eggs).

Capital ExpendituresIn July 2015, the Company reached an agreement to acquire the Georgia breeding assets of Morris Hatchery Inc. These assets comprise mainly equipment and bird inventory (laying hens that produce hatching eggs), with a capacity of approximately one million laying hens. See Notes 4 and 12 of our Audited Consolidated Financial Statements for more detail.

DuringIn December 2015, the last two years we have financedCompany reached an agreement to acquire the Oklahoma City Fully Cooked facility from American Foods Group, a U.S. Company. This acquisition comprises all the American Foods Group’s Chicken assets located in Oklahoma City, with a capacity to produce over 700,000 pounds per week of fully cooked chicken products. The Company closed the transaction in February 2016 through its subsidiary, OK Foods.

See Note 30 of our Audited Consolidated Financial Statements for more detail.

Capital Expenditures

We finance most of our capital expenditures with resources generated by our operations.

FollowingThe following is a summary of the capital expenditures incurred by the Company during the last two yearsperiods covered by this Annual Report with the amounts having been computed under IFRS.

Our capital expenditures in 2015 totaled $1,824.5 million, which was mainly allocated toward organic growth, by continued alleviating bottlenecks in some of our process and productivity projects across all of our facilities as well as our acquisition of the Georgia breeding assets of Morris Hatchery Inc. In 20112014, we made capital expenditures of Ps. 707.5$1,241.1 million, which was mainly allocated to implement new technologiesprojects geared towards the alleviation of some bottleneck in our operating processes, thereby increasing production, productivity improvements and the replacement of the transportation fleet used in our operations in Mexico and the U.S.

In 2013, we made capital expenditures of $587.4 million, which were mainly allocated toward productivity projects in our chicken farms, and in some of our processing plants, located in Coatzacoalcos, Culiacanincreasing eggs production capacity, additional IT systems, and Celaya. Additionally, in Celaya we built a water treatment plant and updatedreplacement of part of our transportation fleet.fleet in accordance with our replacement program and of other equipment in all of our facilities.

In 2012, we made capital expenditures of Ps. 951.8$951.8 million, that arewhich were used for the replacement ofto replace our transportation fleet, the completion ofto complete certain expansion projects and the implementation ofto implement productivity projects across all of our facilities in both the U.S. and Mexico.

At present, as part of its regular course of business, the Company continues with its replacement of equipment and productivity projects.

General

Bachoco owns and manages more than a thousand facilities, organized in nine9 production complexes and 64 distribution centers in Mexico, and one1 production complex in the United States.

We participate in the food industry in Mexico and in the U.S., mainly in the poultry industry.

We are the leader in the Mexican poultry industry, and one of the largest poultry producers globally. We recentlyIn 2011, we entered the U.S. chicken market through our acquisition of OK Foods.

In Mexico, our core business is chicken products,poultry (chicken and egg products), but we also produce and sell a wide range of other products such as eggs and balanced feed. We also operate a number of other segments which we refer to as “other business lines” thatwhich include, among others;others, the production and selling of balanced feed, live swine, beef and turkey value-added products, as well as a laboratory that produces vaccines for the poultry industry. Theseindustry as well as other similar industries.

Sales generated by these other business lines, are grouped together as theirexcept for balanced feed sales, each on an individual basis, do not represent more than 1.0% of our total sales.

In the United States, our sole business line is chicken products.

In the recent years, we have not experienced material changes in the development or production of our products.

Principal Markets

We operate mainly in Mexico and in the U.S. In Mexico we compete mainly in the chicken, egg and balanced feed markets, and in the chicken industry in the U.S.

We estimate that we are the biggest producer of chicken products in Mexico. Based on our internal estimates, we currently account for approximately 35.0% of the Mexican chicken production market and are the second largest producer of eggs with an estimated market share of approximately 5.6%5.0%. We currently estimate that we have a 3.3% market share in the balanced feed products.

As noted previously, in the U.S. we produce and distribute chicken products only. Based on our internal estimates, we currently account for approximately 2.0%1.8% of this market.

