FEMSA Schedules Conference Call to Discuss First Quarter 2010 Financial Results

MONTERREY, Mexico, April 14 /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 First Quarter 2010 Conference Call that will be held on:

    
    
                               Monday, April 26, 2010
                               04:00 PM Eastern Time
                             (03:00 PM Mexico City Time)

Javier Astaburuaga, Chief Financial Officer of FEMSA, will host the call and discuss FEMSA's 1st quarter 2010 financial results, followed by a question and answer session. The quarterly results will be released on April 26 before the markets open.

    
    
                   To participate in the conference call please dial
                           Toll Free US: (1 888) 481-2845
                           International: (1 719) 325-2133

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 7,300 stores.

Investor Contact:

(52) 818-328-6167

[email protected]

Media Contact:

(52) 818-328-6046

[email protected]

SOURCE FEMSA