Grupo Elektra Acquires Blockbuster Mexico

Grupo Elektra, S.A.B. de C.V.

, the financial and specialty retailer company leader in Latin America and largest provider of non-bank short term loans in the U.S. - and a company of Grupo Salinas, a group of dynamic and technologically advanced companies founded by Ricardo Salinas (www.ricardosalinas.com) - announced today that it acquired 100% of the shares of Blockbuster de México, S.A. de C.V from Blockbuster L.L.C., a wholly-owned subsidiary of satellite pay-TV provider DISH Network

based in Englewood, Colorado, USA.