The following table sets forth, for each of the periods indicated, our net revenues by main product lines as a percentage of total net revenues, as of December 31, 20122015, 2014 and 2011:2013:

NET REVENUES BY BUSINESS LINES

Our chicken, eggs and balanced feed arepoultry business is our largest business linesline in terms of revenuesrevenues. Within our poultry business, our main products are chicken and thus theyeggs, which are described in more detail in the following paragraphs. Within our “Others” segment, our main product is balanced feed, which is also described in more detail in the following paragraphs.

Overview of the Chicken Industry in Mexico

According to the UNA, chicken products are the main source of protein consumed in Mexico.

Mexico is among the ten main chicken producers worldwide, with an estimated production of 2,945.43,175.0 thousand tons of chicken meat in 2012, with2015, and a per capita consumption of 25.730.9 kilograms a year a slightin 2015, an increase of 5.0% when compared to 25.629.4 kilograms for thea year 2011.in 2014.

Fresh chicken is the most popular meat consumed in Mexico. According to the UNA, more than 90% of chicken is sold fresh, and just a small percentage is sold frozen and with value added (marinated, breaded, partially cooked and fully cooked, among others). These products have found limited acceptance among Mexican consumers due to historical consumer preferences for fresh chicken.

We estimate that we are Mexico’s largest chicken producer with around 35.0% share of the chicken production market, share, and when combined with our two largest vertically integrated competitorscompetitor in Mexico, we account for approximately 59.0%60.0% of total Mexican poultry production.

According to the USDA, Mexico is a main destination for U.S. chicken exports. Chicken imports from the U.S. have increased from 204.1 thousand tons in 2008 (when restrictions for leg quarters imports were phased out in January 2008) to 311.5approximately 480.5 thousand tons in 2011.2015. In particular, in 2015, chicken imports increased 15.3% when compared to 2014. This increase was due to lower price levelsa decrease in the prices of products coming from the U.S. andChicken imports in Mexico have also increased due to an increase in the volume of products coming from other foreign markets.countries.

Chicken products in Mexico are classified into six main categories: live, public market, rotisserie, supermarket broiler, chicken parts and value-added products. Bachoco operates in all these categories.

For a better understanding of the chicken market in Mexico following is a brief description of each category of chicken products:

We operate in all six of these chicken categories; our product mix varies from region to region, reflecting different consumption and distribution patterns.

SALES AND VOLUME OF CHICKEN BY CATEGORY

Overview of the Chicken Industry in the U.S.

According to the USDA and the UNA, chicken is the main protein consumed in the U.S., but unlike in Mexico, most of the chicken is sold to producers uncut, and the cuts are mainly sold frozen and with value-added (more than 85%). This is due to a large increase in demand for the three main components of chicken: the breast, wing, and left quarters, respectively.leg quarters.

The U.S. is the world’s largest producerproducers of chicken. Its annual production is estimated at 16.818.2 million tons (or 37or 40.04 billion pounds),pounds in 2015 a 4% increase over the 17.5 million tons produced in 2014, and its per capita consumption is also one of the highest worldwide, per annum, estimated at 43.640.4 kilograms (around 96.089.0 pounds).

The U.S. chicken industry is morevery consolidated and vertically integrated. Most producers of chicken use state-of-the-art technology in itstheir processes. It is estimated that the main fourthree chicken producers account for 52%46.0% of the total chicken production in the U.S.

Another characteristic of the chicken industry in the U.S. is the use of contract growers, with more than 85% of chicken produced by contract growers. Such production consists of in providing the growers with chickens, balanced feed, vaccines, medicines and training required for the growing of chickens. The grower supplies its facilities and labor required in order to bring the chickens to slaughter-ready weight. The contract grower is then paid based on the productivity and efficiency of its flock.

Brazil and the U.S. are the main exporters of chickens worldwide, and their main destinations are Mexico, China, Russia and the Middle East, among other countries. We estimate that our market share is around 2.0%1.8% in the U.S..U.S.

Overview of the Egg Industry in Mexico

According to the UNA, Mexico has the largest per capita consumption of eggs (or “table eggs”) in the world.

