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 July 2021

 

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

 

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Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this

Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the

Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-_____________

 

 

 

 

 

 

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/ Eugenio Garza y Garza
  Eugenio Garza y Garza
  Director of Finance and Corporate Development

 

Date: July 15, 2021

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

FEMSA Extraordinary Shareholders´ Meeting Resolutions

 

Monterrey, Mexico, July 15, 2021 — Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (“FEMSA” or “the Company”) (NYSE: FMX; BMV: FEMSAUBD) held an Extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting today, during which its shareholders approved (i) modifications to FEMSA’s corporate purpose and, consequently, to Article 2 of its bylaws, in order to detail the activities that it currently performs; and (ii) modifications to the installation and approval procedures of the Board of Directors of FEMSA and, consequently, to Article 28 of its bylaws, to set forth the manner in which the Board of Directors convenes through the use of remote means of electronic communication.

 

For additional information, please refer to the Summary of Resolutions in the Investors section of our website at: https://femsa.gcs-web.com/.

 

 

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About FEMSA

FEMSA is a company that creates economic and social value through companies and institutions and strives to be the best employer and neighbor to the communities in which it operates. It participates in the retail industry through FEMSA Comercio, comprising a Proximity Division operating OXXO, a small-format store chain, a Health Division, which includes drugstores and related activities, and a Fuel Division, which operates the OXXO Gas chain of retail service stations. In the beverage industry, it participates through Coca-Cola FEMSA, the largest franchise bottler of Coca-Cola products in the world by volume; and in the beer industry, as the second largest shareholder of Heineken, one of the world’s leading brewers with operations in over 70 countries. FEMSA also participates in the logistics and distribution industry through its Strategic Business Unit, which additionally provides point-of-sale refrigeration and plastic solutions to its business units and third-party clients. Across its business units, FEMSA has more than 320,000 employees in 13 countries. FEMSA is a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability MILA Pacific Alliance, the FTSE4Good Emerging Index and the Mexican Stock Exchange Sustainability Index, among other indexes that evaluate its sustainability performance.

 

 

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