FEMSA Files 2008 SEC Annual Report

MONTERREY, Mexico -

Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (”FEMSA”) (NYSE: FMX) filed its annual report on Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.

The report is available on FEMSA’s investor relations website at ir.femsa.com/sec.cfm. Shareholders may receive a hard copy of the report, which includes FEMSA’s audited financial statements, free of charge through the contact below.

Contact: investor@femsa.com.mx +52-818-328-6167

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 6,500 stores.

Source: Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V.

Investors: +52-818-328-6167, investor at femsa.com.mx; or Media: +52-818-328-6046, comunicacion at femsa.com