There is an estimated per capita consumption of around 22.522.44 kilograms for 2012,2015, a 1.0% increase when compared to 22.422.2 kilograms in 2011. 2014.

Mexico’s 20122015 annual egg production is estimated at 2,538.12,635.6 million tons.tons, an increase of 2.5% as compared with 2,571.3 million tons produced in 2014.

When compared to other protein sources, eggs are among the cheapest sources of protein in Mexico. The egg industry is more fragmented than the chicken industry.

Table eggs in Mexico are classified in three main categories: bulk, packaged and processed.

Bachoco participates in the bulk and packaged categories of eggs but does not participate in the processed market.

We estimate that we are the second largest producer of table eggs in Mexico. In 2012,2015 and 2014, we produced 5.6%5.1% and 4.9%, respectively, of the total eggs produced in Mexico in terms of tons. We sell both brown and white eggs. We estimate that we are the largest producer of brown eggs in Mexico, and the largest marketer of packaged eggs with brand identification.

In 20122015, 2014 and 2011,2013, the volume sold byin the table eggs category in the Mexican industry and inby the Company was:

SALES AND VOLUME OF EGG BY CATEGORY

Overview of the Balanced Feed Market in Mexico

According to theConsejo Nacional de Fabricantes de Alimento Balanceado y de la Nutricion Animal, A.C.(or ”CONAFAB”),CONAFAB, Mexico is among the tenfive biggest producers of balanced feed worldwide.

According to CONAFAB, it is estimated that 28,75931,115 thousand tons of balanced feed were produced in Mexico in 2012,2015, a slight3.5% increase from 28,33330,063 thousand tons of balanced feed produced in 2011.2014.

Producers of balanced feed are classified as either commercial andor integrated; commercial manufacturers produce for the market while integrated manufacturers mostly produce for themselves and occasionally for other producers.

TheBachoco participates in both channels, integrated and commercial, as it produces balanced feed used for internal consumption as well as balanced feed it ultimately sells to third parties.

In 2015, CONAFAB estimated that the production mix between commercial and integrated producerswas about 38.3% and 61.7%, respectively. This mix has not changed much inover the past years as it remains in the following proportion: 37% to 40% of commercial producers and 60% to 63% of integrated producers.several years.

The following table sets forth, for each of the periods indicated, our net volume sold of balanced feed:

BALANCED FEED VOLUME SOLD

(1) According to CONAFAB, balanced feed produced by commercial producers in Mexico.

(2) CONAFAB estimates

Seasonality Effects

The poultry industry worldwide is very susceptible to price changes in its main raw materials, such as corn, soybean meal and sorghum. As a result, the industry is characterized by cyclical periods of higher profitability leading to overproduction followed by periods of lower prices and lower profitability and is very susceptible to price changes in main raw material, such as; corn, soybean meal and sorghum.profitability.

Our sales are moderately seasonal in Mexico. In general,Generally, we experience the highest levels of sales in the second and fourth quarters due to higher chicken consumption during the holiday seasons.

As for our sales in the U.S., there is slightly less seasonality due to the mix of products offered in the market, but breast meat prices are typically higher in the second and third quarters and wings are more in demand in the fourth and first quarters.

Pricing for chicken and eggs products

Chicken and eggs are considered a commodity item. Changes to the supply or demand and changes in raw material prices can directly impact in sale prices, and, as a result, affect the profitability of main producers. Another factor that impacts chicken pricing mainly in U.S. is the international demand.

Main Raw Materials and Sources of Supply

As a vertically integrated company our processes start in our main business lines with production of balanced feed, as well as with the buying of grandparent breeder flocks.

Our production of chicken processes startsstart with the purchasing of one-day birds called “grandparent” birds. These birds are raised to maturity in our farms where fertile eggs are produced to continue through our production processes. Grandparent birds are bought mainly in Mexico and the U.S. and also in some other countries from genetic bird firms.

The largest single component of our cost of sales is the cost of balanced feed raw materials, mainly grain (corn and sorghum), as well as soybean meal, used to prepare balanced feed. We operate our own feed mills to produce balanced feed for both individual business consumption as well as to sell to third parties.

