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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of February 2011
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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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undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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FOMENTO ECONÓMICO MEXICANO, S.A. DE C.V . |
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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: February 28, 2011
FEMSA Announces Shareholders Meeting
Monterrey, Mexico, February 28, 2011 — FOMENTO ECONOMICO MEXICANO, S.A.B. de C.V. (“FEMSA”) (NYSE: FMX, BMV: FEMSAUBD) announces it will hold its Annual Shareholders Meeting on March 25, 2011.
Additionally, the company informs that the record date for FEMSA’s ADS holders (NYSE: FMX) in the US will be March 9, 2011.
(This release is an English translation of a document filed with the Mexican Stock Exchange.)
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FEMSA is a leading company that participates in the non-alcoholic beverage industry through Coca-Cola FEMSA, the largest independent bottler of Coca-Cola products in the world in terms of sales volume; in the retail industry through FEMSA Comercio, operating the largest and fastest-growing chain of convenience stores in Latin America, and in the beer industry, through its ownership of the second largest equity stake in Heineken, one of the world’s leading brewers with operations in over 70 countries.