EX-4.1





 Exhibit 4.1 

Execution Version 
  

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

and 
 The Bank of New York Mellon,

 as Trustee, Security Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent 

 
  

FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 

Dated as of February 12, 2020 
  

 
 U.S.
$300,000,000 
 3.500% Senior Notes due 2050 
  

 












 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
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	 ARTICLE ONE BASE INDENTURE AND DEFINITIONS
	  	 	4	
			
	 Section 101.
	  	 Provisions of the Base Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture
	  	 	4	
	 Section 102.
	  	 Definitions
	  	 	4	
		
	 ARTICLE TWO GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES
	  	 	4	
			
	 Section 201.
	  	 Authorization
	  	 	4	
	 Section 202.
	  	 Listing
	  	 	5	
		
	 ARTICLE THREE MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
	  	 	5	
			
	 Section 301.
	  	 Consent to Service; Jurisdiction
	  	 	5	
	 Section 302.
	  	 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial
	  	 	6	
	 Section 303.
	  	 Currency of Payment
	  	 	6	
	 Section 304.
	  	 Separability of Invalid Provisions
	  	 	6	
	 Section 305.
	  	 Execution in Counterparts
	  	 	6	
	 Section 306.
	  	 Certain Matters
	  	 	6	


  
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 FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of February 12, 2020 (this “Fourth
Supplemental Indenture”), between (i) Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V., a sociedad anónima bursátil de capital variable organized and existing under the laws of the United Mexican States
(“Mexico”) (herein called the “Company”), having its principal office at General Anaya No. 601 Pte., Colonia Bella Vista, Monterrey, Nuevo León 64410, Mexico; and (ii) The Bank of New York Mellon, a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York authorized to conduct a banking business, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), security registrar, paying agent and transfer agent, to the
indenture dated as of April 8, 2013, between the Company and the Trustee (herein called the “Base Indenture”). 
 W I T
N E S S E T H: 
 WHEREAS, Section 301 of the Base Indenture provides for the issuance from time to time thereunder, in series, of debt
Securities of the Company, and Section 901 of the Base Indenture provides for the establishment of the form or terms of Securities issued thereunder through one or more supplemental indentures; 

WHEREAS, on January 16, 2020 the Company and the Trustee entered into the third supplemental indenture (the “Third Supplemental
Indenture”) to the Base Indenture to establish and issue U.S. $1,500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 3.500% Senior Notes due 2050 (the “Outstanding Notes”), which constitute a series of Securities under the
Base Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, Section 201(b) of the Third Supplemental Indenture provides for the issuance by the Company from time to
time thereunder, without the consent of the Holders of the Outstanding Notes of a particular series, of additional Securities of such series with terms and conditions identical to those of the Outstanding Notes of such series (except for the issue
date, issue price and the date from which interest shall accrue and, if applicable, first date of payment), which additional Securities will be consolidated and form a single series with the then Outstanding Notes of such series; 

WHEREAS, the Company desires by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture to issue an additional U.S. $300,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of
its 3.500% Senior Notes due 2050 (the “New Notes” and, together with the Outstanding Notes, the “Notes” or in the case of Notes in global form, the “Global Notes”) to be issued under the Base
Indenture, as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture and this Fourth Supplemental Indenture (together, the “Indenture”), which are to be initially limited in aggregate principal amount as specified in this Fourth
Supplemental Indenture and the terms and provisions of which are to be as specified in the Third Supplemental Indenture and this Fourth Supplemental Indenture; 

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture to authorize the issuance of the New
Notes as additional Securities under the Indenture; and 
 WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Fourth Supplemental Indenture a valid
agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the
purchase and acceptance of the New Notes by the Holders thereof and for the purpose of setting forth, as provided in the Base Indenture, the form of the New Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof, the Company covenants and agrees
with the Trustee as follows: 

  
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 ARTICLE ONE 

BASE INDENTURE AND DEFINITIONS 

Section 101. Provisions of the Base Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture. 

Except insofar as herein otherwise expressly provided, all the definitions, provisions, terms and conditions of the Base Indenture and the
Third Supplemental Indenture shall remain in full force and effect. The Base Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture, as supplemented by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, are in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture,
the Third Supplemental Indenture and this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and considered as one and the same instrument for all purposes and every Holder of New Notes authenticated and delivered under this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture shall be bound hereby. This Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall not modify, amend or otherwise affect the Base Indenture insofar as it relates to any other series of Securities or modify, amend or otherwise affect in any manner the terms
and conditions of the Securities of any other series. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 101 or the Base Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture or this Fourth Supplemental Indenture to the contrary, to the extent any
provision of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture or any New Note issued hereunder shall conflict with any provision of the Base Indenture or the Third Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall govern. 