The prices of these ingredients are subject to significant volatility resulting from weather, the size of harvests, transportation and storage costs, governmental agricultural policies, currency exchange rates and other factors. The Company engages in hedging of its feed costs in order to assure a more stable cost of grains.

In Mexico, domestic crops are limited, therefore a large percentage of our raw materials are imported from the U.S. In 2012,2015, in terms of volume, we bought approximately 47.0%40.4% of our total grain from the domestic market and the restremaining 59.6% from the U.S.

Marketing Channels Used by the Company

Marketing and Distribution of Chicken Products in Mexico

We have developed an extensive distribution system to participate in all the existing distribution channels of chicken and eggs products. We consider our distribution system one of the Company’s strengths, where we have developed wideextensive expertise and knowledge of the business.

We participate and operate in all the following marketing channels:

We use our own fleet to transport the majority of rotisserie chickens, supermarket broilers and other chicken products to our customers in Mexico. We try to cooperate with existing distribution channels and do not compete with wholesale distributors, except in areas where we supply our own distribution capacity where needed for market penetration.

We distribute products from our processing plants to our cold-storage facilities and warehouses, which serve as a midpoint in distribution to wholesalers and local customers. From our cold-storage facilities, we service wholesalers and retailers and transport certain products directly to supermarkets and food-service operations. Our distribution infrastructure includes more than 64 cold-storage warehouses and facilities and a large fleet of vehicles.

Marketing and Distribution of Chicken Products in the U.S..U.S.

Our U.S. operations, which lie across the River Valley area in Arkansas and Oklahoma, produce only chicken products. Those plants mainly supply grocery retailers, food service distributors, national accounts and commodity customers throughout the U.S. The U.S. complex also services the foreign market and exports to several countries including those in Asia,various Asian countries, Russia and Mexico itself.Mexico. Our distribution line through this plant is handled mainly through third parties.

Marketing and Distribution of Eggs Products in Mexico

Eggs are mostly sold packaged with brand identification. We sell white and brown eggs; the branded carton of brown eggs is a premium product in the Mexican market, because consumers perceive them to be of higher quality. Brown eggs command a small premium over white eggs.

In some regions, however, we have reallocated part of our production from brown eggs to white eggs due to local market preferences. Our marketing strategy in the eggs business is to gradually move from bulk to packaged white eggs. Packaged eggs are less vulnerable to price fluctuation and create brand loyalty.

We have designed our egg distribution system to transport eggs from our laying farms to customers in all sales regions.

Marketing and Distribution of Balanced Feed in Mexico

Our production of balanced feed to third parties accounts for a wide range of products; we produce balanced feed products mainly in the poultry industry, but we also produce in other markets such as dogs, cattle, swine and fish, among other species.

We sell balanced feed products mainly to small livestock producers and through a network of small distributors located mainly in central and southern Mexico. Currently, we have 4 feed plants dedicated to producing balanced feed to third parties.

Patents, Licenses and Other Contracts

The Company’s operations are not dependent on the existence of patents or licenses or contracts signed with customers or suppliers.

We own the rights to a wide range of brands that we use to market our products. These rights are renewed every ten years.

Material Effects of Government Regulations on the Company’s Business

Every region where Bachoco operates is subject to extensive federal, state and foreign laws and regulations, which can have a material effect on the Company. Such laws and regulations include among others, the following:

Import and Export Regulations

Effective January 1, 2008, there is a free chicken market between Mexico and the U.S. This allows U.S. producers to export any amount of chicken (mainly leg quarters) free of tariffs to Mexico.

The U.S. chicken exports to Mexico have substantially increased since applicable restrictions on such imports have recently phased out. However, this development does impact the Mexican market for chicken because neither we, nor any other Mexican chicken producer, isare yet able to export similar products to the U.S. Our production complex in the U.S. exports chicken products to several countries such as Russia, China and Mexico, among others, and therefore it is subject to various laws and regulations that apply in each of these countries.

Antitrust Regulations

In Mexico, theLey Federal de Competencia Economica(“Mexican Economic Competition Law” or “CFC”“LFCE”), regulates monopolies and monopolistic practices.

