Form 6-K MEXICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOP For: Feb 02

 

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 2016

 

 

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  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): _______

 

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): _______

  

 

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.

 

Yes  ¨

No  x

 

If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in 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, there unto duly authorized.

 

 

	FOMENTO ECONÓMICO MEXICANO, S.A.B. DE C.V.
	By: /s/ Eduardo Padilla
	Eduardo Padilla
	Chief Financial Officer

 

Date:  February 02, 2016 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

FEMSA Announces Shareholders Meeting

 

 

Monterrey, Mexico, February 02, 2016 — 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 8, 2016.

  

 

Additionally, the company informs that the record date for FEMSA’s ADS holders (NYSE: FMX) in the US will be February 12, 2016.

  

 

(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 franchise bottler of Coca-Cola products in the world; 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 with FEMSA Comercio, operating various small-format store chains including OXXO. 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. 

 

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