Voting Rights Announcements | 23 April 2009 10:12


METRO AG: Release according to section 26 para. 1 WpHG [German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

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 22 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 fallen below the 3% limit of the voting rights on 17
April 2009 and amount to 2.93% (this corresponds to 9497729 voting rights).
According to section 22 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG, 1.04% of the voting
rights (this corresponds to 3360548 voting rights) is to be attributed to
UBS AG.

23.04.2009  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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