Under this law, all companies,Mexican producers, including Bachoco are required to notify the CFCComision Federal de Competencia Economica (“Competition Federal Commission” or “COFECE”) of all proposed transactions exceeding specified threshold amounts as set forth in the Mexican Economic Competition Law. The CFCCOFECE can impose conditions on, and prevent or unwind, any such transactions by Mexican companies.

We have complied with all requirements under this law. In December 2009, Mexico’s CFCCOFECE published a notice announcing an investigation of the Mexican poultry sector regarding possible monopolistic business practices. No specific companies were cited as conducting business in this manner. We, along with other companies,Mexican producers and distributors, were required to provide information to the commission during 2010 to 2012.the following years. As a result of this investigation, COFECE imposed several fines on us for supposedly having certain practices where the CFC determined the following:price of chicken was manipulated.

In bothall cases, wethe Company disagreed with CFC’sthe COFECE’s resolution and have appealed bothall of the resolutions according to the provisions of Mexican law in order to assert our rights as a company that contributes to the development of the country and to a free market.

As of the date of this Annual Report, these files remain open; the CFCCOFECE is evaluating our impugnation and is expected to release a response in the upcoming months. The Company has recorded a provision for the amount that it currently expects to be responsible for.

Antidumping Regulations

Since 2003, chicken (excluding leg quarters for which the Mexican government had imposed certain temporary restrictions), eggs and swine import quotas were eliminated by virtue of the NAFTA. Poultry producers in the United States have developed extremely low-cost production methods and have been successful in exporting primarily frozen and value-added poultry to other countries, including Mexico, especially in periods of overcapacity in the United States.

On January 1, 2008, the restrictions previously imposed for leg quarters were phased out. At presentAs a result, there are no restrictions on exporting these products to Mexico.Mexico at this time.

In February of 2011, theSecretaria Mexicana de Economia (or “Ministry“Mexican Ministry of the Economy”) initiated an antidumping investigation focusing exclusively on imports of leg quarters to Mexico from the U.S. to Mexico. This investigation was requested by Bachoco and by two other Mexican poultry companies.

As a result of this investigation, in January of 2012, the Ministry of Economy issued a preliminary ruling on anti-dumping procedures and confirmed dumping conditions on chicken leg quarters imported from the United States,U.S., including margins ranging from 62.90% to 129.77%, stating that such practices damaged the Mexican poultry industry.

The Mexican Ministry of the Economy had the authority to impose anti-dumping duties, but did not proceed as the interested parties expressed the desire to reach an agreement. The companies involved provided new arguments.

Consequently, on August 7, 2012, after examining all final arguments, the authorities confirmed the existence of dumping conditions that caused harm to the domestic poultry industry. The Mexican Ministry of the Economy imposed anti-dumping duties on imports of chicken leg quarters from the United States,U.S., but stated that such penalties would not be applied immediately, as the poultry industry was being affected by the presence of avian flu type H7N3 in the estatestate of Jalisco. It is worth noting that, the Company´s facilities were not affected by this outbreak of influenza.

As of the date of this report, we do not have any further information from the Mexican Ministry of the Economy regarding the application of such duties.duties to the chicken industry. We do not believe we will be subject to any antidumping fines and thus have not recorded any provisions in our consolidated financial information.

Environmental and Sanitary Regulation

The chicken industry is subject to government regulation in the health and environmental safety areas, including provisions relating to water and air pollution and noise control. Below is a description of the principal laws and administrative authorities in these areas in Mexico and the U.S.:

All of these laws or regulations can bring administrative and criminal proceedings against companies that violate environmental and safety laws and regulations, and after certain administrative procedures, such violations can result in the closure of non-complying facilities.

The Company provides information to these authorities on a regular basis or whenever required to assure the Company’s compliance thereof. Our Mexican and U.S. subsidiaries are also in compliance with all current regulations and are constantly monitored to ensure compliance in case of any changes in the regulatory environment.

