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United States

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K/A

REPORT OF A FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of September 2019

Commission File Number: 1-35934

FOMENTO ECONÓMICO MEXICANO, S.A.B. DE C.V.

(Exact name of the Registrant as specified in the charter)

Mexican Economic Development, Inc. (Translation of Registrant's name into English)

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 Form20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F

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):

This Report on Form 6-K shall be incorporated by reference into the Registrant's

Registration Statement on Form F-3ASR (File No. 333-233960).

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Explanatory Note

This amendment to the Report on Form 6-K of Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. previously filed on September 26, 2019 is being filed to correct a typographical error and arithmetic calculation and add Exhibit 99.1. This amendment should supersede the original Report on Form 6-K in its entirety.

Except as set forth herein, there are no other changes to the original Report on Form 6-K.

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Forward-Looking Information

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Presentation of Information

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Operating and Financial Review - Second Quarter 2019

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Recent Developments

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We have prepared this report to provide our investors with disclosure and financial information regarding recent developments in our business and results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2019.

The information in this report supplements information contained in our annual report on Form20-F for the year ended December 31, 2018 (File No. 001-35934), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2019.

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

Some of the information contained or incorporated by reference in this report contains words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate" and similar expressions that identify forward-looking statements. Use of these words reflects our views about future events and financial performance. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors that may be beyond our control, including, but not limited to:

  • effects on our company from changes in our relationship with or among our affiliated companies;
  • effects on our company's points of sale performances from changes in economic conditions and consumer preferences;
  • changes or interruptions in our information technology systems;
  • effects on our company from changes to our various suppliers' business and demands;
  • competition;
  • significant developments in Mexico and the other countries where we operate;
  • our ability to implement our business expansion strategy, including our ability to successfully integrate mergers and acquisitions we have completed in recent years; and
  • economic or political conditions or changes in our regulatory or legal environment, including the impact of existing laws and regulations, changes thereto or the imposition of new tax, environmental, health, energy, foreign investment and/or antitrust laws or regulations impacting our business, activities and investments.

Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. We caution you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions expressed in such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors are discussed under "Risk Factors" in our most recent annual report on Form 20-F and include economic and political conditions and government policies in the countries in which we operate, inflation rates, exchange rates, regulatory developments, customer demand and competition. We caution you that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive and that other risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements. You should evaluate any statements made by us in light of these important factors.

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information or future events or for any other reason.

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PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION

Certain Defined Terms

The terms "FEMSA," "our company," "we," "us" and "our," are used in this report to refer to Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. and, except where the context otherwise requires, its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. "FEMSA units" consist of FEMSA BD units and FEMSA B units. Each FEMSA BD unit is comprised of one Series B Share, two Series D-B Shares and two Series D-L Shares. Each FEMSA B unit is comprised of five Series B Shares. The number of FEMSA units outstanding as of June 30, 2019 was 3,578,226,270, equivalent to the total number of FEMSA Shares outstanding as of the same date, divided by 5.

Currency

References herein to "U.S.$" are to U.S. dollars. References herein to "Ps." are to Mexican pesos. U.S. dollar amounts in the tables are presented solely for convenience. This report contains translations of various Mexican peso amounts into U.S. dollars at specified rates solely for your convenience. You should not construe these translations, or any other currency translations included herein, as representations that the Mexican peso amounts actually represent the U.S. dollar or other foreign currency amounts or could be converted into U.S. dollars or such other foreign currency at the rate indicated. Unless otherwise indicated, we have translated U.S. dollar amounts from Mexican pesos at the exchange rate of Ps. 19.2089 to U.S. $1.00, which was the noon buying rate for Mexican pesos per U.S. dollar as published by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board in its H.10 Weekly Release of Foreign Exchange Rates for June 28, 2019.

Rounding

Certain figures included in this report have been rounded for ease of presentation. Percentage figures included in this report have not, in all cases, been calculated on the basis of such rounded figures but on the basis of such amounts prior to rounding. For this reason, percentage amounts in this report may vary from those obtained by performing the same calculations using the figures in our consolidated financial statements. Certain numerical figures shown as totals in some tables may not be an arithmetic aggregation of the figures that preceded them due to rounding.

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