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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000891092-18-004412
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180522
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180522
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180522

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GROUP SIMEC SA DE CV
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000887153
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES  ROLLING MILLS (COKE OVENS) [3312]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11176
		FILM NUMBER:		18852412

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CALZADA LAZARO CARDENAS 601
		CITY:			44910 GUADALAJARA JA
		STATE:			O5
		ZIP:			10022

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CALZADA LAZARO CARDENAS
		CITY:			GUADALAJARA JALISCO
		STATE:			O5
		ZIP:			999999999
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<P STYLE="font: 13pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 13pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 6-K</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT
TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>For the month of May 2018</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Commission File Number 1-11176</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>GRUPO SIMEC S.A.B. DE C.V.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(exact name of the Registrant as specified in
its charter)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Group Simec</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">(t</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ranslation
of Registrant&rsquo;s name into English</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">)</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Av. L&aacute;zaro C&aacute;rdenas 601</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Colonia la Nogalera</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Guadalajara, Jalisco</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>M&eacute;xico 44440</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">(a</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">ddress
of principal executive office</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">)</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file
annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form 40-F&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>[_]</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is submitting the
Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>[X]</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is submitting the
Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Yes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>[_]<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>[X]</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</P>

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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>[X]</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 35.4pt">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 51%; text-align: justify"><B>PRESS RELEASE</B>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 11%; text-align: justify">Contact:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Mario Moreno Cortez</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Calzada L&aacute;zaro C&aacute;rdenas 601</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: justify">44440 Guadalajara, Jalisco, M&eacute;xico</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">+52 55 1165 1025</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">+52 33 3770 6734</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>GRUPO SIMEC ANNOUNCES FILING OF ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 20-F FOR
THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED 2017 WITH THE SEC </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; color: #222222">Guadalajara, Jalisco, May 22, 2018. In accordance
with the requirements of the NYSE MKT (&ldquo;NYSE&rdquo;) Company Guide, Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)
announces that it filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (the &ldquo;Form 20-F&rdquo;)
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) on May 16, 2018, and it filed an amendment to
the Form 20-F (the &ldquo;Amended Form 20-F&rdquo;) on May 18, 2018.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; color: #222222">On May 16, 2018, the Company received a filing
delinquency notification from NYSE as a result of its failure to timely file a complete Form 20-F. As a result of the filing of
the Amended Form 20-F, the filing delinquency has been cured and the Company is now in compliance with the NYSE listing standards.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; color: #222222">The Amended Form 20-F is available online
at www.gsimec.com.mx. In addition, the Amended Form 20-F is available on the website of the SEC at www.sec.gov.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; color: #222222">Shareholders have the ability to receive
a hard copy of the Company&rsquo;s complete audited financial statements free of charge upon request.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><I>About Grupo Simec</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">Grupo Simec is a diversified manufacturer, processor and
distributor of SBQ steel and structural steel products with production and commercial operations in the United States, Mexico and
Canada. Grupo Simec is also an important producer of structural and light structural steel products in Mexico in terms of sales
volume. Grupo Simec&rsquo;s SBQ products are used across a broad range of highly engineered end-user applications, including axles,
hubs and crankshafts for automobiles and light trucks, machine tools and off-highway equipment. Its structural steel products are
mainly used in the residential and non-residential construction market and other construction applications.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 10.3pt 0 6pt; text-indent: 24.5pt">Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Date:&nbsp; May 22, 2018</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 39%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><B>GRUPO SIMEC, S.A.B. DE C.V.</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">(Registrant)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">By:</TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0.85pt; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Luis Garc&iacute;a
        Lim&oacute;n</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Luis Garc&iacute;a Lim&oacute;n</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Title:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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