In 2008TheComision Nacional del Agua (CONAGUA, for its Spanish acronym) imposed fines on the Company voluntarily entered in an audit program through theProcuraduria de Proteccion al Ambiente (Office of Environmental Protection or “Propaeg”) of the Government of Guanajuato. As a result, on February 29, 2012,for infractions the Company receivedsupposedly committed when extracting water from wells and other sources for livestock use. The Company is appealing the Certificate “Clean Company” delivered by Propaeg. This Certificate confirmsimposition of these fines and has registered a provision for the amount that the Company meets all environmental standards on its production processes and that is friendly to the environment.it will probably pay.

Industrias Bachoco, S.A.B de C.V.The Company is a holding company with no operations other than holding the stock of its subsidiaries. Our main operating subsidiaries are Bachoco, S.A. de C.V.BSACV and Bachoco USA LLC (the holding company for OK Foods), which own our main operating assets.

In 2015, our subsidiary Bachoco, S.A. de C.V.BSACV accounted for 71.9%57.7% of consolidated total assets and 73.0%71.9% of total consolidated sales and our subsidiary Bachoco USA, LLC, accounted for 12.3%13.7% of consolidated total assets and 20.8%21.4% of total consolidated sales.

All of our subsidiaries are directly owned by us in the percentages listed below. The following table shows our main subsidiaries as of December 31, 20122015, 2014 and 2011:2013:

PERCENTAGE EQUITY INTEREST

Bachoco USA is a subsidiary incorporated on March 2, 2012 to serve as the holding company for O.K. Industries, Inc., the American poultry company we acquired in November 2011.

For more detail regarding the Company’s subsidiaries, see Note 75 of our Audited Consolidated Financial Statements included herein.

We have more than a thousand production facilities in Mexico and in the U.S. (most of which are farms) and 64 distribution centers that are located throughout Mexico, to ensure freshness and minimize transportation time and costs.

We own most of our facilities, we own around the 80%75% of our farms and lease a limited number of other farms and sales centers. We also employ a network of contract growers.

The following table indicates Bachoco’s production facilities and the number of each type of facility both in Mexico and the U.S., as of December 31, 2012:2015:

BACHOCO’S FACILITIES

Bachoco’s facilities in Mexico

OurIn the past, our facilities in Mexico are located all over the country,were grouped in nineseveral complexes with main offices in Merida, Coatzacoalcos, Tecamachalco, Celaya, Lagos de Moreno, Monterrey, Gomez Palacios, Culiacan and Hermosillo. Each of these complexes mainly includes farms, feed mills, incubation facility, processing plants, and distribution centers.In 2014, we implemented a new structure whereby our facilities are now grouped according to “business units” where each business unit is responsible not only for the production process but also customer service in an assigned region.

Our eight processing plants process around 1011.0 million chickens per week and our laying farms produce around 1211.2 thousand tons of commercial eggs each month.

Four of the eighteen feed mill plants are dedicated to the production of balanced feed for sales to third parties and the remaining fourteen are dedicated mainly to internal consumption. We produce around 3033 thousand tons of balanced feed per month for sale to third parties.

We own other facilities, including two poultry manure-processing plants. We also own a laboratory that produces vaccines for the poultry industry, which we mainly use for internal purposes but we also sell some vaccines to third parties.

Expansion, Construction or Issues Related to Our Facilities in Mexico

On April 13, 2008,During 2015, we continued several projects to alleviate bottlenecks, thereby increasing production, in some of our production centers. For example, we finished our live chicken production capacity in the state of Chiapas and in other southern states, and increased our processing plantcapacity in Monterrey caught fire. While the fire destroyed the entire furtherour processing area,plants located in central Mexico.

During 2014, we undertook several projects to alleviate bottlenecks, thereby increasing production, in some of our broiler production processing did not suffer any damage and continued operating under nearly normal conditions until 2009. In 2009, the Company closed this facility and moved the broilercenters. For instance, we are increasing our live chicken production processing to a new facilitycapacity in the state of Chiapas and in other southern states. At the same city of Monterrey.time, we are increasing our processing capacity in our processing plants located in central Mexico.

