Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V.

MONTERREY, Mexico, Sept. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (“FEMSA” or the “Company”) (NYSE: FMX; BMV: FEMSAUBD, FEMSAUB) today announced that, as part of its ongoing efforts and consistent with its capital allocation framework and commitment to enhance capital returns to shareholders, it has entered into a new derivative instrument known as an accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”) agreement with a financial institution in the United States of America to repurchase Company's shares through the acquisition of American Depositary Shares (“ADS”). Under the terms of the ASR agreement, FEMSA has agreed to repurchase from such financial institution an aggregate amount of up to USD $280 million of its ADS1, subject to market conditions and delivered at maturity.

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