FEMSA Schedules Conference Call to Discuss Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

MONTERREY, Mexico, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. ("FEMSA") (NYSE: FMX; BMV: FEMSAUBD) is pleased to invite you to participate in its Third Quarter 2009 Conference Call that will be held on:

    Wednesday, October 28, 2009
    2:30 PM Eastern Time
    (12:30 PM Mexico City Time)

Javier Astaburuaga, Chief Financial Officer of FEMSA, will host the call and discuss FEMSA's third quarter 2009 financial results, followed by a question and answer session. The quarterly results will be released on October 28 before the markets open.

    To participate in the conference call, please dial
    Toll Free US: (1 888) 221-9518
    International: (1 913) 312-1463

The conference call will be webcast live through streaming audio. For details, please visit www.femsa.com/investor

If you are unable to participate live, the conference call replay will be available on http://ir.femsa.com/results.cfm

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, with presence in Brazil, and an important beer exporter to the United States and other countries; and Oxxo, the largest and fastest growing convenience store chain in Mexico with over 6,800 stores.

SOURCE Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V.