In April 2010, the table eggs operation located in Mexicali, B.C. was affected by an earthquake that hit northwestern Mexico on April 4. The earthquake partially affected almost all of the farms located in this region, including our farm. Our affected farm represents approximately 9.0% of our total egg production. Other facilities, such as feed mill and distribution centers, were essentially undamaged. This farm recommenced operations at the end of 2010, with normal production capacity by the end of 2011.

In February 2013, the outbreak of the avian influenza H7N3 was detected in several of our breeders and layingbreeder farms located in the state of Guanajuato central Mexico. Althoughwere affected by an outbreak of avian influenza type H7N3. As a result, the affected farms suffered no damageCompany experienced a reduction in chicken volume sold of around 4.0% for the year. Once the outbreak was under control, the Company was able to gradually recover its production level. However, in 2014, most of these facilities closed and their assets, the production capacity of such farms was suspended due to the decreased bird populations caused by the quarantine of the aforementioned farms.replaced through our U.S. operations.

Earlier in 2012, several laying farms of other local producers were affected with the same type of influenza (H7N3), in the state of Jalisco. None of Bachoco’s farms were affected.

For more detail, see Note 32 of our Consolidated Financial Statements included herein.

Bachoco’s facilities in the U.S.

We have facilities across the River Valley area in Arkansas and Oklahoma. We process around 3 million chickens per week in those facilities. Our offices are in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Our slaughter and deboning plants and feed mills are located in Fort Smith and in Heavener, Oklahoma. We have further processingfurther-processing plants to produce value-added chicken products in Fort Smith and Muldrow, Oklahoma; our hatcheries in Fort Smith, Heavener and Stigler, Oklahoma; our broiler research farms, in Greenwood, Arkansas and Hartford, Arkansas; and our cooler storage and distribution center, in Muldrow city.Muldrow.

Expansion, Construction or Issues Related with Our Facilities in the U.S.

We currently have noIn July 2013, the Company reached an agreement to acquire the Arkansas breeding assets of Morris Hatchery Inc., a U.S. company. These assets comprise mainly of equipment and bird inventory (laying hens that produce hatching eggs), with a capacity of approximately 350 thousand laying hens.

On July 2015, the Company reached an agreement to acquire the Georgia breeding assets of Morris Hatchery Inc. These assets comprise mainly of equipment and bird inventory (laying hens that produce hatching eggs), with a capacity of approximately - one million laying hens.

On December 2015, the Company reached an agreement to acquire the Oklahoma City Fully Cooked facility from American Foods Group, a U.S. Company. This acquisition comprises all the American Foods Group’s chicken assets located in Oklahoma City, with a capacity to produce over 700,000 pounds per week of fully cooked chicken products. The Company closed the transaction in February 2016 through its subsidiary, OK Foods.

See Notes 4, 12 and 30 of our Audited Consolidated Financial Statements for more detail.

The Company plans to carry out any construction or material expansioncontinue with several projects, primarily in Mexico, gradually increasing our Mexico or U.S. facilities.chicken and egg production in the next few years.

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ITEM 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects

In January 2009, the CNBV published certain amendments to the Rules for Public Companies and other participants in the Mexican Securities Market that require public companies to report financial information in accordance with the IFRS as issued by the IASB, effective as of January 1, 2012.

Following these amendments, on January 1,for the year ended December 31, 2012, we adopted IFRS.IFRS, with January 1, 2011 as our transition date. Thus, we timely issue our periodic reports under IFRS, meeting all of the CNBV requirements. For comparative proposes our financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, and the opening balance as of January 1, 2011 were converted from MFRS to IFRS to make them comparable to our financial statements for fiscal year 2012.

The rules and regulations of the SEC, do not require foreign private issuers that prepare their financial statements on the basis of IFRS (as issued by the IASB) to reconcile such financial statements to U.S. GAAP. As such, while Industrias Bachoco, S.A.B. de C.V.the Company has in the past reconciled its consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with MFRS to U.S. GAAP, those reconciliations are no longer presented in Bachoco’s filings with the SEC.

