Ad-hoc | 10 April 2006 22:02

METRO AG: METRO AG to sell remaining shareholding in Praktiker

Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— Duesseldorf, 10 April 2006 – In light of the sound share price development since the IPO in November 2005 and the sustained high demand from the international investment community, METRO AG has decided to realize its remaining stake of c.40.5% in Praktiker Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte Holding AG. The shares are to be sold with the support of a bank syndicate comprising JPMorgan, ABN AMRO and Deutsche Bank. The lock-up period agreed with the joint bookrunners has been mutually shortened. ————————————————————————— Informationen und Erläuterungen des Emittenten zu dieser Ad-Hoc-Mitteilung: This publication constitutes neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation to buy securities. Not for release in the United States, Canada and Japan. These materials do not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration. No public offering of securities will be made in the United States. (c)DGAP 10.04.2006 ————————————————————————— language: English emitter: METRO AG Schlüterstr. 1 40235 Düsseldorf Deutschland phone: +49 (0)211 6886-1936 fax: +49 (0)211 6886-3759 email: investorrelations@metro.de WWW: www.metrogroup.de ISIN: DE0007257503, DE0007257537 WKN: 725750, 725753 indexes: DAX stockmarkets: Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Düsseldorf, SWX; Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Hannover, München, Hamburg, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service —————————————————————————