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

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METRO AG / Release of an announcement according to article 21 WpHG [German Securities Trading Act] (share)

15.02.2008 

Release of a Voting Rights announcement
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On February 14, 2008, UBS AG, Zurich, Switzerland (address: Bahnhofstraße
45, 8098 Zurich/Switzerland), has informed us according to article 21
section 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 February 8, 2008
and amount to 3.16% (this corresponds to 10225869 voting rights).
According to article 22 section 1 sentence 1 No. 1 WpHG, 1.50% of the
voting rights (this corresponds to 4837391 voting rights) is to be
attributed to UBS AG.

DGAP 15.02.2008 
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Language:     English
Issuer:       METRO AG
              Schlüterstr. 1
              40235 Düsseldorf
              Deutschland
Internet:     www.metrogroup.de
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