SECURITIES
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FORM
6-K
REPORT OF
FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
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TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
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:
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/s/ Javier Astaburuaga
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Javier
Astaburuaga
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Chief Financial Officer
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Date: March
29, 2010
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Latin
America´s Beverage Leader
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Mexican
Antitrust Commission approves
FEMSA's
strategic transaction with Heineken
Monterrey, México, March 29, 2010 —
Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (“FEMSA”) (NYSE: FMX; BMV:
FEMSAUBD) announces that the Comisión Federal de Competencia, Mexico's
anti-trust regulator, has approved without reservation the strategic
exchange of 100% of the shares of the beer operations owned by FEMSA for
an interest in Heineken (HEIA.NA; HEIN.AS; HEIO.NA; HEIO.AS), under the
terms described in FEMSA's disclosure of January 11, 2010.
Hart-Scott-Rodino approval has also been granted by the relevant trade
authorities in the United States. The transaction, which is expected to be
completed in the second quarter of 2010, is subject to customary
regulatory approvals in other relevant jurisdictions, as well as approval
by the FEMSA and Heineken shareholders.
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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.
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