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 March 2019

 

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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under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

 

Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨

 

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permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): _______

  

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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.

 

	FOMENTO ECONÓMICO MEXICANO, S.A. DE C.V.
	By:	/s/ Gerardo Estrada Attolini
		Gerardo Estrada Attolini
		Director of Corporate Finance
Date:  March 22, 2019

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

 

FEMSA Shareholders Approved Ps. 9,692 Million Dividend

 

 

Monterrey, Mexico, March 22, 2019 — Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: FMX; BMV: FEMSAUBD) (“FEMSA” or “the Company”) held its Annual Ordinary General Shareholders Meeting today, during which the shareholders approved the Company’s annual report for 2018 prepared by the Chief Executive Officer, the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018 and the election of the Board of Directors and its Committees for 2019.

 

The shareholders approved the payment of a cash dividend in the amount of Ps. 9,692 million, consisting of Ps. 0.6042 per each Series "D" share and Ps. 0.4833 per each Series "B" share, which amounts to Ps. 2.9000 per "BD" Unit (BMV: FEMSAUBD) or Ps. 29.0000 per ADS (NYSE: FMX), and Ps. 2.4167 per "B" Unit (BMV: FEMSAUB). The dividend payment will be split in two equal payments, payable on May 7, 2019 and November 5, 2019. In addition, the shareholders established the amount of Ps. 7,000 million as the maximum amount that could potentially be used for the Company’s share repurchase program during 2019.

 

 

 

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About FEMSA

FEMSA is a leading company that participates in the beverage industry through Coca-Cola FEMSA, the largest franchise bottler of Coca-Cola products in the world by volume; 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. In the retail industry it participates through FEMSA Comercio, comprising a Proximity Division operating OXXO, a small-format store chain, a Health Division, which includes all drugstores and related operations, and a Fuel Division, which operates the OXXO GAS chain of retail service stations. Additionally, through its Strategic Businesses unit, it provides logistics, point-of-sale refrigeration solutions and plastics solutions to FEMSA's business units and third-party clients.