FEMSA Files 2006 SEC Annual Report

Monterrey, Mexico, June 28, 2007 — Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. ("FEMSA") (NYSE: FMX) filed its annual report on Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.

The report is available on the investor relations section of FEMSA's website at www.femsa.com/investor. Shareholders may receive a hard copy of the report, which includes FEMSA's audited financial statements, free of charge through the contact below.

Contact:
Veronica Montemayor
investor@femsa.com.mx
(52) 818-328-6167

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 and important beer exporter to the United States; and Oxxo, the largest and fastest growing convenience store chain in Mexico with over 4,900 stores.