Advance Financial Reports | 20 July 2007 10:05


METRO AG: Announcement according to Articles 37v, 37w, 37x ff. of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

METRO AG / Preliminary announcement on the disclosure of financial statements

Announcement according to articles 37v, 37w, 37x ff. WpHG, transmitted by
DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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METRO AG hereby announces that for the fiscal year 2007 the following
financial reports shall be disclosed:
Report: Financial report of the group (half-year)
Date of disclosure: German: August 01, 2007 
Date of disclosure: English: August 01, 2007 
German: http://www.metrogroup.de/servlet/PB/show/1132380/Q-2007-Q2-de.pdf
English: http://www.metrogroup.de/servlet/PB/show/1132390/Q-2007-Q2-en.pdf
Report: Quarterly financial report within the 2nd half-year
Date of disclosure: German: October 30, 2007 
Date of disclosure: English: October 30, 2007 
German: http://www.metrogroup.de/servlet/PB/show/1133400/Q-2007-Q3-de.pdf
English: http://www.metrogroup.de/servlet/PB/show/1133410/Q-2007-Q3-en.pdf

DGAP 20.07.2007 
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Language:     English
Issuer:       METRO AG
              Schlüterstr. 1
              40235 Düsseldorf Deutschland
Internet:     www.metrogroup.de
 
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