Year 20122015 Overview

Financial and operating results were sound during 2012. The following factors were the principal contributors to our results of operations in 2012:

During 2012, the Company continued to integrate the operations of OK Foods, acquired in November of 2011, which has resulted in positive results to the Company and we keep focusing our efforts towards improving its daily operations.

In 2012,2015, we posted improvements in our total sales as compared to the Company’s management decided it wasprevious year, while we were able to reach the second highest EBITDA margin in the best interestslast ten years.

These results were driven by external and internal conditions. Externally, we benefitted from (i) economic growth in Mexico and a lower inflation rate when compared to 2014, (ii) strong level of demand and consumption of poultry products in Mexico and in the U.S. and (iii) stable cost of our main raw materials, in U.S. dollar terms, which helped in light of the Company to tap intoMexican peso depreciation against the local bond marketU.S. dollar in order to diversify its debt instruments and open up more sources of financing.2015.

Therefore,Internally, we increased our volumes sold in August 2012,our main business lines primarily due to (i) the Company successfully issued its first local bond, forimplementation of several projects to alleviate bottlenecks, (ii) our ability to capture efficiencies to continue as a tenorlow cost producer company and (iii) the implementation of 5 years, maturing in 2017. The bonds issued had an interest rate of 28-day TIIE, offering a yield of TIIE + 0.60%several projects to investors. The principal will be amortized at face value, in one payment, on the date of maturity. The funds obtained were used primarilycloser to pre-pay certain outstanding debt, some of which was previously incurred in the context of our acquisition of OK Foods.customers and better understand and attend to their needs.

Macroeconomic Conditions in Mexico

The Mexican inflationeconomy experienced GDP growth of 2.5% in 2015, which was higher than the growth rate does not have a material effect on Bachoco’s financial performance. According to statistics released by theBanco de Mexico,reached in 2014. In addition, the inflation rate was 3.6%2.13%, lower than 4.08% observed in 2012, while the GDP grew by 3.9% during the same year. 2014.

In general, economic conditions in Mexico have been stable, which resulted in stabilityterms of the Mexican peso duringpeso-dollar exchange rate, while it remained stable through most of the year. year, there was an increase in volatility towards the end of the year, leading the Mexican peso-dollar exchange rate to depreciate 14.3% by the end of the year with respect to the end of 2014.

The Mexican peso-dollar exchange rate depreciation that occurred at the end of 2015 had an effect on our financial results, primarily, for the following reasons:

a) Approximately 24.0% of our sales correspond to our U.S. operations and are denominated in dollar terms. Therefore, these sales were positively affected by the Mexican peso-dollar exchange rate depreciation when preparing our results in Mexican peso terms.

b) About 35.4% of our total debt for the year ended December 31, 2015 was denominated in 2012 appreciatedU.S. dollars. Therefore, this indebtedness was negatively affected by 7.9%the Mexican peso-dollar exchange rate depreciation when preparing our results in Mexican peso terms.

c) The increase in the cost of our raw materials purchased in U.S. dollars, which occurred as compared againsta result of the year-endMexican peso-dollar exchange rate depreciation, was partially offset by a decrease in the prices of 2011.our main raw materials, such as grain and soybean meal, in U.S. dollar terms.

According to UNA estimates, for 2012,in 2015, the totalvolume of chicken volumeand eggs produced in Mexico grew about 1.5% withapproximately 5.0% and 2.5%, respectively, which means the Mexican poultry industry accelerated its growth during 2015, as compared to 2014, after seeing a reduction in production in 2013 due to an estimated per capita consumptionoutbreak of 25.7 kilograms of chicken per year and the total egg volume produced in Mexico grew 1.5% with an estimated per capita consumption of 22.5 kilograms of eggs per year.avian flu.

Operating Performance

The following financialAll figures discussed below are information for 2012 is reflected2015, with comparative figures of 2014 and 2013 prepared in accordance with IFRS and are presented in millions of pesos unless otherwise indicated, with comparative figures for the same periods in 2011, was prepared under IFRS, andindicated. This information should be read in conjunction with our Audited Consolidated Financial Statements included herein.Statements.

The following table sets forth selected components of our results of operations as a percentage of net revenues for each of the periods indicated:

STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS DATA