Section 102. Definitions. 
 For all
purposes of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and the New Notes, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the subject matter or context otherwise requires: 

(a) any reference to an “Article” or a “Section” refers to an Article or Section, as the case may be, of this Fourth
Supplemental Indenture; 
 (b) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import
refer to this Fourth Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; 
 (c) all defined
terms used in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture that are defined in the Base Indenture or in the Third Supplemental Indenture and not defined in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture have the meanings assigned to them in the Base Indenture or the
Third Supplemental Indenture; and 
 (d) the term “Securities”, as defined in the Base Indenture and as used therein (including in
any definition therein), shall be deemed to include or refer to, as applicable, the New Notes. 
 ARTICLE TWO 

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES 

Section 201. Authorization. 
 (a)
Pursuant to Section 301 of the Base Indenture and Section 201 of the Third Supplemental Indenture, there is hereby authorized the issuance of U.S. $300,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the 3.500% Senior Notes due 2050 (which amount
does not include New Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1105 of the Base Indenture), which amount shall be
specified in the Company Order for the authentication and delivery of New Notes pursuant to Section 303 of the Base Indenture. The principal of the New Notes shall be due and payable at the Stated Maturity for the Outstanding Notes. 

  
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 (b) The New Notes and any additional Notes of the same series issued pursuant to the Base
Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture will be consolidated with and form a single series with the Outstanding Notes for all purposes under the Indenture and will vote together as one class on all matters with respect to the Notes. 

(c) The New Notes will be in the form set forth in the Third Supplemental Indenture and will have identical terms (other than issue price and
issue date) and bear the same CUSIP and ISIN as the Outstanding Notes, as more fully set forth in the Third Supplemental Indenture. 
 (d)
The provisions of Section 301 of the Base Indenture, and solely with respect to the Notes, shall apply to the Notes, except the last paragraph shall be amended and replaced in its entirety as follows: 

“All Notes of any one series shall be identical (except for the issue date, issue price and the date from which interest shall accrue
and, if applicable, first date of payment), which additional Notes will increase the aggregate principal amount of, and will be consolidated and form a single series with, the then Outstanding Notes. The additional Notes will be treated as a single
class for all purposes under the Indenture and will vote together as one class on all matters with respect to the Notes; provided that any additional Notes shall be issued under a separate CUSIP number, ISIN and Common Code unless the
additional Notes are issued pursuant to a “qualified reopening” of the original series, are otherwise treated as part of the same “issue” of debt instruments as the original series or the original Notes were, and the additional
Notes are, issued with no more than a de minimis amount of original discount, in each case for U.S. federal income tax purposes.” 

Section 202. Listing. 
 The
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the New Notes admitted to listing on the New York Stock Exchange. 
 ARTICLE THREE

 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Section 301. Consent to Service; Jurisdiction. 

Each party hereto agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the Third
Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture or the New Notes may be instituted in any federal or state court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, and in the courts of its own corporate domicile, in respect of actions brought
against each such party as a defendant, and each waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such legal suit, action or proceeding, waives any immunity from jurisdiction or to service of process in
respect of any such suit, action or proceeding, waives any right to which it may be entitled on account of place of residence or domicile or for any other reason, and irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action
or proceeding. The Company hereby designates and appoints CT Corporation System, 28 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10005, as its authorized agent upon which process may be served in any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to
this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture or the New Notes 

  
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which may be instituted in any federal or state court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, and agrees that service of process upon such agent shall be deemed in
every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit, action or proceeding and further designates its domicile, the domicile of CT Corporation System specified above and any domicile CT Corporation System may have in the
future as its domicile to receive any notice hereunder (including service of process). If for any reason CT Corporation System (or any successor agent for this purpose) shall cease to act as agent for service of process as provided above, the
Company will promptly appoint a successor agent for this purpose reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The Company agrees to take any and all actions as may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and
effect. 
 Section 302. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. 

(a) THIS FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NEW NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK. 
 (b) EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO (EXCEPT, FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THE HOLDERS OF THE NOTES) HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE BASE INDENTURE, THE THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THIS FOURTH
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE NEW NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. 
 Section 303. Currency of Payment.  

All payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes will be made in U.S. Dollars. 

Section 304. Separability of Invalid Provisions. 

In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions contained in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and to the extent and only to the extent that any such provision is invalid, illegal or unenforceable,
this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall be construed as if such provision had never been contained herein. 
 Section 305. Execution in
Counterparts. 
 This Fourth Supplemental Indenture may be simultaneously executed and delivered in any number of counterparts, each of
which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 

Section 306. Certain Matters. 
 The
Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the New Notes or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which are made solely by
the Company. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fourth Supplemental Indenture to be
duly executed on their respective behalves, all as of the day and year first written above. 
  

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

	 as Issuer

		
	By:	 	/s/ Gerardo Estrada Attolini
		 	Name: Gerardo Estrada Attolini
		 	Title: Director of Corporate Finance


  

			
	
		
	By:	 	/s/ Carlos Eduardo Aldrete Ancira
		 	Name: Carlos Eduardo Aldrete Ancira
		 	Title: General Counsel


  

			
	 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

	 as Trustee, Security Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent

		
	By:	 	/s/ Wanda Camacho
		 	Name:Wanda Camacho
		 	Title:Vice President


 [Signature Page to Fourth Supplemental Indenture]