Voting Rights Announcements | 21 April 2009 17:37
METRO AG / Release of an announcement according to section 21para. 1 of the 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 21 April 2009, UBS AG, 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 16 April
2009 and amount to 3.04% (this corresponds to 9849727 voting rights).
According to section 22 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG, 1.04% of the voting
rights (this corresponds to 3379691 voting rights) is to be attributed to
UBS AG.
21.04.2009 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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