Voting Rights Announcements | 16 April 2008 09:29
METRO AG / Release of an announcement according to section 21 para. 1 WpHG [German Securities Trading Act] (share)
Release of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of
EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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On 15 April 2008, UBS AG, Zurich, Switzerland (address: Bahnhofstraße 45,
8098 Zurich/Switzerland), has informed us according to section 21 para. 1
WpHG that its voting rights on METRO AG, Düsseldorf, Germany (address:
Schlüterstraße 1, 40235 Düsseldorf), ISIN: DE0007257503, WKN: 725750, have
exceeded the 3% limit of the voting rights on 10 April 2008 and amount to
3.48% (this corresponds to 11263943 voting rights).
According to section 22 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG, 1.54% of the voting
rights (this corresponds to 4999634 voting rights) is to be attributed to
UBS AG.
16.04.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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Language: English
Issuer: METRO AG
Schlüterstr. 1
40235 Düsseldorf
Deutschland
Internet: www.metrogroup.de
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