FEMSA Announces Time Change for First Quarter 2017

MONTERREY, MEXICO--(Marketwired - Apr 7, 2017) -  Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. ("FEMSA") ( NYSE : FMX ) ( BMV : FEMSAUBD ) today announced that it has modified the start time for its First Quarter 2017 Conference Call on Friday, April 28, 2017. The call will now begin at 12:15 PM Eastern Time (11:15 AM Mexico City Time).

Eduardo Padilla, Chief Corporate Officer of FEMSA, will host the call and discuss FEMSA's First Quarter 2017 financial results, followed by a question and answer session. The quarterly results will be released on April 28 before market opens.

To participate in the conference call please dial Toll Free US: ( 877) 852 6581 International: ( 719) 325 4753 Conference ID: 5516870

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 a leading company that participates in the beverage industry through Coca-Cola FEMSA, the largest franchise bottler of Coca-Cola products in the world by volume; 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 through FEMSA Comercio, comprising a Retail Division operating various small-format store chains including OXXO, a Health Division, which includes all drugstores and related operations, and a Fuel Division, operating the OXXO GAS chain of retail service stations. 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.