Grupo Modelo announces changes in its Board of Directors México, D.F., August 22, 2013. Grupo Modelo, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: GMODELO),the leading company in Mexico in beer production, distribution and marketing, announces that during the course of its general shareholders meeting, the shareholders appointed new members of the Board of Directors, effective today. Board of Directors Proprietary Alternate

Claus Werner von Wobeser Hoepfner Luis Burgueño Colin

Carlos Alves Brito Robert Golden

Felipe Dutra John Blood

Sabine Chalmers María Fernanda Lima Da Rocha Barros

Ricardo Tadeu Almeida Cabral De Soares Craig Alan Katerberg

Carlos Fernández González Luis Fernando de la Calle Pardo Jaime Serra Puche

José Antonio González Fernández

Valentín Díez Morodo

María Asunción Aramburuzabala Larregui

Mr. Claus Werner von Wobeser Hoepfner was appointed as Chairman of the Board and

Mrs. Margarita Hugues Velez was ratified as Secretary of the Board.

Grupo Modelo, founded in 1925, is the leader in Mexico in beer production, distribution and marketing and the seventh zone of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the leading global brewer. Grupo Modelo has a total annual installed capacity of 61.5 million hectoliters. Currently, it brews and distributes 14 brands, including Corona Extra, the number one Mexican beer sold in the world, Modelo Especial, Victoria, Pacífico and Negra Modelo. It exports seven brands and is present in more than 180 countries. It is the importer of Anheuser-Busch InBev's products in Mexico, including Budweiser, Bud Light and O'Doul's. It also imports the Chinese Tsingtao Brand, the Danish beer Carlsberg, and Spanish beer Mahou Cinco Estrellas. Through a strategic alliance with Nestlé Waters, it produces and distributes in Mexico the bottled water brands Sta. María and Nestlé Pureza Vital, among others. Grupo Modelo trades in the Mexican Stock Exchange since 1994 with the ticker symbol GMODELOC and in 2011 it was included in its Sustainability Index. It also quotes as an ADR under the ticker GPMCY in the OTC markets and in Latibex in Spain as XGMD.

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