Report of Foreign Issuer (6-k)

 

 

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 September 2019

 

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-_____________

 

 

 

 

 

Unusual trading volumes in FEMSA securities

  

Monterrey, Mexico, September 23, 2019 — Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (“FEMSA”) (BMV: FEMSAUBD, FEMSAUB; NYSE: FMX) has informed the Mexican Stock Exchange (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores) that with relation to the unusual movements presented during September 20, 2019 in the trading volumes of the securities identified with ticker symbol “FEMSAUBD”, FEMSA is not aware of the causes that may have resulted in such unusual trading volumes, and that these correspond to market conditions.

 

As provided by Article 53 of the General Provisions Applicable to Securities Issuers and Other Market Participants (Disposiciones de Carácter General Aplicables a las Emisoras de Valores y a Otros Participantes del Mercado de Valores), FEMSA also informed the Mexican Stock Exchange and its regulators that it has no knowledge of any activity by members of its board of directors, senior management or share repurchase program, that may have been related to the unusual trading volumes.

 

Any additional material information that may come up will be disclosed in a timely manner through this same channel, in compliance with applicable regulations.

 

This clarification is being made upon request by the Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores, as per Article 106 of the Securities Market Law (Ley del Mercado de Valores) and Article 50, next to last paragraph, of the General Provisions Applicable to Securities Issuers and Other Market Participants (Disposiciones de Carácter General Aplicables a las Emisoras de Valores y a Otros Participantes del Mercado de Valores).

   

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About FEMSA

FEMSA creates economic and social value through companies and institutions and strives to be the best employer and neighbor to the communities in which it operates. It participates in the retail industry through FEMSA Comercio, comprising a Proximity Division operating OXXO, a small-format store chain, a Health Division, which includes drugstores and related activities, and a Fuel Division, which operates the OXXO GAS chain of retail service stations. In the beverage industry, it participates through Coca-Cola FEMSA, a public bottler of Coca-Cola products; and in the beer industry, as a shareholder of HEINEKEN, a brewer with operations in over 70 countries. 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. Through its business units, FEMSA has more than 295,000 employees in 13 countries. FEMSA is a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability MILA Pacific Alliance, the FTSE4Good Emerging Index and the Mexican Stock Exchange Sustainability Index, among other indexes that evaluate is sustainability performance.

  

 

 

 

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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

	FOMENTO ECONÓMICO MEXICANO, S.A. DE C.V.
	By:	/s/ Gerardo Estrada Attolini
		Gerardo Estrada Attolini
		Director of Corporate Finance

 

Date: September 23, 2019