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FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
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THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the
month of March 2010
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FOMENTO
ECONÓMICO MEXICANO, S.A.B. DE
C.V.
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Mexican
Economic Development, Inc.
(Translation
of Registrant’s name into English)
United
Mexican States
(Jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
General
Anaya No. 601 Pte.
Colonia
Bella Vista
Monterrey,
Nuevo León 64410
México
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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FOMENTO ECONÓMICO MEXICANO, S.A.
DE C.V.
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By:
/s/ Javier Astaburuaga
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Javier
Astaburuaga
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Chief
Financial Officer
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Date: March
12, 2010
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FEMSA
Announces Shareholders Meeting
Monterrey, Mexico, March 12,
2010 — Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (“FEMSA”) (NYSE: FMX,
BMV: FEMSAUBD) announces it will hold its Annual Shareholders Meeting on April
26, 2010, during which FEMSA will submit the transaction with Heineken for
shareholders approval.
Additionally,
the company informs that the record date for FEMSA’s ADS holders (NYSE: FMX) in
the US will be March 22, 2010.
A
detailed agenda for the meeting will be published in due course.
(This
release is an English translation of a document filed with the Mexican Stock
Exchange.)
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FEMSA is
the leading beverage company in Latin America. It controls an integrated
beverage platform that comprises Coca-Cola FEMSA, the largest Coca-Cola bottler
in the region; FEMSA Cerveza, one of the leading brewers in Mexico, with
presence in Brazil, and an important beer exporter to the United States and
other countries; and OXXO, the largest and fastest growing convenience store
chain in Mexico with over 7,300 stores.