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 2013
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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)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf of the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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FOMENTO ECONÓMICO MEXICANO, S.A. DE C.V .
By: /s/ Javier Astaburuaga
Javier Astaburuaga
Chief Financial Officer
Date: February 5, 2013
FEMSA Announces Shareholders Meeting
Monterrey, Mexico, February 5, 2013 — FOMENTO ECONOMICO MEXICANO, S.A.B. de C.V. (“FEMSA”) (NYSE: FMX, BMV: FEMSAUBD, FEMSAUB) announces it will hold its Annual Shareholders Meeting on March 15, 2013.
Additionally, the company informs that the record date for FEMSA’s ADS holders (NYSE: FMX) in the US will be Februrary 15, 2013.
(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 beverage industry through Coca-Cola FEMSA, the largest bottler of Coca-Cola products in the world; in the retail industry through FEMSA Comercio, operating OXXO, the largest and fastest-growing chain of 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.